The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-28

Since George Sutherland has been
touted by his friends as leading law.
yer of tho United States senate. n lot
Of salt Lakers have been comparing
his ability with other Salt Lake attor.
news. And il is almost generally con-
coaod that Sutherland is not in the
class with Dickson, Ellis, Allison, Pow
crs. Marioneaux, Howatt, Criichlow,
street, Thurman, Williams, Richards,
Hiles and dozen other attorneys whose
names might be mentioned.
| II is TO make ono laugh To hear Suth-
erlaud spoken of as a great lawyer.
He is a narrow minded. intemperate,
vindictive parsonage, whose long
suit is lot of offensive. time,wo
sentences which he rolls around his
| tongue as though they were morselS
sweet to his soul. He is always crlt-
icising Americans for their bitterness,
although there is not man IN inc
state who is as bitter and as insincere
as this sclf-conccitcd, humptious syco-
phaut, who is now toadying 10 Smoot
In order to hold his senatorial Job.
Many hundreds of GENTLE Rcpubli- T.
cans have become so disguSted on hnd"
ing that on their ticket will be the
names of five Mormon Democrats, that
they will refuse to support such an ag-
erecation and will either refrain from
voting or will vote the American ticket
straight.
Likewise, there are lot of Gentle
Democrats who will never support tick
ct made up for them by Nephi l., MornS.
c. b. Felt. Editor Sjodahl and others,
the personnel of which is exclusively
Mormon.
No true Democrat and no true Re.
publican can figure il out that he wlll
serve his party by supporting such Il
Icombination, and il would not be sur
lprisinc to see fusion dealt n death blow
at tho polls next Tuesday.
Do not lose sight of the fact that
more public and private improvements
have been made during tho past four
wears of American rule than for the en-
tire period heretofore in the history Of
the city, -.
A party that has so much to its credit
as has the American party, IN any other
city in the country, would be Kept IN
power until it cared to retire oil Its own
volition.
No friend of Moses Thatcher will
support Joe Kimball, the man who he
traved Mr.. Thatcher after having been
elected by the people as stralght'out
Thatcher man. The Mormon Democrats
of the Fourth ward are not likely 10
reward Kimball for his trcachery to the
former apostle And as Mont Ferry
is Kimbail's S opponent and is known to
be au upright, broad minded. substaD'
tial citizen, the liberal minded Mormon
Democrats in the Fourth ward are like
ly to show their hands at the polls next
Tuesday.
1t is serious question now whether
! Murdoch or Wallace will poll tho most
votes. Some do not believe that the
: forty-nine Mormon Republicans who
, signed the circular, pledGing their sup
| port to Wallace. are acting III good
faith. Some believe that the purpose
: is to mislead the GENTLE Democrats and
thereby hold these Democrats In line
for the Mormon councilmanic ticket
| This is about the character of q cam
paign that Nephi L. Morris would di
| rect. And the wise old Gentle Demo
Gratis arc not going to be trickcd thi:
] year. ;, :,
Naturally Murdoch should poll moro
{ votes than Wallace. but he is so thor
! ouchly discredited because Of his re
! dictionary record, and there are so many
3 desertions from him. that it is profile
matical whether be will poll one-bali
2 &c tho normal Renuhllcan vote Rrans