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Show jmmtrnmmrnm TRUT H . jury will be called upon to indict a x former official of the postoffice department, far more prominent than anyone who has as yet become involved in the meshes of the postal scandals." In addition to this statement the cor-- f respondent makes the following: ' Should the postoffice inspectors suc-; ceed in getting hold of certain clews, 'which at present are evading them, a surprising announcement may be looked for from the office of the district attorney. It is alleged that a former postofflce official is very, near , indictment, and while the authorities are morally convinced of his guilt, they lack the proof which is neces-- i sary on which to base an indictment." It is to be hoped that the postoffice official klluded to in these dispatches f is not our esteemed friend and fellow-; townsman. Perry S.. Heath, for he has had trouble enough. He has borne ' a great weight of ap--. 'on his shoulders prehension for months, prior to the 30th of July,. when the famous statute ' of limitations had run in his case. His : benign face has worn a look of anx- iety all this time, and it was cheering ? to us to note when he resumed his ' old, familiar and continuous smile. It would be a - public calamity to have. him indicted. ' Because that would mean giving bonds and filing demurs 1 , reirs to the indictment and moving to quash because the indictment did not Charge a public offense and all those little things lawyers resort to In secure their client's liberty . without going to trial. Because no matter how badly our esteemed friend ;and fellow townsman wanted to go on .the stand and vindicate himself, these pesky attorneys would insist on re: ' . p . I . : . . ; or-ider-- to , . sorting to these dilatory tactics. The many thousands of well wishers our esteemed friend and fellow townsman .has here in Utah will join in hoping this report does not allude to him, but to some other fellow equally as guilty as he is. Closely, following the announcement comes an Associated press dispatch stating that James N. Tyner, the late assistant attorney gen-oral for the postofflce department,, and his assistant have been Indicted, and it may be that Tyner is the for- mer official" alluded to. Let us hope vgo at least. Because we do not want :to lose bur esteemed friend and fellow townsman. We need him here. With the politics of this city and state all balled up, we will stand in need of his clean, practical foresight all of the time. If he should be indicted, how-- : ever, we urge above all things that - . re-electi- on vote-catchin- re-electi- on . ' ' associates, jectionable candidate. His connection with a corporation operating under a municipal franchise prohibits his holding municipal office; and even though he resign as director of that company to enable him to escape the constitutional provision referred to, that would be merely an effort to accomplish by indirection what can not . be done directly. No gentleman would be guilty of such chicanery. If he transferred his stock in the company he would still be morally disqualified to hold the office, because his interests in the company is what comes under the ban of the constitution, and any attempt to circumvent this provision of a spurious self-respecti- ng resignation or transfer of stock for the purpose of securing the office of . 1 -- just in what is charged against him in this respect; if he is a clean man moraly; if he hates boodlers, loafers and caucus packers; if he is in favor of the enforcement of all the laws and ordinances, especially as they relate to Sunday liquor selling, gambling, and the nymphs of the night; in a word, if he has the ability and determination to properly administer the affairs of the municipality he will be very much of an improvement on any mayor we have had for the past thirty years, and will have the odor of sanctity for a large majority of the voters of this city, while his enemies will be forgotten. Mr. Jamess life in Salt Lake has been an open book for more than thirty years. During that time he has been a Gentile of the Gentiles, and Is no less so today than he ever was. In the old days, when the work of Americanizing Utah was on, he was among the foremost with his brain and financial support in the effort which finally resulted in making Utah a decent place for Americans to live and to do business. Wll some one stand up and point out what part of that work was done by Tom Kearns and his candidate for mayor? . The fact is that as between the three candidates spoken of, no sane or reputable man or woman in this city ought to hesitate a moment Mr. James, should he be nominated, and thereafter elected by the largest majority that any man ever had in Zion. AN OLD-TIME- rQ ;. . ing investigated quite vigorously by Walker, general agent of the C. & N. W., and some friends, who seek some light, concerning the methods of doing business which are in vogue in the office of the county prosecutor. It is a matter that should be investigated, for the circumstances seem to be of a nature demanding an inquiry. Mr. Walkers son Frank, aged 12, a pupil at the Hamilton school, on Monday, September 21, purchased of Arthur Coombs, clerk of the Lloyd Drug company, three alleged cigars for a nickel. The boy took them to school with him and, after getting permission to retire, smoked a part of one, with the result that he was made deathly sick. His mother ascertained where he