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Show BY THE BY. A Feuilleton of Merely Individual Opinion. Dofcuiee the Dtmocrstlo orcharJ of Ulali In jour mind's eye? Nolo ! how tlieoiaer liijn emit trooping Into ' tlinrnclouiru, ami with whit jiarn- Ing ar" tljujr cluilar beneath thn treer! (Jams enter talJIjr through Urn qatei m thosa Imvlng an uniloubtoJ right to It there, Olltrrs rllmli tiiinultuoulT ortr tho walls, ami with a icrnrulila dliplntu tuo cherish J praulnct. Btlll others astamblo at tin nates, nn 1 nep loiiRlnRly In, yst set in toot bo'on I tho tottals, aslf doubtful nf their rocep-Han. rocep-Han. ilut whelhtr wltliluor without, nil erol ars fastencJ on thu groat turn lite, and all banda arc alwtclioJ forth to catch thn i lumi that sueni J nil In tbi act of Kcttltiu riady to fall. Well, they litre work I nobly most of these boya anil Ibeyarerli'lit In their expectation! of rswarJ. There are perhaps a few who oirai piling oror tbe wall, whom those ontorlu by the Etus eye askance, as If li eay, "You were somewhat Ute In comlnrc out, Ml J It l a iiueitlon whether you would have come out at all but for the tempt Ing bloom of thlt.orchr.rl; but corao on and If you capture a plum, wo will not bejru4z.ii It you." l'erhipi alio the ftnerot lorn l polntod at lino of tuoiofoarful lingerers at the gate, whole Democraoy lial to be filtered through a lowtr anJ liinusa elova Iwfure It oauld be citlei pure who, In fuel, did not mko up their minds that they were Demicrati at alt till the morning of Noreaibtr Dili. A nllror 'hatchet was the former Insignia of till noblo band, but liatcheta title year are worn in the pocket. Hut, generally speaking, all eyes are too busily engaged fesetlng on the plums to py much attention to new arrlvali, and all roluJatooab-lorblogly roluJatooab-lorblogly centered on the problem of I how to make the aomewhat limited number of plume on the tree, tatlify all the anxloui watchers anl waiter! below. To abandon metaphor there U no rptctaulalu the whole political arena that will be more Intending for the next six months than that of the die-dilution die-dilution of goTernment patronage In Ulsli. Tt'o one disputes that every He-publican He-publican rider must beunhoneil, If lie doe not dismount pea-ntbly anl Tiryfew of them will. A fow old tiuncli Imperial Uuards like Judge Ztte may resign ns toon as (JleTuland swine command of the grand coria, tot generally thry will hevu to be Jerked from their aaddlei by thu arm of force. It le tuo fortuaa of war, and they ihould nut murmur. J'our J eara ago they assisted In m similar leremony In which the roles were re versed, and four yeare heme they will tisjust as ready to assist again In tho sainu old rolee as before. To abandon metaphor as;lii. The eonleet for the governorship Is the first thing though not by any minus the tualn tblut that Is attracting men's attention. The contestants have narrowed down to two lion. Celeb W. WMt.tbo formor Democrallu Incumbent, aim (Jul. Lett, Ilolll ore on tiualgrouud as regards their exo-uus exo-uus I rum Literalism and this by the way (IblnK of It O, V'riiimtl) promises to bo (be test of true Democracy the bhlbboleth by which men reaj their lltlocltarto the right to stand In thu sinie rank with the Hendersons, the Dyers, tbe Chambers, tbe lttwlius, the Williams, and the others who were the first to throw away tuelrarms and ruluse to fight longer unjer the Implacable banners ol Liberalism against n foe that had already surrendered. surren-dered. At thlitlletance from ths ,ldes of March It way be said that llorcr-nor llorcr-nor Wea ' chauces for, regaining his old test