The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-07-22
CITY.
CRANE AID TRUMBO.

In the sickness of its heart over the
corruption of the republican party.
Sunday mornings Tribune contains
an article which is revelation and
wall 10th in one. It establishes
clearly that the popular belief is that
Col. Trumbo is here for seat in the
senate by the grace of Southern
Pacific money ard that Crane desires
to be governor, and expects the plum
only because he is the chairman of the
republican executive committee, and
in that position has done some SER
vice to the g. o. p., is shared by the
exalted republicans who roost about
the Tribune office. Indeed it re-
ouires but little effort, with the
lights before us, to enable an open
eyed citizen to accept both PROPOSE
tions. At least with this manly
declaration of the Tribune we do not
intend to dispute either the one or
the other. The Tribune speaks in the
most contemptuous terms Of Col.
Trumbo's ability. Now a man
aspiring to seat in the senate OF the
United States and possessing the con-
fidence of the great corporation
named, ought not to be Ounce, quite.
In fact he ought to be pretty smart.
A fool with pot of money can do
world of mischief, especially for his
master, and great corporations, While
thev use money in the way the
Tribune suggests, do not usually
choose a fool tor their almoner. no,
no. We sadly fear Trumbo is not fool
az we'll as we fear that money has not
lost any of its potency in western
politics. Every manly and clean
citizen of Utah will read the Tribune
wall aud tremble to think that man
will come here 10 Utah with the open
and avowed purpose of securing seat
in the senate by purchase. This is
paving the people of Utah mighty
sorry compliment.
We grant that the coalition between
Trumbo and Crane seems ominous, and
we would advise the clean and decent
republicans of Utah to watch 1t closely,
as the democrats will certainly do
The sooner that home as well as foreign
aspirants for the political favor OF Utah
understand that money will not buy it,
the better it will be for all concerned.
Where the idea came from that Utah
is rotten borough, in the market, we
do not know, but we do know that 1t
is the duty of honest and clean Uton'
isns of all parties, to unite to give
the lie to the uncomplimentary implied
charge. Col. Trumbo and Col. Crane
should both be taught that if the one
has all the gold California ever dug
and the other all the wool that Utah
ever raised, yet is each far too poor to
buy a seat in the senate or the govern
orship of the state.
The Tribune does well to sound the
note of warning. 1t should cry aloud
and spare not while these golden and
woody patriots continue to raid the
honest, simple and pure-hearted voters
of Utah. In its efforts to beat this in
sidious and dangerous sort Of corrup-
ton, it shonld not hesitate to come
over to the democratic camp for help.
Join forces if necessary with the party
which it has so often been accused OF
lacking financial sense. 1t does indeed
make bad showing for Col. Trumbo.
His subsidy Of men and papers In con-
nection with the Cleveland convention
and his recent visit to New York is
graphically set forth in the article OF
Sunday morning, and the simple pub
hcation of it ought to cover the men
with shame and ignominiously drive
them from the state. If the good old |
Trib, will keep this thing up while, it
will thereby earn the gratitude of the
clean people of Utah to man.