Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-17
BEYoND CONTROVERSY.

.Incompotents dorolicts and self
seekers" who hold cmcial positions in
salt Lake city. hy virtue Of "Ameri-
cam party supremacy. must he rank
and insupportabic indeed 10 call for
the STRUCTURES and reputation Of their
organ.
After denying for four years that its
so-callcd party had been ma i'gcd 10y
"sclf-soekers" that lis primaries ana
conventions were invariably packed
and controlled by political "dorehcts'
and that many Of It's officials. as nat
urai result. were "incompctents the
Salt Lake Tribune finally comes to the
front in confession which IS boxed.
loaded. capitalized and conspicuously
displayed on the front page as II it
was springing a sensation
our contemporary should not harbor
the delusion that ii has scoop in
this announcement. In other words
and by other newspapers the facts
have been proclaimed many times be-
fore. Nor do we mean 10 insinuate
that the Tribune has just found 1t out
But why does its confession come
now Is It a sort Of death bed repent
ance? or has the Tribune been listen
ing with its ear to the ground? Has II
been awakened to sense OF danger
until self preservation prompts the
sacrifice Of its friends? Has Il decided
10 abandon and assail those whom II
has upheld. the past four years. in the
vain hope that better men are look
ing for its championship and associa-
ton during the next few years.
But let rs examine carefully the
exact words Of the Tribune:
Most OF its (rhe American party's)
mistakes were due 10 the work of in
competent officials self seeking poll
| ticians. or to men who have never mad
| the welfare Of the party az heart Men
| have sought and obtained office who
have not made good
Their organ then proceeds by cate
chism TO explain the situation as fol-
lows:
| How did these incompetents and
| derellcts and self seekers obtain pre-
| ferment? How did they secure nomina-
| lions or appointments Simply because
| the majority Of the better element OF
| Americans STAYED away from the pri-
maries and permitted those who did
attend 10 be overwhelmed by the fol
lowers OF the self seekers and incom-
| petents-
| who has suffered" then inquiries
the Tribune. To which it answers:
Every true friends Of Americanism
in Salt Lake"
This Is true Every real American
has suffered because OF this incom-
potency Of pretended Americans
who have assumed that name for the
purpose Of getting job or perpetual
Ing a superannuated row.
The city has suffered. The tax
payers have suffered. Everybody has
suffered. because Of the "incompetents.
dereHcts and self seekers" who have
secured nominations and appoint
ment." not because Of any standing IN
the community or fitness for the place
but solely and VIGOROUSLY because OF
services rendered the so-oalled Amer
lean" party
And the city will continue TO suffer
real Americanism win continue TO b.
ashamed and would-be oracles vii
continue 20 apologize, so long as am
party founded on disappointment, fec
on turmoil led by political "derelicts'
and burdened with Incompetent an'
self seeking Office holders, is able q
porpetuato itself in power.
Isn't It about time for some har
monious and aggressive movement o.
| d.. -.
party, looking 10 the replacement o
these "incompetonts and self seekers
by able. honest and courteous official
of whom even the Tribune might b.
proud?