The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-28
Of the Second Class.

The wards of the city recently defined
by an ordinance passed at special
session of the City Council, seems to
give some of the Liberal element good
deal of uneasiness. In fact, they claim
the division is not what it should have
been, and that the whole scheme was
concocted to prevent them (the Liber-
als) from getting any of the offices in
the next municipal election. Nothing
can be further from the truth. The
city is old enough and large enough to
have representation in the council
from each particular part or ward, and
according to the statute enacted last
winter by the Territorial Legislature.
the city was in duty bound to take such
step as it has done. Under the old
law, where every Office was filled
by a general vote at large, as it
is termed, it would have been practic.
ally impossible for the Liberals-as
they choose to call themselves-to secure
any of the positions elective except by
aid of the Peoples vote. Now, under
the new municipal divisions, one ward
is almost sure to have a majority of
Liberals, and perhaps two; at least they
have an even chance Of gaining their
choice in both of them, but with little or
nothing to spare. The other three wards
will return Peoples candidates with
big majority, and thus what the Liber-
ais have been asking for these many
years will be accorded them, namely:
Minority representation.
In looking over the situation and
especially the insane kicking of the
Liberals, one is put in mind of an cid
story, so old, that on ordinary occasions
it would hardly do to reproduce it, but
pardonable in this instance, owing to
the great antiquity of the aforesaid kick.
An eminent divine who had verv
nice parsonage near his church, in a
remote eastern city, concluded one
spring to lay out a flower garden in
front Of his house. After having
worked for number of DAYS spading
up the sward and wht cling on fertilizers
most all the land in that country
needs fertilizers to grow nightingale
proceeded to lay out the garden in
beds and walks, using geomatricsl
precision in the circles, angles
and elevations of the various
flower beds, and anticipating all
the while how nice it would look
when all the seeds he had planted should
put forth their foliage and bear roses
and other beautiful flowers. In this
lofty frame of mind he retired one night
after he had completed the garden.
Some boys passing late at night, and in
something of jolly mood, got into a
scuff1e, when one boy knocked another's
hat off and over the fence into the
flower bed. The lad uuickIv
his head covering, but in pass
ing out neglected to close the gate after
him. Later on neighbours family of
swine, consisting of the mother and
about seven pigs, came along that way,
and, seeing the gate open and plenty
of soft dirt highly impregnated with the
stable fertilizers, could not resist the
to go in and disport them |
selves in such field of luxury, and in |
they went and there they stayed until |
morning.
In the morning some neighbors who |
had seen the minister diligently at |
work for several days before. were
fortified to lind his yard in procession of |
he swine, and in short time a num- |
Der had gathered at his front gate to
Zee and hear what the worthy divine
you'd say when he discovered the
lire destruction that had befallen his
yard during the night. Finally some.
me more venturesome than the rest,
vent up to his door and knocked. 1t
vas some time before the door opened,
'ut when it did the minister himself
,eered out to see what was wanted,
The neighbor pointed to a corner of
he garden where the old SOW and her
'igs had lain down to rest and