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Show H Vol 2, 4 Price SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, MAY 16, 1903. No. 36. 5 Cents tunity was f6und to send his name to erals office, and the bond being de.he council and, owing to the absence posited with the deputy recorder, to of two of the Solid Eight, give the prevent criminal action against Sheets appearance of confirmation by a vote under Section 4077 of the revised While the lieutenants of Heath and torney for Eula Wray in her very of 7 to 6, thus affording the necessary statutes requiring an oath and bond possession of every person undertaking to act Kearns were completing their pre- celebrated case against our senior pretext for taking was afterwards of senator. Westervelt an as a office. the Robinson, parations for the usurpation of the rewarded with the nomination of public officer, the way appeared a on was member, office of Chief of Police, as indicated county attorney bver Parley P. Christo be open to take possession rip to California, while Councilman in our last issue, their leaders were tensen, whose independent attitude as Fernstrom, whose child had died from of the office. Acordingly, Mr. had mor- a contagious disease a few days be- Sheets was state chairman Republican the sentiment against creating busy escorted to the pooffended the senator. Wester-velt- s admission of Reed Smoot to the tally nomination, however, was not fore, but who had been perfectly well lice station the next morning and forwas held in quarantine until United States senate. For next in won without a struggle, and his bare himself, too late to attend the Council session. mally installed by Mayor Thompson, majority of one so exasperated one It must not be forgotten that, al- Councilmen Daveler, A. J. Davis, importance to firmly securing a for Mr. Kearns was the of the Kearns local managersto that for though repeatedly requested to release Vigus and Black, (all members of the subdue the councilman between Saturday Kearns push) and Parley P. Chrismany weeks he was unable necessity, of preventing his power his narthe when contemplating anger from being shared by another, parmorning and Monday, Health Commis- tensen,s the last named acting his part of favorite. row his escape dupe to perfection. Judge sioner King held Mr. Fernstrom in of ticularly by one of strong character was Diehl also present when Sheets Jl Jl and independent bearing, or Kearns quarantine until late on Monday eventhe office, and he it was who could never become the political dicWestervelt is now trying to force ing, with no apparent reason except usurped had witnessed the signing of the bond tator of Utah. This accounts for his his presence upon the grand jury, un- his friendship for Mr. Sheets previousbefore and whom Sheets had subto columns. alluded in these in last ly bitter fight against Sutherland is his to such scribed that der the as the oath chief of the popretext right toJl Jl years conventions and his hostility lice Articles lawdepartment. as while every county attorney, wards Smoot after the November elecHow the confirmation of Mr. daily in the Kearns appeared papers yer and intelligent laymen knows sneers joyfully tion. was announced in the morn- praising the .new chief for some his in and district the that attorney, Jl J enforcement of the vigorous laws of and the of March how and the it instances 24th, attorney papers ing general Kearns Christmas visit to Utah, state are the only officials designated was intimated that the "Solid Eight pronouncing him the best chief Salt the letter from Senator Hanna and by law to attend the grand jury. Lake City ever had. Editorially, the now in the would selection, acquiesce Solid Eight were continually adthe famous Roosevelt message are all Jl Jl an- vised to acquiesce was well knows the It public peacefully in the of too recent occurrence to require g desire of Sena- nounced that This of action the Breed minority, and thus proAttorney General more than passing mention, while tor Kearns to manipulate the grand mote the of the city. Even so welfare our statutes, is the only e his silence in the senate chamber jury to further his own ends is to say en, who, under shrewd a as Editor Penrose to in state the person qualified bring of News the was taken in by the repwhen charges of disloyalty and treach- the least rather remarkable. It would to warranto test the of quo resentations the proceedings Kearns organs and ery were hurled at his constituents, is be strange, indeed, if the grand jury to in unstinted Sheets a of began delivered hau title praise officer, public still fresh in the public mind. On no called into being in the interest of so as terms, to recognize far going an opinion to the effect that Sheets occasion did Kearns do anything to Senator Kearns, were to turn its athim as de facto chief of police. This had been legally confirmed, which, it was partly due to a personal call on assist Smoot in securing the seat to tention to some of his own acts and aswas was said in concurred his editor the nuby which he had been