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Show POLITICS INJTAH COUNTY Special Correspondence of Tho Tribune. PROVO, May 7. My lnt letter scenm to have stirred up mattors politically in Provo. In a labored nrtlclo In tho organ hero a writer says his letter was . "rejected." "re-jected." If thero was nothing in tho letter, let-ter, If It was "scurrilous," etc., as It la assorted, and thero was no truth In the assertions modo, why all thlu nolso and fuss about It? Am wnn truthfully remarked re-marked by an old veteran on the streets of Provo a day or eo. ago, "thoro mu3t bo aomo truth in what has been ald, or thcuc fellows would not feel it so keenly." The secretary's lengthy article was In defonso of tho political trust, but in tho whole of tho lengthy article ho denies nothing; only makes a nlca that if what 1 ho said In true (and by tho way it ho had not known It was true would he haw bcon so loud in his denunciations?) wo niunt havo some- one n.i "bosBes," and o prefers pre-fers lo tako "what wo now havo ' rather than lo make a chanKC, an It might bo for the worBc, or words to that effect. In other words, ho admits that we havo Just what woh assorted, yet says wo must havo "bosses," and ho rather likes tho ones wo have now. This Is a confession, to bo sure, and. as a "full confession," it Is said, is "good for tho soul," wo hope that some will now feel hotter, after defending what wius at lust denied. It Is Intended, so I am informed, to not only have thlR county for tho trusts' operations, but thu whole Stato. I will ask again: Is It not a fact that for months past certain people here, wno would llko to shape Iho destiny of tho party for their own ends, have, with th ir omlssnrli'S. boon up and down this atato trying to llx thlnKH so they can accomplish accom-plish their own political ends? And docs not this fixing Include evcrythlw? from tho Governorship down? WhythlB great activity with some of our officials In tho employ of tho Government and otherwise, 1C there Is nothing In It? ,ij The Secretary suys the people should so to the primaries and seo to It that tho "bosses" do not havo thlnps to their own btddlng. That Is true. But thn people or n good many of them, feel that It makes no difference "What'3 the use? ' thoy ask. This has been tho fooling: but the oro beginning to see the folly, and will ir tho signs of tho times point to anything, sco to it that this will be remedied in tho future. As to the inference made that the County Coun-ty committee is not able to tako earo of lta own business, that la childish. No ono has said otherwise than that It Is carablr. The Secretary gots humorous -when ho ro-fcrs ro-fcrs to tho fact that "tho women should be taken care of." That is truo; and as ho has had so much donestlc oxporlcncc, wo ! say to him. "we pass;" it's up to you l now to tako care of the women. Hut I fear this Is llko somo of his othor phrases just a slip of tho tongue. The Secretary has a good deal to say about some ono wanting office. If I wanted an ofllco I would bo the last ono jo mako a kick about others. But as tho Secretary has opened up the subject, it might bo as well lo say to him that it seems ho Is trying to covor up somo one else's desire to obtain office. Is it not a fact that tho Secretary can put his flnKer on a certain member of tho trust ho talks about so much, and on a certain family near and dear to this samo party, who between be-tween them havo at tho present writing eomewhero near soven to ten of tho family fam-ily and their relations In tho employ of tho State, county or Federal Governments? Is It that ho Tears if tho crowd ho so earnestly defends is called down that his family will lose its Jobs? Possiblv he knows that it Is common street talk In this city that no ono, no matter how worthy, can bogln to cccuto a placo at eomo of our publlo institution unless cortaln nicn lndorso him, and that they havo nothing to do with theso places, except that thoy haxa sot thomsclves up to bo controllers of matters political. And havo not theso solfsamo fellows told onough that thoy aro known and their Intentions In-tentions known to many In this community? com-munity? If thoy do not know theso things thoy might nnd them out If they will go at it in tho proper manner. I could say many tilings that might lvo objected to by tho political trust, but It Is not my purpose to do so, My object Is to try to got the peoplo to sec -wlicro tho party 13 drifting bsforo it is stranded, as It will not tako long for this to occur if things kcop on as thoy are. Tho organ Is particularly bitter towards , Tho Trlbuno, and endeavors to show that thero Is u donl on botweon The Tribuno and mo to Injuro somo ono from this county. coun-ty. Thin Is only a blind to cover up the methods the trust has of trying to injuro any or ovcry one who does not fall down and do their bidding. In bravado stylo, it nsks whan did Tho Tribune eay anything in favor of any one else than Its own choice? Well, when did the orgun ever say or do anything In favor of tho man who was not Its choice? Is it not a fact that tho oiiran Iioa kept a fow of lt choice boforo tho people continually, while others well known to the trust havo bcon loft severely se-verely alone? Bo consistent, you trust managers, and your argunionts will tako bolter with tho people. Don't be afraid to trust tho people. Tho statement that tho writer has been hired to further tho cause of any person Is absolutely untrue. I would not oven know tho editor of Tho Tribuuo If I mot him on tho street. Never in my life, that I knew of, have I met the manag-or of Tho Tribune, but once. But, as I said before, I havo Ivion secured to write tho political news from thl3 county Impartially, and the endeavor to mako It appear that I am furthering tho causo of any man Is simply ridlculoiiB. Tho Trlbuno Trlb-uno has nothing to do with ate except to print tho news I send. It has never even suggested what should bo sent. It Is no tlmo to bo denying tho truth. If thero Is anything wrong, let us all go to and eradicate tho evil, and present a solid front to the enemy this fall. This has been advocated by "all who want to see tho party win. In Its attack upon me they say wo havo shown no way out of the condition that exists. If they will read my last they will find the following, which I repeat: "What the party wants Is to got together; to-gether; and tho only way to do it In to stop trying, months beforehand, to use ring tactics, and machine methods, to further fur-ther tho causo of any man, or set of men. but go to tho. primaries untrammelcd, and uso your best Judgment In selecting- men, not try to use the machine methods that have been tried tlmo and tlmo again with failuro as tho result." REPUBLICAN. |
