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Show TRU T H. uBMjuaasatM r One'of the Tunny things of the camwhose, hands the legal business o the city may be safely trusted,- while paign is the manner in which Mercy Folland is a man with experience in Pecksniff slaps Charity city business and would make a care Pecksniff Telegram Tribune on the pulse for obful, industrious and painstaking ticket. Does jecting to a : - non-partisa- n it editorially, too, mind you. Comes right out and argues that there should ticket nominated, be a acts for all the world aa if there and was a chance for the selection of a bunch of independent nominees. This, too, when the Republicans have almost unanimously refused to enter into a movement for the nomination of a ticket of that sort; this, too, when the sentiment among Democrats ever since the meeting of the Utah Democratic club on Monday evening last has been in favor of making a fight on party lines and which Increase of sentiment will result in the calling of a convention and the making of the best fight possible for the party to make. The three-cen- t as is from far away only accomplishing the creation of a feeling calculated to start an independant movement as it was in the selection of a woman for the United tSates senate. The only three-cen- t doesnt amount to much as a moulder of or a reflector of it, either. It is more of a success at reproducing clippings from eastern papers, under raised dates, as original matter and should confine itself exclusively to the' field for which it is best fit- Really the democrats are showing signs of considerable animation. In addition to the ticket just mentioned it is proposed to select from each pre cinct the very best men the party has for councilmanic nominees. The con vention will then doubtless decide to address the voters to the effect that the democratic party has nominated for the suffrages of the people its ablest citizens; men in whose charge 1 non-partis- the corporate interests of the municipality may be given without fear. That it does not propose to compel the condidates to contribute to the hauling of voters to register ' or to vote; that it will make no agressive campaign to secure voters, but will leave the matter in the hands of the will people. A campaign committee : doubtless be selected and offices opened, but there will be no expenditure of great amounts made, unless the to raise candidates themselves-decidown a fund and make an effort an -- pub-licopinio- e in-thei- r behalf. Jl Jl n, a candidate for the city council from the Second precinct on the republican ticket and his ted. friends say he is going to be nomJl Jl inated. It is understood that the FifPlumber Davis, who wants to be a teenth and Sixteenth' districts will be solid for him and that the uptown councilman from the First precinct, districts will give him a very large on the Republican ticket, is a Revote. publican of long standing. AccordJl Jl ing to those who know him best he At a well attended convention, held has been a member of that party for on Wednesday evening, the Socialists at least two hours and a half when he declared himself a candidate. He of the city nominated a complete' city is said to be posing as a Gentile, but ticket, headed by M. A. Isaacs, presi- there are those who assert that he is dent of the Cigar Makers Union, who a member of the quorum of seventies, defeated Henry W. Lawrence, by a just the same. It is distinctly remembered by a number of people that no vote of 36 to 16. The other candidates longer ago than last fall he was hustfor office are: City Treasurer, William ling Sevaround for the Democrat Service; Recorder, John South; Audit- eral of the politicians of the First or, Mrs. M. M. Johnson; Attorney, C. declare that Davis ought to sit E. Randall. A complete ticket for the through one campaign at least, on city council was named, the following the mourners bench, not necessarily nominees being agreed upon: First for publication, but as a guarantee of precinct, William Rollins, C. L. Larch, good faith. T. H. Hodder. Second, H. P. Burt, L. Jl Jl Brodie, H. C. Hanson. Third, W. P. When preachers get into politics Davis, C. T. Dover, W: E. Farr. Fourth, L. S. Larson, J. L. Clark, T. Birken-sha- they usually make a. mess of it. Here Fifth, H. H. MacIntyre, Warren are the members of the Ministerial as Foster, H. Hanson. With the exception sociation declaring for a straight-ou-t of Warren Foster, candidate for coun Gentile ticket. While everyone will oilman in the Fifth, and Isaacs, can- admit that the Mormons didate for mayor, very few of the can- in all fairness, ask for a ought not, heavy prodidates are known outside the immeof no one the will say offices, diate circle of their families. Mr. Fos- portion it would be right and proper to ter is perhaps the best known man on that an entire city ticket, composed select the ticket and has been a prominent of Gentiles exclusively. All classes in Socialist for a number of years. The this city have rights which should be platform adopted demands the merit system in city government with mis behavior or incompetency the for dismissal; gradual extension of the water works; abolition bf the contract system on public works; the licensing cf clubs as weir as saloons and the establishment of workingmens clubs as an offset to saloons; B. B. Mann is . w. jt i 1 V only-cause- A I' respected. It is contended that G5 per cent of the population of this city are Gentiles. The same authority which makes the statement declares that the larger portion of the Republican party is made up of Gentiles. Why do not the Republicans, in conventions assembled, parcel out the offices on an equitable basis? If they have the large majority they claim to have the business could be easily settled. It is too bad these ministers cannot confine their efforts to preaching Christ arid Him crucified. This descending from the pulpit to enter the field of politics is bad business. If a lot of Mormon elders had done that same thing the howl that would have gone up would have been heard from one end of America to the other. This is no defense of Mormons taking part in politics as ecclesiastics. A churchman has no business in politics. He loses religious prestige by taking an active part therein. To