The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-01-05
THE LONE COMMISSIONER.

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farming lands which fall under his
| hands; he is a good stockman insofar
! as he goes into such an allied branch
of farming; he is an honest man en-.
! deavoring to fulfil honestly the posi-
ton which he holds as one of the
County Board OF Commissioners. We
say these things OF Mr.. Cronqust be.
cause We nave something TO say
about another side of his character
and wish to ameliorate the gentleman
before we spit right out what we
have to say fike he did when he at
tackled G. w. dunno the other day in
board meeting.
But having said all we desire to
say regarding his good qualities, and
we could say much more in all seri-
BUSINESS, we now desire to turn to
one great fault which we think he
possesses for the position which he
holds. That fault is, he has the dis
position of dog in a manger. He will
bite back at everything savoring of
Republicanism and fawn at any De
mocratic proposition. To anyone view
ing the deliberations OF the, commits
sioners, this one fact becomes imme-
! diately apparent; and for Mr.. Cron-
quist it is a grievous fault which ham
pers his otherwise good judgment in
| the matters of the county.
Equally apparent is his immodest
| opinion of himself which also hampers
the free use of his best judgment; for
| because of that opinion he may view
as invaluable any other opinions which
he may form regarding the affairs
over which he assumes such unwar-
ranted sway in the commissioner
meetings. 1t was because of this
great opinion of what he is that he
essayed to give such strong. manly
edfying lecture of advice to his fell
low board members the other day. He
told the new members that they
didn't know everything about the at
fairs to which they had been called by
the people, and declared that they
would find out great many things
which he knew at that time about the
affairs OF the county. All Of this may
be true; but another man would have
| assumed an average mod!cum of in
telligence on the part of two such well
known men as Meikle and Parker,
and would have refrained from tell.
ing such a childish lot of rubbish as
Cronquist spit out at his fellow mem
bers. Messrs. Parker and Meikle are
equal to their own defense and need
no championship from this paper, by
any means; but there is no friend OF
Mr.. Cronquist to point out what an
absurd figure he cuts in the average
mo nf a hoard
SO we come to one more thing, Mr..
Cronquist, out of the great abundance
OF his liberal and philanthropic and
patriotic heart, declared in the meet
ing Tuesday that he would not vote
to GUST the saloons as he esteemed that
the people and spurned the doctrine
of prohibition by voting down the De
mocratic platform which declared for
state wide prohibition. Like some OF
his dear friends of the Journal, he
failed to peep two inches into the real
uutbtiOH lhNoiNtu III Nh' i'puoi 7piou-
lem, and to see that the people had
declared emphaticslly for the very
measure which Mr.. Cronquist refused
absolutely to vote upon.
The Republican party declared for
prohibition outside OF incorporated
cities Furthermore, it was understood
during the election, that the Republi-
can commissioners would not grant
any renewal OF licenses in the coun-
ty outside of incorporated cities But
Mr. Cronquist failed to see in such
Republican declarations the full de- |
sire of Republicans TO see prohibition
where II is most needed At one time. |
however, he did see the light in jif. |