The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-15

Arthur Pratt and their colonel.
This doesn't tally altogether with the
utterances of thee local Republican
organ a year ago when it repeatedly
averred that the war was conducted
by imbeciles and rogues. that the
army was controlled and mismanaged
by senile dotards whose love for the
soldier was sham and whose patriot
! ism was based on pecuniary interest
and personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. It
doesn't harmonic with the statement
Of the Republican organ that the
volunteers We're needlessly exposed.
shamefully neglected, deprived of suit
able clothing and proper nouIishment,
fed on putIfd meats and modified in
pest holes by. the Hanna Platt-E lkins
syndicate" at the head of national af-
fairs. But little discrepancies like this
never trouble our morning eontempor-
airy. Here it goes again;
ENe congratulate the people upon the
Change an business conditions which came
to the country upon the restoration of the
Republican party to power. and rejoice in
enlarged commercial activity IN this city
as a part of that general prosperity now
enjoyed tilToughout the country so hap
ply reversing the gloom ana depression
IN business which accompanied the ac-
cess1on 10 and the continuance in power
OF the Democratic congress and admins
tration
Three years ago we were given to
understand that no known policy of
Republicanism could bring prosperity
and that if prosperity came it would
be from Influences over which the Re-
publican party has no control. That
was the colonel's position then. A year
and a half ago he informed the public
that no tariff could help the country
and that the Dingley bill was a fraud
and a travesty upon protection. One
year ago he informed us through the
editorial columns of his personal
organ. the present mouthpiece of
Mark Hanna, that all the prosperity
dawning upon the people was due to
famines abroad, good crops. at home
and an increased output of the mines.
Three months ago it said that the
war and the Alaskan gold fields had
done it. But now that the boss has
declared through his platform that
prosperity is due to the restoration of
the Republican party to power" we
look to see his newspaper take it all
back and apologize for inadvertently
speaking The truth before it knew
that Ezra would set the nomination
for mayor.
In its discussion Of local questions
the platform descends from the sub
lime to the ridiculous. 1t denounces
Mayor Clark's administration, or mall
administration, to quote the exact ex-
preston; it says that public moneys
have been wasted and that partisan
jobs have been perpetrated at the ex-
pense of the public. Mayor Clark's
administration is Lannans administra-
ton, Pratt's administration. What
ever partisan jobs have been per-
petrated were their jobs. Every one
of the mayors appointments went
through with the single exception of
Pratt who held on and litigated at the
public expense until the power of the
state was invoked TO remove him.
Perhaps the money wasted under this
administration was wasted by Pratt in
continuous litigation. However, If this
is counted against nnn-partisan rule,
we doubt if the books of the present
city treasurer will show a loss as COM
pared with the accounts of his Repub-
lican predecessor. The Superintendent
of waterworks, the water-master and
the health officer are berated roundly
for the .extrayagant and unbusiness-
like conduct of their respective depart
ments Is this the business admins
tr-ation guaranteed by the committee
which named the present mayor of the
city? Messrs. P. H. Lannan, John Henry
Smith, C. c. Goodwin, John f. Dooly
ct al, signed an address TO the Salt
Lake public pledging John Clark to.
conduct the business of the city on
business basis, to select none but Of
ficials of approved fitness and ex-
perience," and declared over their sig
natures that the city's servants and
employees should be selected for these
qualifications and no others. That a
majority in the city council is Demo-
cratic does not excuse these gentlemen
nor justify their present attitude. 1t
was John Clark who named the super
inEendent of waterworks and the selec-
ton was approved by the Tribune. It
was John Clark who named the water
master, the city physician and the
sanitary inspector and the Tribune in
sisted that the council should ratify
each nomination.
Then what are the colonel and his
candidate and his hired man bowling
about? They got what they cried for
two years ago and now they are cry
ing because they got it. How I'M
reasonable! But that is not the worst
of the offending. The fun enormity of
the platform can only be seen in the
light of history. The humane society
should prosecute the unnatural father
of nom artisanism for attempting to
abandon his iregitimate offspring on
the Democratic doorstep.
PASSING OF THE BoERS.