The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-05
A SUGGESTION.

a SUGGESTION.
A magazine called See America
First" proposes to devote a number to
Salt Lake City, where the movement
called by that name originated. The
material for this publication, it is an
nounced, will consist largely of carica-
lures of leading men and officials. The
cartOonist detailed for this inspiring
assignment has a wealth of material al
his disposal. provided always he obtain
position behind the scenes of the
moving show.
Take as a starter the chief of police,
as at present constituted. Here is a
subject calling for the most delicate
handling, and lending itself TO the most
gorgeous coloring. Each of the four
distinct elements has its individual pos
sibilities, but the composite picture
challenges the Imagination of the most
lurid illustrator. The willy Sheets and
the veteran sleuth, Shannon, the Phleg-
matte Teuton and the precocious under
study of the chief in name that was,
these four welded and nodded into
harmonious whole should produce pic
ture that would hang for ages on the
wall of fame
From the police department, the ar
fist following the line of least resist
ance would gravitate naturally TO the
office of the city attorney. A few
strokes of the pen should suffice to por-
tray this official in his most picturesque
and convincing attitude. A picture of
the chief of police in a death grapple
with the saloon element, and the city
attorney plunging a long bladed knife
into the broad back of the chief would
furnish a most realistic commentary on
the recent activities of the citys legal
department.
Then behold the commanding figure
OF Mayor Bransford in his latest and
most distinctive pose. He is trying to
cram a 100000 bond issue down the
threats of the painting populace. In
this scene the lesser characters and the
complicated stage business must be
deliberately worked out. The supers,
inside wire workers, ak grinders and
petty grafters all have their place in
this picture, and the man who can call
the turn on the bunch is entitled to
life membership in the defunct See
America" league.
The most screamingly funny picture
H.
administration should show the city
auditor engaged in his daily routine.
Here is a continuous performance of
frenzied finance, compared to which T.
W. Lawsons most furious illumination
becomes tame and innocuous. Upon this
auditor evolves the daily duty of max
ing a $4,000 overdraft look like Brew
ster's million before he started to burn
it up.
At this point the Cartoonist should
leave the sphere of municipal affairs
for fear of encountering the disrepu-
table elements of the lower strata
which would look out of place on the
pages OF a high-class magazine.
Turning into the walks of private life
by degrees. as it were, he might en-
counter a has-been, a former mayor,
who as a booster for the town would
make one of the finest caricatures that
ever made a low-grade lemon look like
a fruit salad. By a bit of clever para
phrasing he might portray this gentle
man as a modified Colossus Of Rhodes.
his bulky form sprawled across the
principal thoroughiare and daring the
world to suggest improvements for his
Main street property. Other sugges-
tions are easy, but let these suffice.