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Show LET US HAVE A GRAND JURY j j Tho Tribune warns a grand jury called to Investigate abuses and Infractions In-fractions of the law, grafting and stealing which exist In tho public service. ser-vice. For once wo coincide witli tho , Tribune. Lot us have a grand Jury. A thorough Investigation would clear tho atmosphere. Let all tho rottenness rotten-ness bo stirred up so that tho foul j gases may escape, and chloride of Hmo bo applied, and tho festering excro-i excro-i scenccs be lopped off. Tho operation ' of tho surgeon's knife Is often condu cive to gocd health. There are many things which a grand Jury might probo with advantage. Tho county affairs, past and present', including tho county coun-ty Infirmary scandal, which by tho way tho board of county commissioners commission-ers has been investigating for somo weeks and which tho board, not tho Tribune, has brought to the surface, might with advantage bo mado tho subject of a grand Jury Inquiry. Thb Inner workings of tho city Hcenso department de-partment under tho late city administration adminis-tration would also bo a fruitful field for Investigation. Tho waterworks department would bo tho bettor for a thorough sifting. It would also bo Interesting to tho public if a grand jury would find out how It is that now somo gamblers aro allowed to ply their trado whllo others aro prohlb-, prohlb-, itod from engaging In tho business I and also how much and to whom tbo favored ones pay for tho privilege. A grand jury might also find out how much Is paid monthly by women of tho town for tho privilege of plying tholr trado and who pockets tho money. A grand jury might discover how much tho Chlneso opium donfa and fan tan gamo Celestials aro mado to pay and who gets tho coin. A grand jury might also find out what kind ot .an arrangement tho city treasurer lias with tho bank in which tho city funds nro deposited, what rato of Interest tho bank pays for tho uso of tho money mon-ey and who gets tho Interest. Ex-City Treasurer Harris had tho city's mon-" mon-" cy deposited In banks which paid in terest for tho money and tho city resolved re-solved the Interest according to tho law. It might bo well to find out if any Interest is paid by tho bank now on city deposits and who got8 tho Interest. In-terest. It would also bo Interesting to know why tho present city treasurer withdrew tho deposits from two or three of tho banks which were paying pay-ing interest for tho monoy and placed It all In one bank. A grand jury might also Investigate with advantage tho methods of tho present board of public works In letting let-ting contracts for public work. The method Is so rank that oven the Tribune Trib-une mado a feeble protest. It mlgln also bo well to learn who of tho members mem-bers of tho city council demand "presents" "pres-ents" in order that contracts when let by tho board of public works may be confirmed by tho city council. Tho conduit plastering grab Is also something some-thing that a grand jury might profitably profit-ably spend somo time inquiring about. Yes, there's lots of work for a grand jury. Wo join with th6 Tribune Trib-une in demanding a grand jury. Jt & There is a contest on for the Federal Fed-eral appointment of district attorney As far as known at this tlmo It Ilea between H. B. Booth and Benner X. Smith. A while- ago It was considered that tho former had a walkover, but lately It looks as If tho latter had at least an equal show with Mr. Booth. A gentleman in tho employ of the United States government connected with tho secret scrvlco department has been In Salt Lako for somo months, looking Into tho coal land location lo-cation matter. Tills gentleman thinks that the future United States district attorney should bo a man who has never had any clients who aro In any way connected with the location of coal land, a great amount of which; It Is alleged by some, bus been fraudulently fraud-ulently entered. This gives tho Impression Im-pression that th.1 government Intends to tako some action In regard to those entries and that tho department wants tho district attorney to be absolutely free and untramnieled In the prosecution prosecu-tion of those cases. The secret scrvlco scrv-lco man referred to has been making Inquiries about various candidates for tho district attorneyship and will doubtless niako his recomniondation to tho department at Washington as to whom ho thinks most suitable. It's funny that the "American" members of tbo city council should have turned down tho ministers In tho only request the' ministers havo mado of them; that Is, that they causo tho theatres to bo closed on Sundays. Tho ministers were strong supporters of tho "American" ticket before election. After election the "Americans" glvo Ihcni tho cold shoul dor nnd tho despised Mormons were tho ones that fought for the granting of the ministerial request. There's n great differenco with somo people bo-foro bo-foro and after election. Congressional candiaates of tho Republican Re-publican kind nro already much in ovldonce. Congressman Howell for for ronomlnation, .lames T. Hammond, George N. Lawrence, W. D. Livingston Living-ston nnd P. P. Clirlstcnsen aro among tboso mentioned. The present "reform" city administration adminis-tration has Increased the running expenses ex-penses of the city government by nearly a quarter of a million dollars a year, without any increase in efficiency. ef-ficiency. That's going somo. Jt Tho labor organizations aro laying their plans to nominate a labor ticket this fall, which would probably take tho place of a Socialist ticket. Labor Is strong In this county. Tho now smelters at Garfield, tho works an l mines at Bingham, and tno smelters at Murray would roll up a big labor vote, which, added to tho labor voto of the city, might not fall greatly short of carrying Salt Lako county. Indeed, if the labor element was properly prop-erly organized and would hang to gother It could carry, not only this county, but tho entlro United States. Tho Herald had a lengthy article a few days ago tending to show that Senator Smoot would keep his seat In the senate On that point tho Herald Is probably right. It Is practically admitted ad-mitted by tho antl-Smoot peoplo that they havo lost tho light. Wo think, however, tho Herald Is wrong In Its vlow that .Presldont Roosevelt Is exercising ex-ercising any special Influcnco in favor of Mr. Smoot. No doubt tho president presi-dent strongly desires to soo justice done, and from that tho inference may bo drawn that Ills sympathies are with Mr. Smoot's causo. Tho Herald's Her-ald's theory, however, that tho Republican Repub-lican party, through tho president and Mr. Clarkspn (Rot Clarkson) entered en-tered Into , a. deal with the Mormon church that In consideration of Mr. Smoot being allowed to retain his seat the church would keep Utah In tho Republican column, is too far I fetched to carry any weight. The H Herald's statement that President H Roosevelt opposed Mr. Smoot's olec- H llou to tho scnato is founded on error. H Mr. Kcarns, then Senator ICoarns, H gavo it o'i hat the president was op- H posed to Mr. Smoot's candidacy, but H that was onlv fablo Invented by Mr. H Kearne z?ta: of his prompters at a H linio whcit .Mr. Kcarns wanted tho do- H lectlblo Perry Heath as his collcaguo H In tho United States senate That H samo fablo was ono of tho causes H which mado Mr. Kcarns persona non H grata with tho president, who objected H to being put In tho fnlso light of ap- H pcarlng to dlctato to any state ro- H garding who or who not it should send H to represent It In tho senate. H |