The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-28
too MUCH LEROY
WILL. Be VERDICT
Criminal Editor Has Dealt
Smoot Party and Newspaper
Body Blow.
SALT LAKER GIVES REASON
FOR ABANDONING MURDOCH
Cannot Stand for One Who OPP
posed the Grand Army
Encampment.
BY MAC.

When The record of the result Of
next Tuesdays election is being writ
ten and tho so.callcd Republicans of
Salt Lake have been analyZed, the
Cause for their crushing defeat, no rea-
sop will be moro conspicuous than ''too
much Armstrong BY Armstrong, +"
of course, is meant the political Scav-
cugcr, who hus opened the flood gates
Of his crime -bcsotted nature and caused
n stream OF billingsgate and falschood
and other vileness 10 nood the scarlet
headed columns oil the newspaper be
represents.
Armstrong is specialist in political
deviltry. 4 more unscrupGlous man
never entered the field Of newspaper
dom, His record for = quarter OF a
century has been vicious and vile. The
work he does mirrors the man, And
even rs he was driven out of Indiana
few years ago for similar work to
that which he has been doing IN Salt
Lake. nc viii either mend his ways or
he will be driven out of Utah also.
Public sentiment against this crime
bcSottcd adventurcr is almost general.
He has almost wrecked the Herald
Republican, as he did It's despicable pre-
deecssor This property is not worth
"
II is reported that Mr.. Jackliug, ono
of its owners, has vigorously condemned
the policy of the newspaper to his
friends. And it is said that there must
bc q change or he VIII no longer permit
himself to be identified with such dis.
reputable and unpopular institution.
81 had determined 10 stick by The
Republican party and vote for Mr.. Muir
doeh this year, even though / admire
The course Of Mayor BransfordH - re-
marked "A woll-5nown building trades
Iuau Yesterday. ''But when | read the
record of the council, wherein Murdoch
Was the only councilman who opposed
mixing an appropriation for tho cx-
peuscs of the Grand Army cncampment,
that thing brought inc TO my feet.
81 had no idea that Nh Murdoch
was 40 lackiog in public spirit rs was
shown by that vote, You know IL was
. general understanding that expenses
OF The encampmcut woWld be dcfraved |
hy ihc city. county aud state, so that |
the burden would fall on the cutire |
people. instead of upon u few business
mril, as is usually the case in tho cn. i
fortalnlng of large crowds. II was a
perfectly proper course for Salt Lake
'ifT to vote that appropriation, the
slate having already done so, And, if
remember we'll. there was po public
protest against this; but on the con.
lrary, most every one considered il as
a sensible thing 30 do. When I found
'hal there was only one vote recorded |
agains, IT. and when | remember that
iofDr Bransford headed the committee
mat had in charge the great work of
preparing for the cncampment and The |
.cntertanmeut of the visitors while here.
saw then that j would lie doing
inNSeii an injury in mind, il not inap |
rldilt, as well rs doing the city an |
injury, by voting for Murdoch. In fact. !
J. nave become almost cmbittercd over !
,hls matter. And if it were possible |
10 do so, | would 90 with committee |
VI sitizenS; asking his removal as a
There are a whole lot of people who
Iec about Mr.. Murdoch S Grand Army |
encampment vote very much as he |
pudding trades man. There is no better |
luaeH TO the nature Of the church Re |
lnDilcam nominee than his vote in this |
Snss: There was absolutely no iusti- |
1cation for II. And il, by some acct |
lpent he should become mavor of Salt !
lake City, holding such views as be I
unes' there would be as great a rcac. |
,len mere as there was following the |
oc1m OF eighteen or twenty years ago.
- -"eH ouEnL not receive The vote |
~ . single progressive man or woman |
~ ms city. He ought to be defeated ,
,tNel"hclmnGlv. together with those
NM are OH his ticket and who arc
a lncuged TO support him If elected. This |
snVuil bc done 50 as 10 serve AS = |
kMatning to nil who would lift their |
sInds III any manner tending 10 rctard |
I'hc city growth.
Noi only was Murdoch placed on tine
tg,p,uoiican ticket hv the mosshacls
"u lnc full knowledge that he would !
rg everything in his power 10 sfon
2 Il nnnt they termed "extravaeancc in |
;SImar r;I,ra hpFoVemonts." but every coun.
a"aho .ii! on the fusion ticket is pledged
shls same thing. Not ono OF tbcm
bu,9 sb"ui1 be elected. Not ono of thcm /
qTyiu Tu receive Il progressive vote
ne ~ entire bunch will be supported (
INC Fcactlonarics with the fuIi (
"owiedao thaG they will do all IN
r.. power 10 tie the Mayor s hands.
n ,solmg machines will be placed in
u I.,y s'a downtown business houses TO. /
ffh, N ggudlng the business Office of |
~ ne = r'bunc. on which instructions viii |
"a shen TO all who do not know how io
III Is on ibe machine.
/ Mem -" Dc very. simple matter this
y M 80 VOC straight American tick.
III pU'iiug the top lever confirming
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