| Show LIBERTY UNDER TH LAW An Interview at Ogden With General 1 Gen-eral Albert Pike hall of into the Our reporter dropping hal the Broom Hotel this afternoon says the Ogden News of yesterday noticed an elderly gentleman of commanding appearance eldery whose hairs lent to his pearance gray hai timefurrowed forehead an air of venerability bility that is not generally found within of hotel office Upon an the precincts a ofce introduction by Major l H Beardsley of brief our reporter had the pleasure a chat reporer with General Albert Pike who is wih I one of the most prominent figures in theI notable array of Masonry having been a member of the Trowel fraternity since 1850 and Grand Commander of the Thirtythird Degree of the Scottish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States since 1859 I The venerablelooking gentleman I whose white flowing beard and snowy locks told of the touch of the 76 winters I that have blown over his wellbuilt clear forehead keeneyed head was passing his time away with reading some light literature to relieve his i mind and pass I his time He arrived last evening with General a Mr Ireland an old friend 11 is bound for the North intending togo route for the go to Butte tomorrow en Yellowstone country whence they will Yelowstone return eastward in a few weeks to return to Washington D C the Generals Vashingtn headquarters where he has several grownup children chidren In conversation with our scribe the venerable veteran expressed himself a well pleased with the aspect of this western country which had greatly unproved un-proved since his transcontinental trip in 1876 As he is out here merely for his health and the recuperation of his strength on which a long life of legal stength labor has made no perceptible inroads the General was somewhat indisposed to talk politics although his conviction is that the laws of the United States under the Constitution must and will be upheld up-held and that Utah will yet be apolitical a-political part not only a geographical parcel of the land Washington Lincoln and Grant As to the United States Administration tion General Pike expressed himself old Democrat as he isin terms of appreciation ap-preciation of Grover Clevelands conduct con-duct in which he sees an easy steady cuct I course of Federal arrangements an Administration I Ad-ministration for the greatest good to the greatest number concerned With regard to the Mormon problem Mr Pike feels as all other sensible men The sooner it is settled the better Liberty under the law is his motto |