are somewhat better than those of bis conijeiltor. He Is u Kentucklau, and will havB thu valued support of Carlisle. He has besides an Immense acquaintance in Washington, and, m iu than all, lie was one of Clove lead's first Utah appointments bcforii. ' o Lett'e coiinettlou Is largely In Kebratta and Colorado, which are buniiy Iu the position to ask favors from u Deuiocrailo administration that Kentucky It. Ilut Lett Is a game; lmilvlilual and the verb to falter never bad a plaoe In Ills conjugation. The part that the local committers territorial and county htaded retiiro lively by c. J. lllchards nnd J. II. Toronto, tho national oinimlttrrmin. Col. Merrltt (vico Ferry, wlpm wit) tbetwoCoiigrfUineu, Mr. Uaiuo the going aud Mr. Itawllns tbe coming rusu lake Iu recommending the various vari-ous 0 lluiute will, of curir, have n great utal tu do In settling the matter with I'rrslduqt (Jlevelaud. Hut as lar s the local committers, at least, are concerned, little (osltlve action ran l looked lor. The reason Is that In con-uucliug con-uucliug the great tultloso lrluui ll.iut-'y ll.iut-'y coucluiled the committees hat "lUsi ais slanco Irom many of those who are now Hied against each othur In the race for oilier. Col. Lett gave IP his private butlmot aud simply osvoted hlumlf to tho cuniaUn. uovernor Wrsl ws situ an ardent worker. IUhob the committee Is Obviously iu no condition to takesldts, jud a u Cln Uotor cj,ltr , , rI1jonio wUi aud ojy no mistake will bo malt, whichever man was chosen. The ionimiltes have literally bt-eu auu-""J'ged auu-""J'ged and overwhelmed wltlmpill. "Ions from the various aprlkantt, tut very wliely they have decided to enaorto no one so rur In advani.e, and to wait till allthe nsmre are before them loro acting nn any. Col. Merrltt, ii.u ni"nl Mr- itawllus may have I...I I,"lftr';uc,i Lut as lar aa can be .nM'Kl " jroceedlug very Lt.1.'?1"11, Wlu " eaceptlon, possl-j!'1"0. possl-j!'1"0. "" ll the applUonts' tan of u . "Jk""'. '""'""einente ol ellhtr ""btssthrteliuiwriant Individuals. Vi" n,B.,W0 contests before whtoh rt..rn" orUI ""' "' ""' Jnrin?li!'r',,0,ll-1l'tiuadroiinll torneysblp aud that for the position aHBBBHLWLHHiHiHHai of Utile! ritatia marshal. I violate nociiiniencx 111 esylug that Judge Juddnnd A.T. fchroedtrarn I eked in ii drathllkr embrsrr, etiugllnir lur the first, and that Judsu Koriell, Wendell llerion nnd Nut M. llrlgt am am dan ilutllru a lively three ojrimri't light rorthuteiHind. It U siU thatJuige llonatt, llniUllllnilliibid luwau, wiju 1ms iiil formeil ii l-vr pnttrii-Milp with Julgn Hul'ierlaud, wiull li.i bu averse to acccttltig the attnr&tjtlilp, inl It Is to bo (01 red tin; lui hir ly ojmeaasytt within the me-mln f tliu clause relatiuj tu residents, J, W Mo.N'ult of Ogdeu Is sal I to c lit a I ,ng. uigije at thu inllshaMilp luln, but It Is Imrdly like v that that p,ol it rueut will goto 0,tJoll ioh. u the cnltrutliry anls largn a part if Its cuin'.lttlu.ny irmiln In Hilt Liko. Hi thu I mile Is nnirnwid down to Jleu. iuiu, Numll nud llilghim, with, It niustbiiMll, tho thautra at pnseiit vtry iuucii In fav r if the Hlv. r throated tenor. As evrryoje knows, llrlgham was Otii- of the mnlurtaya ur Cable, tbe man wlu carried Illinois, anl whocin ImVe anything hu wsnte Irtin CletolaaJ, The Uulltd Htitei maishslshlp Is cue of lllu things he Mauls, and huliaadrawu asl.hldmt for It on Cleelud In favor ol llrlg. ham. Itumor says tlm Uralt has l on acotf ted, an 1 that llrlgham nnd his ftleudstapttt Ibe ci.iumis.iou by the llrst mall Irm Waihlngtm alter the Inauguration. Ho lar as the Bait Liku pjbllc'a preferences go,llrlgham, thougU poiular