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Show the bee THE ci' '"'r'-&- or was it because, his sou having been defeated on your ticket last fall, it was necessary to provide him with something else? Have you made one appointment, Mayor Clark, of a man not identified with your party last campaign ? Have you shown the least desire to be non partisan? Are you not asking your late adversaries to aid you in discharging your campaign obligations? Mayor Clark, 3 ou are not living up to your record as a business man. You are not exercising the wisdom and care in the discharge of public business that is characteristic of you where your private interests are greater. You would not allow Mr. Lanuan to name your bookkeeper, Mr. McCornick force upon you a family physician or Mr. Dooly to appoint your clerks. Neither would you care to have a janitor or watchman whose very presence would start a quarrel among the other employes and agitate the entire neighbor- 3 Published Once u Week by The Bee Publishing Company. Application has Imo made for aiiminsioa to tlm Salt Lain City Postollicrt as second class matter. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, MARCH 12, 1898. ..... TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Any part of the United States, Canada or Mexico, ono year, paid France, (lermany, and all countries embraced England, 2.50 in Universal Postal Union, ono year, postao paid New Subscriptions may commence at any time during the year, the Paper is not desired buvond the date subscrib'd for tho should be notified by letter, two weeks or more publishers before tho term expires. Remember that the imhli.'hers must bo not I Discontinuances liod by letter when a subscribsr wishes his paper stopped. po.-ta- All ce arrears must he paid- - THE BEE PUBLISHING Telephone 651. P. O. Box 6jo. NOBLE WARRUH, JR., COMPANY, Salt Lake City, Utah. hood. It is your duty, Mayor Clark, to bring the administration of local government into line with ideas. Are you your own hard, common-sensbig enough and free enough to do it? Editor. e Mayor Clark, you are making some serious mistakes these days. You are doing yourself more lasting harm than any other man could possibly do you. You claim to be a non partisan, laboring solely for the good of the city, without prejudice, without partisan bias, without extraneous interference, without a guide in your selection of officials, but their fitness for the positions for which you name them. Now, Mayor Clark, you have always been credited with a stock of hard common-sense- . It is to this we address-ou- r communication, and because of it we ask you to seriously consider the record you are making, the list of appointments you have already made. .. .. . Were you not aware when you sent to the council the name of Arthur Pratt that his appointment would foment trouble, prolong a demoralizing fight, provoke the public and en- courage litigation? If you didnt know it when you sent his name to the council havent you learned it since? Were you not an applicant for a position on the fire and police board a year ago in order to aid Mr. Pratt? Were you not nominated for mayor with the understanding that you would appoint Arthur Pratt chief of police? Do you claim that you are acting without prejudice or personal preference in this matter? Did 3011 send the name of James Devine to the city council because you deemed him the best man for the place? or because you were pledged by the Tribune manager so to do? Was young Diehl named for the position he occupies because of his superior qualifications? or was it because of his fathers attitude in the city council? You know why this appointment was made Mr. Mayor, and the public strongly suspects. Did you appoint Dr. Keough city physician because you wanted to? because you considered him the best selection? or was it because Mr. demanded it of you? Mayor Clark, upon what do you base your claim of being an independent official, desiring nothing but the welfare of the city? Do you pretend to say that you appointed Mr. Kelsey city engineer because 3 our conscience, your sense of right, your honest conviction dics tated it? Rather wasnt it because of Mr. request, between which and the opposition of Mr. McCornick you hesitated fora time? How did you happen to appoint Mr. Caine watermaster? because he is eminently fitted for the position? because his career has led up to it? Mc-Cornic- Lan-nan- k ForP ar& leace In time of peace prepare for war M is a bit of sage advice to which this government has paid little heed in the past. It is now trying to make amends by f pre- paring for peace in the face of a threatened war. and senate A bill has passed the house without one disseutiug vote in either, appropriating fifty millions of dollars for national defenses, and there is some talk of doubling the the Cannon amount later on. It is called Bill, a name that is not only appropriate but suggestive, not only indicative of its author but threatening in sound. One hundred millions ought to buy a number of cannons, Carnegie plates, torpedoes