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Show i ! i I Vol 1, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JULY 26, 1902 No. 46.:. the week which is now as matters political have not been could lively as the small fry politicians of state wish for. Beyond the opening headquarters in the Central block, by Chairman Christensen and Secretary The Nelson, but little has been doing. candidates for congress are bestirring themselves, of course, but the heated term has kept them from displaying the activity which would have characterized their conduct, had a summer shower or two come along to renew the Jim Rae, the vitiated atmosphere. Valley House politician,, has declared for Devine for congress. Jim declares he has known Devine for so long that he is prepared to Bay the fire chief is qualified for the piace. ?, ''Wb.t. we want in th lower hoose, says Rae, is a mon who kens harses. The harse interests o th nation is shamefully neglected. Devine kens a harse when he sees it. Aye, that he does. I dinna keu a mon any wheer who knayvs mair, than Jim. So that settles it. Jim and Jonathan and Mallory and Smith and Bigelow are for Devine, and that quintette will cut a wide swath in the Third Devine will corprecinct convention. ner nearly all the delegates from that of the city. But outside the Jiortion Devine is getting in some good work. His friends are quietly working everywhere. Pete Johnson is understood to be doing yeoman servicei Pete has among the Danish element. a syndicate scattered along the southern portion of the city, in the first, second and third ecclesiastical wards which is a solid concern and hard to break. Besides these special instances mentioned, Devines supporters are doing a world of buttonholing everywhere throughout the state. His services to the party, his ability to fill the position, his affability and good nature are commented upon at length for the benefit of the presumable delegate. Howells, of Cache county, was interviewed several times last week. He declares he is notout seeking the nomination, but that if it comes along his way he will take it. But this kind of talk does not prevent Howells from be ing an active candidate. All the northern counties will be for him when the .time comes, and he will be in the from the start and probably to thefight finish. pan Harrington is understood to be writing letters to his constituents by the bushel, and is making good progress, according to his own statements. Dan thinks he has a cinch on the and is willing to bet he will landplace the nomination. But its too hot to talk about politics. Lets wait until it gets the state where he went, to quote his own expression, on business. What- ever its nature may have been, legal or otherwise, certain it is that Mr. Sutherland is well pleased with the receptions which have been given him, and the assurances of support which have been tendered, in the event that he decides to run for the senate. Not only have plenty of the local leaders of his own party assured him that they will stand by him in case he decides to enter the lists as a candidate, but many of them have urged him to throw downthe gage of battle and go in 'and win.- But Mr. Sutherland declines, so far, to, state will try for the definitely whether-he- . senate or not.' The first dutyfjtf the party is to.elect a Republican legislature; then it will be time enough 'for mien to announce themselves for the senatorship. That is Mr. Sutherlands slogan, and to tell the truth it is s very effective and taking statement While others are announcing themselves Sutherland is working to elect a legislature which will give the party a chance to send a man to the senate. No one doubts now that Mr. Sutherland will be a candidate, but in order for any candidate to succeed, it will be necessary to do some work at the polls first. ft ft Fred McGurrin is in the south attending to the details of a mining deal of great proportions. It is understood when he returns he will engage in the formation of a Daniel Harrington club, which will be organized to promote the interests of Harrington in the state convention. ft ft Bill Glasmanns paper, the Standard, has made a declaration against the personality of Arthur Brown and declares as between Brown and Kearns, the latter keeps his promises, while Brown does not. And now everybody is wondering what promise Kearns kept with Glasmann and how much it was. - . -- - ft' ft Democratic Day at Saltair was not a success from a political standpoint, although as a social affair it was all right. There was a good attendance from Salt Lake and Ogden, while Provo furnished not a few. Chairman Roy lance was on hand with a glad hand smile and told the assembled sisterhood of Democratic ladies that all that remained, was to vote and then go shouting. Billy Dale and Jerrold Letcher were conspicuous figures and did their best to make life pfeasant for every one. Dale paid for tintypes for a hundred little girls, while Letcher blew in all of his salary for a cooler. week on popcorn and peanuts. ft ft ft ft Congressman Sutherland has returned Governor Ezra P. Savage and party , from a visit to the southern portions of were in the city from Nebraska this J g car and lake, riding