The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-23
THE FEDERAL BUNCH TICKET

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Tho Lcathcrwood ticket rs the Fed
erai bunch ticket This, as we bsvo
pointed out heretofore. is evident frem
the fact hat the Federal bunch made
several abortivc moves to get up a
ticket that would escape the odum of
the taint of the bosses But. every
move turned away from tho Federal
bunch scheme. and every time Leather
wood was proposed. he was beaten. lie
was the candidate Of the Federal bunch
! alone. Of nobody else.
Tbv Federal bunch organ supported
the Citizens movement M TO the time
that Mr.. Park was nominated for May
or. hoping that Leatherwood would be
named bv the business men organl2a-
ton. But that organization would have
none of Lcathcrwood. and named Mr..
Samuel Park for Mayor. Instantly the
Federal bunch moved for straight Re
publican convention. At that couvcn.
tion. which was poorly attended ana
was completely in the hands of the
Federal bunch, Lcathcrwood was named
for Mayor IS a matter of course. Inc
rest Of the ticket was made up at hap
hazard partly taking some progressive
Republicans. some former Americans,
and anybody who would consent to
serve The main thing With The Fed
cral bunch WAS to get Leathcrwood
Curiosity has bccu rife To know why
Lcatherwood was the special favorite
and exponent of Federal bunchlsm to
such an extent that he and no one else
could be their candidate for Mayor. II
is a secret that has not yet been dis
closed. Doubtless some mischief is
afoot connected with tho Lcathcrwood
possibility for Mayor. but. fortunate
v for the city. that possibility is quite
remote.
The acquisition Of power by the Fed
cral bunch in this city would be the
worst calamity that could happen to
the city as whole. and TO its inhab-
itants We believe that there arc null
titudcs of Republicans who look upon
il the same way, and would view with
a feeling almost of panic the idea of
tho Federal bunch attaining control of
Salt Lake City Its misrule. its reck.
less extravaganza, its disregard for law
and for the rights of the people where
IL has sway. all this is so flagrant, that
any good citizen might well shudder al
the idea of the Federal bunch having
undisputcd sway in this city. sway
which would unqucstionably be to the
citv's ruin.
The Federal bunch started in with
the idea that there ought not TO be any
politics in this camraign. But it
played politics right along, kept thrust
ing its own candidate under the nose
Of every organization that undertook
10 make nonpartsan campaign Thus
the Federal bunch. while claiming to
be dcSirous of nonpartisan movement,
insisted that It's own partisanship
should be supreme. IT could not en-
force this upon the various nonpartisan
organizations. and so 1t promptly made
partisan nominations Of It's own. And
after those nominations were made. ii
had the gall to dub its convention a
good government convention, and
its nominations good government y
nominees. On II being pointed ont,
however. that this freed Republicans
from their party obligation to support
the ticket, the bunch promptly affixed
q - . III 10 u -
government label. apparently uumiud-
iul of the inappropriateness OF the
use of the word good government" in
connection with their politica! Re
publican activities.
But so it is. and there YOU are, The
Leatherwood ticket is the Leatherwood
ticket; but il is primarily the Federal
bunch ticket; and 1t is ticket that
under the circumstances. no Republic.
an need feel any obligation TO support
The people of this city should ignore
the Federal bunch at the primaries TO.
morrow. and refuse to be controlled by
the Federal bunch bosses Their plans
for the looting of this city arc well un.
dersiood. and the means whereby they
would in it have been fully exempIl.
fled in the grating bills which have
been allowed 10 the Federal bunch or.
gan by the Federal bunch county ad.
miuistration and the Federal bunch
state government. II is a plain case
of contemplated robbery without stint,
without mercy. and without color Of
law; and we do not believe that the
people of this city VIII in any consider.
able degree. support that programme OF
loot