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Show mi-he has THE BEE. : KK it )iuwh up iii u wry Mrong tulle 'll ought to foiee itself home. It'll a good time to watt It. It'n a gid time manner the in method of ludhing more or h ks than u lltl-cl- u , dead beat; that he nas completely to he reading New Yolk pajH-niThe Hit toiumij-iik, yjr, Armstrong as failed a t No ihe is keitJe ami lia d the uch man should j idaek, at liti caused tin Knt-r- i calling lawyer. at the I'onlOfflit ul Sail I.akr(iiy, u Hit ikruuifh mail mvoih! fur iraiumiicn be appointed, and we have confidence t evidence brought in for pnof might trouble I)' objecting to the action of cla M.aMr. Indieve tiiat unless (bnernor Wells is ami ought lo perform Ihe mission of discharging Gray ami installing KIdr. It Is time the redge during tiiat i'oiniulssioiirH ablniMtsed Upon he Will not he. The ob- general Wale ol Subtcrlpllon: V do not Mt whv Mr. Ann-stron- g Any part of the United State, Cuniul ject of tills new law Is to get tile best gulled citizens In these American states sence. fne year. juxuagt paid cr uj of It and cities of ours fried to comprehend should think the affairs of the lawyers to brim? tioglanj, Trance, tierntfny, anl all court-tr- if are bane the mbrncd In Unhcral Postal justice out in the country districts. mailers. Machine polities county should come to a standstill sim.VI UnUrn. one jrar. jHmiiice jmI1 2, None but those who have proved by of this country. It Isn't gambling and ply he ImpjM-h- s to be absent. New 5ubcrltlon may commence at any time their past work that they are good men Intemperance. It Isnt debauchery, It Does In Imagine that he, alone of the during the year, tf the Taper U nt desired the date sub- land successful lawyers should have the Isn't villainy though very much mixed three commissioners, inis the ability to scribed for, the Jiuhlishers should Ik notiwith them all It Is political ambition, servo the people? Then In his desire places. fied by letter, two weeks or more Wfore g to oust KIdredge he betrays the real thetertn expires. We hope the Governor will, in the In- and the busy, secret, graduating, Oicontlnuance:-Uememl- er that the pub- terests of the workshop It so stralghtly animus of his action, lie openly states state, as well as in Ills lisher must te notified by letter when a that he would not vote for KIdredge for much reli- leads to. subscriber wishes his puer slopjMsl. All own Interest, not plate arrears must In paid . ance on friendly endorsements. If he You have a pleasant, cheery, accom- any county work, but he does not Ik n. He will thill that he s lH-jl-- 'i. ; im-itit-nc- y n' iM-e- in eye-opene- - law-breake- rs d tol-shapin- to Address all communications to BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, J07 Auerbach Itlock, Salt Lake City. thus he will surely he deceived. Seven ago years Hamlin Garland wrote J. N. POWERS House. Editor his book entitled, A It was a Member of the Third House. 3ATURDAY, APRIL 29. 1899. book well worth reading then, and It is still a h.H.k very well worth reading to-- 1 Governor Wells has day. nn important duty to By the "Third House," Mr. Garland Third perform in appointing means that secret, organized body of District Attorneys in the several judi- unelected, unknown, crafty pilots of cial districts of the state under the law the ship of state, variously termed passed by the last Legislature. I11 the lobbyists, supporters, best Interests of the state he should and. to illustrate locally, right here in take due time and personally investi- Utah, "the MeCune push. gate the character ami ability of those In New York City the Third House who are considered for the places. We means, of course, Tammany, although notice the names of men of little char- New York is not left to languish as acter and very limited legal attain- everytxxly knows with but one such ments mentioned in some of the Dis- body of heliers, it being a gridiron tricts. Some of these are being en- stamping ground for Third Houses; dorsed by prominent politicians and while just at present, at that place, lawyers of this city. But these endorse- third house secrets and modes of proments should not be given too much cedure stand in sharp danger of being weight. The Governor should investi- better and more fully exploited, for gate the past record of each candidate. public entertainment, than even Mr. If he has not been a success in his pri- Garland was able to do in his fascinatvate business he should not be put in ing book. wire-puller- s, charge of important public office. Men have been selected to office in Utah before this through the influence of numerous influential creditors, who hoped to in this way collect their debts against the candidate. Attempts of the same kind are being made now. If a candidate has a record of being a dead beat; if he has left a trail of bad faith and broken