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Show Vol. 3; No. Price SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, NOVEMBER 21, 1903. 11. 5 Cents senate and house as to the Cuban missioner Stewart had tho nerve to It will be read- keep their names on tho pay rolls two reciprocity measure. ily seen that the reporter getting the weeks after they were deposed. Cominformation forgot to include 'the sen- missioner Stewart is a worthy repreJohnators name, or did not know that sentative of tho Kearns-BrucMr. Bryan says of Perry: son was For he Republi Senator Kearns gang. present. can papers that claim credit for their must have been; ho must have been, party because some of the corruption else how could the business have It is not generally known but it is in the Federal service had been exnevertheless a fact that Senator posed, overlook the fact that the ReKearns of Utah, Senator Dubois of publican administration permitted the statute of limitations to operate to the Idaho, and Senator Clark of Montana benefit of a. large number of distinliavo entered into an offensive and de- Political Melarvge. e This from the Louisville Courier-Journaanent our esteemed friend an fellow townsman, of the of the San Pedro railroad, Seventh National bank of the city of assistant postmasNew York, of ter general, soon to be the National Republican committee, Ferry Heath, who has filled quite a large 'space in the political view for some years, seems to have come to grief at last. His name has, for a period dating back to the post office scandals in Havana, been under the critical eye of public suspicion, and at times he has broken out in violent denunciation of his alleged traducers. Instead of affecting his standing with his party, the accusations seemed to have endeared him to it to such an extent that he was made, and now is, secretary of the national Republican committee. It is reported now, however, that in the Bristow report on the post office scandals which the president has under examination, his name is mentioned in a manner damaging to his character as former first assistant to the postmaster general, and that his retirement from the committee is rendered necessary.- The question in the mind of the public is, Who next? It looks as if the Republican party was inviting this sort of Democratic criticism by keeping Perry in this place as it has, over the protests of the president and the leading Republican papers of the county. Democratic journals are making plenty of capital because of this action, or inaction, on the part of the committee and the cry turn the rascals out will not have so bad a sound if he is permitted to hang on a while longer. Perry, it must be remembered was given this place,, after his retirement from the post office department, said to have been forced by the late President McKinley, as a sort of consolation prize. Hanna had him on his hands, so to speak. But why, after the shrewd Ohio politician had sloughed Perry off on to Mr. Easy Mark Kearns, he should be kept where he damages his partys chances of success by his mere presence is a mystery that only Hanna can explain. We look to see Perry go at the next meeting of the committee on December 11 and will note that date in the calendar as one marking his absolute retirement from public scrutiny, unless he manages to get mixed up in some additional devill, r ex-direct- or ex-direct- or ex-fir- st ry - - ment. J Speaking of the making of capital by Democratic papers through the retention of Perry, we reproduce the following from the Commoner, to show that the gentleman at Lincoln is not altogether dead to opportunity. . The guished Republican offenders. secretary of the Republican national committee was one of the beneficiaries of the statute of limitations and now Congressman Littauer has come within the protecting shadow of that statute. The American people cannot expect an investigation that will investigate until they turn out of power the party that is responsible for the appointment of the corruptionists, nor can the people reasonably expect a vigorous enforcement of the law against the offenders now under indictment at the hands of a party that permits the statute of limitations to operate in favor of a number of conspicuous wrong doers. It is as has been predicted by plenty of Republican journals, which have declared that Perry should be prosecuted and his associates with him. Delay has opened the door for Democratic opportunity and the opponents of the party in power are making plenty of campaign material every day that Is allowed to pass without seeing criminals brought to justice and the party rid of the Incubii which is hourly bringing disgrace upon it. dt Jt We clip the following from the Washington Star, of recent date, just to show the Kearns papers they have been scooped by their correspondent at the capital. Of course the matter alludes to a call at the White House, and was among several similar items concerning the visit of great men to the president on that particular day. Senator Kearns presented Representative