and boats. It is very evident that we are about to see a part of a war whether it all takes place or not. There may be no fighting on land, no naval engagements, no more explosions ; there may be no conscription, no scare ; but the administration will see that we dont miss the whole circus. There is to be an appropriation, an outlay and a bond issue. That feature of the war will be presented in any event. This man Cannon, the father of the bill, It strange as it may seem, is not Our Frank. is Old Joe Cannon of Illinois, a man who is aWays ready for a fight but subject to rheumatism in the wrist. Still there' are thousands of men able to carry guns and swords, and Joseph had these in mind when he introduced the measure. And with the expenditure of fifty or a hundred millions of money this country should be able to put on a ferocious look. Spain should beware of a nation whose securities are still and resalable, a land of regulars, sources, to say nothing of the national guard ; a r upon the sea and in government with its bosom, with the most intrepid reporters on earth and a Cannon in either branch of congress. Let Spain consider well before she sinks another ship raw-recruit- To Mr. Caine as a man Thk Bee is not opposed. Nor is it prejudiced in the least against his appointment. He ought to make a good official. His experience has been varied and extensive. There is no record of his ever having held the position of watermaster before, but John T. Cuiue is not the man to hang back and refuse to make the attempt. And if he does as well in the water works as he did in congress there will be little cause for complaint. The onl3T reasonable objection to the appointment is not to Mr. Caines persoa ilityq but to the Last fall a commi3ors business methods. mittee of fifty got together in the Deseret bank building. They resolved to save the people the trouble of holding primaries and conventions, so they made a ticket with John Clark at its head. In order to avoid any appearance of selfish interest a resolution was pissed and published promising that no member of that committee should be an applicant for any municipal office. The mayor has not kept the pledges upon which he was elected. His appointment of Pratt and Devine, his nomination of Caine, of Kelsey, of Keough, of Diehl, of Simmons, are all contradictions of his pretensions and those of his organ and his organization. non-partisa- n Por decrepit Spain Cablegrams And announce that all the financial centers snips. of Europe have rejected her overtures and that she cannot possibly raise money for Is it possible that the prosecution of a war. we have licked our discoverers already? in the very first skirmish too the skirmish for funds? When it comes to borrowing money and floating bonds this country is strictly in it, so to speak. Our warships may not float as well as do those of Spain, but our bonds float better. And while a war may be carried on without ships it cannot But be conducted properly without bonds. Spain neednt despair. If she realty wants to fight she might send her chancellor of the exchequer to Utah and let him learn how to float bonds. Bonds 1 - - s men-of-wa- ! People are wondering at the Tribunes change of heart in reference to John T. Caine. Since the birth of that journal Mr. Caine has been a favorite mark for its and all its little bowmen. For a quarter of a century the Tribune abused and opposed the gentleman and ridiculed his support. It suspended hostilities last fall when Mr. Caine became a member of the nonpartisan committee of fifty. It has been warming to him ever since. And now it stretches out its archer-in-chie- f arms and takes him to its billowy bosom. The change hasnt been in Mr. Caine. He is the same dignified, courtly gentleman that he has been since he entered public life. There is no improvement in John T. Caine. It is one of the Tribunes lightning changes, one of those feats for which it is becoming famous. That organ, were it a man or woman, would make its mark in the circus ring or upon the stage. It is not only versatile but agile, not only an impersonator but a contortionist. And its love affairs, like its present infatuation for Mr. Caine, are of the sudden, spasmodic kind, characteristic of the professional showman. The Tribune has called upon Silver to get together and Republicans organize a local party. And there is plenty of justification for this action of the Tribune. ' Not only that which Democrats have furnished, but there is danger in fusion, owing to peculiar conditions which exist in this state. Party organizations are a. necessity and a division on national lines is just as essential to the growth of the commonwealth and the progress of the people. At present men are able to defend their political independence, their individual Join rights, by holding up a shield inscribed : the party of your choice and 6tand by it in all honro and sincerity. But should party lines be wiped out in Utah, fusion inaugurated and this alleged non partisanship be made general, it would ultimately result |