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Show Vol. No. 48. 2, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, AUGUST 8, Price 1903. Irv the Political Arerva William J. Bryan has discovered a new candidate for the presidency. He is Judge Owen P. Thompson, of Jacksonville, 111 He is a circuit judge in the Springfield district and was elected for the term he is nqw serving without opposition. During the time he has been judge he has rendered several important decisions, d among them being what has been as the Teachers Tax Case which brought him into state prominence and caused no little comment. This was the action brought by two teachers in the public schools of Chicago to compel the state board of des-ignate- equalization to assess the franchises of certain corporations, such as street car and telephone companies, in the city of Chicago and elsewhere. The decision meant many dollars for taxes or many dollars for dividends. The corporations had declined to list the franchises and the state board, being controlled by, the corporate influences, did not press the matter. The amount represented ,by untaxed franchises was about $235,000,000 and some of the companies were paying as high as 35 per cent' in dividends. The court held the franchises should be taxed and compelled the state board to assess :the franchises. It is said that Judge Thompson' was approached with of to offers money ' enough make him independently rich, but that he rejected all of them. It is because of this action that Mr. Bryan recommends him for the presidency and closes his argument in his favor by A president with such in saying: and .such firmness would be tegrity - . . . wholly immune from the dangerous influences of trusts and monopolies. The country needs just such a clear, levelheaded man as he, whose inflexible integrity and indomitable courage would enable him to safely guard the interests of the people and uphold the honor of tne nation under all circumstances. , The admiration for him among all classes of people in the state for his great knowledge of the law and his courage and ability to administer it as exemplified in the tax case, has crystallized into an affection that is rarely enjoyed by any It will now be in orpublic officer. n papers to ask der for the all that sort of who Thompson is and fear of thing. But there need be no because Thompson being nominated, to make the Democrats are not going influor corporate trusts any fight on man in syma ence and will nominate pathy with organized capital. win out. Mr. James has practically announced his candidacy, that is, he has told his friends he will accept the nomination if it comes to him. Frank and probably will be the nomination of Senator Aldrich, for Knox may before the convention, but the the vice presidency. Senator Allison brought full Kearns vote will be so insignifiis a very strong man and would no cant in that body that Mr. Knox will The Kearns men acdoubt be a vote getting candidate, but cut little ice. whether it is good policy to take an knowledge they stand no show of conable man from the floor of the senate trolling the convention. They are in and make a dummy of him by electing desperate straits and are looking eaghim to preside over the deliberations erly for something to turn up. With of that body is a question. However the return of the Big Three from Yelthe convention will not consider that lowstone there may be something dot ing. point for a moment. J- - Cents George A. Sheets and Sam Galleazzi have dissolved the friendly partnership which has existed between them for years. T. A. Callister is the cause of the trouble. Galleazzi is supporting Callister for councilman from the Third precinct. Sheets couldnt stand that ' Jl jl Charles E. Davey, of the Second precinct, is being talked of as a candidate on the Republican ticket for the city council. Joseph Christensen is a new man of the First precinct mentioned by the' Republicans for the city Jl council. Both are well known and ' The Tribune will probably fight the well of. thought ticket when it Is nominated, or at "J? Jl will best give it only meagre support Frank H. Hewletts friends say he 1. will catch h 'Mormons The and the will have a walk-ove- r for renominato tion of Tribune the council. he the doesnt says owner, city care ' what' the Mormon voters and Jl Jt political workers do. He doesnt need They are talking some' state politics them now. When he does, he says, he will' just go up to the church offices down south. Judge Marioneaux will in all probability be a candidate for and buy them. next year. He has made Jl Jl The heads of city departments have a good record and would run strong. of ' the district received instructions to work in the The Republicans are looking for a man to run against Kearns camp in the coming election. him. They dont want to import a Jl Jl man Salt Lake and believe that The Kearns slate for city officers is J. A. from Melville, present county attorsaid to be as follows: Mayor, Frank ney of Millard, will size, up with most Knox; recorder, Frank Matthews; of the legal luniinaries of the capital. treasurer,' Frank Swenson; auditor, J. Mr .Melville is a modest man and has J. Myers; attorney, George L. Nye. not yet learned how popular he is with Frank Matthews denies that he is a his party for the nomination for "the Kearns man, while the others are si- judgeship. Jl Jl Senator Matthew S. Quay declares he is going to retire from politics. If he carries out his expressed intention it will mean the exit from the stage of public life of one, who while he may not be classed as a star, has always played a heavy part and played it well. Quay is a graduate of the school of politics estblished by. Simon Cameron and was a protege of the old war horse of Republicanism. He has never met with but ong defeat and that was in 1882,i when the respectable element of all parties in the Keystone state united to overthrow bossism and elected Robert E. Pattison, the Democratic candidate, by a majority of 38,000. ;This was a lesson that Quay never forgot. He 'ascertained .in that defeat that to admit of a boss being successful he must divide with those who help him win the victory. As a result of that determination Quay has never turned down a coadjutor; no small politician has ever performed a service without being rewarded. Quay never forgets a friend and he never forgives an enemy. He pursues the latter until he has totally destroyed him and makes the former more useful by assisting him to rise in life and of him an object by creating lesson of success. He has made for the Pennsylvania Republican next decade and deserves well at the hands of his partys historian. In addition to this he has made money out of politics and is a rich man. To ask how he made the money would be merely opening the gate to a wide field of investigation, so what is the use? - - . on . . lent - ' The meeting ji,;ji of anti-Kear- ns Jl Jl So the three big political guns, Tom, Perry and Joe, have met in Yellow- Its a good place to hatch When they come back some surprises may be looked for.' stone park. schemes. LOCAL POLITICS. Jl Jl anti-Brya- ; Provo, Aug. 7. The hot weather has not entirely done away with interest in political questions in the Garden City. There is some sparring for advantage n the coming municipal campaign. Mayor Taylor ,who has twice been successful In a Republican city, mainly on an East and West end fight, is now trying to switch to political lines. The Republican council, he holds, is the friend of capitalists, by the indiscriminate granting of franchises, and he proposes to go on record as against the policy. This week he vetoed a six block franchise for a private telephone line, given by the council to the Telluride Power Transmission company, notwithstanding that this is the home city of the company in this state, and franchises had been cheerfully granted from Logan to the bounds of Provo City. At present the company is spending about, half a million dollars in improvements in and around this city, but that is worth nothing in the eyes of our Democratic mayor. There is a tendency among the people generally to nominate a high class of citizens for members of the city council. The feeling pervades both political parties. There will be a large amount of improvements and Jl Jl public work generally to be done in the next few years, and it is realized Some of the Republicans are quite men business and able that upright over the power wielded by are needed to take care of the citys chagrined interests as they should be taken Democrats in the selection of Mayor care of. Taylor, and they are determined that . 4 o POLITICS AT PROVO CITY. young Republicans the' object of week with helud last working up enthusiasm in the coming campaign failed in its object. There a general row between the was factions. The Kearns and former had a set of resolutions, beautifully worded, but as the Kearns crowd were outnumbered by about ten to one the resolutions were not presented. It is felt that the usefulness to the party of the Young Mens Republican club has gone since the head of it is a Kearns creature. o The Republican mayoralty nomination contest has for the present at least narrowed down to George T. Odell and W. F. James. There is no denying the fact that James is gaining rapidly on his rival. In fact many believe that if the convention was held now James would be nominated. Many things, however, may happen before Jl S and Odells supporters Senator Thomas Platt, of New York, convention day confident as ever that he will is said to be an outspoken advocate of are as 5 W. , V . i ..... i i . , |