In a set, stands last. He has thartit ho part nf thu heat and burden of the uay In Utah, and la among the rrteut comers. With the politicians nd workers, the ruarshalshlp Is thought to Itloug to Xorrrll, whs was one of tho wnr horsts of the campaign, and who, ewn In llio hotloil days of Liberalism, still ,iiar ltd alo u and kept alive the sscred embers of tbe Democratic lire. If 1'iauk Dyer bad survived Norn.ll would ho euro of tbe place. With business men an I a good ruiuy others Wtndrll llehsjii la tho favurite. The man whu tiithli llniussnda Into an edifice line thu Ivuuliford has a strong tlalm un lit - fellow cltlxsi.s, and there la a very wldisnread feeling that his claim should not In- dlsriguidtd. Then, too, lltnton Is entitled 1 1 tho gratitude ol everyone for Ills ftnrle's ncord In the rautaukerausdayiof 'h'land '09, when to favor n Mormon was almost us much as a (leutlle'a social position was worth, llenbonwasoneol those n hose number num-ber could ho counted ou thu fingers who resolutely tet their faces against the policy of uslracls'n and boyioltlnj atonu llmolmugurated by tho Lit t ra t; he almost caused thu Walker House In ruck on Its foundation by defying In llu lobby a couimltlee sent to reinnmlratu with him for vmploylng Mormon laborers on the Knutaford eicivatlon. Hut as I have said, llrlgham Ii In thu had and thcro Is every chauce of his rrachlng tho goal, borne of Wendell Demon's friends, however, are not at all backward In sajlog tuat a protert will go to Cleveland If llrlgbam'a aipolutmout looks Imminent. Hut t roleils do not count for much at Washington, as Uovernor Tbomia and Judge Halted can testify. Tho attorneyship contest Is a vrrj pretty flht aa It stands. They eay tbat when Judge Judd learned that nuy line had the unparalleled nudaclty to enter the lists ngalnat him, he simply sat down aud glared at bis Inrornant through his olwiuont tpectaclte with mingled amusement aud conteinj t. He hasharJIy yet bruughthls soul tu a realltlng sense of Hjhroeder'a sub. limn rail. That young man, whoio three l"s maile him locally famous 111 n single night, Is said to have tho endorsement ol every bank outbaatrret with thu possible exctp. Hon of the Amorlcau National. Judge Judd has said he expect! tho olllco to come to him without an tllort uu his part. He goes on thu principle that everything conns to him who waits. Hcbroedrr operetta on the belief that I'rovldeuoe helps thoie who help turn) elvtr, aud he trjposes to help hlmaelf lo tho attorney snip If he can. In "hustling" qualities Hchrocder leads. Hut Judge Jud 1 aeoured nil appointment from Cleveland uno I drj an I he may bo ablo to do It ugaln. Aoui tcrrons. It Is a radiant relief to turn to the ofllce of storelary of flits Trnltory. For this large ripe ilum ou whose Iutcloiisniss Uovuruor Thoinas nud Col. iJle botu waxed fat thero Is only c.'o compttllor, C. C. Hlchards flu re wcru several before It was learned that Mr. lllcharla was nu aiplkant, but most of them grucelully retired us soon as his namu wua men-tlouud men-tlouud In connection with tbe plum. Well, It Is a tal berth, but It If uuue t o good for Charley, who led the local Drmocrotlo hosts on to victory Iu tho lato tremendous battle as few1 other men could base Uonr, nnd who, when kures were quaklug all arcund hint never for u moment lost fallb In thu slur ol Democraoy. If Mr. ltlcharJb goes lu, and the man who uotib'a It is jet to bo ciiujuulered, he will be thu llrst Mormon to hold KuJeral of-lice of-lice tluce well, slucu a time so far back that the memory of inauruuuelli not lo the contrary. In parsing, It may be mentioned that Joe