Show THE ridiculous POST the editor of the post puts himself into some ridiculous positions by his proverbial inconsistency one day ho be declares that franr J C CANNON ox is a regular numbskull numb skull a political ninny a novice in politics with no knowledge of history a failure aa as an orator and wanting in respectability and the next day he lie boldly challenges him to a joint discussion it is rather strange that this distinguished platform speaker would desire to hold a joint discussion with a fool a stupendous ass as ho lie has declared mr CANNON to be iio ile possess as high an appreciation of liis his own abilities as one would suspect from his bombastic style it would certainly be no credit to thia this great lawyer editor to hold hola a debate wih with a man who knows so little as mr CANNON and besides he in might igat be injured in his morals by association with him 0 tho the fact of the case is that the editor of the post is itching for noto notoriety ritty lie ile wants somebody to take notice of him and his desiro desire to attract attention is so great that lie is willing to part his own coattails coat tails and lean over it if somebody of respectability will kick him lie he would willingly go out and catch the itch if scratching would center the eyes of the public on him THE tar SALT LAKE times lias has suddenly become a thorn in the flesh of the captious post it seems that some persons in davis and weber counties have received copies of that paper and consequently something must be wrong to the jaundiced eyes of the post sending out a sample copy of a republican paper is a crime and liable to involve the country in a civil war akis a wonder it declare the act unconstitutional and swear that ali taso ese papers are paid for by a corruption fund contributed by the manufacturers of utah namely the woolen mills of provo the lehi sugar works and the salt lake shoo factory factor to say the least it is chargeable to the mckinley McKin lcy bill and another evidence of republican extortion and oppression of the farmer triz BRIGHAM CITY report replying to ane STANDARDS query why shoud nt the liberals lib orala of terrace and brigham city follow the example set by the liberals of corinne Oo rinne and disband replies as follows at the samo same time that the liberal party of corinne disbanded tho the liberal party of box fader elder county died corinne baa has always been headquarters headquarter a for the liberals of this county and all burine business o done by the earty party has been transacted at corinne it has as been nearly a year since the liberals in city have hive taken any part in politics and it remained for corinne to take the initiative by which the party died this has been done and the liberal party of dox elder county Is now a thing of the past peace to it its s ashes ashe 3 T E fitzgerald and jonn ANIS aro are in ih the field as candidates for nomination to city officer by the democratic city convention the former would like to bo be nominated for the office of police justice and the latter for city marshal they are both good men and competent to fill the offices to which they respectively aspire hurrah for cannon 11 als is already beina heard board in all the vales of utah and echoed by the everlasting hills his election Is already an assured thine thina I provo enquirer WE nave been shown a letter from JOHN joni L MARTIN manager of tho general electric company which owns and controls the fort wayne electric company to the agent at salt lake city NY which bich says among other things lings ti wo we find the fort wayne company had nothing whatever to do with tho the securing of the city contract at ogden city it was brought about by one smith who used to bo be in in the employ of the fort wayne company but lias has since gone with tho the jarvis conklin investment company of kansas city mo R C CHAMBERS superintendent of the ontario mine park city JOHN J DALY superintendent of tho the daly mine park city W r F JAMES superintendent of tho the maxfield beld mine cottonwood cannon canyon and J Q PACKARD superintendent of the burcke mine tintic gintic say that to remove e tho the tariff I 1 from roin lead would close their mines who is to bo be believed belaev ed these gentlemen of experience or tho the editor of tho the post ane post wants to see one of CANNONS CANNON speeches in in cold type it ought to send out a stenographer and take one there is is nothing on earth to prevent it FRNK franx dont care and it would bool bo of interest to the readers of that journal mr O CANNON ia is making three speeches per day consequently abundant opportunities are offered THE NASHVILLE american ita its readers that the Oll 0 the party in in which the people can find relief from republican oppression and general prosperity we believe that if the democracy were invested with power the people would be relieved of general prosperity what n hat democratic success means TUB tum appear to feel very much alike about GROVER unless they happen to be confederate veterans whatever their politics are general SICKLES is is a democrat who left a leg on t the ho battlefield for ins his country ho ile says ho docs does not feel like voting for CLEVEL and does not know of an any other soldiers who do FRA FRISK J CANNON republican candidate for delegate in congress from utah is is a genial brainy clean and clearheaded man and is is intensely loyal to utah if worth ability and personal li honesty are taken into consideration by tho the voters mr CANNON will bo be elected by an overwhelming majority IF THE people of tins this country are so oppressed by a robber tariff as is is claimed by the democratic party why do half a million of foreigners come to our shores every year and when they get hero here and discover the true situation why dont some of them go away VOTERS OF UTAH reflect on tho the following comparison of w ages mexican miners 50 cents per day english and those of the united states 3 if you want the i wage of miners reduced to the foreign standard vote the democratic ticket notwithstanding GARFIELD had been dead nearly a decade the post quotes his alleged utterances in in 1890 has the distinguished editor been comm communing uffing with the spirits or has an ot I 1 ier clasby clasa clas J ot bf spirits been playing a trick wit w ith hits hiis tiis brain r tim DERO democratic CRATIC party wants to return to the shinplaster shin plaster currency that kept all kinds of business on tho the verge of bankruptcy before tho the wah wab sah sall GROVER STOOD upon the burning deck his hopes wrapped up in blue and said 1 I wish I 1 had a peck to help my campaign campi ign through protection TO the lead wool and sugar interests and of a stable currency is the rallying cry in this territory FRAM FRANK J CANNON will bo be elected they all talk that way it is is a way they hav have c as artemus ward says ir IF THE tariff is is a tax why does calico sell by the yard v ard for less than the duty thereon |