Show LET THE CLEANING PROCESS PROCEED BASKIN is ie confronted with a situation that will prove a test teat of his hie quality he has baa undertaken according to statements attributed attribute il to him to make the balance of his big administration clean this determination does not seem to be merely assumed the stoppage of the violations of the ordinance against sunday liquor sell bell in log indio atea all that it in if genuine up to da date te the whisky men have from the beginning of the liberal reign in this city had matters matten all their own way they are enraged at the recent now BOW order of things and will doubtless doubt leu resist it I 1 there la in one fact that favors the success of the effort of the mayor in enforcing the liquor laws law in this city the influence of 0 W powers in r by no beaus as an potent as it was a abort time since his star is waning and will finally wink out altogether at one oae time he appeared to have the liberal eliberal municipal government under his thumb and when the clergy protested against the reign ot of whisky and aad gambling he stated in effect that in the election previous the saloon keepers and gamblers bad been consulted in the campaign as well as the ministers and the wishes of the two former clayes classes ought to be considered as well as those of the one last named he also insisted that it was not desirable that salt bait lake city should be too good he was virtually running the city government st t that time we do not believe his sway away is absolute now it if iny anything thing in the form of a liberal pledge was given to the whisky men during the last municipal campaign we do not believe that the present mayor was a party to the contract and we have an idea that aba 0 W powers could not sway away B R INT baskin the disposition of the latter to is not naturally one which inclines to easy forgiveness gi veness and these two gentlemen have had some pronounced disagreements at one time during the investigation vesti gation instituted in reference to the official doings of the late U 8 marshal Dyer Mr baskin became so ours enraged ged gad at mr powers as to threaten the latter with personal violence viol enoe the dispute arose out of insulting remarks which mr baskin claimed had been directed at him ty by 0 W powers he albo accused the tuscarora chief of having written some articles for the news which did not suit him exactly of couise the latter actu accusation astion wao foundation foundationless less we do not believe taking in the whole situation that the mayor would be awer swerved ved from any purpose he might farm form by any interference Inter flrence on the part of mr powers hence the liquorman liquor man men need expect no potent support from that quarter however much the liberal PY leader might be disposed to avoid it there is another point that seems favorable to the enforcement of the ordinance against conducting the liquor traffic on sundays the now new chief of police Js is a man likely to perform h bial Is part of the gramme pro in thi thie respect consequently the prospect 1 is fair for the rule of whisky to cease in IB this thia municipality besides there is now no political incentive for its continuance by the liberal ad administration that party is a we believe on its ita last laet leg its demke in the very nature of things is near and there would not be much risk in guessing that its present administration in this city will be its ite last A morning temporary oo recently credited mayor baskin bakin with having stated that he was determined to have a clean official administration and that should he be become convinced that this could not be he would no longer be mayor meaning we presume that he would resign we applaud this determination and can assure his honor that in every attempt to carry out this laudable resolution he may count on the support of the NEWS which will not be reluctant to give him credit for the good he may accomplish should he succeed in to some extent redeeming the liberal past by making the list lat days day of the brief reign of that party cleaner than it has ha been up to date we will not hesitate to proclaim the fact in these columns solum ns the purifying process to la greatly needed as to is well understood by the people who have mourned for two years yeara and a half under a rule of lib oral eral corruption |