Walden aud AKaha Youug are said to have hsd lyesontbe secretary's olllce. It may be doubted, however, whither theyaru doing any serious work lor It. And what of thaChltf Justiceship? The honor of filling JuJgu Ziue's guluslirs Is nn exalted unr, but If It wireacoompinled by a larger aunuul itlienl, ferhai'B ttieiu would lemoru eat,trmsi In reaching mil for It Hut men of the stamp nf Judge Huthurlaud, Frank lllchards and 1'arley Williams can double the salary of the chief u. tlco I y an ordln iry year's practice, an I It is understood that neither one of the three will look at Ibe position. It Is dlllerenl now (rem the daya when thu clerk of thu durt could bo appolutud Iu thu lamtly. That ulllrt almoit riunl t) the secretaryship In penpil. altre Is alluualrd by a stern statute from any relative ol Ibe Judge a atalulu that sent John .lllo cut and sent H. U. McMlllau Iu. Mr. Jiste II. llarton of libel ault memory Is said to be clamoring for the chlof Justiceship. Justice-ship. Hut Mr. Hartou hoIJs or held unorthodox views on theruestlun of statehood, and wa unwUu iiiough to write them to the II era if jr thu Tfitium some tlmu ego. Any nmu whu la not sound ou the etslehood uuietlun lias about aa much Iioih of ofllcu under Cleveland as the riiune haaol securing secur-ing the guveruuieut printing for the next fcur yean. Ily thn wij.uutlor that h line rule plank, irhatanact of pietlelutilci It would 1st for Clevelauu to send Eliot I. Hanford baoc lo the first i lace on tho Utah bench. It has gone Into history how that distinguished Jurist Was removed betaiiiu he was nut In accord Willi I'rrtldi nt Harrison' polioy regar Jlntr Utah. The panlcular acta of whloh liu was guilty no one ever seemed lo know, kill he may tiuthfully be sal I to hae be u the iihimcrln the great Wurk f poclfloa-lion poclfloa-lion Iu Utnli, and umuy thrre are who, dts lie tbu homo ruluplu k, nould It-light It-light to ito Him liidl nied lyrnelv-lug lyrnelv-lug tlionppolulliunt, rortticcthor positions on the bench the e pill tuU ate lo intuy to sueelly, Mr. rimilli, lelttr known n Kii-tucaj" Kii-tucaj" from bis Ivng rtmljeiicu In Idali', list it llrst nullum" un the Ogdeu sat, and Lawyi r MuNnlly, ntiu ul ihutlnlwiiitt In the r.. .nl llgiii.has p'uimplid tlits mimlti juJKtnlii of llilsn limy. tl It uei.uM.lly iiuterstitl that the nlviiicliifc jotim l.wjtr It. W oung, vlct-pniddiiii ul thu echo I lost), aul n Kranutm or t'reslilent ilrikitsiu iiunir, can luvo tltiurnne ittiie lust olsttt Ju kesnlis ho wautt; also ihull was a uininii)ii uu leis'i tiling til-ing In tho Har unximioi, Mimic,' 11 (uulliuns and Dem crata mike, that .Mr Vuung ass to be urged fertile I lac. ii.wlllledlij Jil Irh lunch. Hut lsvi)tra proioie am p llilclaus dis tte, anil Hie scliinie (ell through, tltuuih If ell rep its y Inn, It will hardly un on lit t,i molt lliau n vtt-lionemeut vtt-lionemeut lu .Mr. Young's cine. John II. lturnel an I C. It Itarrntt are In n neck an I ntrli rncnfjr Ibe poetmsstcrshlp. Hot are such ovenlj exrrllonl fellows lint mo Is deprive de-prive I nf llio clmnro nf saying "May the but man win." Hanatt was llio hppulntou under Clovelatil, atidn clean icewj ha male. Thoie nto half n dort'i applicants for the Ogden nud I'riitn pottntllcrs, nud avtty vlllsge in Utah will have n hew msu to put up for Its Incs.1 oltlcr. line will tin allordel a rant ofportu-nlly ofportu-nlly Itr the I)enincrallr admliilstratlon ti undo an Injustice whloti has U-n acryiiigoiic tor years )it;I refer to thn old itactlceuf tabooing Mormons In lliei npf ointment ufpostnias'crs. lllth. trio the pollur has busn to iHutiw tht so iilllit ion Li u alt, II