The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-11
AFTER "BOODLERS."
A Herald Reporter Tries to Run
Them Down.
70 GLUE FOUND ON THEIR PALMS.
They Propose to Stay and Fight the
Tribune Rather Than Take
to Canada.

The two-months-old city council is badly
ratified.
The bloom of Office holding is already
falling leaf by leaf, leaving the bud of their
ambition a naked stalk
If it would not be virtual confession of
guilt they would probably throw up their
seats and fall back into their accustomed
places, taking up the line of pursuits they
neglected for the high purpose of Kidding
this city of Doodle rule.
To be indicted as ''boodle'' council by
their own organ is such humiliation and
disgrace that the stoutest hearts quail
whileEthe iron wills of the resolute are
broken. Those who are occupying seats to
which they never were elected find them
growing SO hot that Goals of retribution
are already nesting in their trousers and
they are kept on the Jump to prevent the
entire lump from being cremated.
When they lie down to slumber it is upon
beds Of "boodle,' and the very pillows
upon which they rest their tired heads
grow hard with imaginary Rapid Transit
bonds. The only audible speech of the
ghosts that stalk into their closets at night
is: give me- some BIO o-d-l-e ]"
Mr.. Hall is the least Disconnected of the
whole crowd. He bears up with a calm
and abiding conviction of innocence, and
that the world will yet believe that he is
capable of no wrong. With a benignant
smile and benediction of manner that would
have thrown halo of sanctity over the
most pious cardinal of all Europe, he
threw the palms of his untouched hands
outward, that THE HERALD reporter
might see with his own eyes
that there was no Doodle sticking
to those honest fingers. What a pity.
thought the reporter, that this grand man,
who by force of nature was intended for a
trock, should by the fates be cast to pin his
life to a sewing machine needle, when he
might have hemmed continents together
with master seam of religious eccleslas-
ticism.
us the member of the Doodle council
in!" asked the reporter, abruptly, as he
stepped into the Singer sewing machine
Office On Second South street,
The young lady clerks colored to crimson
and the old ones showed up their apopiectic
symptoms in full bloom.
Mr.. Hall soon stepped in, and the re-
porter put the question point blank
did you get any boodle!''
To this question the cardinal turned his
palms outward, disdaining to soil his lips
Will lHS pIO1dudJIOH VI even replying 10
such false accusation.
pretty tough to be charged with taking
Doodle and then not getting it,'' observed
the reporter, noticing the nakedness of the
councilman's plans.
"Yea, verify" assented the councilman.
"Papers will froth, you know, at one
thing or another" said the councilman,
and then went on to justify his action by
saying, ''the old council had already
,t1I ST. zl.s n L
Transit folks. When we decided that OPP
position was better than monopoly it didn't
take US long to act. We not only let the
Rapid Transit, but the West Side and
Saltair roods into the business part of the
city, and il there is any other company
that wants to come in, it will meet en-
couragement."
s'What is the basis of the Tribune's
chargesl"
sit is very hard to account for its pres
ent attitude, in as much as a year ago it
was complaining against the old council
favoring monopolies. | will leave other
people to find out the cause of this change
OF heart. l hear that some of the Tribune s
old friends are interested in the old line
and it probably does not like to see their
rights ieopardized by competition. Some
say that the Liberals are TOO liberal in
their thinking and are not taking as much
advice from certain curriers' as they
should. They might as well understand
that the city council cannot be dictated to
by the leaders of the Liberal party any
more than by the leaders of the Peoples
party. We took the oath of Office to serve
all the people and we propose to do it, and
[ have no fear of the record, as we are
working hard and honestly for the good of
the city,"
THE BLACKSMITH wRATHY.
A. J. Pendleton's voice is for war. He
did not like the sneaking charges of the
Tribune. His honest blood was up and he
stood forth among his anvils like Vulcan
forging thunderbolts of Indignation and
eXecration at the cowardice of his accusers
He not only defended himself, but pleaded
for Captain Paul, whom, as he pictured it,
the TS'ibune'S eXecutioner decapitated every
morning before breakfast for the fun OF
seeing St. Paul's blood drip from the ak, as
sort of an appetizer for his morning meal
81 am not much at quarreling, but prefer
! fighting" he said with such holiness and
defiance as would have caused all the mice in
the Tribune garnet to crawl into their holes
could they have seen the fire flash and the
flame dance from that pair of defiant eyes
THE HERALD gave US pretty hard rap
this morning. said Mr.. Pendleton, turning
the same pair of eyes on the reporter as il
he might Wreak vengeance, swift and terri
BILE. on his poor innocent head The re-
porter felt for his scalp ard finding il
there, ventured to say: "You are not one
of the boodlers 90
1.-THE meanness of that attack was in not
having the manliness about them to say
who the four are. Spafford had stock, but
he says he sold it and is willing to make af
fidavit that he holds none We have not
yet concluded what to do with the Tribune
but you may expect to hear something
Tuesday night"
sPoFFoRD IS DUNBFoUNDED.
"They are all saddling this Doodle bust
ness on you,'' said The HERALD man, look
ing w. H. H. Spofford square in the eye.
| Spofford was dumbfounded, and refused
to speak on the matter.
''You will not remain dumb with the
charge of Doodle standing against you!'
iibed the reporter.
II have refused all others and ] refuse
you''
But an honest man cannot afford to hold
his tongue when all the town is ablz lie with
rumors that, If true, would make trip tt
Canada very desirable''
Il havn't got any stock and have no in
terest in the Rapid Transit company
though my friends have.''
This was all that could be pumped out OF
Mr.. Spofford and the reporter while slip.
ping out intimated the Rapid TRANSIT