The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-21

and ne wgIketh upon n snarc.-Job Is. S
called for my lovers hut they deceived me;
my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost
I'm the city.-i-amcntntions, l. l9.
The County Commissioners are finding 1t
very difficult to jar loose from that motor
ious apostle Of food reform-William X.
Jones, Jr.. superintendent of the County
1ntrmary. To be moro explicit the Com
misioners arc not giving Jones n square
deal.
Disliked to Let Go.
Ever since a jury in the Third district
court returned verdict finding that Jones
had fed rotten meats TO the inmates OF
the inhrmary. padded his payrolls. ana
done other reprchcnsiblc things. Jones has
been sighing for a return TO private life
1t appears, however. that the pathway TO
private life is thickly studded with OBJ
stacles, Although the jury In Joncs's $780,
600 libel suit against The Tribune returned
It's verdict on December H. 1905, finding
that this newspaper had proven every
charge made against him. Jones has r.
tanned secure grip upon his position,
Jones Steps Down and Out,
At Mondays meeting OF the Commits
sioners Jones rendered his resignation. II
was couched I'm the following language:
Board OF County Commissioners. Salt Lake
county; Gcntlcmon-I hereby tender my
ignntion rs Superintendent OF tho County In
flrmary and ask you to act upon It at your
earliest convenience. as l hnvc other interests
that require my full and Immediate attention.
Yours respectfully WILLIAM r. JONES, Jr.
Ask Him to Remain Longer
And what did the Commissioners doo
They simply directed the County Clerk TO
use his good Offices TO prevail upon Jones
10 linger with them yet a while. In other
words the Clerk was instructed to ask
Jones TO retain his position until April l.
tn ,rll ~. Gov, Sol1 ,Ir,I,,
have abundant time to decide upon his
successor.
Sabine to Succeed Him.
Close upon the heels of this instruction
TO tho clerk came the public announce
ment that James Sabine, Jr.. the young
capitalist. who holds the Office OF Pauper
Clerk for the board, had been selected to
III the vacancy
Jones Ought to Know.
II will be contendeds OF course, by the
friends of Jones that the Commissioners
are not giving him square deal Jones
has other interests that require his FUN !
and Immediate attention. He says so
himself and he certainly ought 10 know
The Commissioners evidently do not believe |
him If they did, why do they insist that
he retain office for six weeks, "to giyo |
them abundant time 10 select his sue
cessor,' when they have already made the |
selection? The Tribune passes this qucs-
ton along into the How old is Ann-' |
class.
Sabine Was n Democrat.
And as TO Mr.. Sabine. There Is likely |
to be another "holler" over his promotion.
Sabine was first appointed as a Democrat, |
but he switched his politics when appoint |
ed to the same position by Republican
board and Is now a rampant G. o p. |
II hn ntrib !
both the Republican and Democratic cam
paIgn funds at recent elections but Ths
Tribune cannot speak authoritatlvcly upon
the subject.
G. o. P. Men VIII Yell.
II is well known. however. that the par
~ workers, the men who get out and hus-
tie for the Smootlerite party, are of tho
opinion that men who are Just as capable
as Sabine, and who need the position,
should be given chance. Mr. Sabine Is
rated as a fairly rich man Estimated |
valuations upon his holdings vary from
$1,000 TO $4,000. but IL cannot be denied
that he is in easy circumstances
Are Well Fixed.
The books of the County Treasurer show
that James Sabine. Jr.. and James Sabine.
the latter the father OF the Pauper Clerk,
are paying taxes upon improved property
IN this city as follows: James Sabine Jr
$500 James Sabine, $3.50. total. sl2,A7o AS
property is seldom assessed at more than
6o per cent OF its real value. 1t can readily
be seen that the Sabines are fairly well
fixed AS II is said further that James
Sabine. Jr. owns all OF the property as
sesscd 10 himself ard his father, It is an
parent that there is no immediate danger
OF the young man becoming AN inmate OF
The infirmary himself
Who Will Succeed Sabine.
So far, there has been only one an
plication announced for Mr. Sabine's DO
sitton as Pauner Clerk. This application
was from Q. b. Nichols and reached the
Commissioners Monday. il is understood
that relative OF Commissioner Wilson Is
billed for the place.
No Show for Gentle.
II is absolutely certain that a Gentils
VIII not be appointed Pauper Clerk The
Pnuper Clerk gives out many thousands
OF dollars annually to the poor Mormon.
OF Salt Lake. Certainly the church leaders
sor all the world would not have a Cen
tile In position to expose the hypocrisy Of
the churchs claims that IL takes care of
Its poor, so a Mormon Will succeed the
retiring Pauper Clerk