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Show o TRUTHS Old Grouch, "the wise Guy what writes" the dreary editorial stuff for the Tribune has found a remedy, a sure and certain remedy, for the high cost of 'living in Salt Lake. It is that the city council should immediately or sooner repeal the ordinance which compels farmers who peddle in this city, the produce they raise themselves, them-selves, to pay a license. The editorial is of considerable length and expeci-ates expeci-ates on the great advantages which would accrue to the people if this ordinance were repealed. It .tells how the farmers would come in with their produce and sell it from house to house at prices that would knock the grocer and fruiterer silly. There is just one error in the editorial, probably prob-ably Old Grouch thinks it a very trifling one. The fact, however, is that there is no ordinance and there never was an ordinance requiring any farmer or market gardncr or fruit grower to pay any license or to give anything of value to the municipality or anyone else for the privilege of selling in this city the produce they raise themselves cither by wholesale or retail or any other way. They arc absolutely free without let or hindrance hin-drance to peddle from door to door, and many of them dp so and have done so for years. The editorial is a fair sample of those which appear in the Tribune on all subjects discussed. dis-cussed. The writer's assurance ihat if an ordinance that doesn't exist were repealed it would cure an evil is a fair sample of Tribune logic. Fusion in the Fifth municipal ward will very likely defeat Arthur Jonah Davis Davis grafted money out of the republican City committee two years ago to use in his ward, dudcr the pretense that he was a republican. Davis is a stench under the nostrils of leading taxpayers of the Fifth. Wlithout his bosom friends Bruce Johnson and "Honest" George Sheets to corral the tenderloin, it is claimed that he will bite the political dust this year.' Ex-Mayor Morris made an affidavit the other day that while sitting un a jury he made up his mind, before the defense was heard, that the defendant was guilty. Whereupon the attorney for the unlucky culprit moved for a new trial. It will be in line after election for Dick to make an affidavit that he thought a nomination on the democratic ticket meant his election, and thus being deceived, to have Judge Powers move for a new election. elec-tion. The Tribune concedes that the saloon vote will be against them this year. The heavy graft that has been made on this clement by the leaders of the "American" party has made the saloon people pretty sick. Two ycarj ago, with Mulvcy at their head, they voted as a unit for the "American" "Ameri-can" ticket. Ever since the election of that party the saloon man has been common prey for the "American" party grafters. The Tribune crowd is very much worried over the reported move for fusion in the various municipal wards, between the democrats and republicans, republi-cans, on councihnanic nominees. Ev-icry Ev-icry effort possible will be made by that crowd to get such leading democratic demo-cratic lights as Ex-Mayor Morris, W. II. King, John Dcm, Simon Bamberger Bam-berger and O. W. Powers to declare against fusion. The defenses being put up for some of the men on trial hereabout arc suggestive sug-gestive of what Rufus Choatc told Roscoe Conkling when the latter, as a young man, had a client convicted from whom he had exacted a pretty stiff fee. "No doubt you did work justifying such a charge, my boy, but the man might have been convicted for less." "Brave Billy Bryan" is working overtime these days. His oral apparatus appar-atus takes a half holiday on the Sabbath, Sab-bath, but begins again bright and early Monday morning, winding up at 11:59 Saturday evening. He is indifferent in-different about the presidential nomination, nomi-nation, but yet, the platform must be just so in order that it may not jostle when he stands on it. Councilman Fernstrom of the Third will have the fight of his life to be elected. At the last election the "Americans" beat the democrats lit the Third, while the republicans cast nearly as many votes as both the other oth-er parties put together. The chances are that the republicans will elect both councilmcn from the Third this year 1 To fuse or not to fuse, that is the question. Some who opposed it arc for it, and vice versa. Some who vowed they would ne'er consent have not only consented, but become mouthy in advocacy of the mix-up. f) The weather is quite propitious to a condition of keeping cool, and such is a fine thing to do. It ib generally conceded that Simon Bamlcrgcr only nominated Dick M01-ris M01-ris for the purpose of helping Brans-ford's Brans-ford's election. The Bamberger family is faring too well on a garbage contract under the "American" administration ad-ministration to wish for any change. A good deal of fun is. being poked at Walter W,ellman for his latest v North. Pole fiasco. There are unquestionably un-questionably some things beyond the range and reach of the best of newspaper news-paper men; one is getting rich, tlu other is getting out of civilization. ' N Disasters in the Pacific waters near our western coast have become so common that life insurance to those about to make such trips must have risen to prohibitive rates except to the cry rich and they don't need it. Jan cs Dcvinc will in all probability be the choice of the republican convention con-vention for city chairman for the next two years. Mr. Devine is a man of ability and standing and also a fine campaign manager. "Gunplay" .Maxwell is a bad man with a poor name. His badness seems to consist largely in guggling that kind of whisky and jumping up unarmed men to make trouble with. It is not at all surprising that we arc to have a four-cornered fight for the local spoils 'in November. And the Prohibitionists arc yet to be heard from. m If Dr. Pluinmer is nominated for mayor on the republican ticket he will cut heavily into the, ranks of the "American" party. Fusion on republican and democratic democrat-ic councilmanic nominees is practically practical-ly assured in the First, Second and Fifth municipal wards. Even money is being wagered that ty Councilman Tom Dayhob of the First municipal ward will be defeated this year. Voliva has stepped down and out. It would puzzle a conjurer to show what else there was for him to do. It looks like Dr. Plummcr for mayor, may-or, Fred Jaqucs for recorder, Josiah Barnett for treasurer. The republicans have secured headquarters head-quarters for the campaign in the Ken-yon Ken-yon hotel. Simon Bamberger is the only Bamberger Bam-berger left in the democratic fold; and he is there only in name. Es-.Mhyor Morris is out agrinst fusion m the Tribune in an interview. |