The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-21
QUEER MISSION
Of BEN RICH
Notorious POlygamist Is Here
to Boost for Sutherland and
HowellS Re- Election.
EASTERN INTERESTS" LIKE
WAY BOTH HAVE VOTED
No Reason Why Any Wage
Farmer Should Support
Either of These.
BY MAC.


Our old aud clnsiye friend, Ben Rich,
has come to the front as champion
Of Smoot, Sutherland and Howell lie
thinks it would be a great mistake if
the people should not return Sutbcr.
land and Howell. lie speaks as one
gifted with the power of prophesy.
Ben is the chief cook and prevari
Gator of the eastern states mission.
Ho has taken two wives since the
manifesto-at least two--though it
would not surprise anyone if it we're
found that he has a dozen. But Ben
has been telling eastern magazine
writer's that there is no new polvgamy-
and that the men who ARE charging
these things are blatherskites and dis 2
reputables. ~
Ben does not mix much with the
common herd in New York. He is the
official cultivator of the elite. He
breaks bread with big business men
and politicians, and of course Ben
knows that these Eastern plutocrats
are delighted with the unanimous waY
which the Utah delegation at Wash
ipgton "sustaiu' them in congress.
It is difficult to understand how any
wage Garner can vote for Joseph
Howell or for members of the lcgisla-
ture who will return George Suthcr
IdUu. ncSe men ndNc DccU Tue iHOSs
abicct tools of the great corporate in
tcrests in the east. They have done
nothing of consequence for Utah. Their
votes have been AS certainly detrl
mental TO the interests of the men
and women of limited incomes as it
were possible for them to be.
. Nearly everyone has been staggering
under the increased cost of the neeesSi
ties of life. And contrary TO the
high tariff arguments. there has not
been a corresponding Increase IN one s
earning. al he entire game played by
Smoot, Sutherland apd Howell has
heen TO add to the daily struggle Of
the man and woman who tolls. s,..,..,.. !.
I'm the eastern, central and cxtrcne
against every member OF congress und
every United States senator who voted
for the Payne Adrich tariff outrage.
They know that to return the mcn who
made that measure law IS to vote
against their own interests. The re-
suit thus far has been almost rcvolp
liou.
If Howell is returned he will Jc ono
of small minority OF consrcssmcm
that arc elected in the New England
states He will have no opportunity
to do anything for Utah, if he had the
ability.
The party which Smoot and Suther-
land sustained by their votes has
been thoroughly repudatcd. Such men Z
as Hale. Aldrich and other tools of the
great protected interests have been
forced to cover, The progrcssives will
control in conjunction wit. the lnde-
pendent Democrats,
Let Utah get in line with the rest of
the progressive people of the United
States The way to do this is to re-
pudiate Howell aud Sutherland.
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Many Salt Lakers are still smarting
over the dirty insinuations cast against
Jack Groesbcck by Attorney Harry Ed
wards and others in the Republican
county convention. Edwards led the
fight for Bassett. and in order to
stampede the delegates who were not
instructed to vote against Groesbeck.
he declared with characteristic feeling
that if Groesbeck were nominated. the
convention would thereby hang mill
stone around the neck Of the Repub-
licans of Salt Lake county,
The insinuation is strong that Groes-
beck had done something which the
party could not stand for, thus calling
for the denunication OF Edwards by
Delegate Hays and others. But "a,
wards had done the work. He pulled
his man through by small vote. and
there is no question In the world but
that BY his mischievous insnuation
turned enough votes from Groesbeck to
nominate n tithe- paying deputy II the
county clerk s Office,
Now what was this all done forg Was
Edwards sincere. or was he merely act
ing like n paid agent of one of The
lesser banks of Salt Lake City, whose
candidate Bassett IS?
This thing of banks nominating can
didatcs for treasurer in order to con,
troll tho deposits of public funds should
be stopped 1t is not fair to The pub
lie nor to other candidates who may
be aspiring to that Office.
Fortunately, the Americans noninai-
cd a man who docs not have TO make
terms in advance with any banking
house. Charley Reed is one of the most
substantial men of Salt Lake City, apd
if he has vote OF conhdcnces as 10
certainly will have, he will go into Of
fee with Il bond which he eau give {
without being obliged TO hawk his ac- ;
count in order TO comply with the rec
quirements of the law.
81 supported Margaret Zane Witcl9B
for county clerk two o.years ago,
writer Yesterday, believing that Mrs:
Witchcr would be permitted by the au-
tborlties to control her office ] seet <
that in the list OF employees in ths
clerks Office there is but few GeF =
tiles, and that the greater number arsa
made up of members of the familiqs OF g
tho Smoet ,Callister -Eldredge maSnigc;
or course | am disappointed, for had
no idea that such thing existedsi u
learned, however, that the county com.
missioncrs, under the dominatieIfs OF
that man Mackay. will not ALLOW Mrs.
Witcber to run her Office as Sbf Ndet "
sircs. was shocked to 6n,fsthst she Z
was forced to employ an etkcr ef the
dominant church as mariaEe lcchso