The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-26

Monday evening Candidate spry, ae
cordipg to published statements. is ex-
pected to tell the people about the tour
he has made in southern Utah in com.
pany with Congressman Howell and
| David Mnttson. church Republican can
| didate for treasurer of state There
| are some things, however, regarding the
! that will be overlooked will be the
frosty reception accorded the party; an
| other will be no mention of Spry's
knowledge of the geography of the
{ state.
When at Richfeld, where the recep-
| tion accorded the party was unusually
/ chilly, IN the height Of his address Mr..
spry is reported to have said; "I have
warm spot in my heart for the people
| here. l am glad TO be able to talk to
the people in this county seat
of dear old Sanpete,. T.. the strong
hold of Utah Republicanisrn," In
informant, several in the small audi
ence declared that if Spry's knowledge
of the state was so limited that he did
not know what county Rich6eld was in,
he was unfit to be governor; hence they
| would scratch him off the ticket.
stopped, the hall which had been Sc
| cured for the speakers would seat 600
people. There were eight persons pres
ent besides the speakers. AS Tribune
correspondent writes, Spry asked one of
the eight churchmen present "if the
remainder OF the county wns as cold as
the weather" and the reply was that
it undoubtedly was.
The fact is that the tour in southern
Utah convinced Spry and Howell that
the shedding in that region this year
was exceedingly bad.
An assessment of per cent on the
annual salary Of each federal employee
in Salt. Lake was levied this campaign
to help the federal bunch in holding
on to their jobs.
The Logan Journal asks this question:
EMr Voter-Do you think well ever
have peace in Utah as long as you, con
tipue voting the Repuuncan ticket7 You
have been at it good while and the
situation grows worse each year.
The branch Of the church Republican
county headquarters which has been es-
tablished in Bingham with Harry s.
Joseph in charge, is located. in the build
merly was, The fixtures are still in
the building, and the business of the
subchairman is transacted over the bar.
The only thing lacking TO make it a
real bar is that Mr.. Joseph has not yet
donned white apron.
a half-dozen small flags, and has deco
rated the building and fixtures in
way that recalls Fourth of July cele-
bration, His headquarters is regarded
by all as a huge joke. He has a
stenographer, and standing behind the
bar, he transacts business and disposes
of what is regarded as the shows OF
war.
The Richield Reaper runs several
columns devoted to the advocacy of the
Democratic party. Here is what it says
Of the recent visit Of Elder Howell to
that city:
At the very frosty rally held at the
Star pavilion last Saturday night Mr..
Howell, candidate for reelection, told the
few voters present what q great man he
was In securing fayors from the different
entire congressional delegation is. He
should have como further and explained
TO the voters why II was that during his
first term In congress when the one ses-
sion OF congress followed on the heels OF
another there was no fntcrmisslon or
period OF time elapsed. and yet Mr., Howell
voted to pey himself and other congress
men mileage from Washington 10 their
homes and return during what was called
a Constructive" recess. This amounted
TO thousands of dollars taken from the
| llnNloDol treasury !oI nllGeSe WHICH lTs
representatives were not entitled to, as
they did not leave Washington at all,
both sessions coming so close together
that il was practically one session. The
treasury yielded up money to Mr., Howell
and other congressman for something they
were not entitled to,
Says the Wasatch Wave; Gone Of
the greatest privileges of American
citizenship is the right to vote, The
vote. of the humblest counts just as
much ae the vote of the wealthiest or
most influential citizen in the land It
is not only the right but the duty Of
every citizen to vote. To vote you must
be registered. Do YOU know that your
name is on the lists If you don e. 90