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Show THE DRIFT OF POLITICS. Mayor Morris has discovered that ho can excrclso hln voto power without waiting wait-ing for tho aid or consent of any person In town. Tho danger probably Ilea In tho lack of restraint. Slnco his assuming tin Mayorship It Is very generally conceded that ho Is not iKJssesscd with an abun-danco abun-danco of becoming modesty, and tho voto power Is likely to bo overworked. Tho frankness of the responses President Presi-dent Smith made to the Inquiries concerning concern-ing his marital relations was stunning to tho people of Salt Lake City, nnd It Is said that many of tho Mormons think the Pres. Ident uncovered a great number of things that wcro reallv damaging to Senator Smoot's cause. Tho Deserot News praises tho president for his stralffhtforwardnoss. but It prints reprovingly a statement that the testimony was glvun more fully than would havo been necessary. The confession confes-sion of the head of the church that he has five wives and that ho lives with them ns a husband, fell on tills town llko a thunderclap, thun-derclap, and It Is the topic most discussed at this time Tho statement of tho church organ that no one Is surprised la a bit of cluap deception that would discredit tho most disreputable publication in tho land, to say nothing of a rowspaper that keeps nt Its mast's head a motto proclaiming "Truth and Justice." The fact Is tho people peo-ple of Salt Lako City wero not prepared for such a public admission, and they nro wondering what tho protestants hoped to prove that President Smith has not ad-raltted. ad-raltted. Tho tiling of holding up the payrolls of the men who earn their monoy from tho city by the sweat of their face Is a matter that llnds no Indorsement excopt from thoso who hopo to prollt In somo mannor from It. And It Is a gaino that can bo turned on tho originators of It In a most Interesting way at tho proper hour. ! The Descret News tays It has never boon Inconsistent on tho question of the prerogatives of tho Mayor and tho Council. Coun-cil. What does tho News mean by criticising criti-cising the present Council for refusing to contlrn tho appointments of the Mayor when on the 23th dny of March Inst It declared de-clared that It Is absurd to Insist that the Council should confirm the Mayor's appointees? ap-pointees? Whnt docs tho News desire to havo the public understand Is consistency? consis-tency? Tho attltudo of tho News is very like tho fellow who tried to convince Abraham Abra-ham Lincoln that "a horso-chestnut" may bo "a chestnut horse." The usurpation of tho rights of n Republican Mavor was a virtue In 1003. To "usurp" the rights ot a Democratic Mayor In 1501 Is an abomlna- uuu. .mo i-sews is noining u it la consistent, con-sistent, and It Is easy to understand, now who has been making a monkey of tho Mayor. o Wc wcro Intending to nsk tho News If the lntcrfcronco of tho church organ In politics wcro not in truth and In fact proof positive that the second position of the protestants In the Smoot remonstrance were not well taken. But the admissions of the president havo been so genera! that It would bo a waste of paper. Anyway, tho News would likely say that Interference Interfer-ence In politics 13 not In any sonso political politi-cal Interference, and what's the use? Tho manner In which the public Indorsed the suggestion that President Hewlett Is good tlmbor for tho Mavoralty Is very gratifying to tho friends of Mr. Hewlett His earnestness and his Impartiality aa a presiding officer have been attracting public pub-lic attention for some time, and his steadfast stead-fast efforts to preserve tho rights of his polltlclal associates In the Council has given him a warn placo In the hearts of hl3 partymon. These trying times It Is fortunate to have a square man at the head of tho Council. Tho Republican members of tho Council instructed Auditor Felt to audit tho payrolls pay-rolls as ho had been doing prior to Instructions In-structions from Mayor Morris and the News to do so no more. He may bo compelled com-pelled by tho courts to do a thing ho has aworn to do, his duty., but he will havo to como to it, never fear. . e Thero Is no ono -vho will object to tho Mayor and the City Auditor malting fools of themselves, but to do so at tho expense of the poor devils who earn what they work for and who need all that they earn Is simply conscienceless. ' The general refusal of Salt Lako Democrats Dem-ocrats to Indorse -nost of the act3 of Mayor Morris elnco In office leads to the fear that the Mayor's alleged Hcheme to form around himself and Councilman Fcrnctrom a new Democracy will be a failure. And the earnest manner In which tho Herald does not sustain the Mayor persuades us to feel that tho Herald has become Jealous and has passed tho entire outfit up to tho News. Anyone can soo that tho Democratic newspaper Is becoming becom-ing painfully silent. "Mayor Dick tore off a piece too big for him and now he Is trying to get somo good friend to tell him what to do with it," Is the way one of the city's wags haj of telling tell-ing It. a That 3mokc nulsanco has been lost In tho shufflo. Or perhaps It has gone up In thin air. v A well-laid plan to kidnap tho Mayor was barely frustrated last night by tho "Terrible Swede." It Is more than probable proba-ble now that tho Republicans will hit on another plan. Tho Hearst boom is not dead. It has aim ply been crowded oft tho boards for n more animated topic. In fact President Smith's confession has pnralyzed the town And what a rare character that man Rose is anyway. Ho stands Ukn the would-bo clerk to the Board of Health In a class to himself. Tho difference ' In them 13 not so great some might think. - either, como to Inquire Into tho matter. Roeo Is such a diabolical oharactcr mat ho Is loathed and ppurncd by felons In their cells. Not oven tho most hardened criminal would look on him save with a shudder. He assassinated bis wife. The other Is nn assassin of character! The re latlanahlp Is correlative. The Council cannot afford to ndhero to a policy such as has been empl03'cd In donUng with tho clalmo of physicians who hrtvo been called In cmergonoy caseo to treat tho city's unfortunate. It Is a poor oxcuso to turn down such claims to say that tho city's physician should hnvo attended tho patient. That would do very woll If tho claim did not cover a case of emergency, but when somo man Is suffering suffer-ing and needs Immediate attention the city should authorize the officers 10 secure professional aid, nnd all such servlcch should be paid for Thoro Is a humano side to tho question that ought not be overlooked. over-looked. Tho public demands of Its servants ser-vants a buslness-IIko administering ot Its affairs, but It will not applaud acts of parsimony. Neither Is It right to expect the city's physician to hold hlmaolf constantly con-stantly within the emergency call. Thp salary that attaches to tho office Is not amplo to secure the exclusive services of any reputnblo physician. And tho suggestion sugges-tion that tho services of emergency physl clans be paid out of the salary of tho City Physician Is ridiculously unfair. Matters touching the heartstrings of men should be consldorcd on a broader piano than dollars and dimes. ft A And speak of city administration would It be ungenerous to coll attention to the cxtromo liberality of tho Council on some things, along with this bit of unintended stinginess? Take tho authority rocontH given to tho City Recorder to purchase Fomothlpg like seventeen copies of the city directory for u:o In tho aovcral dc-P-artmcnts of the city, for Instance The price mentioned was ?j each. Is thoro anyono who will not bcllevo that that number of directories could havo been purchased by any buslnosn house In Salt Lake City for J30 or $10 less? Possibly not. but It Is a fair guess that whilo tho Council was turning down a Just claim of a physician physi-cian for rollevlng somo sufferer, that several sev-eral times that amount was frittered nway on an unbuslness-liko directory contract. LIko adversity, parsimony has Its uses But a fast and tight policy In tho Health department r.hould only bo omployed In tho purchaHO of supplies. Not for a moment mo-ment In the rellof of tho nufforlng. |