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Show NOT A RIVALRY There are two men in this city who are candidates for the same position on the municipal ticket They are W. Mont Ferry. American candidate for the City Council, and B. A. Hartensteln. Democratic candidate for the same plat e The Tribune recognizes that every man is entitled to fair respect, and that neither wealth nor social prestige, nor mere polish, should be considered between two candidates when the more solid qualities are with the Inferior possessor of adventitious advantages. But when two men who come before the community present a radical difference of character when one is high of mind and the other lacks In the exalted feelings and fidelities which would Justify public trust In him then It Is fair to consider all the circumstances circum-stances uhl.h surround the two. Hartenstein, A person who voluntarily volun-tarily pledged himself to the Gentiles of Salt Lake City; who repeatedly gave the engagement of his solemn honor hon-or that If elected he would stand against the Mormon church aggressions at all points, who went Into the ( lty louncil and when the crucial hour came yielded to temptation and went over to the other side. The Iniquity of his act was the greater because In his hands the Gentiles had reposed a balance bal-ance of power. When Hartenstein deserted de-serted the Gentiles In the City Council he deserted progress; he deserted honor; hon-or; he deserted his own solemn covenants; cove-nants; and he deserted his faithful as- ' sociates of tho Council. He literally de- llvered that municipal body Into the j custody of Joseph F Smith. Mr. Hart- enstein's surroundings and circumstances circum-stances had not been such as to make of him an Ideal candidate for a place of signal trust and responsibility It takes a hero to stand where Harten- stein le Kk- d permission to stand In the I City Couin il of Salt Lake; but. as the j early part of his term seemed to dem- onstrate that he was living up to an ideal far beyond expectation, it was accounted ac-counted a glory to this city that from the ranks which he occupied, and had occupied for so many years, had come a man of high resolve of soul. When he fell, as he did fall, abjectly, It was recognized that the habit of acceptance of "tips' had probably wrought such change In his nature as that he could 1 not stand against the allurements of I his mighty patrons. Ferry A man who can 111 spare the time for municipal service, and yet will give It unstintedly A gentleman of culture, of education, of the highest as-i as-i soclations which the .country can afford . A man who enjoys the heritage of a i great fame and who seeks by honest uplifting endeavor to equal that fame Monl Perry is a man who by natural na-tural charat ter and study Is qualified to serve his cfty with greater ability than most men could bring to bear upon up-on munlalpal affairs. He will take the time necessary for examination of the great Questions involved, and he will demonstrate the courage of Intelligent conviction. While he dll not seek the place on the Council ticket of the American party, but by prefer. n 6 would have yielded to others, yet he has an ambition to equal the great men of his family In the public trust which has been reposed In them, and he will serve as faithfully as If this ' OUnoll were the Senate of the United Slates. Retv.een these two candidates, cltl- ..r .-.nt Lake, II is Impossible to conceive that there Is any rivalry-There rivalry-There is not a man or woman in this City of Salt Lake, outside of Hart, n-Btein n-Btein B Immediate ns-o. iates and patrons pa-trons v. In. would not pre ler to he In tie company Of W. Mont Ferry, to entrust to him anv matter of honor or business, busi-ness, nr to Introduce h friend fioni abroad to him as a membei of ihi municipal mu-nicipal council of Salt Lake And more than that W, Mont Ferry is a man whose woi.i is indisputable while the word of K. A Hartenstein Is worth just whatever were the reasons for his lolal Ion of his orJi |