The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-08-24
AUG. "a. 1895
PROVO CITY.
A REPUBLICAN FAIR.

Provo contemporary are pIoOiOuo
pair of -. The Standard on Thurs
day night had half column editorial
entitled THE Democracy's One Hope"
in which it INDUCES in its usual war
fare against what it calls the Erich
ards contingent" and then INDUCES
in fulsome eulogy of Judge King in
which 1t speaks of his congressional
nomination." as "the democracy's one
hope"
1t is a good sign that the Standard
can speak well of lone" democrat; we
think the reason probably is that the
Judge is the only Utah county demo-
crat" that the Standard man has be-
come acquainted with, and we are glad
that he has 30 worthily represented Us.
We will gracefully accept ell the good
things it says about Judge King, and
will add that either Judge King or any
one of a score of other democrats in
the south half of the state would wear
congressional honors with better grace
and more honor than any one the re-
publicans can nominate.
But we suspect there is milk in
cocoa nut" In another article the
same paper says: Democracy is an
idle folly, and no one but an uneduca-
ted fool can believe in it." Judge
King is democrat and even the Stand
ard has not the gall to apply the above
epithet to him or TO charge him with
insincerity, hence when writer classes
ne all as ''uneducated fools' and singles
out one for fulsome praise, we cannot
help but inquire what is there behind
this, and as we have long ago dis
covered the sharp trick that has been
heretofore played by the Standard and
our contemporary, it is not difficult to
scent the game.
The Standard says: There is some
talk of running S. R. Thurman against
him." King. On reading this the
most natural thing for US to do was 10
follow the scent, and see whether this
slight peg would pe seized upon by
our cotemporary to hang its dirty rag
of abuse of Thurman upon, and sure
enough our guess proved certainty.
Friday night ProTo's nondescript had
a mess of stuff headed, "Thurman-King
Fight" The Standards ''some talk"
perhaps between two Ogden repub
licans-becomes at once battle royal
between two Provo democrats" and
people are expected to believe there
are some facts behind the vaporing
imaginings of those who would like to
create conflict between democrats SO
as to withdraw attention from an ex-
listing one in republican ranks.
This attempt to use the name of
Mr.. Thurman in this connection is ut
terly unjustifsble. He is in no man
ner a candidate in opposition to Judge
King. He doubtless has friends who
may feel like nominating him for some
position, Many men are spoken of by
heir friends as being suitable for diff
ferent positions. The truth is that |
democrats select their men for Office |
in their conventions and there has been |
and is so much conflict amongst repub-
licRns as who will be their nominees.
that they insist upon democrats doing
the same thing. Now we say that
when our convention meets we shall |
then nominate our candidates, and it |
will then be early enough for republi
CANS to discuss them; or if democratic |
papers suggest names with the consent
Of their owners, it might do to discuss
their merits, but for republican papers
TO suggest a slate for Us as an excuse
to canvass the character of indiyid-
uals who have not consented to be re-
yarded as candidates at all is so pre-
mature as to be contemplate, but we
are not going to be silent when it
comes TO such stuff as the monde
script writes about Thurman, dis
,ussing his personal appearance which
/ does in the following language:
And as for him being a ladies' man.
We believe he ie not SO slow in that
inc. He is good looking, has also
urly locks, which are raven black,
nd is considerable of a fatterer, which
rait could win the ladies.
The people of Utah county do not
ke personalities, and we not design to
tier any unless driven to it, but we
ay emphatically we will endure no
iscussion of personal appearance of
ny democrat without some sort of re-
lv, and if the parties who write for
UT cotemporary again attempt to
oil democrats with their dirty fingers.
" innuendo or otherwise in which the
entler sex is referred to, we shall not
efrain from returning the attack in
heir most vulnerable point; but we
ow advise them for decency's sake %
IT as forget those parts OF their life's
istory. G
We would much rather not parade
1ybody's shame, but we now give fair G
arniDg that if others accuse any
emocrat of their own sins we will
lddle the right horse with the burden.
nd if you will fling dirt we will show
hat kind of elements constitute YOUR n
th. n
But oh, how the ladies of Utah a.
,unty are regarded A "fatterer n
uld win the ladies'" eh? Is that l
,ur experience? If it lie we can only u u
ty your victims. er
Is it true ladies, that, unwittingly ,,