Show Politics and Things D fly Y BURL o Somebody lied Mayor Bransford says that the tIme in In th the city lt council got bot nothIng noth Ing for their theil support of the bond i is sue after fighting lighting It for Cor so long bug Black and Lorn J J. J Wood sn M say the they did So somebody lied A A. J J. J Davis says sas that Mayor Bransford Bransford Brans Drans- ford was never ne known to tell a Jl HoBlack Ho lie Black insists that he never ne told one But some somebody bod lied and antI the liar lIal will wll be he found out before man many days have havo elapsed ed for or developments de are expected ex ex- that will reveal the price of oC tho Insurgents' Insurgents support of ot the bond Issue how Hou little the city council and antI the tite whole ell city administration for that matt matter r. r cares for tho the welfare of or the general public is shown in the recent play horse over the bond issue This bond Issue is Js regarded as a big thing It isn't needed of oC course except to topa pa pay up old bills and to om offset t the cit city's s overdraft o but either way it Jt is tal taken en It is a a. very vital Issue Then tho gers In the tho council council coun coun- cil and out let It go to the point where it was as almost lost lust b lllA nm one got a little more precinct t Jat patronage patron patron- n age ago than some one ono else If Ie It Is Js such sucna sucha a a. fi frightful public necessity why didn't tho the majority of oC the council push lush it through and do the square thing b by the people instead of or allowing tho the i sue to be used as a tl lever le to pry loose a little mess of ot patronage e Tom Torn Black who stood tood out against the bond issue because he couldn't g got get t otherwise othen what ho he thought he should have says that he got all that he ht stood out for tor Black and Jake Raleigh have ha be boon been n such uch sweet companions that either Is willing at an any time to stick a n stiletto Into the pudgy regions rl past t. t tho floating float lug ing rib of or the other simply dote on cach ench other Whenever Black lack wanted Jako Jake to do 10 some work worle ot brt the hc streets n streets n In tho the J Jake Jako ke and hJ his forces were studiously bus busy in other parts other parts arts of or town making the city beautiful for Cor other dear clear people Black couldn't even borrow a shovel sho from the tho street department store room and do the work himself The morning after aCter the bond issue ordinance was pas passed ed b by tho the council went to the street department and anel left len a a. sweet-scented sweet note for Jake It Jt called attention to stones and amI dirt that adorned the macadam alon along Sixth East street in front of the Black resi real dence The rho same thing had been mentioned mentioned men men- time lime after acter time before without result and anti Black butted In iii the mornIng morning morning morn morn- ing after the thc big show Just for Cor a n little experiment If It Black had gone ono home lot for lunch he would havo have seen two teams antI and ten men under the control of or the street department Industriously fussing about the tho street In front of his hom homo home After ACter all the stones were picked up tho the dirt was as shoveled up the tho str street et etwas was swept R and then to the stupefaction tion lion of the residents In the tho neighborhood neighbor hood the tho ardent p got down on their knees in front of oC Blacks Black's house and scrubbed the thc macadam After It was spotless the whole bunch whipped out polishing rags and rubbed all the rough stun stuff off the street until It phone fhone In the fullness of ot the sun like a pavement pavement pave pave- ment of or silver slIver When Black went home homo in the evening evenIng evenIng even- even Ing he found a a. thoroughfare of or which any fastidious patriot might well feel feci proud The glint was perfect Tom Torn was satisfied that Jake Jako was reduced to the extremity of eating out of the the Black hand and he spent the tho night in perfect peace and dreamed of avenues of gol gold all the wa way to heaven hea which Is surely sureh the last resort of all true patriots patriots- Wood and and antI Black agree that there will be copious transactions on the tho nether side of or the city administration adminis and that before long long- the people of this great city will see s-co the real benefits of the filibustering and petty politics politiCo played b by the tho statesman from the Fifth Firth and his able ahle supporters from the Second Orlando