Kinkaid of the Sixth Nebraska district, one of the new members of the house. Mr. Kinkaid was a district judge in Nebraska when Senator Kearns was a boy in Holt county, and they knew each other very well then. That the admiring constituents of this great man may know that he is still circulating around Washington, we print this little pungent paragraph. - Jt S From the same issue of the Star we clip the following paragraph where the paper allowed itself to be scooped: At the White House last night for a Aid-riclong time were Senators Allison, Spooner, Hanna, Hale, Lodge, Wetmore,' and Platt of Connecticut, Representatives Cannon, Speaker and Hemenway. BePayne, Tawney sides the Panama question there was a discussion of the fight between the h, To Senator William A. Clark, H fensive alliance for the purpose of con- President San Pedro System: trolling tho political destinies of tho K You have often referred to the It three states, which they are supposed I independence of yo.ur new sys- - it to represent in the United States senit tern and what you will do for it ate, but which in reality they each it Salt Lake. Come to the front it have and are disgracing. They aro it right now and deliver us cheap it laying their wires for the purpose of it coal. You can do this by ar- - it absolutely owning and controlling the it ranging with the San Pete Val- - it entire press of the three states. They it ley road, which connects with it control the major portion of it now it your road at Nephi, or by rush- - it and are seeking to bring the remaining a branch to Cedar. Here is it der of it into their net. Only very it what you can do with the San it recently a representative of tho triit Pete company today. Fair al- - it umvirate entered into negotiations for it lowances are made for profit: it the purchase of the Boise Sentinel. it The deal has not been consummated, it Cost of coal at mine on cars $ 1.50 it because it the owners of that paper it placed a rather high figure ($100,000) it Cost of hauling to Salt Lake at lc per ton it on the paper, and tho syndicate was it 1.50. it not willing to pay the price. it per mile K it Allowance for waste and it handling by the local dealer it for local dealer... Profit it it . it Total delivered at local it 50 50 & it d it For more than a year Truth has adit vocated a revision of salaries paid to it municipal officers. It is an admitted it fact that a large number of the of$ 4.25 it it houses If your road is independent, it fices have an altogether inadequate reit it it will jump at this chance, for it muneration attached to them. For init it it it it it it it it will give you a freight ton- - nage to be proud of and will endear you and your line to Salt Lake. If you are tied up it stance, the chief of police gets the it miserable salary of only $125 a month, it the fire chief only $150, the city audiit tor only $125. Tho city treasurer, city with the local railroad trust, it engineer and recorder are underpaid you wont be able to do this, it and $1,500 a year for tho mayor, who But let us hear from you. it is expected to devote a large portion It of his time to the duties of his office Stand Up For Salt Lake! is much too low. The city, just the same as any private individual or firm, a reasonable amount for should The action of Health Commissioner efficient pay service. We do not believe In Stewart in dismissing Sanitary Inspec- extravagance, especially in public aftor Robert Bridge has met with the fairs, but we do think efficient, faithful officials, and no other kind are very general condemnation it deshould be well paid. The serves. Mr. Bridge was the most ex- wanted, list of fairly advances probably proposed perienced, most efficient, most hard- needs some revising and equalizing, working and faithful inspector in the but the present council should pass the ordinance substantially as introemploy of the board. The only reason duced. The Tribunes contention that he was let out was because he refused of the tho members city council should to comply with the request of Commisa $200month each and that sioner Stewart that he support the receive Kearns-Bruc- e Johnson ticket in the re- the officials should not bo advanced at cent election. Its pretty small busi- all is a silly exhibition of spleen charness, especially in view of the fact that acteristic of that sheet. Commissioner .Stewart himself has Councilman Hewlett in all probaonly a very few mores weeks to serve in the office he has disgraced. Not will be chosen for president of the least disgraceful proceeding of bilitynew city council. He will get it Commissioner Stewart was in putting the s of the city six on the by Republican votes and will not need to cater for Democratic votes, even if coninspectors whose duties sisted mainly in working for the suc- he were so disposed, which he is not. JohnThere will be no caucus of the Recess of the odious Kearns-Bruc- e deson ticket. The six workers were publican members until near the end posed by the city council, but Com of December, if even then. - pay-roll- so-call- ed |