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Show : TRUTH. M U: fact that all the delegates to the convention were, no doubt, better than I of the am, it is a marvel to me that so many (Being the personal opinions writer and for which no one else is in were induced to vote for such a as I was. any manner responsible.) Since last indulging in the pleasure These stories were circulated about of writing this column, I have accumulated a bit of experience. While me prior to the convention. Perhaps novel to a man like myself, I have it is due to the fact that several peobeen informed by several friends that ple who had never heard them made the sensation experienced by myself speeches in my behalf in the convenis by no means a new one; that others tion and that the evil effects of these have tried it and with almost exact- bad stories were in a measure counterly the same results. I have been a acted. The young man who placed candidate for office. Or rather, a can- me before the convention said things didate for a nomination for an office. that made my bosom swell with pride, I didnt wait for the office to hunt me; I knew better than to do that, be- for while I have always been certain cause for nearly half a century I have that I belonged to the good, the beaunoted that offices do not, as a rule, go tiful and true class, I never realized around searching for candidate. True, prior to his address what a grand there are exceptions to the rule, as in the case of Ogden Hiles, the candidate specimen I was, or am. The eminent for congress on the new American gentleman who followed him spoke ticket, and one or tw:o others I might highly of my excellent qualities and mention, but as a general thing when I warmed up exceedingly during the a fellow wants to serve the dear pub- course of his remarks. Another friend lic he has to go and ask for the job. of mine said some glorious things Believing the party I have been with about me. Summed up that is to say since the first time I can remember added the encomiums of the several would take kindly to me, I started speeches together and I find that 1 out after the nomination. am about the finest gentleman in this state, outside of Fisher Harris; that I met with all sorts of success. I am a good husband and father; a conscientious, painstaking, obliging There never was a1 greater spontane- man with great executive ability and ity of movement on the part of the that in nominating me the convention boys who go down into the wards and would make no mistake. Thinking it get out the votes. Every man I met all over I am slightly prejudiced against the convention. I dont see patted me on tho back and said he why, after all those accomplishments was for me and would do all he could had been described, that convention for me. That if elected to the coun- should have nominated my opponent. ty convention he would vote for me I am prone to believe, however, in first, last and all the time, or words to that effect. Five hundred and the light of all the evidence, and in twenty-sevegentlemen, excepting a this case I am the sole judge of the few ladies who didnt promise, but of facts, that I can determine the weight which small number I polled at least of the evidence of any witness or all half on account of my good looks, of them by either their apparent were elected delegates and of that frankness and candor while on the number I think five hundred had told stand or the lack of it, that if a man me I was their man. I got 230 votes. That is to say there were that many counted for me. Since the convention at least 400 have assured me they did vote for me and did all they could to nominate me. It is said that figures will not lie, although even this has been denied, for a man told me once his wifes did. He said he was enI chool tirely mistaken as to her figure before the to either resume, But marriage. telers who footed the figures, the figures themselves or a mass of delen amende Clajjej gates lied. I am inclined to think J case. is the a turday Afterthe latter CHATTER. vil-lia- Jj 3 n n wants to get an office he should devote less time to the service of his party and 'a little more to getting the nomination. This is with no tinge of sarcasm; it is merely the statement of an absolute fact. How can a man who expects to be the recipient of honors hope to gain them when he wastes time doing something for his political party instead of himself? I make this observation for the benefit of a lot of industrious party workers who may be tempted to become WANTED. & y I am not kicking particularly cause of being beaten; I am too loyal to my party organization to dispute its verdict after it has been recorded to take any such action as' that, but( am slightly inclined to be thankful that I made the race, because it put, me in possession of so many facts 1 didnt know before. The first is that in running for office one mustnt depend too much on what the other fellow tells him, especially a fellow one has helped some time. . Poker isnt the only game men get cold feet in playing. Then, too, politics lets a man get on to himself. 