The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-09
WHY THE SHERIFF
''[ACKS AUTHORITY
Some Real Light Is Thrown Oh
the SO-CaIIed StOckade
Question.
FEDERAL BUNCH GETTING
EVEN WITH RECALCITRANTS
Little History, Not Heretofore
Impaired to General Pub
lie, Is Given.

The Descrct News is often ncar-amus-
ing. when 1t isn't ldlotic, aud it is fire.
qucntly both Again. IL is just simply
foolish. The latest foolish antIc OF the
sheet occurred Tuesday. when it at
tempted TO throw some light upon tho
so-callcd stockadc. The general Ispint at
tempted TO be made in the story is TO
the effect that the police Of the city alone
have the authority TO cloSe the stoclIadc.
and that Sheriff Joseph c. Sharp. who
was so exceedingly busy with the stock
adc problem last fall, when hc and the
federal bunch labored under the mistaken
idea that they were making votes, has
expressed himself TO the following effect.
i understand that The place is running
again. III anybody VIII collect the ncccs-
sarY evidence and file the complaints, /
viii do nll III my power 10 serve the pa
Ders and otherwise assist i'm the conViC-
tion OF those responsible for the condl-
tions"
Now. isn't that real amusing? Hasn't
Sheriff Sharp the same authority today
that he had last fal when he closed The
again that he would mover allow il 90
reopen? OF course he has, and he Will
not undertake TO deny it.
But. what's the use The News prob
ably is aware of the reason that Sheriff
Sharp Is not working overtime these days
and nights In an effort 10 close the stock
adc. but il is too dishonest ia say SO.
prcferrlne TO cast insinuationS against
tho police department.
Just Little History.
Here is why Sheriff Sharp is not wreck
ing any SuSpcndcrs I'm the effort 10 stamp
out the social evil, which the News says
dorous coterio in Salt Lake called the
federal bunch. Last fall. this bunch got
together and framcdeup ticket Certain
other people framed up another ticket,
Both tickets were Mormon To d large cX-
tent. but one was called Republican while
the other was dubbed CiLizeus-Demo
cratic. The federal bunch was the back
er Of the so-calcd Republican ticket. and
in order 10 convince the people that it
was the real goods on the purity propo-
sition II had ordered Sheriff sharp 10
close the stockadc. Tho principal oppo-
nents of the stockade, howcvcr-at least
those who made the most noisc--pulled
away from The ticket put up by the
federal bunch and voted The Citizcns-
Democratic ticket. headed by w. II. WAL
lace. Democrat.
Finally the election was held and, as
is We'll remembered. the Americans swept
the city \ little later when conditions
had again became normal committee
from the Republican crowd that bad
fought the federal bunch waited on the
If it was his intention TO allow the stock
ado To reopen, When the committee had
concluded its little say, the chl ef mnGul
cast upon The members a. look OF extreme
disgust aud said in substance:
Work is Reviewed.
We had Sharp close the StoCkdde ana
we had our organ ltho IlcmorrhdGe)
make the dirtiest tight possible on Mayor
Bransrord and the American administra-
ton. We closed the stoCkadc TO make
votes for our ticket and we Nilihed Mayor
Bransford for the same reason. OF course.
we never expected to elect Murdoch. but
we did have hopes for time that We
might possibly elect a majority OF the
council. Well. sou fellows finally butted
IN and YOU know what YOU did. You
tore our ticket all TO pieces aud caused
all kinds OF confusion and bitterness But,
that is not all Down III the districts
where YOU yelled the loudcst against the
stockade Mayor BTansford was given u
larger vote than he secured two years
before. II looks 10 me like YOU want the
stoclSadc. and I want to tell YOU that
YOU are going. 10 have il, At least, we
are not going TO interfere in the matter.
Now get TO HI out of here.
And the committee got. THIS Is why
Sharp has no authority.