Show I S I MR CANDIDACY CANDIDACY In a purely civic sense Web r county has the most interesting election in inthe Inthe the tate state t today It has seen months the exposure Of r a gang that preyed on its treasury both in the county and andin in n the city it has as seen some of its members driven from office and others frightened for fear their turn will come next It has been convinced that th the thieves form the backbone of the Re Republican Republican publican party in Ogden and in Weber county and the proof has been so clear that the reputable members of the party stand ready the crew that h ha s taken possession ss on of the party machinery and used used if It for theIr per personal personal profit The exposure exposure of and the punishment of the wrongdoers were the Work of one man a young lawyer who assumed a duty that the el officials of the people either did not or would not see Quietly persistently fearlessly in the face of derision and abuse he has driven the rascals from cover and compelled them one by one oneto oneto to acknowledge openly or tacitly that they were not fit to serve the public For this great work he has been sIan slandered dered by the newspapers newspapers of the gang gangin in language as nearl nearly r libelous as they dared use He has been accused of posing as another if that were a crime In any community The election today centers in Mr Ir candidacy for the county Most naturally the rascals in inand inand and out of office do not want him to win They fear he might un unearth arth more crookedness drive more of them out in the open for public condemnation It Itis Itis is safe to say no bad citizen of Ogden or Weber county will ivill support him and no better recommendation could be fur furnished furnished any candidate than the kind of opposition that is trying to defeat him Weber reber county is fortunate in having such a man as candidate for that of office flee fice It will be still more fortunate when the good people of the county elect him |