The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-06


EAR NED-Aly father used to say that he
IN never knew of horse being stolen excepting
= from barn that had been locked by boy
Ezsa and generally by a boy who had that very
might been back after starting for the house, to
Nvigge the paddock and make sure
Most of the good sound political drubbings that
I've seen administered have been in the nature Of
eleventh-hour surprises. In respect least
arrival Of the political victor and the coming
OF the Lord sTinkngly simlar-both are illumin-
atingly described in the words scripture reading
like thief in the night" and in hour when you
This is by way of reply to your statement that
thefe lsn l. a gap. weak RAN rotten stake or a
split rider in all your political fences; you've got
waiting the congressional convention to drive the
delegates right into the "stanchels and have them
= NOW Ned if an political cattle were exactly alike
you might safely on and visit your wifes relatives
district is anything like it when ] rode
in an open buggy and kept list Of the farm dogs
names. il is a safe plan TO out every hour
and wiggle the paddock the barn door and put i'm
the rest of the time patrornr the line fences AFTER
you've turned yourself times around and bedded
yourself nicely down into political situation, like
young hound in haystack make ,ip votir mind that
its time TO hit the trail again and to hang 30 IL until
.hG peit Of the fox is nailed 70 the barn door.
eonfound the mighty and turn political certainty
INTO a reminscence. Perhaps YOU didn't know the
Honorable Naviar Flynn-they called him "Salve" Tor
Ehort-up IN the city but there's a powerful parable
An the story of his fail tt came like sharp
or cloudy SKY ana struck $50 deep down 20 the roots
that it hasn't got thawed 0ut yet Salve had run
things n the old Eighth so long and with high a
hand that he didn't dream anything earth could
unseat him. NOT that hc got careless and didn't keep
his promises-he was too good a. politician for any
thing OF that sort but he acquired the habit Of
ling up business blocks the west side and always
lacked a little Of paving for one.
This was mighty stimulating to his sense of thrift
but somehow it kept him constantly pairing down
his campaign fund until some of the young bucks
his camp who did the heft OF the hard work got
tired of this passion OK economy that had gradually
taken possession Of Sa5ve Tan Finnigan was espe-
sally sore as the alderman had turned down some
- his pet schemes I'm the council and had refused to
aorrt hons and doll an..F
along the eyee i'm the course OF the preceding cam
= paiEn.
Right then and there Tan notified salve to count
him out and consider him unattached. he might.
he said. do little work and ne might conclude to
so over 20 the enemy. Anyhow you'u hear from
sne in the other" Well after the new
campaign opened Tan kept mighty still and ap-
speared TO be as completely absorbed i'm holding his
seat on the Tense as a boy who is waiting for the
parade to pass All his interest in politics
appeared suddenly TO have oozed out Of his and
ne given the credit of being disinterested "a
spectator of the political field most arstocatc
millionaire inheritance on Brownstone avenue.