The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-05

IS at as concerns the matter of his
salary. The county court took action
yesterday and settled the question as
relates to him. Whether or not he is
benefited time alone can tell
1t was an odd way the court had of
dealing with the question, to be sure,
but then the ways of this aggregation
are odd; even the bills they file from
month to month are ed. 1t was mid
way in the proceedings, the members
of the county board had voted their
own salaries and were about ready to
adjourn, when Geddes sprang a reso-
luton by the attorney relating to the
compensation of Sheriff Hardy.
This resolution was the result Of a
great deal OF labor in caucus. Times
were lively in that caucus too. Rob-
erts tried his tactics on the member
from Farmers, but they did not work
fcr the little man stood pat. 1t was
over the sheriffs account. Hardy came
into the executive session room with a
statement that bills for his expenses
while on the trip for Coughlin and
George were coming in daily from
various localities and he found him
self unable to meet them. He there
fore asked the court to do something
for him.
This statement evoked the answer
10y the county attorney and Mr.. Geddes
that the law forbade the court doing
anything at all in the way of relieving
the situation. The law is a funny af-
fair. 1t VIII take the prisoners after
he has been captured, incarcerate him
an Jail, summon a jury to try him,
pay the witnesses for testifying
against him, recompense the man who
sells the rope to hang him, but when
it comes to the matter Of reimbursing
the sheriff for capturing him, why
thai is another question.
AS a result the sheriff was told to
go and ask the legislature for permits
sion for the county court to pay him
for what he has done in this and other
matters and if the legislature said it
was right to pay these expenses, why
then the selectmen would do as they
pleased about it.
Roberts Takes Umbrage.
After Hardy had retired, Christopher
son made a remark to the effect that
the court ought to do something in
favor of the sheriff. 1t was time, so
Martin thought, to take some action in
the way of determining where the
sheriff stood. In the course of his re-
marks the man from Farmers asked
Roberts his opinion on the question.
To the surprise Of the little man the
big fellow swelled up and replied in
that tone which has so often been
described, but never initiated, Il
don't want you to talk to in that
manner"
Now Martin has a reputation in one
respect. He may be small and all
that. but when a fellow bluffs him he
always s''calls-" He did not depart
from his usual custom in this instance.
He informed Roberts that he would
talk to him when, where and what he
pleased. That the member from the
precinct of Bingham was no greater
than he mentally. officially or Dhysi-
calIy. as regards results. That is the
reason frown clouded the massive
forehead Of the mining camp states
man when he came into court. That is
why he was gruff when the question
of paying the sheriff came up in the
court.
Paragraph Of the resolution intro
duced by Gaddes provides that instead
of paying the sheriff Is cents per meal
for boarding the prisoners in the Jail,
he shall receive TO-
Attorney Pence, who represented
Sheriff Hardy, asked to be heard on
this point He declared If the number
of prisoners in the Jail was upwards
of twenty or thirty, perhaps this could
be done But where the number was
small. say from ten to fifteen or
twenty, it could not be done. He be-
lieved that the sheriff ought to he
allowed to make a little on the feed
ing of the prisoners.
Selectman Geddes interrupted with
the statement that men were fed for
s cents per day. Even the staid Rob
erts laughed when this ridiculous as
sertion emanated from his partner in
foot racing, but Geddes held to the
remark.
Attorney Pence still continued in his
statemen which were frequently in
terrupteG by the statesman from the
Third, who asked why it was that
restaurants could afford to serve
meals for 10 cents, a question which
caused a whisper to go around, said
whisper crystallizing in a simultane-
Gus wish audibly expressed by all,
that he would please give the street
and number.
Pence declared he was not an ex-
pert in the hashery business. hut he
presume it was on account of the large
crowds which would flock to such a
place.
This statement was followed by one
on the part of the man from the Third
boarded with him, although the con-
nection was not apparent.
But the reduction was made all the
same.
Paragraph Of the resolution fixes