The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-29

] many VI Ills KIM, ne attributes the passes
OF motives to the best of actions, because
men think and speak independently of him
Perhaps l know more than he thinks
know. know too much
THAT'S WHAT'S THEasMATTER,
and want others to know. l am but the
voice of hundreds that don't want TO brayt
his contumely.
/ did not grieve because '.the offices were
not given to old timers" and he asks ''How
many votes did the old timers cast up tC
last Augustg' | answer. Thousands, -
and he ought to know that. Nothing was
done until last August, En- Again, be
drivels: "How many Liberal votes would
ever have been cast here had there never
been any other kind than the writer in
THE HERALD!" Answer: '.Just as many
as will be in February next.' Once more
he seems to SWIVEL, meaning to insult,
| "How many times has the writer. Tthats
me ever voted a Liberal ticket.' ''Scores
of times, and every time a decent Liberal
ticket has been in the field, and in several
precincts, for twenty years, and without ID
scratch. voted years before His Nibs
| came here, even before his i'll hammered,
unprincipled predecessor, Fred Lockley,
showed his ear marks in the Tribune, and
was subscriber to it, too. Have | an
sWered your lmpertinent and foolish ques-
tons, fully2 Ell! If not, enquire again.
Spanord, and his course is Spafford still,
and every man knows that Workingman
can not buy home lot in an eligible and
convenient part of the city, he must go to
the outskirts, and that, too, because only
OF such ''Real estate fiends;' as Stafford
and his like. His allusion to the Ne,cs. in
this relation, is sorry trash and no argu-
ment.
L know the undercurrent and influence
that defeated good men. New blood in the
government of the city is good But
vlvi-section for transmission of new
blood IS not good and successful practice,
SO the faculty say, neither for the animal
from whom blood is taken, nor that which
receives 1t. And, / fear the experiment.
1t seems he tells US the truth, which we
knew already, that the truth was, walden
went to his friends, told them he was a
candidate, and asked for their honorable
support" So Walden did, and [ ask,
what claim had he upon us for any
office! Why should he be pampered
with nomination for an office. be.
cause he asked it? A good reason
why he should not have been graft
fed, and we imposed upon. What did he
do for the couse, or what was he fed upon
that he could claim anything? / censure
the men who lent their ears to the dude !:
and | also do him for his presumption.
1t IS useless for me to follow the editor
in his folly. | have no objections to Hyams'
being poor, but recorder should be a re-
sponsible man, and honorable, not to use a
subordinate Office to work himself into a
chief and important one. Despite of
THE EDITORS APOLOGY
for Clute, Hyams, Winters and Morris
working for themselves, | re-affirm that
such conduct is suspicious, dangerous and
should not be tolerated by this community.
One word more: l have spent too much
time On the thing. In closing, | have to
say that the mean insinuations and ssper-
hapses'' of the editor are unjust. un-
manly and vicious. 1 must say, that
no gentleman would say that nv remarks
about Judge Powers makes it clear that
If we could get at the bottom of the griey
ance we should find that he was covertlv
airing private grievance that in the tran
sition going on here he has been shelyed as
fossil" ] have no grievance, public or
private, against Judge Powers. / respect
the man as an upright judge, a good lawyer
and an eloquent speaker, and the best of
organlZers-lust the man for our times. I
am notlntlmately acquainted with him. and
never had the first reason for any feeling
against him. l have none, but | am no
manworshiper, and have the same right to
criticise him as any other man, and espec-
tally at this important juncture. Inconpe-
tent men, upstairs, adventures and irres
ponsible men have been sprung upon us.
and we are to be denounced for differing or
kicking" and must CO. as slaves. to the
polls. l object, heart and soul, and will
have my say, for others, and state how I
feel about the men and leaders.
The dirty insinuatlon that | am "a gen
tleman who Is so modest that he would not
have the courage to refuse fair consider
alton for either his influence or his vote',-
this insinuation, Tsay, is only the suspicion
of BLACKBOARD and man who is villain
at heart, and unworthy the leadership of
any cause. He must speak from his own
black heart. or corrupted disposition.
A TRUE LIBERAL AGAIN.