The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-31
A SAMPLE OF DIRTY POLITICS.

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a valuable legislator.
A SAMPLE OF. DIRTY" POLITICS.
The Republicans claim that every
nominee on their county ticket will be
elected. a bitter fight is being waged
| and in the case of one Democratic
candidate, dirty" politics is beng
engaged in. The object of the mud"
| attack is Elmer W. Mcdaniel, who
aspires to the office OF county attorney.
He is an aggressive Democrat and
enjoys a popularity which will, ! DC
lieve, result in his election. by heavy
majority, despite the warfare being
waged upon him. His opponent and
his henchmen admit that Nc" is an
honorable gentleman and capable
lawyer, but are endeayoring to cast
discredit upon him by circulating d
garbled and misstated record, OF cases
in Which he has been counsel. The
Richfield Advocate. John Meteer's pa
per, weekly deyotes the greater part
of its space to ''criticising' Mcdaniel
and in lauding his opponent, ]. +. Jen-
nings. or j. w. Jennings, as he is
sometimes called, or j. Bryan Jennings,
as he likes TO call himself.
Mr.. Jennings advertises that he has
practiced for 20 years in the supreme
courts of the United States his or
gan. the Advocate, advertises him as a
gentleman possessing eminent legal at
talnments and as one in whom the peo
pie of Sewer can place implicit conf
dence. But neither he nor the Advo-
cate advertise his antecedents. In cir
cular form, a two-column criticism of
Mcdaniel and laudation of Jennings,
which appeared in the Advocate, has
been printed, and a copy mailed to al
most every voter in the county, but
there is no mention of jennings ex-
perience in courts other than those in
the judicial district in which he resides
By an oversight, probably. Jennings
career in Logan, in Cache county, this
state, is not alluded to. Although it
is shown that Jennings is the circula-
tor OF this choice literature, no one
who knows him will accuse him of
lack of modesty for not recounting his
careers in Texas, Colorado and Ne
braska- Like Mr.. Jennings and the
author of the Advocate article, I do
not care to delve into his antecendents
prior to his coming to Utah.
JENNINGS RECORD IN LOGAN.
Mr.. j. B. Jennings once practiced
law in Logan. On May 2, 1892, George
L. Corey of Ogden appeared before
Commissioner c. c. Goodwin and swore
to a complaint charging one ]. B. Jen-
nings with suborning witness. 1t was
in the case of John Mont, accused of
an assault with intent to commit rape
on the person of Lettue Blood Co.
rey charged Jennings with unlawfully
and corruptly dissuading the SAID Let
tue Blood not to appear before the
court. On June "a a warrant of arrest
was issued and and the defendant TAX
en- into custody. A jury trial was
had on July %, the jurors being E. D.
Harrison, foreman; ]. c. Wahlen, G. w.
Adams, NJ. /. Swineyard and E. H
Lewis. The defendant was found
guilty. On July &c defendant was SEN
fenced to pay a fine of S75 and the
costs, SIS. On July 81. S25 was paid
into court by the defendant; on Au-
made, and later a third payment Of
$50 was received. Ten dollars of the
fine was RENTED by the court. and
there the record ends.
For the foregoing Is a record. The
facts therein stated were taken by me
f:Hm a certified copy of the proceed
ings had in the case before Commits
siorer Goodwin's court. which is duly
attested, and is part of Mr.. Jen-
nings' career which the Advocate fails
10 mention.
THE ATTACK A BOOMERANG.
But McDaniels popularity has not
been dimmed by the attacks made
upon him. This evening A. j. Weber
prefaced his speech in this town by
abiding to the unjust warfare made
upon Mcdaniel, and brought down
the house" by saying: u do NOT
know Jennings, and l do not care to.
if half what I hear about him is true
Every pointed allusion to Jennings was
approvingly received by the audience.
and their enjoyment was added to by
the fact that not five minutes before
Weber began his speech jennings was
delivering a lecture on the Australian
ballot
With the exception of the sample OF
dirty" politics related, the people of
SEWER are peacefully conducting the
campaign. John Meter is the Nc
Kinley kingpin, and is earning con-
snlate If the Canton "co-oDerator'' is
successful. The registration of the
county is, as reported by the Demo-
cratic county chairman, over 200, and
the vote viii be, it is estimated, about
1900. Richfield has $50 registered vot-
ers. Monroe, 404; Joseph. PSI; ,Elsinore.
20; Central, rs: Annabelle, 129; Glen
wood, 179; Vermilion, So; Aurora. 1913:
Redmond, 151; Salina, 336, and Burr
vile, IS.
A DUTY WE'LL PERFORMED
Ine sewer appointments closed the
southern campaign of Messrs. Weber
and King. Their task was an ardu-
Gus one, but they engaged in it with
an enthusiasm which should earn for
them the Dlaudits of all earnest advo-
Gates of the silver cause. Their work
viii live after them" and win be re-
corded in the increased majorities in
the silver counties and in the bringing
into the Bryan column counties claimed
by the McKinleyiteS as safe for the
single gold standard cause. Like his
brother, Hon. w. II. King, Sam A
King is a candidate for office. He is
the nominee of the Democratic party
Of Utah county for the office of county
attorney, but, in response to the call of
the state committee, he, like a true
soldier, left his home fight TO the care
of his friends. and invaded "the south
crn wilderness" He has returned from
II with a consciousness of having per-
cormed his duty well and faithfully.
On Weber, the cyclone orator." only.
NordS OF praise can also be bestowed
;ie is the most aggressive political
speaker in Utah, and has as many con-
Ferts to his credit as has any revival
list who ever preached on Weber.s ne
tive heath in Iowa. Next Monday even
ing he viii give the people of Park CITY
an opportunity to judge for themselves
Just how eloquent he is. After care
ful survey of the situation Weber has
come TO the conclusion that Kings ma
jority over Holbrook win be 5000. that
the next legislature will be Democratic
Ald that the entire Democratic legjsIaf,
I've and county tickets of his home