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Show THE GRAFTERS' CLUB The Amcrikcarns club met this week in regular session, devoting its time to a consideration of its political prospects and the best means of once more fooling the people into a belief that it is the real, simon pure, incorruptible, incor-ruptible, moral article, and entitled for two years more to finger city cash for the benefit of the Tribune and its ward heelers. Mr. Darmcr, clothed in his official title of Lord High Cockolorum ot his " majesty, Tom Kcams, the unequalled un-equalled and unparalellcd 'Mormon , m' cater presided. The first business brought before f the meeting was the resolution en- dorsing that firm, patriotic and un- cquivocial order of the city administration adminis-tration that no supplies for the city be purchased from Mormons. When it was announced that the mayor would work might and main, gcHing up at 4:30 a. m. to enforce it, the cn- 4 thusiasm knew no bounds, and cries I of "that's the stuff," "We'll be -n on I the divy now," "to hell with the Mor- I 1110ns," were heard on every side. I A committee was appointed to rc- I port resolutions, which committee af- ter deliberating long enough to make I it appear they were orginal rcolu-D rcolu-D tions and had not been prepared be- fore hand in the Tribune office, rc- ported as follows: "When in the course of human I events the affairs of the city of Salt Lake was turned over to our greedy I hands, and its treasury placed at our disposal, it was believed that the charge given us would be perpetual and the jobs and money be always at our disposal, and, "Whereas, through an unfair idea coming into the voters' minds that we arc not just as good as they supposed we were, and there being at this time grave prospects that we may be 'heistcd' at this election elec-tion and cruelly separated from our jobs and the city's cash box, and "Whereas, the climate of California and a lucky unloading of stock.- has induced our patron Saint, Hon. T. Kcarns, to devote most of his time i M to bulls, cows and calves, and to neg- (' lect us, and as we are frightfully afraid he will forget us in the matter of his contributions. Therefore, be it resolved, that for the purpose of placing our party in a position where it can hold up Gentile merchants for such needed cash, that we heartily endorse and commend ' the wise, patriotic and humane action ac-tion of our active and energetic administration ad-ministration in ordering that under no circumstances shall supplies for Salt Lake City be purchased from a vile Morman, but that all supplies ' shall be purchased from the only hon orable and good people in Salt Lake City, Tom Gentiles. I "Resolved, that if necessary for the purpose of raising cash our mayor and city council have our consent to pay increased prices for goods, as has been done heretofore to the Salt Lake Tribune for advertising and to B. D. Blackmarr for groceries. Resolved, that the motto we give to our city officials 'we reed the mun, we need the mun.' " A committee of experts were appointed ap-pointed to prepare a statement of the city's finances for use in the coming election. An appropriation was made for enough money to procure the latest edition in "Juggling with figures" fig-ures" for the use of the committee. The names of the newly appointed executive committee were laid before the meeting for confirmation. An objection ob-jection was made that Scfrit had not been here long enough to get dry behind be-hind the cars, and that his frequent apologies of the past for articles appearing ap-pearing in the Tribune materially lessened les-sened his influence. Objection was made to Cleaveland that he was an unknown quantity and a newcomer. As to Joe Lipman he was passed with the understanding that he was not to be permitted to run any registration registra-tion trains. Critchlow, it was claimed by a few, was unreliable, that he had worked might and main to put the old Liberal party out of commission, and was liable to bolt at any time. The committee was finally confirmed con-firmed with the remark that they were as good as could be got under present circumstances. It was ordered that a touching appeal ap-peal be sent to Mr. Kearns to loosen up, that if necessary a box of cas-carcts cas-carcts be included in the appeal. rt |