W. W Powers is chairman of or orthe the Utah Democratic delegation to the he Denver Den convention con This was a decided with firmness and antI dispatch at a n caucus of the delegates yesterday W Vt Yo H. H King will be on the committee on onre re resolutions and platform Samuel Newhouse Newhouse New New- house houle will be one ono of or the vice chairmen of oC the convention Abel John Evans will be he tho the Utah representative on the tho credentials committee e and S. S S. S Smith will i be the Utah representative on the be committee on permanent organization or and anti or order er of or business Mr H. H J. J Hayward Hayward Hay- Hay hayward ward will act as IS secretary of or tho the dele dele- gation Then there will be T. T H. H HI Fitzgerald on the committee to break I Ithe the news to Sweet William Bryan Bran that I he has been beon sung stung and J J. J D. D Call go with the committee to tell lell the tho vice Ice presidential candidate that he ho is to help lead the party It Is the tho opinion of the Utah delegates dele lele- gates that Judge Gaynor of or New cw York will be chosen as Bryan's Bryans running mate although some of oC thorn horn favor Governor Douglas of or Massachusetts etL J because c of oC tho the exalted position he holdIn holds hold in the estimation of labor Senator Culberson ha has also been heen mentioned but either cither Judge JulIe Gaynor or Governor Douglas will bo ho preferred h by the lie Utah delegation Th Tb public will view with a J. J de degree rec of diffidence nce the tho manner In which tho the American party part man handlers ell sho shoved tho bond ordinance through h the city council Aside from tho the real purpose of or the bond Issue which as ever every one will know is not for tho the making of new now improvements hut for 01 tho the paying of the tho cost of old ones there Is ample reason for criticism of the manner In which tho Ito first step toward bringing Ing It to a a. vote was wap taken Yesterday a day after acter the American majority In the council agreed In caucus caucus cau cau- Cu cus to pass tho the or ordinance It was an announced announced announced an- an that thit Fire Chief Chlof Vail Vall would lose his job That Is an Indication that the lie leaves aro are falling CaBins earlier than was anticipated When hen the American party managers wanted to make a city city- ticket la lat last t fall they openly shouted in convention that they must nominate the man with the tho most monc money Ills His ability his fitness to serve the lie people who were to elect him dirt did lid not matter It was only mat material that ho help holp the party organization ors Now when the American party wants the tho bond Issue to offset a n tremendous overdraft o at the bank hank the tho ringleaders do not go o before the people with the merits merit of their case They use the bond issue primarily to strengthen their organization and do tho bidding of the tho inner circle then the they go outto out outto outto to the people and ask them to vote rote the tho yond vond Issue so flint hat Improvements ma may continue The point Is that consideration for forthe forthe forthe the publics public's Interest I 1 Is farthest from Crom tho tue thoughts of the men who are arc makIng making mak mak- ing the light fight for tor Kearns Wherein they are arc neither wise nor provident pro for Cor the time continuation of such a n course courso must spell ruin when tho the last letter letterIs Is in This bond Issue proposition really cant can't be taken seriously It was hornof bornor born horn of or necessity to tho the city a administration TInt pot to the tho people It holds opportunity opportunity- for tor political ag aggrandizement not public public pub pub- lic lie benefit These things and antI a great man many more are shown by the tho trickery that rc resulted in Its passage by thu tho council and by bythe bythe the playing of petty politics in the wild scramble for ward patronage The Tho thing cant can't last But the tIme most amusing feature of It ItIs ItIs Itis Is the speculation over 01 the pitiful plight of the tue administration when hen tho the people refuse to the time load of carry ex extravagance ox- ox by agreeing to increase the city's bonded debt U The Republican congressional l committee committee com corn has an nn onn offer of ot for foran foran foran an article showing why h the tho Republican party should be successful In Novem Xo ber her We Ve humbly suggest est that someone some ome ono one sen send an nn anti antl from time the I organ That's re reason son enough h. h |