The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-11-03
EYadeS The Issue.

Our friend of the "patent" is too
touchy. II shouldn't be regarded as
an attack upon its candidate for the
commissionership from the central
district TO ask for the sake of informa-
tion where Mr.. Knowles spent that
81, 900 road appropriation. This ques-
tion bears upon his ability as road
expert, upon which his friends lay
special stress. Mr.. Knowles once
spent two thousand dollars upon the
roads of this county, and the voters
have right to ask where, that they
may inspect 1t and judge for them
selves. The Only.
In the above the organ Of democracy
seeks to evade the issue. The ques-
tion was asked under such conditions
that 1t implied that Joe Knowles had
Incorporated some, II not all, Of
that money. The impress on left was
unfavorable to Mr.. Knowles in every
respect. The question was asked at
the close of a defense of democratic
officials who were concerned in an
affair at the court house which when
it came to public knowledge resulted
in the conviction of an official there.
The imputation was that Mr.. Knowles
had not been more careful in handling
the money in question than certain
officials had been in handling the
county affairs.
And again, the gentleman who
made the speech that day was not fair
enough to ask what became of the
81 800 appropriated for use on the
CANYON ROADS of this county,"
With people unfamiliar with the fact
land there were and are many that
that money was TO be spent in fixing
the canyon roads and not on the roads
in the valley, false impression was
left. The men there that day travel
the valley roads continuously and of
course could not see the result of any
OF that $1,000 expended. The speaker
was as unfair to them as to Mr..
Knowles for the impression left was
false.
1t is exactly as Mr.. Thoreson adj
mitted in the county clerks Office
after his great (?) speech-"boys we
are up against it and have to do some
thing" or words to that effect. IN
der the circumstances orators and
newspapers are not caring great deal
whether they put just exactly the
proper construction on things
So far as Mr.. Knowles having mis-
appropriated any of that money, the
letter in the last issue Of The REPUB-
LICAN, written by Secretary of State
Tingey certifying to the signed certiti-
Gates in his oflice,i completely exhon-
Grating. And this in itself is the best
proof that that money was used to
good advantage. A certain number
of men worked a certain number of
days in certain parts of the canyon.
This is certified to. THE REPUBLI-
CAN man has not been in the canyons
recently and doesn't know whether
that work was done to the best advan-
tagc, and we feel equally sure that
the editor of 1.-THE only" knows NO
more about it from personal know
ledge. In fact, neither of US COULD
tell whether it had been used to the
greatest advantage or not, though we
had made the inspection. Men who
travel the Logan canyon have said to
us that Joe Knowles did some good
work up there, somebody may have
told Gordon different.
SO far as the respective qualitica-
tions are concerned, Mr.. Cronqust
can do things when he has plenty OF
money. That's his reputation. Joe
Knowles can do the same thing.