The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-23
LEONARD Is SCARED.
Trying 10 Head Off the Tax
payers Movement.
1t Is Conceded That Norris is Already De
feated Unless Something Is
Hatched, and ut Once.

Freddy Leonard Is scared.
The captain of the Liberal forces does
not like the turn politics has taken since
the Liberals named their ticket.
After viewing the remnant of a parade
and noticing the lack Of enthusiasm in the
ratification meeting, Freddy made up his
mind that there was an indifference that
needed little doctoring. But when he
heard on top of this OF a taxpayers smove-
ment right in the heart of his own party
Freddy was forced to admit that the case
was a critical one. and that unless the
fever could be stopped an undertaken
would be the proper person to call in.
What puzzled Freddy most was that the
nomination of Morris for selectman did not
take worth cent with the people and that
the Liberal taxpayers nearly to a man
were going to scratch his name and vote
for Wendell Benson.
This hurt Leonard in very direct way
and he has made it his business for the last
few days to head off the taxpayers move
ment. Leonard's tactics are very soapy
and Of the most approved Colorado brand.
In pleading with one Of the largest tax
papers in the city, whose name is down on
conversation, az near as it could be CLEANED,
ran in this way:
morris is not bad sort OF fellow. He
is one of those meE who are unfortunate
enough to be talked about. He was the
mayor of the town ne came from. which
shows he must have had some standing.
l know him and will vouch Tor his
honesty"
Here she conversation drifted into gen.
oro IF no i'm
piled some such maneuvering as this:
"You see, l am gong into the court
house and will be responsible for the office.
can have an eye on the other officials and
keep them straight. We better have
man like Morris that we can handle than
some bull headed person that we can't do
snything with. If you swap Morris off
for q person like Benson, he will run the
entire board. II is for the good of the
party to have the board solid so that every
thing will move smoothly. BY having al
Liberals they will work together"
The same kind of talk, however. will not
go down, as it is matter of history thaI
the best managed counties in the states are
those where both political parties are rep
resented, the odd member keeping watch
over the members who are often controlled
by the BOSSES The taxpayers, TO insure a
clean administration. must break the LIB
era, slate, snd the fact that they have
already concluded to do it is what bothers
Freddy. The experience with a solid Lib
eral board of selectmen has not been all
that Leonard cracks it up TO be.
But there is something more than this IN
the air. Billy Mcqueen and several other
Liberal nominees are not the kind OF men
the taxpayers are going TO insist upon.
But the thing that sticks in Leonard
craw is the fact that John II. Rumel. jr.,
has given perfect satisfaction and will be
endorsed and find place on the Citizens
ticket This is q severe blow to the Liberal
bosses and to Joe Lippmau, chr onic Office
seeker, who already had bigger fight on
his hands than he could get away with, for
Rumel will get the vote of the railroad
boys and the workingmen are very friendly
to him.
The taxpayers propose to make their big
fight on selectmen. The other officials are
mere clerks compared with the county
court, which will have entire charge of
every dollar OF the taxes. If the right men
are elected selecimen they will be check
on all the officers, for the county clerk, col
lector, sheriff, assessor, surveyor, coroner
and all the rest must first have their bills
approved by The county court before they
can get dollar out of the treasury.
Meloy, it is generally conceded, is very