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Show THE BEE. Arthur Much better than it has for two years past ; Methinks I see a glimmering star at last. A star of hope arising in the east Above the public crib where I would feast. L-n- -n : The star you want my astronomic friend Is not the one that Hits across the stage, Nor yet the one which seems above to float But that which fastens to a dark blue coat. Arthur : Have patience, noble lord, as gold bugs must, To get an office in these latter days. But I shall live to see the time I trust, When I shall render thanks and tender praise To all who add to my discomforts now. Let them beware: Ill somedav wear a mace And then the rascals all must keep their place. L-n- -n : Cheer up, brace up ; you dont know how I feel The time is drawing near for your appeal. Im full of joy and Im full to the chin ; racket agin. Well try our non-partisa- Arthur n (singing.) Arthur Pratt But I dont know where Im at, And I fear it is a chronic condition Since the city came to grief By losing me, its hief, Through the Fire and Police Commission. Oh, my name is c L-n- -n : Well, I must say there is no need to talk, I scarce have time to eat or take a walk ; I sit me here within my house all day And listen close to all you have to say. I chat with you from early dawn till noon, Inflate you as I would a toy balloon. And then when you are safely out of sight Frank JenniDgs comes to stay with me till night. At intervals throughout the tiresome dry The mayor calls to ask what I have got to say. And then, the only solace of my troubled honrs Our joint attorney comes Orlando Powers. Thus wags the world along. And all the while I try to keep your courage up and smile And sing and dance and let my Tribune go. ' (Sings:) Sing a song of politics, Pocket full of tin ; Our mayor was elected, But Pratt he isnt in. When the council opened Loud I made him sing: Heres a man for chieftain Fit to be a king. A RTHUR : Hark, the clock in the steeple strikes the hour Of my departure. I go but I return. , In the mean-timkeep your organ warm And Dunbar burn. e L-n- n Who are the people anyway? Each hour some man of mustang blood Questions my course and tries to tell Me what he thinks he knows. And thus the public toe has oft been raised To smite the manly bosom of my pants, But that same toe would quick rebound And send the kicker sprawling on I he ground. For constant contact with the kicking world Has grown a substance harder than the boot. One cheeky cus, iny neighbor, there he is In the city chairmanship of the party Which claims a council majority, Dave Dunbar, must be kept away And driven from his post at all hazards. Abu se him with your pens, ye scribes And hold him up to ridicule, my artists. And once again, hear me ye walls That echoed to my tread of other days, Hear me, ye scribes, and write it down And print in the columns leaded top And put it next to pure reading matter. I swear by all the gods I know The god of thunder and the god of war, Bah : : As you go, sound the gong in my work shop And let my staff and corps be summoned. (Gong sounds men file into room.) I do not care ; you know full well, The story of the struggle. I am boss. The bright sun rises in his course and lights A lot of bosses, but no boss like me. He sets and his last refulgent beams Are not more glaring than my mote. I should say might. But let it pass. I have been thwarted and opposed By a horde of petty politicians Who know less than a tithe Of the smoothe schemes I know. And yet they have thwarted me, Because they claimed forsooth The people stood behind them. to-tal- 7, ! That the Tribune shall triumph, That Pratt shall be our chief. Go to your tasks and let the work be done. (Exit all.) AN OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT. On the 5th of the present month, to the great surprise of the public, the following official endorsement of Col. Isaac Trumbo appeared as a leading editorial in the Xews. People were still wondering what it meant when the Colonel was made the topic of discourse in the Taber- nacle last Sunday afternoon. Here is the letter: There have been many communications of late in the newspapers concerning Colonel Isaac Trumbo and his affairs. Charges have been made, emanating from various sources, that there has been some financial connection between himself and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. It has been repeatedly stated in years past, and the story has been revived of late, that Colonel Trumbo has had large amounts of money in his hands and, under his control belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints ; that he has been its agent in the expenditure of funds for the accomplishment of certain ends that were desired to be achieved. We have remained silent upon this subject. It is well known that from time to time charges are made and circulated concerning us and our affairs, which we deem it unnecessary to notice. It would be occupying too much of our time to be contradicting stories which are put in circulation by one and another for their own purposes. This feeling has restrained us in the past in relation to Colonel Trumbo and his connection with us and our affairs. But it seems to be proper now, and just to ourselves, as well as common justice to him, that we should say something in relation to the association that has existed between Colonel Isaac Trumbo and ourselves as