obtained the cigars, got the two unsmoked ones from his desk in school and went Immediately to the county attorneys office, where she had a consultation with Assistant County Attorney Whit . The munclpal campaign has progressed far enough to develop three candidates, who aspire to the office. One of them is particular to deny that he. is the Kearns candidate, but there isn't a school boy in town so stupid as to believe the disclaimer. The sagacious, prudent people of Salt Lake, Gentile and Mormon alike, who have regard for the decencies of life, will not tolerate for a moment the disgrace to the city that would be likely to follow the election of such man. He is being pushed to the . ; - . front by the Tribune, the Telegram, kr. Heath-MrLlppman, the saloon .tnen,' the gamesters, and all 'the un- . . -- brildled, licentious offal of Commer-'Fcito this every whip- street al Tbe AnjericiQ Jboe Repiirio? Go. 758 East Foartb Joatb Street. - & Co. are 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 Mens SL25, Ladies SLOO 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 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. TELEPHONE Dowd Town Office With Robinson Broj., 1 24 showing right now in their own Now York retail stores. Suits . $20 to $35 Overcoats, $20 to $50 . One Price. J. P. GARDNER, C. A. WHO WILL BE MAYOR? Editor Truth: About Rogers Peot Clothing. Hell tell you its only rivals there are the high class Merchant Tailor productions. Weve the same styles and same fabrics that Rogers-Pee- t . . . COUNTY ATTORN EYS METHODS. ' j Ask Any New Yorker R. on. Dana Smith, .one of the assistants Mr. Odells business affairs and his to County Attorney Westervelt, is bemake him an obcollateral mayor, would simply mark Mr. Odell as a trickster, in which it were inexpedient to repose political confidence. The foregoing would seem to eliminate two of the candidates from the he plead that statute of limitations race, and reduce the situation to Mr. as soon as .he can in order that Utah James, of whom it has been said that may not lose his valuable services and he is "accomplished in the art of his magnetic presence. making enemies. If he Is righteously 1 - persnapper in the various departments of the city government, from the fourth floor to the basement of the City and County building, including two members of the present city council from the Fifth precinct, who are for what there is seeking in it. Does anyone doubt that it is part g of the scheme of the Kearns candidate, that the saloons, the gambling houses, and the houses of prostitution have been thrown wide open for the past two weeks Sunday and every other day? The Utah legislature degraded the state by sending to the United States senate the most ignorant and disreputable member the senate has. A man who hasnt education enough to know whether Alaska is an island or part of Cape Cod. Will this city pave the way for to the senate by filling his every municipal office from that of mayor to street sweeper with a gang of parisitical swashbucklers, who, under, the pay of the city, in a year hence will be howling for the election of the Kearns men to the next legislature? I trow not! and the way to put a stop to this impertinence is for every man and woman voter in the city to attend the primaries next Monday evening and smash the slate. If the cancan aspirant for mayor desires to continue the Indulgence of his prahks in a private way as heretofore, that is a matter between himself and those charged with the enforcement of the criminal laws; but we have a right to object to his having command of the police department by virtue of his being mayor, while these performances are going 9 1128-- k. aio street 136-13- taker. 8 Main St. Mr. Whittaker advised her that the law had been violated, but urged her to secure more testimony with which to substantiate her action. So, on September 24, tne boy was given another nickel and sent to the store after the cigars. Mrs. P. A. Simpkin was present at the store, and in her presence the lad was given the cigars. The clerk asked who they were for and the boy, pursuant to instructions, replied, for Mr. WhitAfter the lad had departed taker. Mrs. Simpkin called the attention of the clerk to the sale; asked him if he had sold cigars to a boy, which he freely admitted. With the remark: Thats all I want to know, Mrs. Simpkin left the place. Next day Mrs. Simpkin and Mrs. Walker visited the county attorney and the latter swore to a complaint The warrant was given the sheriff on the same day and served on Lloyd the following day. But when it came to notifying the prosecuting witness, no notice was given Mrs. Walker until about, fifteen minutes to ten oclock on the morning of the trial. The case was set for 10. But only one name was placed on the subpoena issued by the prosecution, that of Mrs. Walker. Of course the case had to be .postponed until 2 that afternoon, in order that Mrs. Simpkin and the boy might be present Then a strange thing happened. Smith put the boy on the stand, his own witness, atto him on his dates confuse tempted r and this by using a too, when Mrs. Simpkin directed his attention to the matter there several times. When he had finished with the boy he ordered the case dismissed. Of course Walker was warm under cross-examine- d wrong-calenda- the collar. He started an investigation. Smith pleaded that, .the .. com-- . . plaint was drawn .under., the pld, lsiw I of '1898. Of course it was, and that |