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Show Vol. 3; No. ' SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JANUARY 20. Prick, 5 Cents 23, 1904. the rascal out will have effect this fall, if this statute of limitations protected fellow is permitted to retain what should be one of the most honit may be. "Behold, he says, a orable places within the gift of a man about to be crucified. Gaze upon organization. It looks as if a willing victim of spleen and spite, of Hanna .wanted to embarrass Roosehatred and malice going to his fate velt; that. seeing the president will without a murmur. Look upon a man probably be renominated, ho would ready to be nailed to the cross, all handicap him with the presence of for the sake of his party, etc.,' etc., Heath, that the opposition may havo etc. It will not work, however. Be- something on which to base a charge cause the people of the country are that the Republican party supports, next to Perry Heath. They know his aids, condones and countenances 0i Martyr. Mondays Deseret News contains an po-litc- interview, telegraphed from New York, with our esteemed friend and fellow townsman, Perry S. Heath. According to the dispatch. Perry said: I have no intention of retiring. The only people who talked about my re- tirement are those who want me to. I went into the postoffice department to carry .out my obligations to President McKinley. It seems I am to be crucified. .. I am ready for crucifixion, as others have been crucified before. and I have done my duty honestly faithfully, and. am not booming Senator Hanna,- - nor any other candidate. Senator Hanna does not need boom- post-cffic- . ing. Senator Hanna dont have to manufacture sentiment.. Its there already. Hanna is in a peculiar position. He 189G and in elected his candidate-i1900, and has had two successful campaigns. He conducted two campaigns for himself as' senatof; He is in robust health, and able to speak for himself. Loyal friends 'Who' came to his assistance in those campaigns did not do so because of his being a good candi-datbut beause of his (Hannas) own individuality. The same friends are now coming to Hanna and are asking him to stand for the presidency. Hanna cannot grab a baseball bat and brain them for -the suggestion, nor treat them abruptly, but. he must. he considerate There are fifteen railroad presidents in this hotel (the Waldorf-Astoria- ) now; all of them are for him for presidential -- candidate: Ten of them have urged him to announce himself. The fact that some state conventions last year endorsed. Roosevelt is not of any great significance. It has always been ; customary for such conventions to endorse the administration in power and the presinever been considered dent, but binding for the delegates of the subsequent convention or the national from that particular state to vote for such a candidate, or his n e. k mt . - . . it-ha- s. del-egat- connection and intimacy with nearly every thief that has looted the He was the personal friend of Neely and Rathbone, the two who achieved distinction in Cuba. He was the warm supporter of Beavers and Machen. Wherever there has been scandal unearthed in connection with the postoffice department, Heath has been closely connected with it. His name figures everywhere. He is seen in this job and smelt in that one. He has been found to be connected with these crimes by men of integrity and honesty, who have investigated them. He has been criticised and denounced by the president of the United States. Special counsel, men of acumen, engaged to look into affairs, have paid special attention to him and he has been the subject of adverse comment at the hands of every influential journal in the country. He declares, according to this dise patch, that ho went into the department to carry out his obligations to President McKinley." If reports be true, and we think they are, coming as they do from members of congress, and standing undenied by this same Heath, he left the office because that same McKinley, honest man that he was, insisted upon his go- es : Our esteemed friend and fellow' townsman is evidently trying to pose as a martyr. How glibly he talks about crucifixions and how readily he accepts the punishment as others have beenrcrucified before.- - It. looks a if this Crimetainted person courts notoriety; no matter - how ignominious e. al crookedness In office. It is not believed that the party will stand for this. It is believed that tho decent element will rise up en masse and demand that Heath be chucked out. Crucify him? No. He will not be crucified. He will get what tho small boy caught stealing apples gets; a swift kick in the bosom of the trousers. The name of Heath will never bo canonized and all his attempts at posing as an injured man will never bear fruit. A man who will accept compensation as a stable boy In tho employ of government, while acting as a newspaper correspondent at Washington for influential journals, has no elements of the martyr about nim; he will be Identified solely with the other crooks who have been placed under the limelight. o THE HAND 13 THE OF HAND HANNA. daring he wus not a candidate. No sooner was tho matter given to the public, however, than the next, move of llannas was seen. Taft, recently appointed secretary of war, was suddenly and simultaneously boomed for the presidency by newspapers. all over the country. None of them, had a scoop on the other In the matter of the information, and io a casual it looked as if the tip must havo been sent out by telegraph. Negotiations looking to the furtherance of Tafts candidacy seem to have been going on ever since Hanna decided it would not do for him to run, for Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and West Virginia polticians all seemed to have discovered great elements. in Taft. It is singular to relate,. but nevertheless fact, that all this Taft boosting comes from sections where the Hanna element is the strongest and most influ-entiand whero Quay stands preeminent. The Taft boom spread with remarkable activity after It became known that llanna was going to retire, and it is yet spreading, as fast as possible under the circumstances. President Rocsevclt .knows of the matter; of course ho does. It it stated that his interest in Tafts candidacy is keen, although not anxious:' Because the president does not believe' any- tiling wiil. come of it, and only, evinces an interest in the matter to the extent of ascertaining what Hannas influence against him amounts to. i ob-serv- er al J Jit The work against Roosevelt, post-offic- ing. He says he has no intention of retiring, That the only people who talk about his retirement are those who want him to retire. If that last assertion be fact, and doubtless it is, then the sentiment of every Republican paper In the country is for him to get out, or be kicked out. If he remains In his present positim, it will be a disgrace to the Republican party and probably fatal to its chances for success, because the people of the country are not yet so corrupt that they will stand to have such a man at. the head' of the management of jjarty affairs, and the party, that retains him will do so at its peril. The Turn jpld Democratic battle cry of . It loks very much as if the fine Italian hand of Mark Hanna was db rccting the movement aigainst Roosevelt, which is marked in its unanimity among certain elements east. Hanna was the subject of much conjecture for months, but set his friends right by declaring he would not be a candidate. Of course Perry S. Heath kept right on talking just the same; it is Perrys interest to talk for Hanna, because the Ohio senator is the only Republican on the face of the map who has any use for Perry, and Perry's future at the pap boat depends very much on the success achieved by Hanna. If Hanna wins, a victory, Perry gets another chance to plunge his long, sinewy arm, with its broad; ample paw into the treasury, and it is a safe bet that he will not be on the government pay roll as a stable boy, either. But, laying aside Perry, and returning to Hanna and the part he is playing: Hanna was forced by Roosevelt to come out in the open and show his hand. He wrote a statement de- -- , ' how-ove- r, seems to have awakened the Brooklyn Eagle. to the fact that there may bo danger of his being defeated. This influential Democratic journal the president is the easiest man to defeat and therefore would sooner' sec him nominated than anyone. The l ' last few issues have, been devoted in part to pulling the favorable side of., .the president to the front and refrain- ing from saying anything against him. Lengthy articles setting forth his on matters of moment have., been printed and- comment has been quite favorable. But after the con-- , ventions have been held, look out for-change of front'. Then' Dr. 3IcKel-wa- y will dty his pen in vitriol'and go after Teddy with a vengeance. 1 be-liev- es . po-siti- on i - a ' . : An eastern financial journal, . Which would like to see Roosevelt f one. de-- - -- foaled, contains something of interest,' which seerns to be in linewith the : plan of Perry Heath for the raising of.: a5 ten million dollar campaign fund..; |