The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-11
Mac 8 Saturday Chat

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session of the guilty chauffeur and
string him to telegraph pole. That
wouldn't be just the poetic way to
do 1t, but the disregard for the law
and for society i'll such q case would
be no more Aagrant than the disregard
Of law and public safety on the part
Of local chauffeurs witnessed here al
most daily.
The man who ran down the poor old
scrub woman at the Dooly block on
Thursday night is excused by his EN-
ployer on the ground that it was not
| his fault and that he is an exceedingly
| careful and competent man. This
would doubtless be accepted by most
persons were it not true that although
he saw this old woman and her daugh-
ter tossed into the air, he rushed away
wrecknge in his path and without
| knowledge as to the severity of the
injuries which his victims sustained.
The number of his machine was taken
| by the old woman as he was fastening
away, and from this the police were
| enabled to secure evidence as to the
offender.
This is but an incident and in almost
every event the guilt lies, not with the
| victims of these accidents, but with the
| careless, incompetent, or reckless driver.
Ono of the most brazen autoists who
make speedway Of Brigham street is
the driver of red racer that carries
tho registration number 10. That pop
ulous thoroughfare is frequently made
speedway for this and other machines
and the wonder la that dozen acci-
donts do not occur every day.
1t is such conduct as this that brings
automobiles into such unpopularitY with
the average pedestrian, and it would
seem to be to the interest Of automobile
forcement Of the speed ordinance and
tho punishment Of all offenders.
Tho automobile is wonderful and
useful machine. It has become almost
necessity, but it WAS not made for
the purpose Of extending TO men who
are possessors Of q machine the rights
which many 30 arrogantly e1escise in
this city.
Funny Fernstrom, otherwise
known as the Terrible Swode," is
ssid to have completely fallen out with
some Of his brethren, and more par
ticularly James H. Anderson, sometimes
called Fussy Jimmy" and at other
times Navajo JIM Some time ngo,
in the heat of INDIGNATION, Brother
Fernstrom declared with seyious en-
ahssso. aran, tana da ,,v fy sell PsafSsr fer
fore de high cooncil. Ay tank ay
scolll'
Since Apostle Smoot has become pres
1dent IN fact of the quorum of the
twelve, his old enemy, Apostle Penrose.
is said to havo been throwing seven fits
each day. 1t was bit of outwittine
OF his enemies On the part of Apostle
Smoot that adds materially to his repu-
tation rs pretty smooth article when
it comes to playing tho hierarchical po-
litical game.
Smoot knows that a number of the
members Of the quorum of the twelve
are little better than superanuated i'm
beetles, whom he can push aside at
will. He knows, also, that number
OF the younger members, while not in
the superanuated class, are weak enough
to yield under his pressure pretty much
as bits Of potter g clay.
Smoot is 1T for once IL his life and
II he does not get political revelation
during President Smiths enforced va.
cation, it will not be because Curly
Callister, Fred Loofbourow, Navajo
Jimmy and Grandma Breeden have not
put bug in his ear
MAJOR Myton, even, is said to be on
to the game and to have declared To
some Of his friends that this is why
he thinks of becoming q candidate for
the Republican nomination for Sheriff.
The Major is quoted as having an
nounced (sotto voce): "Just you watch
the game this year. Joseph F. and John
Henry will both get busy in politics,
and what they will not do to tho
Americans will not be worth any
others effort.''
Some one suggested that if the plan
is sufficiently matured to be tipped off
to the doughty Major that it has been
considered sufficiently trustworthy to
proclaim to the public, since the Major
was never accused of downright Sc
cretiveness.
Senators Smoot and Sutherland and
Congressman Howell have succeeded in
enyiable attitude of appointing several
lawbreakers and criminals to Office to
succeed honest men and keeping Grim
tnals in Offices that should be filled
by honest men,
The demands of the local Republican
machine, of course, involve both honest
and dishonest office seekers and Office.
holders, but, strange to say, most of the
conspicuous appointments and recon-
mendations have been such as would
not be tolerated in any other State in
the Union.
Senator Sutherland has become 30
subservient to Smoot and 80 dependent
upon smoot for guidance in all things
official and political (and, some say, re-
llgious) that should Smoot become sick
would have to 90 to bed.
. Many Republicans knowing that in
salt Lake county the Republican party
ls 1kely to be as 1t was last fall-two
Or three thousand votes behind the Dom
ocrats-have not yet ceased to hope
that the Democrats may consent to fuse |
with them. The Democrats, however. |
think they see an opportunity for vic.
tory this year in this State and possibly |
IN Salt Lake county, and merely turn
up their noses when a Smootite talks
fusion.
about who should collect his revenuos
in this district when he pcrm;tfe1