n Liberal could bo lonul anywhere within the radius of the illitrlcl, nnd thu convenience conven-ience mill withes of tho community luvo hern nude entirely leitonjiry considerations. Coming down In tho lind olllce, The puslllons of registrar and receiver aru i omfnrlable berths, nn f many there be who h ek to nettle therein. Mr. l'arke, Cleveland's nld appolulrp, Weill 1 fain a lorn his former seat, and I-Inuk Harris, tlm nal rstats itian, Allorney Ctball, II. L. C'asady. a Mr. Hlakcly, V. i:. I). Harnett nud some others nle seeking one plaeo or th( other. Hut I cm give them all n pointer. Mr. Ilyr n Oroo, former eilllnrof Hie JrraAf, and ft toller for Democrat y lu Utah Imforo many of thu other aspiratita knew Utah was on thu map of our common country, has been mentlOLedfornne of tl u land cilice drel-s, and my ndvk o to the other ran-ttstaota ran-ttstaota Is to refrain from selecting thslr burotiia until after flr.vi gels through. It Is known that (Iron and lllchar Is form the only two excer, tlons to thn rule Mr. Itawllns, Mr. Cslnr,Col. Merrltt nnd insslhly the committers have laid down not lo tndortr any applicant! ap-plicant! till the uamoa uf all nro before them; thsre will I e no minority re ort I u the case of either of Iheto gentlemtn. O. V. Hnow, a )n nf one of the first Unlit d Btates judges over appointed for Utah, la an applicant for the post tf surveyor gontral. If there are any ctherstheyarj more nn lest than Mr. Hti'tw, nu i thtlr light till! glimmers under a luihol. Amidst all thlstumultanJ crowding for place an! prefermnt one name lemilns which Is littles hoiri on mon's llpe, aul which mUht almost bo thought lo have Iwoit forgotten lu the excitement of the hour. Ilut It Is not so. The clilollaln who went ou the u art ath to meet the Tiiscarora Hsclum, who encountered him at UdlcafJ, nn I not only took his tculp uuj all his hradtear with it, but literal y turned him uver ond eiatiketl lilm with a resounding thwack that toboed bnik to UtJh'a vales he Is too well remoui-Utel remoui-Utel nu I tru tleeply lived by tho Uemocratlu hosu tu bo for a moment lot sight of. If the name of llunry I'. Heuderron Is seldom striken tiurtog lllitodajs uf planning, plotting nn I louiiterplulllng, rest astured that It la ooly because Ills belog reitrveJ for a brighter destiny a little further along. When the glowlug star of statehood is set lu Utah's forehead it will shine on tueuumPBoftwoofthe brlghtistof her tutus, aul proclaim us her oh Ice for sonstors Hinry I'. Heudrnon and John I', Cilne, At I go to preis the atirmlng neas reaches me lunl llm Tuscsruru tribe has loft Its restrvat! n and ut forth a candldutofor tho marshatshlp lu the I crs jnuf Martin Lsuiiait. Alt, that that staunch sun of tho old nod, William Wil-liam lliirkr, liua decided tl try his fortunes ngiiiitt llrlgham, Norrrll aud Hanson, licol luck tu you, William. There Is not n tturdler Democrat nor n truer mau lu Diserel than yourself, and none wno bora lilmtulf 'more iHlantly lu the trying daya whoii Democracy first throw down the" gauntlet tu Literalism. Aafor'nrMr. Lsiuhii, ho ban about as much chance for gaining thu marshahhlp as lil brother lis of becoming A lournsllal, AJIAium Dijiuciiat. I. H. riioterrltoilal couimltttu met )isltrday,and did the inly thing It could well do decided totndonti nobody no-body ut all ni a commltto, but leave Ihe members free lo sign endorseimuitt where they llslrd All tho nameii of a pllcauts, however,were read In ortler tint thu numbers might knou who wtrelnthe race. If lliny ntod any further tiillnhteiiment, pcstlbly the Si.wu this evening will furulsliltto them. A. D |