Show hearty congratulations 0 to ezra joseph snow and senator C P larson the committee who went to alt pleasant for the purpose of securing the black hawk reunion their mission was a success and the tile reunion comes conies here for three days in august at this hour it seems very doubtful that audre judge parker will bo be nominated for president by the democratic national convention which convenes ext wednesday parker parkers enemies in ilia his own household are numerous and powerful the demonstration held in new now york a few days aro ago L against the hill candi date and platform plat forin was composed coill posed chiefly of old line democrats in parkers own imi immediate immediato nedi neighborhood 0 william J bryan was present and expressed his 0 opposition position P to parker bryan assails parker on account of his allies hill ifill delmont Bo lmont cleveland and others of that element he ile also attacks parker bo be cause the tile now york platform is divagno vague and tricky and the tile eandi candidate date is silent and insincere the tile indications are that the judge will have a harder time in getting the nomination if he ile 01 gets it at all than his sup supporters pro tend to believe lie ile is far short of a major ity of the delegates thus far chosen not more than one third of the membership of the convention will bo be instructed for parker of course some soine of the uninstructed delegates will 0 vote for the new now yorker but from all indications he lie will be many votes short of two thirds on oil first ballot hearst lias has nearly as many instructed delo delegates grates as parker and will have havo to be reckoned with the agents of 0 these two candidates have been in it opposition 0 for months and tand the hearst crowd will fiyut 0 parker to alio last tho the race is still far from froni bina baing decided and it now looks favorable for gluey german gorman mcclellan or harmon the debate at the commercial club last thursday night in was fairly well attended at the close of the debate an ail expression was taken of the members present as ns to the tile advisability of the city driving driving a tunnel at the 44 month mouth of city creek crook canyon m the sentiment was almost un unanimous aninious in favor of the tile city ty spending a reasonable amount of money 1 in 11 this direction As was clearly shown by tho the affirmative in tho the debate debato manti is sadly in ill need of an increased water supply tho indications for water by tunneling tunneling 0 are favorable and find we believe tho the city bov wold id bo be justified and repaid ton ton I 1 fold by tho the undertaking the chargo 0 that it is a ganilo gai ible and speculation is not well taken evidence is abundant in favor of tile project tile topography ta of the surrounding gives ovid evidence enco of under currents in that immediate vicinity similar projects in various parts of the state have been successful in fact there have been no failures to oui out knowledge know ledue 0 the tile work has been prosecuted to a reasonable conclusion the tunnel started hero here some years ago ao 0 was abandoned just when indications were moat favorable As was stated b by y mr tennant ten nan t at the debate had that work con continued tinned edly success would have followed As years pass the fact that this city must have an ail increased water supply becomes more wore apparent we must have more water the inducements for the future advancement and growth crowth of the city demands earnest vigilance and enterprise in this direction with our pros pres ent water supply it is not difficult to measure the future of manti with an ail increased water supply the future of this cit city y is is secured red and immediately would take rank with the host best country towns in the state T let tet et this matter he be thoroughly investigated by the proper authorities and we believe the people will be ready and willing willing to support any reasonable project intended to give acrive us more and better water |