1 have lived in Salt Lake fifteen years and never, of people before was I aware that-lotthink 1 killed a man in Texas; that I, married and deserted three women in South Dakota; that I starved my mother to death in Colorado and helpin Louisiana. ed lynch a nigger When these things came to the surface was pained to see what a wick-- ! ed man I had been and in view of the i i f or-de- r lead-er- s by the party throughout the nation. But that speech turned me. It set me to studying and thinking along new lines and the result is I am for of "Dancing ijt. Adult Clajjgj Bf-jfMonday EeJentnj, m October Jrd. K00 oooooooooooc SIX THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS IN SALT LAKE JULY 1 ROOKY MOUNTAIN BELL TELEPHONE Co. s f f. nt be- J $ po-litic- al Bc-ji- noon, Octocer d t t Representative in this Special county and adjoining territories to represent and advertise an old established business house of solid financial standing. Salary $21 weekly, with expenses paid each Monday by check Whom would destroy they direct from headquarters. Expenses first maketheK.goods K. Americans. We advanced; position permanent. tS d furnish everything. Address, THE Chi630 Monon was Building, What COLUMBIA, it Christ said about the cago, 111. rejoicing in heaven over the convero sion of one sinner? I have forgotten RANDOM REFLECTIONS. the exact quotation, but that doesnt matter. I know what he meant for Phil A. Peen. There was a little man. an old friend who has voted with And he had a leather head, Democracy all his life, now wears a His brains were made of wood; Roosevelt button and is advocating He went to Tom Kearns, the party of actions in place of the And he said, said he, Tom, I know whatll make you party of broken pledges. good. What converted you? I asked a few days since, and he made pracAnd there was a little man. tically the same answer that I have And he had a little soul. heard from scores of others. He said And his brains were plated with gold; he had grown sick and weary of the And he answered Joe Lippman, old colorless, inactive, impotent, And he said, said he, party and had decided Joe, damned fi dont let you were best for himself and family to it Try, for between me and the G. D. be found fighting on the side of progMormons ress and advancement. He said: 1 Theres a feelin thats growed mighty followed Senator Rawlins through his cold. famous three-da- y speech in congress, And then it came to pass that the and though I admire Rawlins, every little man with the leather head and sentence he uttered in that speech wooden brains, and the other little seemed h step backwards. From a Democratic standpoint it was one of man with plated brains and little soul, the greatest efforts made in congress got their heads together and decided in many a day and it was applauded Christensen's Academy - to play the trump card of every scoun-rel- . They would wrap themselves about with Old Glory and strut before the people as patriots. They would raise the old cry of church dictation in politics because they knew that every brainless, conscienceless yap in Utah would take up the refrain and sing it for all he was worth. In to pull the wool over as many eyes as possible, these great (?) pledged that' which they never had, namely sacred honor to their rotten cause, and while the one gives his wooden intellect, the other gives his money in the vain hope that in this state and in the nation 'may be defeated and thereby T. Kearns, mine owner, senator, boss and professional bolter, be revenged. CAN TALK TO 20.000 OTHERS IN UTAH. IDAHO. WYOMING AND MONTANA Teddy. dt dt Another convert to Republican doctrines said a few days ago: It is a matter of patriotism and love of my native country with me. Democracy was born and bred in me and I suppose I would have gone on voting and shouting for the Democratic party all my life if our war with Spain had not occurred. The way the Republican party handled that affair in the very face of Democratic criticisms; the way the administration freed Cuba and the Philippines while Democracy threw obstacles in the way and even stood by to encourage the enemies of their flag, turned me. I am an American first, last and all the time and I cannot train with a party so as Democracy has become. And so it is all over the Union. The Republican party was never so strong is now and the reason for this may be found in the fact that men and women throughout the land are more prosperous, consequently they have more time to read and think and are Mierefore better informed than they sver were before. The human family 8 constantly expanding, the world is llways growing better and the party that gave to the world Lincoln. Grant, Garfield. McKinley and Roosevelt is sver growing stronger. an . The K. K. df J Americans may think u |