Show PASSES THROUGH his views on the presidential possibilities HE HAS NO BOMB FOR MR DANA greatly interested in utah her climate resources and wonderful growth and prosperity general alger ex governor of michl can gan a soldier and republican of limp time passed through ogden yesterday he ile arrived here via the union pacific in hia his special car michigan and left laet last evening for the west the general was accompanied by his family wife two and two daughters and mr mra 0 it johnson of lacine mich the party is out pleasuring and on business general alger and mr johnson being on their way to their coat cost lumber interests which will be given considerable attention on their arrival in Cali california fornis A representative of thi this journal I 1 visited general alger in the M Mic yesterday afternoon and was cordially received mrs alner alger met the reporter at the car door and asking him in went in search of the general A handsome dark eyed young lady eat in a wicker rocker reading a newe newspaper paper she was a miss alger A venerable old gentleman mr johnson Job nEon who sat eat near the door remarked to TUB STANDARD man the beauty of t the he weather on which be he began a series of questions when mra alger returned and informed the reporter that if it he would fellow she would lead him to the general passing from one end of the car to the other the reporter was ushered into the presence of general alger general alger I 1 am a representative of THE tug STANDARD and visit you to pay my addresses to you said the reporter and the general who is ae as pleasant faced a gentleman as one will meet in thousands extend extended td hie his hand thanked the newspaper man for bis his visit introduced him to mrs alger and then asked him to a seat mrs alger after shaking bands hands with the reporter returned to the other end of the car and the general kept up an exchange of talk commenting and asking questions about resources her politics newspapers and people he ile made inquiry about oden ogden the population and business advantages and listened attentively toa to a description of the gaa gas prospects and our great water power the climate with our snow crowned mountains and warm valley balow low with the grass and plants peeping above the ground and the trees about to bad were marvels which he contemplated with admiration and wonder he ile spoke of utah as a wonderful territory a and u d predicted r evicted a great future for her ap general what are the presidential possibilities ak A k me an easy one young man the general might aa as well have answered an am what he did say bay for he laughed slightly and faid said everything was possible it will be left to the minneapolis convention whoever we nominate there will be elected what figure will the th third party cut I 1 in the coming election 1 I what do you mean by the third thiro party the party thai that will pat put a ticket in it the field in response to the great industrial conference recently held in st louis louls 11 when the two great parties array themselves in battle line about all of the old members of both of them will be found in rank what will be the policy of the next republican convention general oh I 1 pay the convention will settle the policy will it be in any respect for free silver here again the general avoided an any y positive expression of opinion and though be spoke adroitly bis his remarks impressed TUB tuc STANDARD representative that he personally was not in amicable to the white metal general alger said that the telegram sent out the other day to the efface that be he bad had a bomb which be he intends to explode under mr dana of the new york sun was not tot only without authorization but wholly without a word of truth as be he has no such explosion in readiness or preparation and that while in chicago be bad had eaid said nothing regarding anything 9 like it the general had no views to express on the chances or the fitness of either the home rule bill or the enabling act for utah in 1880 general alger was in utah uta h w with ith the grand army encampment general logan was with the army at the time general alger is now the corn com mander ln in chief of the grand army of the republic and had it been known that eo so distinguished a soldier and american can would have been in ogden yesterday there is no question but a great many of leading citizens would bavo been only too pleased to have gone to the depot and paid their respects res pacts to to the general he will return east in about two weeks |