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Show Mac 6 'Saturday Ckat Mutton Bill Jones, the man who stole from tho county Infirmary more than one hundred articles belonging to tho county, and who returned thorn after Tho Tribune had called attention tothls theft of a refrigerator which ho had pur-chaacd pur-chaacd for the Infirmary, Beems about to escape punlshmont. Even though he confessed con-fessed to Commissioner Mackay, a member mem-ber of his church, though he was caught with the goods on him, the machinery of tho law, as at present administered, could not reach him. Whnl. a travesty I Instead of Jones, the embezzler, the offender In at least a dozen felonies and misdemeanors, being condemned by the Deseret News, the present Inllrnieror, James Sablno, received the lash. Sablno appears to bo a square young man. Ho showed no mullco In his report on JoneH. It was doubtlessly an unpleasant task for him when he made an inventory of his predecessor's rascality. But being himself him-self charged with tho Hafo-keeplng of the county property he very properly brought to the attention of his mipurlors tho things Jones had carried away. This the Dcscret News rofcrn to as "the vindictive attitude of one Jim Sabine, Sa-bine, whoso weal: and watery cfTorts and Insinuations wore directed against Mr. Jones," But what's tho uso? Jones Is a son-in-law of Apostle Penrose, tho editor of the Newii, and a fellow who will not shield hla own household Is worso than an Infidel. Fortunately for offendod Justice, Jones may be apprehended on at least a half-dozen half-dozen other cases and there will be a County Attorney after the first ot noxt January who will have no difficulty In bringing action and successfully prosecuting prose-cuting Jones Into the penitentiary. The Joke of the day Is the election of MuJ. My ton member of the Republican Stato commltleo from Salt Lako county. The Major was a rlp-snortln' American from tho hour It became certain that thu Americans had carried Salt Lake until Mayor Thompson announced that he would appoint George Sheets chief of police. Then the Major began edging towards the Smoot machine. His Is really real-ly a funny case. But friends excuse tho Major on the grounds that he promised VIce-Preuldeut Fairbanks to deliver Utah to Mr. Falrbauks for President. Another Joke. If the Major really Is talking this thing It Is pretty good reason to declare he hus never had more than speaking acquaintance with the Iudlanan. Tho Vice-President Is entirely too smooth to entrust his political fortunes to the Major. Ma-jor. He could not he go mistaken. He Ik one of the wisest of men In the solectlou of his confidants. He did not ask the Major to look out for IiIb Interests Inter-ests in Utah. Neither did he encourage him to do so. Iirigham Roberts must be Jealous of Reed Smoot. Otherwise why should ho take a fall out of him .In such fashion as at the Democratic talkfcst? Is It possible pos-sible that having been regarded unfit to sit as a member of Congress, Brother Roberts favors evening things up politically po-litically by having Smoot discredited and sent home? "You don't mean to tell me the Armstrongs Arm-strongs aro editing the official organ of the Republican party in Utah, do you?" asked an Indiana politician recently. "Well, that beats the deuce! Why, ono of them was so abusive of Republicans In Indiana a fow years ago that Gov. Frank Hanly rofused to permit him to enter his office. Editing the Republican, are they? Well, I'll have to toll the boys about this, when I get home." Speaking of the gall of Senator Smoot In bringing a "peace" Democrat of the Voorhcefi type from Indiana to teach Utah Republicans party fealty, one or the Smootlto machinists asked apologetically: "What has LeRoy Armstrong done?" "What? Why, Smoot and Loose. They's what," was an apt reply. That was an awful turning over the "appendix" got nt the hands of Livingston Liv-ingston and others of the Republican committee. It was almost sufficient to resuscitate the weekly blatherskite. Now that the Telegram has discovered all of the men who havo made Utah famous and has made the people acquainted ac-quainted with these gentlemen, another an-other enterprising stroke might be made by beginning the publication of a gallery of men who have made It Infamous. Reed Smoot's mug nnd Fussy JImmie's Navajo blanket would bo good starters. Friends of Billy Dunn claim they mean to make Billy's candidacy for County Attorney At-torney so overwhelmingly that the Smoot-Calllster-Anderson machine will bo fit for the scrap-track. They soom to mean buslnoss But If they succeed In nominating nomi-nating Billy they will find Fussy, Curley, Black-and-Tan and tho rest of the trlbo working for the Democratic nominee, as they did In the Knox municipal campaign. So what's the uso 7 Many's the man who has a club ready for the Smoot machine, but has not the eourago to mako use of It, Tho new voting machines will servo the Americans a good turn next fall. They will keep the Smootltes from stealing the county. Judgo Howell does not seem to be ovor-zealoua ovor-zealoua In preserving tho dignity of his judicial person, else he would not toll about an attempt to debauch him, and then shrink from duty. If he does not act It was a sorry day when he exposed the offenders. Calling his uncle's appointee for postmaster post-master a liar does not purge the contempt of other men. Sutherland's support was purchased with a SenntorEhlp. It was a cold bargain, Justice McCarty says. The consideration was specific, and tho deal seems to bo eminently satisfactory. Now, some arc wondering If Jnmmy Hammond really was promlsod the District Dis-trict Judgeship If he would join the machine. ma-chine. Many thought better of him. MAC. |