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Show JOTS BY THE WAY. Mayor-elect Thompson, It appears, ap-pears, Is to make his appointments according to the wishes and directions direc-tions of the American city committee. We hnve a suspicion that that announcement an-nouncement is made without Mr. Thompson having been consulted. George W. Moyer and A. T. San-ford San-ford late acquisitions to the American Ameri-can party speaking for themselves say they, as far as in them lies, will Insist that the American party keep its pledges to the people to give the city a good square and upright government. If the party doesn't do It they will bo willing to admit that it Is a party without principle and un- I worthy of confidence. Wo shall see. J & ' The Socialist vote this year was so small it was hardly worth noticing. Only 200 or 300 in the city. The "Americans" claim the Socialists voted vot-ed for them. Judge Willis Drown, of the Juvenile court, has been criticized by some members of the board of education because he sometimes humiliates the parents of Juvenile offenders by hailing hail-ing them Into court to explain why they do not take better care and exorcise ex-orcise better control over their children chil-dren who have shown themselves to bo wayward and whom Mr. Brown is trying to reform. Truth thinks Judge Drown Is to bo commendea rather than found fault with. The parents a in most cases are to blame- for the waywardness of the children. If Judge Brown could and would send some of the parents to the reform school it would bo a good thing, that Is thoso who will not cooperate with Mr. Drown In his offorts, successful and well directed efforts to benefit the children and help them to become useful men and women. There was more treachery among Republican workers In the late campaign cam-paign than over seen in the ranks of any party before. Men wearing the Republican badge, frequenting Republican Repub-lican headquarters and drawing pay from the Republicans wore secretly working for the Democrats. Others who wore not paid workers, but gave their services (?) voluntarily haunted Republican headquarters under the gulso of friends, wont out and worked for Morris and oven bet their money on him. Tho "Americans" are already planning plan-ning to capture Salt Lake county next year. Rudolph Kuchler, tho defeated Republican Re-publican candldato for mayor of Og-den, Og-den, has a legitimate grlovance. He was stabbed In tho house of his friends. In fact, the cards were stacked against him before ho was nominated. S. P. Armstrong and J. E. Darmer have earned substantial recognition from the "Americans." They both did herculean work in tho campaign. Although the "American" party won the election, the hierarchy still lives. What are. tho "Americans" going go-ing to do about It when they take possession pos-session of tho city offices? What can they do about It? |