The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25
COUNTY COMMISSIONER CANDI-
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CANDl-
DATES.
The Tribune says that The Herald is
furious in its assaults on Commission
ers Geddes and Christopherson. It
further says that The Herald's fight
on them is devoted mostly to petty de-
tails, and it has so little to say about
its own ticket for commissioners that
it is doubtful whether most of its read
ers have any idea Of them or not. It is
a fact, though. that as the Democratic
ticket is named in case it shall be
elected, there VIII be but one commits
sioner. 1t would be just as well TO
strike off the names of both Mr. Hall
and Mr.. Rawlins, because the commits
sion would be Frank Armstrong. He
would dominate everything done. He
would carry through everything he
proposed. He would defeat anything
which he opposed, and we say this
without questioning in the least the
high honor of both Mr.. Hall and Mr..
Raylins. The question, then, is whether
this community wants the county court
to be made I'D exclusively of Frank
Armstrong or not? That is all the
point to the Democratic side of the
case
The Herald is opposed to Commits
sioners Geddes and Christopherson be-
cause it believes that they are incom-
petent and unfit men for the place. The
Herald's attacks upon them are GER
tainly no more furious than the Trib-
une's attack upon them the morning
after they were nominated; in fact,
our attack has been largely but re-
printing of our contemporaries attack
upon them. What did it say of them?
Of A. S. Geddes it said:
Mr.. Geddes, who is renominated, was
no doubt the best of the old board by
far; but there has been so much ex-
travagant expenditure and so much ex-
cess of employees. far more than the
business of the different departments
really called for on a proper basis of
business and economy, that Mr.. Geddes
VIII have to show that this was done
against his opposition in order to OBJ
tain the favor of the voters.
Has A. S. Geddes shown that s.the
extravagant expenditure and so much
excess of employees, far more than
the business of the departments really
called for on a proper basis of bust
ness and economy were done against
his opposition? So far as the public
knows he has not What has he done
since his nomination to merit the favor
Of the voters? Had Mr.. Geddes that
strength of will and force of charac-
ter which our contemporary seems to
think are such undesirable qualities in
Mr.. Armstrong, these extravaSant ex-
penditures. the great excess of en-
ployees in the different departments,
would not have been.
The morning following Martin Chris
topherson's nomination our contempo-
rary said of him:
The nomination of Mr. Christopher
son is shameful; he is utterly incom-
petent and unfit for the position.
If Martin Christopherson's nomina-
ton was shameful land most certainly
it was) the morning after it was made
why is it not shameful now?
What our contemporary has said of
Geddes and Christopherson should
cause every member of its party to vote
against them. It cannot wipe out its
own record of their condemnation; and
if it could it could not wipe out their
record or make them less unworthy of
the confidence and support of the vot-
ers.
AS to the Democratic nominees for
county commissioners The Herald will
say it does not think that three filter
men for the position could have been
selected in Salt Lake county than Mr.
Armstrong. Mr.. Hall and Mr. Rawlins.
1t will say further that it has absolute
faith in their honesty, integrity and
business capacity. To say that Mr..
Armstrong would dominate Mr.. Hall
and Mr.. Rawlins is idle talk. They are
not the kind of men to be dominated.
Our contemporary viii scarcely re-
assert that it is doubtful whether the
most of The Herald's readers know it's
opinions of the Democratic nominees
for county commissioners.