The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-26
THOMAS AND THE HENDRICKS MONUMENT.

of the monument erected to the memory of |
the late ce-President THOMAS A HEN
BRICKS, no doubt, did so because of the po |
sition the aforesaid THOMAS holds THE |
HERALD is sure that THOMAS, on his own |
account, would never, while the world
Stands, have received an invitation. The |
record that ARTHUR L. THOMAS has made |
in this territory will be one that will damn |
him completely in the eyes of every honest |
American in the years to come. He is one |
of the few men who reach an exalted posi- |
ton, not on account of any merit they pos
sess, but through combination of circum-
stances that is hard to explain. He is one
Of those who, when boosted, - have not the
good sense to be satisfied but want to
climb higher and higher. He is not salts
fed with being the governor of Utah terri
tory, position, by the way, that his linn
tied abilities would never have allowed
him to reach had he not been appointed TO
the position. He is in name the governor
of the people of Utah, but in reality he is
the greatest enemy the people have. He is
hypocrite, as he has not even the courage
OF his convictions. THOMAS is like piece
of biotting paper which has been gotten up
for advertising purposes, and has the same
thing printed on both sides-he is two
faced. Nobody but common sneak would
run off to Washington at the expense of the
chamber of commerce in the interest of the
government building for this city, and then
labor to have every yestige of human lib
erty and all political rights taken away
from the majority of the people and placed
IN r1 IL NH.
need for THOMAS to pray: "Oh, Lord,
gle US a good conceit o. ourser' His
course in Washington telling Representa-
tive GAME that he was opposed to bill for
the passage of which he was laboring
shows the two-faced character of the man
and his double-sided nature. THOMAS has
been one of the smoothest, sleekest work
ers that we have ever had in the territory
How well we all remember his smile which
was $50 childlike and bland'' in the early
days when he was logrolling with the legis-
lature to have fee bills passed for the bene-
fit of the secretary, an Office by the way,
which he then held. The secretary's Office
was made the repository for a good share
of the money that really belonged to the
citizens. Everybody had to have com
mission, and law after law was wire-pClled
through to ''cinch' corporations by max
ing them filesduplicate copies of articles,
etc, in his office, make annual statements
to him, and the Lord only knows what:
all being for the benefit of the secretary.
THOMAS is the same small -souled individual
who tried to get General MCCLERNAND re
moved from the Utah commission because
that gentleman happened to have some
little idea Of right and wrong and was not
willing to look through the narrow and
bigoted eyes of the governor.
Ask THOMAS if he is in favor of the pas
sage of the bill for robbiDg the Mormon
church of its property and the chances are
he will tell you no, and that he " ould not
think of approving such measure All he
wants is TO have the entire rule of this
territory placed in his hands. ''Only this
and nothing more.n
If THOMAS is not in favor of the robbery
of Mormons, then his statements to the
Associated Press reporter who was in this
city during the late political campaign
brand him once more as hypocrite. He
not only wants the property of the Nor
mon church stolen, but he is willing in his
own interests or the interests of his
friends, to see the individual property of
the members of the church taken. Per
haps the press reporter did not quote the
gentleman correctly, but we called atten-
ton to the governors remarks some months
ago and he did not correct us and we there
fore take it for granted that he was not
misquoted. He said that L. C. NJ. l.. was
menace to the business interests Of this
city, or words to that effect. We called his
attention at the time to the fact that the
Deseret National bank stock was worth
three times as much as that in L. c. MI.
and that those holding the former had
made about three times as much on their
investments in dividends, and wanted to
know why he did not attack the bank. The
reason is, ne dares not; he is too great
coward. The Deseret is a national banl,
and it is credit to our city and to the men
running it, and always has been. and no
small souled bigot like THOMAS dares assail
it. u. c. Nj. l. has done more to keen down
prices and regulate them in the interests
of the public than any other institution In
the territory; ii has also done far more to
foster and encourage home manufacturing.
and the statement that it is a menace to the
business interests of this territory. is lie.
pure and simple. 1t is on par with the
statement made to Delegate CAME, and, by
the way, 1t comes from the same sweet
mouth.
THE HERALD has watched the course of
ARTHUR L. THOMAS and we feel justified
in saying that he is the worst enemy that
Utah has ever had in the person of a gov
ernor. Whyl Because he works in the
dark and is two-faced. He holds an office
of trust which he does not honor. He
seeks to abase others and exalt himself.
but we have no fears that he will not ar.
rive at his level. The following familiar
though bad jingle will apply to the gen.
tleman:
rink 1t not strange, his turning to dust,
For he sgTelled and he swelled till he finally
bust.
dust where he is gone or just how he fares
Nobody knows and nobody cares,
But wherever he is be he angel or elf,
Be sure, dear reader, he's putting himself"
1t is perhaps needless to say that THE
HERALD's contempt for ARTHUR l.. THOMAS
Is supreme, and that it has been ever since
ne showed his face and No. 2, his willing