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Show B I Ogdei Letter. Hi ! 1 Hj Ji'1 Ogden, Utah, Oct. 18th. ' mu The county election for Superintendent of Hi I 'b ( Public Schools, which resulted in the expected vic- HB jjj tory for the Democratic candidate, is another trib- 7 I'll ' ute to inefflciency of the Republican chairman, M i q' Dix, and a compliment to the political sagacity of VI'M" the winner, W. B. Wilson. Dix got very wise m ty flit about the time the election was first agitated, and B :fnfl refused to listen to the Democratic proffer of a K tyiMl non-partisan convention. He thought he saw a j ' y Democratic scheme and ho would some of it. So H i ' 1 iu a partisan convention was called and each candi- 'iJil' i date started in the merry go-as-you-please handi- Hi i j cap. Wilson was foxy and Petterson was green 0' is 1 rV" : and thus a Republican tragedy was converted into Uf a Democratic cake-walk. Considering the gran- H'4W nies who were training Petterson, the wonder is Mk(j'- i how he got close enough to Wilson to escape the P'lU?,' Hf ill V f JJ4 .j I : There are those who claim that one Bill, Mayor : ' of Ogden, has not enough sense to come in when H -! J ilj it rains. This idea received a rude jolt during the H1 ',jX ,,'j week when the everlasting candidate announced H iU I .i,; i he would not be in the running this time for Con- H jj j i gress. His voluntary retirement is due wholly to H in U ! I his political foresight, which, when not overbal- I ill P I anced by his egotism, is as keen as they make it. H jj , I Bill discovered that he would be handed a warm IMI ill' I ' one at the convention and ne wisely concluded not HUm Si ! ' to get his fiuSers Durnt- Tnis move on the part of ISil III Bil1 entitles hlm t0 be classed among sane politi- Iffli' if I' cians; he would be credited with genuine horse Hf 'V'llt sense if he stayed out of Politics altogether. No Hi , doubt the Republican party has been saved consid- H ! if erable embarrassment by his announcement. H L ! iii , BE ..i ' The real trouble with Bil1 is his overpowering BS''"' 1 conceit, fed by the exaggerated flattery of his fool li j friends. He wants everything in the shape of an I Rnjijl office that will keep him in the public eye, and his BiWl'S hirelings and satellites-never tire of telling him he B $!,' is the only cheese. Bill counts no man his friend Bill,! 'I J who will tell him the truth, but his favor goes HiffL'' & out to him who hands him fulsome flattery and Bffih'4 pernicious praise. An an example, take Friday Bvlc1' Chambers. When Fred makes his rounds as busi- BMjt ifif' ness manager he hears Bill cursed up hill and BHIi If down dale by nine out of every ten advertisers. Bfu U But when Chambers faces his boss in the Standard Bwrf ! oflico and Bil1 asks Fred how the people feel to" Mw' iy wards him, the servant answers: "Mighty mas- Blk .. ter, the people shout aloud for you; the children Bsl, cry for you; the women pray for you, and every- Bfiit ljody wants you to g0 to Congress." IBi ' ' No wonder Bill is nutty at times. Eff '4 'J; 111 ; ;i: Ai ; : It is said that the selection of Parley Christen - H I sen as chairman of the Republican State commit- BBif; I tee was received with glad acclaim by the friends flf f ; of Smoot and Sutherland alike in this town. The HjllU' L j Smooth people say that the mission of the apostle H I j to Ogden last weeft was for the purpose of arrang- HraB -! ing for HanS011 to oreak into the State committee HBw if I to root for Parley. It is further claimed that when Hk II Reed discovered that Arthur Brown wanted Hull, si '1 he switched to the big Scandinavian and Parley Hl'i was the candidate of the Smoot crowd. In this Ht connection it would be interesting to hear from H(.r Mr. Brown. However, if Smooth wanted Christen- Kli M sen it is safe to say he did not want Nelson for HE ot I secretary. The whole business has a suspicious WaWHaj look. In the end it may develop that the entire BMfflfflnrl proceedings were cut and dried by a certain guile- iBfll lesB' Bafo and conservative person named Suther- BBIMHBt land. UraPHrar |