The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-27
A BRAY FROM DONKEY BOOTH,

We notice that our frisky friend, com
monty known as Donkey Booth, who is
rafting around, like a small pea in
bowl, in the Office Of United States AT
torney of this district, is out in plea
to the Commercial Club to come to his
political relief The forces that are
fighting against him are too hard for
him to withstand, and so he wants tins
commercial body to turn itself into
political force that will deliver itself to
him as tool in his hands.
In this, as usual, the conspicuous don
keyhood of Booth is seen in its highest
grotesqueness. The continued calling
for help by the Jack Mormon politicians
Of this State is one of the significant
signs of the times. 1t is their own con
fessiou that they need such help; their
own admission Of weakness and help
lessness on their own account.
The principal object of Donkey
Booth S attack Just now is Mr. Barry s
article in Pearson s Magazine for Sep.
tember. 1t is good, strong article, bar
ring few blemishes which The Trib-
une has noted; but it is extremely har-
rowing to Donkey Booth s feelings, and
he wants everybody else to come out
and be narrowed also, especially the
Commercial Club.
Donkey Booth appears to be tremen-
dously shocked at the charge that Roose-
welt made a bargain with the Mormon
Church which exists to this dav and
was ratified again by Taft and his man
ayers in the campaign of 1908. as put
into words by Mr.. Barry. In doing
this, however. Mr., Barry merely put
in form in his own way matter which
is of common knowledge not only here
but ia well-informed circles, of the Re.
publican party especially, in the East.
1t is a little difficult to understand lust
what it is that Booth is shocked at,
whether at the idea Of entering into
any contract at all with the Mormon
the entering into such contract as
Roosevelt entered into is in itself so
detestable as to utterly f1abbergast Don
key Booth. In either case, Donkey
Booth knows how it is himself, being
the beneficiary of that contract and be-
ing one Of the disreputable outfit Sc
lected by virtue of it for public office
in Utah. His incompetence. of course,
is known TO all, and the fact that he
was private attorney for some of those
whom as United States Attorney he
was called upon to prosecute for al.
legged coal land frauds, made his APP
pointment such strikingly incongru-
Gus one that those who were aware Of
the facts were amazed upon hearing of
it, 1t would better become Donkey
Booth to hide himself as much as pos.
sible from the public notice; but what
can you expect of donkey, anyway
His bray is spontaneous, irruptive, un.
expected, and the most incongruous
sound that comes from any of created
things.
Donkey Booth has from time to time
called upon various forces, organiza-
tions and associations to come to his
relief. He needs it badly enough, God
knows. In a recent case where he was
prosecuting a criminal the court gave
him such scorchlng as probably no
other attorney In Utah ever received,
telling him plainly that his papers were
so drawn that conviction under them
was impossible. 1t is plain, therefore,
that Donkey Booth cannot possibly hope
for any relief from the courts, because
his incompetence gives him no stand
ing in them. He has failed Of getting
help from any of the places he has ap-
piled to heretofore, as il is clear that
he will also fail of getting it from the
Commercial Club, for the Commercial
Club is not a political institution, and
is not at the service or command of
any lame ducks in politics, or office
seeking, nor Is II to be used in the
revenges Of any crippled politicians
who find themselves turned out as use
less hulks by the wayside.