see a man holding an exalted ecclesiastical position abandon his work for the betterment of mens souls to engage in par-tstrife, with all its passionate bitterness is to lose influence with the members of the flock over which he has been chosen to watch. How long would the bishop of this Catholic diocese retain the love and respect of his lay members were he to neglect his duty as a shepherd of his flock to wrangle in a convention, and make stump speeches in behalf of the candidates of either ticket? Not for long. He would fail soon and utterly at that. Truth wishes this religious question could be eliminated from the politics of Utah. But it never will be so long as the heads of all the churches, with one or two, perhaps three, notable exceptions, plunge into and campaigns with declarations counter declarations. y Jl Jl The action of the Ministerial asso ciation, while deserving of criticism, did not entitle the members thereof to the bitter remarks of Bishop Wool- ley, who let his mouth go off and run down in the presence of visitors to his office. He declared the members of the association were a lot of whelps who preached for what money they can get out of their congregations and indulged in a lot of business entirely uncalled for in a man holding the exalted position he does. Generally speaking the members of the Ministerial association are as good men as Bishop Woolley. They preach for money, while he barters and sells real estate, rents houses and they do say he is Johnny on the Spot on the first day of the month and does such other business as he can make a dollar at. He has been honored by this county with a place where the salary was considerable, and he never failed to collect all that was coming to him foam-ing-at-the-mo- . s , r'.I ft I: t' 'if I I is- t ' f , 4 . J exercise of other paternal functions by government to the extent that the mu nicipality shall be considered as one immense kindergarten for the cate o' the Inhabitants. One plank in the platform demands that all public employees who have been in office for ten years be pen sioned. This is nothing but petty party politics. It is a bid calculated to break up the Republican party; It is a bait to catch Jack May, Frank Hines, Joe Eldredge. Dick Morris, Jim " Lynch, W. O. Carbis, Dennis Eichnor and a lot more. Who says the cialists are not politicians. So- Go. We will repair your shoes as they should be repaired.. This is not a cobbling shop, but an UP TO DATE REPAIRING FACTORY. We will take your Mens and Ladies Welt Shoes that you are about to throw away, sole and heel them (sewed) in a first class manner, treed and cleaned, ready to wear, like a new shoe, for Men's $1.25, Ladies $1,00. Other work in proportion. A postal card or a telephone call will get us. We will collect your shoes and deliver them, C. O. D. Gives us a trial, Down Town Office the manner and mode of making a living, that is all. And, while the preachers have acted indiscreetly, that is no reason for Bishop Woolley rising up and making an ass of himself, as he has done in this Instance. Such actions are only calculated to increase the bitter feelings which prevail in certain quarters and the bishop ought to know it. If he does not some of his more level headed superiors in office ought to call him before them and teach him a few lessons. A conservative element in both Mormon and non:Mormon circles has been endeavoring to bring' about peace for a long time. But no efforts, however well directed, will be successful until such yawping chumps are stopped and told to go back and sit down. This d ecadvice is given to the clesiastic alluded to without cost in the hope that he will profit by it. hot-heade- Jl Jl Dr. Bucher has declined to make the race for the council in the Second precinct, refusing to permit his name to go before the convention. This is regretted by many, who believed, and rightly, too, that his cool' level head would be appreciated in the city council. Jl Jl if anyone doesnt think that Frank Redman is out for the nomination for the council in the Second, he just ought to watch Frank get a hustle on. He is more than whooping it up and has a lot of the boys out for him who are collaring'- - and buttonholing the voters with a vengeance. It looks as if Frank was working some Omaha schemes on the people in that portion of the city. Jl Jl Since the meeting of the Utah club on Monday evening last, the Democrats of the city have perked up quite a bit Those who were averse to making a fight are now saying to themselves that it will be a good thing to do. Because the Kearns crowd, headed by the n has been trying the plan for quite a while. In the event Kearns did not win in the city convention, that a camp would be a good place to go to. It would not be the first time that Kearns has left the Republican party. But the Democrats are going to fool the senator. If he puts a nonpartisan ticket in the field he will have to go it alone, because the Dem- - ' ocrats have decided to hold a convention and nominate a ticket. They will select the very best men they have in the party for the places. Several informal conferences have been held since Monday and it looks as if the men nominated would be of excellent political mate rial. Dem-ocrat- ic only-three-ce- nt, non-partisa- non-partis- an Jl jl State politics as yet are not occupying a great deal of the thoughts of the public. The state election is a year off, yet in a quiet way there is TELEPHONE With Robinson Bro;., 1 considerable work being done. Will Governor Wells be a candidate for That is a question which has often been asked recently. Nobody seems to know, not even the governor himself. If he should come forward there is one thing which his opponents, doubtless he would have some, must admit; that is in the he has made an enviable record. past As governor for two terms he has exercised the utmost wisdom and discretion, many times under and difficult circumstances. Attrying all times he showed courage, and not infrequently courage was necessary, together with wisdom and iscretion. He failed in neither. During the years he has been in the executive chair he made if any , mistakes, certainly nonefew, of consequence. n? 758 Eist Foartb ?outb Street. 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