elected, while by Sheets and his attorney, of indictments against sistant, Mr. White, a politician of the Fred a bunch return merous instances are known of his Loofbourow, and the desire of who a year before had Mr. Penrose to treat them with confor First henchmen his him and precinct, conspiracy Smoot work among against stealthy senators. After the to usurp a public office. But, after rendered some service in the attempt- sideration. Such was the status of his fellow removal of Hilton to make room for affairs when, on the morning of March seating of Smoot at the be- all, why should this be strange? Does ed Mr. Sheets. As the major afterwards 26, the Kearns papers announced that ginning of the extra session and not section 4086 of the revised stat- denied that he had rendered an opin the president of the city council the postponement of the investigaon 1898 ion the question, and Mr. White, had declared that Sheets would not be utes of persay, Every distinctly tion until December, Kearns and inand son who knowingly through the Herald, assumed all the recognized by the council in any way, wilfully Health discovered that something heoffice into himself trudes any public responsibility, it would be interesting but that his authority would be conroic must be done if Smoot were to to know how Mr. White came to de- tested from the start. It was also or not elected been to which has he be prevented from, serving out his misdemeanliver his opinion to the papers the stated that the auditor had said he a of is guilty term. The senators and people of appointed, secsame night that Sheets was alleged to would not in provided with the council to the east had no patience with the or? And is it been have 4156 statutes confirmed. The .Tribune of revised .that the tion extent the of refusing to pay Mr. fight against Smoot on account of his if two or more on to also announced of the the Sheets persons the conspire morning salary of the office, on the ecclesiastical position, and unless a 24th a are that before such that commit punishcrime, morning, early they ground that section 202 of the repolygamy scare could be worked up, able to went a the in bond the had county paper vised press, statutes required the concurjai by imprisonment the chances of unseating him were filed not fine or been one with Si Recorder not rence of a majority (8) of the memyear, Deputy by exceeding certainly remote. one thousand dollars? If it mondi, with George A. Sheets as prin bers of the council in order to pass a exceeding Jl Jl can be shown that George A. Sheets cipal and Frank Knox, Henry Newel proposition a liability against The Russell incident in the Taber- wilfully and knowingly intruded him- and John C. Lynch as sureties, for the the city, andcreating Mr. Sheets confirmation nacle was. therefore, eagerly seized self into the office of chief of police sum of five thousand dollars, which was one short of that number. color of title to the place, anc had been duly approved by Mayor Jl Jl upon as a proof of the renewal of poly- without can be demonstrated that his act Thompson. Mr. Newells name does if it When Mayor Thompson was told of gamous marriages in Utah, and the was the result of a deliberately anc not appear on the official document on folTribunes Tanner sensation which carefully laid plan, conceived by file in the recorders office, Frank the auditors position, he remarked: sumHeath and Kearns and executed by Knox is flnancialy connected with We dont care a damn for the salary, lowed was made the pretext for what is to prevent Kearns and the latest Kearns candi- so long as we have Sheets at the head their moning a grand jury to investigate the henchmen, from discharging its date for mayor, while John C. Lynch is of jury the police department. This indithe moral condition of the Mormons. duty grand associated with Kearns and Mayor in the premises? cated that, if Sheets title to the It is worthy of noite, that the formal Thompson in the Silver King. Mr. Jl Jl of the will explain how he chiefs office were to be tested by request for the impanelling The various attempts, both lega came to stayprobably t, all was in the record- mandamus proceedings made George by night grand jury against the. county attorney, the same and illegal, to place George A. Sheets ers office to receive the bond before auditor, to enforce of his salpayment gentleman who, in the fall of 1898, at the head of the police department the papers went to press. ary, such action would be a long time ran for the office of justice of the prior to the recent episode, have alJl Jl It must be remembered that the at Precinct Second of the peace On the night of headed off quo warranto coming. narrated. been Having to ready this time Mr. Sheets was clearly up the in instance of Thomas Kearns, favorable a the an 1903, March oppor intruder proceedings in the office, acting wlth-gen 23rd, attorney at through Morris Sommer, hope of defeating TKe Trail of the Serpent. anti-Shee- ts . sen-atorsh- ip m first-clas- -- , over-weenin- m war-hors- . . co-opera- te n . Si-mon- Wes-tervel- di yt |