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Show THE of securing ties for a projected rail- It calls for the delivery to be made “along the line of the Union Pacific railway State.’? Anyone at all familiar with the map of Utah knows that there is not timber adjacent to the line of the Union ties, far less 100,000 ; and Mr. Cannon knows that if he gets Utah ties for his new road he will have to go into Sanpete and. Sevier valleys for them, and that they would then be delivered on the line of the Rio Grande Western Railway. The question naturally arises: Why does Mr. Cannon insist that the ties be on the line of the Union Pacific when he knows that such delivery isa physical impossibility? The answer that is suggested is that he does not want ties this year, and that he is bidding for public favor, and in the hope of calling back some of the sentiment that just now is straying: after Donald McLean’s chimera. oe le Mei in particular mansion by John Beck, as announced not know a d—n thing about the sale, which he engineered for the Zion’s Savings Bank and Trust Co., until after the negotiations were coneluded. * 2 2 It is whispered in confidence around the Joint Building that the officials, including the under- — studies, are arranging for a course in discipline and instruction in the matter of official courtesy and duty, for the especial benefit of the Mrs. County Auditor. * * It seems to us about time Rawlins to do some *k Bid more gh resignee ; a Springville Independent: The Provo quirer 1s trying to raise the old Liberal vs. EnMormon conditions. Shame! Shame! se 2 x 2 A well defined rumor has been in the air for several days to the effect that the Legislatur would be petitioned to adjourn itself and e go. home. The movement is the outgrowth of a universal sentiment that, in words, is that the — present body will do nothing. That they will fail to elect a United States Senator, or if they do elect one the choice of the Legislature will be contrary to the choice of their constituents. Tt =— = e — = Herald appear : 2 and SSS 2 Tribune tO be vieing with each other to see i At So ‘ axa exe Lccentapmanevdbstig nr L. = are too restrictive did a week ago for the Union Pacific. halo Press Provo Enquirer: for Joseph ing. LA Wd / Cy, UA Pp To Blame. which can present the greatest number of glowing impossibilities in railroad con- struction to their readers. e corporations *% * Some people don’t comprehend that City Treasurer May and his co-defendants, his bonds- as to railways and our legislature will at once repeal the objectionable features, just as they The Tue {—~ J laws on by Arcus last week, Angus M. Cannon, Jr., is em- phatic in the declaration that it was no “ saddlin og business,’’? and that the Church authorities did FSS OI our is to Thatch ’er. Referring to the purchase of the Bee Hive every promoter of a confidence game that has even the suggestion of a railway in it. Let any man or set of men come here and darkly hint that in their inside pocket they have a blue print of a rail joint and the keys of the city will be turned over. Bonuses will be tendered before they are asked for and subsidies will be guaranteed. Or let a legal committee vaguely sugges that NOTES. is a veritable Mecca for Fakirs. d RANDOIFI : a i A correspondent suggests that just now the best way to cover the political structure of Utah ; F Mecca is i A Utah generally and Salt Lake City — It RSS delivered will be welcomed. = in Utah to furnish 100 in this railway enough Pacific A legitimate concern time that all others be discountenanced. Se road. ~ SSS = os ~~ BS a ~~ it > a than that ARGUS a A new railroad pro- moter has just come toe town and like a wise man in his line immediately sought and received as much newspaper notoriety as if he had been the Angel Moroni in the flesh. In these days of hard times and financial constipation he cooly , announces that he has obtained $31,999,999 and some cents to construct a road paralleling another already in operation, and for which there is no possible demand or excuse. His incautious talk is given publicity through the daily press and the spectacle is presented of a community of 60,000 people hanging on every breath of the man who couldn’t, when he tried, raise the capital to construct an irrigating ditch in Idaho. ae m MTT etl. il? : Snes tener any oer ie eel Nm . w : an oy clan ese —angnpa stn af 5 Opi nee elttn mar energie il wy a pomreattannt: TORK The * But % * however insincere the pro- Demand for moters of the many railroads that The Road. the Salt Lake daily press has already built into Deep Creek and for that; matter over the Los Angeles—have been, the people of the city and the state have been, and are, entirely sincere in their demand for the road. They know that the country through which the. line is projected is the richest undeveloped mineral area of the same extent that is left in the United States. They have evinced their desire for its construction by offering attractive bonuses to every con-— cern, good or bad, that has taken any step, however remote, tending to its construction. The Old Fort square comprising ten acres in the heart of the city has been given away four or _ five times to as many different outfits, and is. now in hock to George Q. Cannon. * tk * men, have a methodical purpose to serve by filing the unique answer they did in the City’s suit against them for the deficit growing out of the Bacon bank failure. The defendants are merely availing themselves of a legal privilege and have no intention of evading their liability to the City. A little time is all that is wanted to realize on the bank’s assets, and when this is done the apparent shortage will be made good to the City with interest. 2x * 2% The Pioneer Jubilee Committee made no mistake in selecting H. F. McGarvie as directorgeneral—in fact, if not in name—and J. Wash It.is time for the people of Salt Lake Young as solicitor of funds. Both are the right For a to inaugurate a change in their methods -mnen in the right places. It behooves the people Change. of dealing with these projected railroads of Utah to make a concerted effort to assure the to Deep Creek. Let them see a substantial greatest success to the forthcoming semi-centensomething behind some of the ‘enterprises ”’ nial celebration of the coming of Utah’s sturdy before placing deeds to valuable property in settlers. pioneer escrow. ‘hey should demand that a considerable portion of the road should be in operation | before they are expected to contribute toward it. Richfield Advocate: ‘‘Brer’? Howard of the Their generosity in the past toward the fake proSalina Press claims to have been told by a well moters is indicative of their feelings and is eviinformed Mormon that Senator I. K. Wright’s dence of the kind treatment that the first sincere votes in the Legislature are dictated by Apostle outfit to build the road will receive at their hands. Lyman. Do tell! Time | is proposed to wait afew days and’note the effect of the petitions from every part of the State, asking recalcitrant members to support Moses Thateher, and if the wishes of the majority of the voters in the State are not complied with, the other petition asking for immediate adjournment is to be started. * * * ‘‘ The Utah Senatorial contest Denver News: presents some interesting features. Thatcher, who is in the lead; represents the anti-Church interference party, being also a pronounced silver man. Rawlins is being backed by the Church and is also presumably sound on the silver question. Henderson is a ‘ Gentile,’ but his devotion to the silver cause is in doubt. He is about the same kind of a silver man as is Senator Brown, whose term expires March 4th. On this ground he is strongly opposed by the Salt Lake Tribune. It begins to look as if a dark horse would be needed to undo the tangle into which the contest has fallen, whatever may be said or thought of the importance of the Church question as invoived in this fight for the Senatorship, which is between Thatcher and Rawlins, the election of Henderson would be a positive misfortune. a > ee enn |