The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-04
THE THREE CANDIDATES.


1t is one OF the curiosities OF a most
curious campaign that no argument OF
any tangible sort is offered in support
Of either Thompson or Lynch. while
every practical reason that should gov
ern in the choice Of a mayor is cited in
Norris favor.
The americans urge the election
of Thompson, because. they say, it is
going TO make everybody happy, bring
peace" to salt Lake and bring GA a
great boom in realty values. When
you ask them how or why. they have
no response except a few beautiful gen.
eralities, They fought and are still
lighting the only possible solution of
the water question, q solution effected
by Morris and being put into operation
in time for the. dry season next sum
mer. They declare Salt Lake is unit
to live in, and they are ashamed 10
register from il when they so away.
They offer no alternative for the Big
Cottonwood proposition, declare con-
ditions here are such that no outsider
should be invited to make salt Lake
his home; and yet they are going to
bring peace by the success of their
party.
Peace" by the election Of Ezra
Thompson. who was incompetent as a
mayor, who spent $3.50, 900 Of water
bonds without adding a drop TO the
water supply; who made the ineffable
Dooly his chairman of the board Of
public works and who established a
record of four years in Office without
any gain TO the community as a result.
peace" by the perpetuation of a Re-
publican factional feud which has split
the people of the state into discordant
camps, brought obloquy 10 the city
and state. pitted nelghbor against
neighbor and done its utmost to injure
every citizen regardless of politics, &C.
cupation or religion.
Peace" by the installation of a man
who turned the city government over
10 Dooly and the mayors secretary and
distinguished himself chiefly by his in
efficiency as an executive.
Peace" by the election OF a man
who had to sell $4,000 or city real es-
tate and apply the proceeds to the pay
ment Of a deficit in 4lis expenses.
Such peace as would come from the
election Of Thompson and the encour-
agement of the American" wing of the
Republican party would be the kind OF
peace that salt Lake had when parties
were founded on hate, on a desire 10
keep citizens from having any voice in
the government; the peace Of religious
warfare, of social enmities, of osuacism
in every vicious form.
And Lynch, what are the arguments
in his behalf? one of the foolish ones
is that he is the only man who can de-
feat Thompson. Why? Well. when
you ask that no one can tell WHY. 1t
certainly is not because of his personal
qualifications for the Office of mavor
nor because of his peculiar ability in
any executive capacity. II can't be be-
cause he is distinguished by loyalty TO
men or principle since he is running
against the man who appointed him to
Office and the man who has retained
him in Office. Nothing in his public
career justices the suspicion thar he
would make a good mayor. He took the
nomination after number OF prom
inent Republicans had refused TO ac-
cept it, he has held on 10 It in defiance
Of his personal obligation to Morris.
his official obligation to keep the police
force out of politics, and that wider
obligation OF common deceney which
would have compelled almost any other
man to retire from office the moment
he accepted the nomination.
The only attempt at argument is the
sitation of the figures Of Rooseveit's !
election in which the Republicans ear
led salt Lake; but those figures ignore |
be fact that at least 50 per cent of the !