on a and doing performing other little stunts. Governor Savage is a kind old soul, who began life many years ago and has been working at it ever since. He thinks Nebraska will go Republican this fall if the party can secure a major ity and is sure they will elect the entire six congressmen, unless the Democrat-Populiparty elects one or two. The governor was accompanied on his trip here by one brigadier-generand eleven colonels, including Frank Moores, mayor of Omaha, who is a colonel all the time he isnt mayor. All the party thought Salt Lake was a place where a man could live and die happy and promised, if crop is good, to come again, as soon as they killed their hogs. One of the colonels, who has a Bet of whiskers, strawberry in color when normal, but changed to jet black in honor of the occasion, declared this city was jest abaout the finest tarnation taown he ever seed and the balance of the aggregation agreed with him. Governor Savage and party are at home as Truth goes to press, and will not venture away from home again until they have finished laying their crops by and have completed their cider making, sight-seein- i'ir. During 5 Cents week, and had a good time going to the Oregonian has bad a correspondent In the Political Arenac. i Price st al the-cor- ft n ft The preparations for the outing of the Young Mens Republican club to the Lagoon on Aug. 9 go on apace. So far the outlook for the excursion being a big success is extremely good. The club members are enthusiastic and are getting up new and original attrac tions to get the crowds. . ft ft The announcement made in last weeks issue of Truth, to the effect . was being looked upon with great favor as a congressional nominee by the Democrats,' has that Quil Nebeker been circulated with surprising rapidity and numerous endorsements have been given him since, by members of the party, who consider him the most available man who could be selected. At the Democratic gathering at Saltair on Tuesday many openly expressed themselves as being heartily in favor of Nebeker as the nominee. It is believed he can poll a bigger vote than any candidate who might be nominated. As yet no proffer has been made to him by the leaders of the party, but Ttuth is informed he will be asked to consent to permit the use of his name and will be assured of such support as to leave the question of his nomination settled beyond doubt. Oh wad some power the giftie gie us, to see oursels as ithers see us. Well, by reading the Portland Oregonian, the Salt Lake City newspaper syndicate, can see itself as other see it. The It was Burns who wrote down here in Utah for a while and he has been writing up the Mormons and the balance of us in a style breezy and combinacrisy. Of the triple-heade- d tion he says: The polititics of Utah is a jumble to an outsider. The visitor beholds the anomaly of the Mormon Church allied to the Catholic. This is though the machinations of a clique. Senator Kearns holds a large Catholic vote at his back, and has secured the favor of the Mormon church by several deals which he is said to have worked through congress in its behalf. The newspapers of Salt Lake are owned or contralled by this trust in politics. Perry S: Heath, of the Tribune, has enlisted his paper in the trust, and is said to desire the senatorship as a reward. The fawning llaftery which Senator Kearns gets from the organs of the trust is obtrusive to a visitor. Tne Tribune, The Telegram and The Herald are all turning the crank of the trust organ. These journals have fallen in with the sychopantic procession of American newspapers. Salt Lake bears a resemblance to Seattle and and Tacoma in this respect, where newspapers truckle to politicions and corporations., ft ft Chairman Griggs, of the Democratic congressional committee, and his able assistant, Ben. T. Cable, have defined the issues upon which the party will do battle at the coming elections. Truth prints this news, because otherwise the members of the party in Utah would never know what was going on. Prevailing high prices of commodities and the cost of living are to be used as a basis of an attack upon the Dingley tariff, and no less an authority than the Republican Chicago Record-Heral- d professes to see a danger to the party in power as a result of this decision on the part of the Democratic managers. The Democratic contention is that the Dingley tariff enables the manufacturer to charge an average of about 40 ' per cent, more for their wares than they are entitled to under natural conditions, and in support of this contention they are offering in evidence the special discount sheets of American exporters who sell abroad a great deal cheaper than they do at home. TheEe sheets cost Mr. Griggs $100 apiece and as yet he has secured but a half dozen or so out of the 200 or more exporting houses of New York City, but with what he has at hand the Democratic campaign book will contain some mighty interesting reading. Mr. Griggs declares that on wire nails, which sell in the United States at $2.25 per keg, the exporters make a discount which enables them to sell in Germany, France and England at $1.30 per keg and that the increased price in America, paid by the home consumer, is all |