Show T 1 d i STUPID POLITICS f An associate of ot Spry and Callister ti r End and n d Hull offers otters an explanation of ot their theirs t s J I purpose P Pj u e In killing the Galveston bills II j s Which does docs little credit either to their 1 F political Judgment or their regard for tor fort j t i Salt Bait S Lakes welfare According to this 0 t 1 l explanation they the were afraid the adoption s tion of ot a n commission form of govern government I anent ment for tor Salt Lake might result in an ani r i American victory and anti the elimination I 1 j of Republicans from representation in ini j i city offices I o 4 In view Jew of tho fact that the Ameri Anion Americans J b I cans already control the city eity govern goern government i f I malt ment with disastrous effect that seems g ems emsa J a 0 queer explanation and whether It is 1 their view of the dIe situation or not their i disregard of the public demand for real coal l I L t I reform r is Js not calculated to further the 1 ji t I cause of their party In this city On the contrary the people here always I t t i I r kE tl loath to trust them or their Republican I J can machine have every reason now I V to regard both with disgust as an an ob oh obstacle obi i 1 stacle stacie to good city government I k I If It these guardians of o oa f J a they the legislature had been bright they the i i p t i would Id at least have permitted the sem semblance 1 blanco blance of ot a eion on the measure I t i i 5 i In in the house before they assassinated It itI i ia I a I a 1 But Bui D In their haste to prevent discussion I 11 1 M i f and the tile expression lon of ot opinion they i a t i through their dummy speaker took too k t I 4 l t k snap sn p judgment the bills laid the theo them m t o the table refused any sort of record I i M 1 vote and rode i 1 roughshod over oer every ever everk y J r 1 IJ k hi attempt to get a fair hearing During Durin g 1 gin 1 1 l nil all the tho controversy there was little lift i doubt but that an honest vote after a t reasonable debate would have resulted d i 1 i In the of ot the bills and on one proof of ot this was WWi the evident fear of ot th the e I tJ 41 h syndicate s t f E 40 a I f lest lost the bills be taken off of the table and an d L d i 1 put to n a fair sq square are test iI a The people of ot Salt Lake understood d I f i th e situation fully and f exactly and it I t ni i has not strengthened their affection for fori fo r H h i 4 Dictation in their th lr affairs by bynum men who wh ti hold no elective electie office have hh no no business s S meddling In legislative affairs an and d p have hae denied to the city the best and andI an c d i i I only chance it has ever had to secure r d J n a businesslike system for tor handling It Ity its s y f business affairs If It the federal syndi syndicate I i cate cafe wished to weaken the American Americans F r party and strengthen Its Us s M own machine It ft has taken the worst Wont possible way t to 1 that end for whatever Salt Lake may ma y decide to do In Its city government i It t i ha will not do anything to further the th I I plans clans of the combination f is i tion lion The Thompson administration has ha s been rotten enough In n all conscience e 1 tI l but It could coo Id not by any possibility be b e I obnoxious so EO as a term of such admin administration as Spry and Callister and Hull Hui ll 1 i have given In the state and In this ses I j p lion tilon of the legislature l |