The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-25

malicious attacks made OH Chief BorloM.
Detective Sheets. and TIA" entire police
department nv the morning mouth piece
uf Reed. family echoed by the evening
one of Joseph. were not calculated 10
imbur any set ot men With n spirit OF
fricud1iu"Gs and the subsequent attitude
OF the morning moustiosi1V Is but indicS-
tive az what might be expected should
the department be turned over 10 those
certaln politicians who stand behind the
ink fish whose red and black cNCvetions
running through The pages of the Herald
Republican stamp them rs aiders ana
abcttors of crime In It's most vicious form,
In view OF previous city campaigns. it
Is hsrd :or old timers here 10 realize that
election day is less thau two weeks away,
but the truth Of The matter Is that tbis
ycar tho election IL net contest but Il
ratification. and that John : Hranslord
and the entire American ticket with the
exception OF one or two candidates for
the council viii he elected by al over
whclmnc majority.
And with the solid men of the coo-
munity confident df Il conlluuancC Of an
administration that in the past fcw Years
has meant more for this city than all the
tim" that preceded. they are going about
their regular business without any undue
"Xoltcmcnt and without the suspicious OF
u thrill of alarm that anything can arise
that may tend 10 lessen the No:" that
VIII be given progressive Americnnism
rs against the dlsgruniIed brethren in
ihc Citizen Democratic crowd or the
camp followers OF Smoot. his lIcSSiaD. his
fuss. his klnlS aud his Curl.
There IS no agency assisting ,ho Amer
lean party 10 victory so well us The ny
phcnal"d. which Tor over week has
rccitcd with falschoodS and fetid fables
regarding tn" American party in gcucr-
al aud John :. Br1nsford in particular.
Hundreds on people, especially women,
who had not intcEdcd 10 vote have r"id
the daily caluInny IN the columns con-
Quoted by the lIcssiap editor whose
IL. sf,-.
result has bccn an agreement to the
American ranks as welcome as it was
unexpected
For a time the American party ,aan-
aScr$s Were worried in The fear that the
mcndacious Smoot importation would not
be ullowcd-umdeT tho new reGime-to
follow out the tactics which has cost
the "Rcpubican" stockholders hundreds
ot thousands oil dollars, and had reduced
any possible value the rag may have had
until the Clark auditor found II WAS
worth. in machinery, only 100000. Bat
again the same methods arc in vogue
and laborlng under the dclusion that ihe
people here can bc forced 20 swallow
the filth tossed 90 the!n daily by the
criminal editor. they arc giving hin:
plenty OF room 90 throw IT, But the
good people OF all parties are rather CON
versant with the record of this tioatcr.
and are no NOR: gulliblc than when he
first SUNK oui oi The shadow OF his carl
Ter prolific cndeavorg and came here 20
do most of The dirty work FOR the men
who bought aud brought him.
AT the rate he is making votes for the
American party With ton days more 10
go. considering the present number he
has turned from the church tickets TO
the American. his conversions in favor
of good American government should
reach close to tho five thousand mark.
It is a matter OF speculation rs to
what ticket George n. Lawrence Will run
on at the election al year from now, al
he will not spring p movement for an
other party. especially ir any OF the
present members OF the Citizens Demo-
cratic clans celebrate a wedding in the
usher
EVERYBODY has right TO his own po-
litical beliefs. but the spectacle OF George
Lawrence flirting with the priestly pow
10 turn on a set OF thrills among those
who Were here carly enough to witness
his esteemed fathers splendid stand
against those who would have crushed
him II 1t had been possible.
The vaudeville headliner Of the federal
bunch. Harry Joseph. and his yawp.
have broken loose again. and daily con-
on West Second South street. where
Harry is laying down the law as he in
teTprsts 1T and explaining exactly what
will happen week from Tuesday Ven
tiloquist Smoot has seemingly had his
Titan crested baby doll under cover up
To the present week, but so great was the
demand OF the political thcatergocrs for
. rodppcarance of this favorite card that
the old bill was reyamped. and with the
same stories in new euisc. the act has
been put on again. as a general thing
most managers feel that one week is
long enough for any attraction To stay
here. but Manager Smoot has decided. at
the urgent request of everyone, to con-
tinuc for one week longer with the morn
Ing ard afternoon performances daily In
front OF the stock exchange
Fcrnie is growing economical Too
many men are being employed by the
city II was different when Fernie was
approving Of the purchase Of water rights
which were rights 10 overflow water only
and toe low To ever reach the city. But
he was economical when the city en-
gineer pointed out that unless work was
done on the bic. canal the citIs's rights
to the outflow of Utah lake would he
forfeited. and Fernie, because he did not
like the engineer, with his friends i'm the
council. refused to make an appropria-
tlon for the work and the CITY was the
loser by many thousands of dollars. Fer
nic should 30 slow. lest his own full rec
ord may be pulled upon him, which
would look bilious.
Speaking Of the "stockade." was the
opposition of the editor of the Herald
Republican because of Il fear OF the loss
Of patronage to the houses owned by the
im,o mo'y ,, @tdGr h,. IN the old stockade. or was
pest be served at the old stand
These are days when the editor OF the
Herald Republican should recall the say
ilcgltimate children, liable 10 cali a man
father when he least expects IT,"
IRON AND STFEI, MARKET