The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-05
Why Lyon, Groesbeck and Heg-
inbOtham We're Bitterly
Opposed by Gang.
REVENGE NOT THE ONLY
ELEMENT OF THE FIGHT
The Fear Of Having TO Dig up
$5727.50 in Cash Partly
Responsible.
If you don't stand In with Mackay
You needn't come around

The church Republican county conVen-
tIon closed AT 3;o7 ursday morning, and
In The language OF the squared circle,
Lyon. Groesbcclt ana fieginbotham got
theirs. Ask "A Gentle Republican what
he thinks OF tho ticltet and he VIII smile
sadly and walk away,
But, as TO Mr., Lyon; Lyon was on ihc
slate. 1t was argued that his nomination
would be good politics. for the reason that
he was Gentle. hut the Mackay ana
"Gimlet gangs. not needing ''e ,,j iaEi
strengthen the ticket. long ago deter
mined upon his humiliation and defeat
because of the fact that he did not tako
kindly TO the virtual theft OF large
sum OF money. BY tho "Gimlet.' from
the county for the publication of the de-
bnqnent tax list.
OF political highbinders, including the
"Glmlct,' have made against Lyon also
involved Frank Hcsinbotbam and Jack
Grocsbeck.
1t was Frank Hcginbothsm who first
got In bad with tho Mackay gang. When
Hoginbotham succeeded Mont Fisher as
auditor Jimmy Sabine. pauper clerk OF
the board of county commissioners, had
bill pending for services. las archi-
Urinary Mont Fisher had inadvertently
approved the bill, but when his attention
was called 10 il by iicginbotham he ran
red lines through his signature. The bill
was Irregular in several respects and
Heginbotham declined TO approve it,
Among the grounds upon which HeGin-
botham declined to approve the bin was
the fact that it was not shown that Sa-
bine did the work outside of the hours
for which nc was receiving pay as pau
per clerk. At this time Job p. Lyon was
assistant county attorney The matter
was passed up 10 that Office and Lyon
brought suit. The court finally bcld tha;
bill approved br the county commits
sioners must be o. 1<-d by tho county
auditor. and Sabine got his money. This
was black eye No, I for HcSinbotham
and Lyon.
Some time after the Sabine incident
bobbed up, Auditor tIeginbotham was
presented with hills from TIE Bell Tele-
phone company for telephones al the res
idenccs of Macisay and Clinton. Hegin-
botham was paying FOR his own telephone
at his home. and lac could not under
stand why Maclsay and Clinton should
not come through FOR their own phones
The matter was referred TO the county
attorneys office. and the county attorney
denounced the scheme as. petty craft
and advised The auditor not to approve
tho bills. Heeinbotham took the tip OF
Clinton had 10 dig down dcep in their
caps cous pockets and make the amount
good to the telephone company Mack
aYs proportion was nearly 800, ard he
will still be thinking about that lost 500
when Gabriel too:s his horn. Here was
where ScSinbotham got another discol-
ored optic.
Now as 10 Jack Grocsoeck: When the
hil! OF the "Gimlet'' against his office
linoncnt tax i lis lis, came car up PC; Groesbeck eek OBJ
iec,ed TO charging tho amount "as eX-
penscs." against his office. He thcn wrote
objections and TIcginbotham submitted
the matter TO Maclsav. There was moth
ing doing. and Groesoecll then wrote 10
ihe county commissoners This letter
ordered the hill paid. and the Mouth
got tho money. Later. the attention of
County Attorney Lyon was called TO the
Iuattcr, through tic intervention OF
Grocsbeck, and The attorney advised the
commissioners TO return The money. They
Indignantly refused. and LYON then filed
suit against them for the recovery OF
the entire sum paid 10 tie Mouth"
The suit is still pending. This suit OF
course. iankles in Car Mackay's breast
and 1t is for this reason. .primarily. that
1e determined upon The defeat of Lyon.
In this. hc was ably assisted by most
Of the Federal gang and the dclectabe
"Gimlet" bunch.
In the defeat OF Lyon. however. there
was something in addition 10 tho desire
for revenge Five thousand seven hun
dred and twenty-seven and one half
large. bright smoleons are involved
There is but little question that Mackay
and his misguided followers will be com
pelled 10 reimburse the county out of
or Lyon prevail. But. Will il prevail?
just suppose, for example that !. f.
Wiley is elected TO succeed Lyon. This
is hardly probs bic. but for the sake of
showing the dcep-Iaid plans of Mackay
and his gang, let il he supposed that
Inc church -l.cpublioan ticket is rn mined
down the throH;s OF the pconle IL
there anybody who believes for n mo-
mcnt that Macka% and his gang were
not fully convinced that the suit would
stop with the elimination OF JON T. Won
from tho a
rhcy threw their support TO Wiley? True
the case is now set for trial before fI,r.
aspiration OF Mr., Lyons torn of office.
hut that continuances will be secured
there * little room for scrnis doubt
And. II they arc secured. who cannot
forcsec the end?
This in brief is "A histor, Of the .rou
bio between Mackay and the three Of
fcials. who were mercicssly knitted In
tho church Republican convention nv
are attempting 10 dominate tile affairs
OF this city county and state.
Forgetting for the time hcing. The
Nackay-" "Cimlct"- Federal bunch ngh,
against LYON. Groesbeck and IIcsin-
bothain. wasn't II near cruelty to ami
the speech Of Temporary Chairman Fred.
erick c. Loofbourow at tho church. RE-
publican conventions This address. which
Mr. Toofbourow considered the ,.roynino
effort 90 his political career. had beer
carefully edited by John Mac!Sny anS
Jody ElJrcdgc and WAS considered "tbc
goods" This is especially true Of tia
portion Of the address. which lsuded til,
notoriously Inefficient and grafiing board
of county commissioners. Mr. T.oofbourop
was Just getting warmed I'D To his task
when he emitted the following:
Tho people of salt Lake county ar,
Justly proud of the administration Sivcr
the county's affairs by the Republican
board of county commissioners"
THIS MAS too mdch even FOR tlic cop
pcT-li1ed. reversible stomach of IN,
''Ginlct. and II ruthiessly buc
pencied For that matter. so was th,
remainder OF Mr.. T.oofbourow's address
all OF which consisted OF eulogies upoi
number of things. which the commits
sopera We're alleged TO have accom-
plished. The most unkind cut of all oI
tic part OF tho "Cimlct" was the faiTu~
10 mention the n,acadaIn road whcl
MacItay built To his ranch in Granger
Drink Pilsener--the peer Of al
beere, the nectar for the bou-viyant