The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-09

be announced when the convention meets,
when the Smootites expect to stampede
the delegates TO him. The hierarchy can
not afford to have the sherlff's Office in
other hands than those OF n plant tool
of the band.
Albert s. Scare, who was cashier In
the County Clerks Office under D. G.
Dunbar. some years ago. and was the
Democratic candidate for the office two
years ago, has no hesitancy In saying
that he is going after the nomination hot
foot again this fall.
Judge c. NJ. Nielsen has announced
himself candidate for the Church Demo-
cratic nomination for County Attorney
this fall.
Gull Nebeker of Rich county. when he
isn't in Arizona or Mexico, left for his
home Saturday after visit to the city.
Mr.. Nebeker declares that he is out of
politics and out to stay for some time, at
least
w, w. Wilson of Sandy, chairman of
the Board of County Commissioners. has
seen the handwriting on the wall and
will not be a candidate for reelection.
1t is said that Mr.. Wilson Will go into
the banking business at Bingham juno
ton,
The following from the Bingham Bull
letin Is immensely Interesting in that II
shows how Gum Shoe Anderson is get
ting In his work:
"Fussy Jimmy Anderson, deputy rev.
enue collector, and the gum shoe artist
OF the knockers division Of Federal Of
fceholders. Is out with his dark lantern
and sling shot, in pursuit OF big game.
Gum Shoe Jimmy haunts delegates about
convention time. but Is out early this
season In the hope of dragging the Logan
butcher from the. mire of oblivion where
already he finds himself The Fussy Fox
Is taking his henchmen In tow and whis-
perIng into their ears the following
adroitly worded knock for Farley P.
Christensen, who has 80 far outdistanced
the machines candidate for Congress.
"Oh, Farley P. won't do The Americans
are boosting for him because they know
he will be easy for them to skin The
Fussy Fox does not explain just who
will be used to accomplish the skInning,'
but he Is so humiliated at the Skin
ming. Farley P. has given Joe Howell.
with all tho machines support behind
the Loganite. that he ie willing to resort
to character sand bugging to get the
peoples popular candidate out Of the
race. Fussy Jimmy Is the source Of in
spiration and the chief bullet maker for
the Bingham wing Of the Grafters' or
famous work In ten volumes-'Suckers
We Have Skinned
President Roosevelt issued q strict or
der to Federal oficeholders, requiring
them to refrain from pernicious political
activity, and emphasized his Intentions
to let the people. have a square deal by
wi {,1
Federal officials. Fussy Jimmy Ander-
son, deputy revenue collector at Salt
Lake, always pernlciously active in Utah
politics, has started out early on his
biennial tour of slate making and char
acter breaking. and Would-Be Pogtmas-
ter Atha Williams Of Bingham is at the
County Republican convention with a
proxy trying to rebuild the demolished
grafters machine Of this district. The
purpose Of giving Williams the Bingham
proxy Is to furnish him power In con-
junction with his contemplated appoint
ment as postmaster to build up another
twelve per oenters combination by which
the people may be skinned OF their pen
nies while the Insiders pllfer the towns
brass and such little odds and ends as
go TO make UP some banking institu-
tions,"
Some fool has said that Joe Howell
accomplished nothing for Utah while In
Congress, Did he not secure soft Jobs
for his son and son-in-law. who are now
feeding at the public crib?"
after four years arduous labor. Con-
gressman Howell has prepared a list of
seven names of persons for whom he Sc
cured pensions during his two terms at
Washington. Seven pensions at So per
month is s56 for the poor veterans and
their widows, and in the four years that
the Logan butcher WAS working on these
his salary amounted to $40, 900. Unless
the machines campaign managers can
find better dope than this. they had bet
ter let the people forget Howelps
record"