The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-03
THE DAzED PARTIsANs.


humor in the frantic efforts of the
! opposition press to show that there
is something wrong about the mag
nificent public improvements that the
American administration is pushing
through this year, The opposition
takes every possible form, from that
of hack-capping the city in its fnan'
ces to claiming TO the world that Salt
Lake is in the hands OF body of
grafters and boodlers; that its treas,
ury is bankrupt, its resources fore.
stalled, and that in every way its sit
uation is as bad as could be con.
ceived. II the people of the United
States do not get the idea that Salt
Lake is q mighty good place TO stay
away from, both as to investment and
as to prospective settling here, it will
be no fault Of the opposition press;
for that press Is doing its very best
to impress upon the people of the
country that this Is good place to
stay away from, and to convince cap
italists that the worst thing they eau
do is to invest their money here.
And what is the occasion of this
back-capping and vicious outcryG
There is nothing in the world calling
for it, except the meanest sort Of po-
litical envy and partisan plotting and
spite, The opposition is endeavoring
to get together. and Smoot is doing
his best to hitch up the elephant and
the donkey to a sort of fusion or
citizens cart through which he hopes
to win the race in the next municipal
campaign. It is not in the least likely
that these two animals, which usually
pull in opposite directions, can be made
to pull together in drawing any such
cart as Apostle Smoot may fashion.
Still Smoot IS effort is going on, and
the outcry, under which the Smoot
effort is being made, continues with
great vehemence.
The latest effort IN this programme
of slandering the city and throwing
filth upon its fair prospects was shown
by the leader of the church forces in
the Council on Monday evening when
he raised a terrific uproar against the
enlargement Of the crematory. That
the capacity of the crematory is not
sufficient to do what is required of it
IN the rapidly growing demands of
this city, is evident to anyone who
has given the least attention to the
matter. Those who oppose the increase
In It's capacity know as well as any
do that that increase is necessary; but
they oppose merely because the credit
for making II would go to the Amer
lean party. The person who was most
conspicuous in making that opposition
has always been grievous affliction
TO the city in his public capacity
mean, envious, bigoted, working never
for the people, but always for the
hierarchy and for special interests. He
is at the service ALWAYS of any inter
est that is opposed to the city, and has
always been faithful tool of the
priesthood Even when he was repudi-
ated by his own party and refused
denomination in his party convention,
to the enjoyment and relief Of all the
inhabitants of his ward, who had
smarted under the reproach Of being
represented by him, the church stepped
in, compelled the retirement of the
man his party convention nominated,
and ordered that Fernstrom be put
upon the ticket instead. 1t was one
of the glaring interferences in politics
by the church rulers here that can
never be forgotten. 1t was plain notice
TO the people of the Third municipal
ward that they are obliged TO accept
Fernstrom as their councilman whether
they want him or not, simply because
he Is the efficient tool and spokesman
for the church. Even his own party
didn t want him, much less the an
tagonistic party.
The opposition, whenever contract
is let for sidewalk building, for paving.
or for sewering, emits cry Of anguish
as If something atrocious had been
done and some great offense committed.
1t is fertile in conjuring up imaginary
reasons why no contract should be let,
and is lugubrious in its grief because
of the imaginary notion that the con.
tractors cannot be paid for their work.
And still, the contractors arc paid, the
workmen are paid. and everything is
going on in excellent shape. The i'm
provcments are being put in, and put
III well, the crematory is ordered en-
larged, as it ought TO be, and every.
thing is In frst-class shape for public
progress and for the city's growth in
population, wealth, and metropolitan
appearance.
Why do the heather rage and imag-
inc vain thing7 Simply because the
righteous prosper and the city grows,
and they do not get the credit for it.
THE COAL PROSPECTS.