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Show UTAH COMMENT. Ogden is indulging in a broad smile. At the meetittg of the city council Monday Mon-day night a petition from the "laboring men" was submitted, in which is found the following thanks to "your honorable honor-able body for the course you have taken in Constructing public buildings. sewers, etc., thereby affording us labor so that we have been enabled to support ourselves our-selves and families during tho winter weather, but now that spring is near we find wc are without inonoy or employment em-ployment and respectfully ask that you continue the good work by forming new sower and paving districts whereby where-by we may be enabled by honest labor to continue to support ourselves and families without being a burden on the city." Then comes the funny part. The petition pe-tition had probably 300 signatures, and among them were found such names as Achilles Perrln, 1!. VV. Cross, V. W. Fungi, P. I. Hendershot, F. Higgen-botham, Higgen-botham, Fred. J. Kiesel, A. U. Nelson, J. W. Metcalf, Nathan Kimball, F. G. Luke, J. A. Stephens, W. H. Wright and other prominent horny-fisted and sun-burnt sons of toil, who have been for some time posing as the moneyed men of the .function ( ily. a One of the loveliest portrayals of demo-cratie demo-cratie consistency which has lately come to our attention is this: Throughout the length and hrcadth of t'tah tlit; leading men are asking: "What can wc do to provide employment and homes for the young people ?'' Many of the persons per-sons who are earnestly, pathetically almost toarfully propounding that question are democrats. Home of tflom arc iu the legislature. legis-lature. This is their answer: "Kill every home industry which needs help; and letour boys tiecoinc wanderers abroad or loafers at homo." Ogden Standard. e The Vernal Exmrsa announces that it has ordered a complete new dross, a Mr. Williams, who has been for a Bliort tine editor of tin; Jmirnal, has relinquished his dominion over the hears anil paste-pot, to return o Salt bake. Mr. Warrum, of the firm of Rich, Rich A Warrum, takes the helm. This makes the third change in the editorial department within a short time. The groa) mental strain, resulting from the lmur continued uiauuraelore of sophistical argument!, to convert the unwary to deinoe-raey, deinoe-raey, appears to he the only reason for sueh frequent changes, The republican editor, wlio has hut to present generally admitted fr.cts, and statistics to prove, his nosition sound, does not lind himself suffering from nervous prostration, nor i he forced to relinquish re-linquish his position to seek the invigorating waters of the great Salt Lake. Logan correspondence cor-respondence of the Ogden Standard. The Park City Minor tersely remark': "While nearly everyone is engaged in airing his views on the lire district question, it strikes us that a little attention atten-tion might be given to the tire department depart-ment of this town with prolit." W. A. ( assady, one of Salt Lake's leading I real estate men, was in the l'nrk Saturday j and Sunday. Mr. Cassady is a demo divis 1 ionist and misses no opportunity to talk ( aine-Faulknerisin to the people. One miL'ht take him to he a missionarv to the wicked liberals of I'ark City. Park City ! M intr. |