promises, and an army of confiding creditors wherever he has practiced law, he ought to be turned down. By a little investigation the Governor will find at least one such applicant before him at this time. lie recently went from this city out into a small country town. Now he is being boomed for District Attorney. lie is said to be a very able lawyer. Governor Wells ought to honestly investigate his record in this city and other places where The Tammany investigation is a case of rogues having fallen out. Mr. Cro-ke- r, president and Lord High Everything Else of Third House No. 1, viz: Tammany, swung his forces around with fine precision and blocked the way passagej it is called of two nice little bills Mr. Platt, the Lord High of Third House No. 2, was interested in. That is, the putting through of but one of the measures meant a $500,000 to the law firm of which Platt is head, and as he Is the instigator of the investigation to which the first Third House is being subjected, it seems fairly presumable that he got slightly hurt at the Croker blockade. At least, so the Parkhurst forces think, for they refuse to connect themselves with what they call a retaliatory, and not a reformatory, movement. He's a modating. tactful neighbor. good fellow; people naturally like him. and Just as naturally, unless he has an inborn distaste for politics, some little office seeks him out. That is the beginning, and the chances are good, that ten years later you will find him well dressed, with a manner a little too suave, not babbling all he knows, not actively hoard from In the calling his business card pledges him to. and he is. In short, numbered in somebodys "push a member of a Third House. And the public are mainly to blame. The illustration In hand was no doubt charge Incompetency. It Is clalr that his objections are of a personal nature, amd tiiat In order to vent his feelings against KIdredge he will keep him out of an office one of the many he must come only as a gift from him. This wrangle presents many very curious phases, not the least of which Is the spectacle of one of the county commissioners' charging a colleague with falsehood. Then, if Armstrong is sincere in his wish to employ the best men and the least number possible to do the work in the different offices, why does he not take some action in that regard where men elected to oilke haw a, number of superlluous deputies and do not, as a rule, put in more than two or three hours a day in their ollices? The fact of the matter is that the peoples interests are no longer regarded in the selection of some of these men they are simply chosen as a reward for some political or private service renbe-llev- es good average material, but with an itching for money or votes, and goKl salaries are paid in the Third House, while the public may be trusted to be managed for the latter, and the dear fools never know the difference. If open disgrace went with dishonorable gains, such gains would be less sought. If a public office ignobly got carried general dishonor instead of honor with dered or because of some friendly interit, men wouldnt spend more money to est. Because a man happens to be a secure it than the entire salary con- witness in a damage suit against one nected witih it amounts to. It isnt of the powers is no reason why he does legal penalties brethren should be not possess ability to fill a position of one no very great importance. much concerned very with, another, but rather a against Commissioner Hawlins seems to be very plain understanding. Let dis- very changeable. During Armstrongs reputable schemers be understood as absence he voted with Whitaker, but such; strip them of honor and public upon Armstrongs return he returned to confidence, show them as shabby in his old allegiance. From this fact we reputation as they deserve, and reform should judge that so far as action is will set in. concerned the Board consists of but In conclusion New York is the d two members. city in tjie Union. Disclosures It is well that there are being made. Listen and watch. are some determined Learn black from white; and as many men behind that Salt intermediate shades as may be. Get out of the condition of being able to be Palace project; men who will not recbest-bosse- gulled and cheated and humbugged and ognize such a thing as failure. Otherlied to, and cheats and humbugs and wise it would be safe to say now there would be no Salt Palace in this city. liars will grow in number less. There seems to be determined opposiThe wrangle in which tion to the whole scheme. Not an' open the county commission- and manly opposition, sudh as might be ers have become in- entitled to respect, but a sneaking, unvolved over the office of pauper clerk derhanded effort to kill it is apDarenfi But for the rest of the country, this we think is entirely unnecessary, and The city council has thus far refused r |