Show j D R SKEEN OC GEN DEN ah j k JT ft mey of Ogden V web Webe W eber i ou s state tate seems to be bean bean a an antI unusual sort of nan man in several par partICUlar ti First F Fi i SJ st among his peculiarities is his at t stealing from the tax taxpayer taxpayer p payer ayer is just j sf as steal stealing ii ing in g from an individual l r to tos s secure se cure public money wrongly Js is as ne u much m uch of nf i iother a crime as perjury perjur foZ I V other o ot her purpose Another of ot Mr Skeen H p peculiarities Is his idea that the way way t to get a rascal is to go after him your yourself yourself s self se lf without waiting for somebody else t to do it Skeen is a quiet sort of person one of t the th thI e type t pe that fool men very often by I t their th lack of bluster blu blur r and brag and n noise oise When he be saw In public print t that th some of the councilmen of Ogden were w ere voting themselves money from t the th e city treasury illegally he be told them very v ery gently they were doing wrong and a asked them to T form They laughed a at t him as a crank and reformer Skeen ais i is Scotch by descent and he see seethe seethe t the he humor of public robbery He ad admonished admonished r m them again and again they i laughed la So cheerful were they about t the tS he situation that they derided d this S farmer boy in public boldly b gleefully Then Skeen began to get action and the t he officials laughed since i either ither e publicly or privately He put several everal p of them out oui of office others of them t hem resigned and were reelected by complaisant c colleagues only to be com compelled l d to get out for good So regularly did d id Skeen get action when he once started s after a man he lie thought was doing d wrong that the public began to t sit s it up and take notice He started for forthe forthe the t he county officials who had been drawing d mileage and other perquisites sites s ites illegally and is still getting ac action tion Uon t ion The last man who retired rather than han t stand trial had drawn mileage for trips rips t he had made on a pass he drew pay p ay for buggy bugg hire that had already been b een paid to the liveryman He ac acquired acquired q other sums In equally devious ways w ays And yet when this man resigned he h e was given opportunity in court to plead p lead the baby act and give the im impression impressIon p that he was being persecuted Why has Mr Skeen been compelled to t o Set act on his own responsibility and L Lay pay p ay for his effort to protect the public from f rom theft and illegal il egal disbursement of 01 public p money Only because Weber county and Og Ogden Ogden Ogen den d en city cit had fallen into the hands hards of a a L gang that regarded public office as a a ate snap who believed it right to tc take ake t money from the taxpayer so long longas longas longas as the taxpayer would stand it who ridiculed r the Idea that they could be z driven from office or compelled to ac acknowledge acknowledge knowledge knowl dge wrongdoing There here were m public officials who had it in their theli power to prevent these wrongs there z was a city attorney and a a county at attorney attorney attorney torney who could have stopped the il 11 illegal Illegal legal egal l grafting if jf they had done their theli r sworn duty But they all failed will willingly i cheerfully failed to do their thel t duty and it fell f ll to Skeen a young you g law lawyer lawyer yer with a conscience to drive the th 3 rascals out What has h s been his reward He has ha S St been assailed by the gang without t scruple their the newspaper has gone as asfar asfar a afar far as it dare to accuse him of dishon dishonesty esty he has been abused and vilified and derided but the keep on ot I resigning Because the Republicans were hope hopelessly hopelessly hopelessly lessly dominated by this gang and be because because cause caus of his successful record as a z prosecutor of public wrongdoers Mr Skeen has been nominated by the Dem Democrats Democrats Democrats of Weber county for county at attorney attorney torney If he Is elected and is given give ri the machinery of the office the rascals rascal S know their day is done and that there ther e er will vilI be a thorough investigation of their thel r rascality for years back Most naturally naturally naturally ally they are fighting him tooth and an toenail They would regard his suc sue success success cess as a calamity and it would be for the thieves If a fine fin public service ever deserved deserve d recognition at the hands of the people Mr Skeen has done service If f persistence in the face of strong opposition ever earned an office Mr Skeen Skee n nf is entitled to be the next attorney of c f cd Weber Teber county If honesty and proved prove d ability are desirable qualities in a pros prof prosecutor prosecutor Mr will be elected |