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Show J -unction Volitics. It looks as If the council was about through playing horse with the Bell Telephone company, and the franchise as asked for is an imminent probability. A resume of the telephone situation shows that the council has been triendly to the Bell people all along, but they went out gunning for concessions and they got them. Under the new terms of the franchise the city gets a dozen or two tree 'phones and a cool thousand a year. All the company gets is an extension of thirty years at the present rates, with the assurance that no other company gets any better terms. Of course the council could not get along without the Bell company for a minute as everybody knew, but the wise fathers were looking out for the Interests In-terests of the city and they succeeded in pur-suading pur-suading the company to do the right thing. Which is as it should be. t5 w w It is remarkable with what unanimity the politicians pol-iticians are hoping that the hallowed hoodoo which has been hanging around Arthur Booster Hayes will be broken by the gratification of his present ambition for a political office. There are a multitude of reasons for this nope. In the first place the patriotic colonel deserves something. See Kearns. Next, he will make room for some other good soldier of fortune say Murphy. Again, Hayes has some friends who wish him such good luck thmat they would like to see him sent to the Cannibal Islands or some other equally distant clime, where there is no return coupon. Reasons enougn. It is up to the president to oblige his Ogden friends by taking care of Hayes. A consummation con-summation devoutly to be wished. It is up to Hayes to appreciate the efforts that they are making to cinch his chances. Will he show it? You bet! 5 (5 w In order that this paragraph of good English shall not be read and misunderstood, it Is up to The Weekly to say that Hayes tipped It off to the Associated Press that he had a true dream in which he saw himself in Vandeventer's shoes as assistant attorney to the Interior department, Washington, D. C. Salary, ?4,000.00 per. The dream came as the sequel to the many assurances he has recently received from Kearns, Beverldge, Heath, et al., in which he has been told that the president had picked him from among hundreds of applicants as the prize baby. So far, so good. But whwat does Matt Quay say? Is Itn't safe for Hayes to dream without consulting Matt. 5 v2r & The county commissioners have at last adopted adopt-ed the idea of Jacksonian simplicity in distribut ing the spoils. The evolution comes as the result 1 fa !if jfl of Billy Wilson's (four-year term) heroic determi- J J H nation to reward the deserving and punish the ''P J'lH bolters. Some time ago one of the good citizens !' ' Mm of Pleasant View was appointed road supervisor. I J? Iff JH A week later the Republican boss from that dis- .! Jfl trict appeared before the board and registered a I'IP'f B big kick. The appointee, he said, had scratched ' i part of the ticket including Wilson. Up came $Ul Billy's Scotch. "Wha onn," he broggued, "Sha the f Vlf ! mon wha buckit the Heighlantmomn fra the canon be paid for compoonding the crime?" The ques- I If Iff tion was answered on the Instant. The supervisor 1 ? was fired and a "mon wha voted for Weelson" ISptM was given the place. fl&iiM |