the representatives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints. First of all we wish to state most emphatically that Colonel Trumbo has not had property of ours in his possession for such purposeses as He has neither been our financial had nor agent, any control of our property. We have not entrusted him with amounts of money to expend for us for any such purpose. In the time of our deep distress, when bitterness and hatred were manifested against us in almost every public quarter, Colonel Trumbo came to Utah, and showed interest in our affairs. Some of his own relatives were involved in cases that were then before the courts. One prominent connection of his was consigned to the pen-- : common charge that was in itentiary, vogue against so many prominent Latter-DaSaints. The colonels sympathies, it seems, were aroused, at least in behalf of his kinsfolk. This caused him to take interest in the whole question ; and this interest absorbed him to such an extent that he withdrew from profitable s that he had at that time iu San Francisco, y y al-ledqe- . on-.th- y busi-mes- d. and devoted himself almost exclusively to the labor of correcting the false impressions which prevailed and to the enlistment of the press in the correction of the many falsehoods and nspr-tion- s which were in circulation ; and afterwards, on a wider field, using his influence with leading We may say here that Colomen of the nation. nel Isaac Trumbo is a man of extraordinary energy. When he undertakes ain thing that he thinks ought to be done, he is untiring in his to accomplish it. These characteristics were wonderfully illustrated in the labors which he took upon himself in behalf of the maligned and misreprhsented Latter-DaSaints. Ik ing a man of means, me was ap.le to travel from place to place, and especially to visit and sustain fim self at Washington. We can never forget his activity in visiting editors and using his influence to correct public opinion through the press. Xo man could have displayed greater zeal and disinterestedness than he did in the labors that he took upon himself. We felt that he was inspired ; for, not being a member of our religious organization, and having no financial ends to accomplish that, would be remunerative to him, there was nothing to incite him to these extra ordinary exertions except a purely philanthropic desire to defend an oppressed and unpopular people and to roll back the tide of calumny and evil that threatened to overwhelm them. We felt thankful many times for the kind Providence that raised him up ; for he seemed to come to our aid when a man in his position and with his indefatigable energy was especially needed. When the Mormon people were threatened with disfranchisement, Col. Trumbo spent considerable time in Washington, exerting himself to the utmost of his ability to defeat that infamAnd while there were other ous measure. at work also (for every one that had any agencies influence in the community realized how necessary it was that this measure should be defeated), still Colonel Isaac Trumbo was the means of bringing powerful influences to bear against the enactment of that villainous bill. In the defeat of the proposed legislation every member of our Church had cause to be deeply grateful to the Lord and to the instruments which, under Him, were the means of bringing it to naught. With the same zeal and devotedness he worked untiringly to obtain the amnesty; and also afterwards in securing the return of the personal property to the Church, and in preparing the way for the return of the real estate. He threw himself into the accomplishment of all these ends with an energy and wholeness of soul that won him many friends and crowned his labors and the labors of those who worked with with success. Colonel Trumbo was most fortunate in winof-fort- s y ning the respect and admiration of influential men in the nation. By his representations of the condition of things in the then Territory of Utah and his enthusiastic defense of the Mormon people, he arouspd the active interest and sympathies of very many of them. This was notably the case with General James S. Clarkson. This gentleman was deeply moved by all that he learned, and he entered with his whole soul and great influence, with Colonel Trumbo, into the effort to make the true character of the people knowm to the nation and to remove the widespread and deeprooted prejudices which existed so generally at that time against the Mormon people. It would be invidious perhaps to attempt to give names of other leading and influential public men who, by the powerful appeals which were made to them, were induced to examine what was known as the Mormon question from a different standpoint to that which they had occupied ; but their names are cherished in grateful remembrance by the men of Utah, and their deeds will be preserved in the history of the people. All the influence which he had gained by personal acquaintance Colonel Trumbo used to make the people of Utah better known to the nation at large, and towards preparing the way for the admission of Utah as a State. It is not necessary for us to go into details concerning his labors in this direction ; it is sufficient to say that probably no single agency contributed so much to making Utah a State as the labors of Colonel Isaac Trumbo and his immediate friends. WILFORD WOODRUFF, GEORGE Q. CAXXOX, JOSEPH F. SMITH, |