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Show TRUTH 3 ! esl- isti-- - ave res-- led, can ihis kh an-- will nit- in- - uld nto ain he nfl- - rni his iin-- ok ies le; nd la- or-- ith lly he he - ce ed al ee ' 5 111 si-- t fo A) re published announcement of Morris that he will apMayor-elec- t point Captain .Burbidge to the chief taincy of police was generally ap' proved; Captain Burbidge is one of the few men holding public office who does his duty without .mixing up in political chicanery. : His actions proclaim that he considers his duty only and regards himself as the servant of the; whole people, and notof any. clique or ring in: either party. ; His promotion is purely on his merits, and it is the only one of that kind that has been made for a long time. In connection with the position of chief of police there are some things which the public ought to know, but which the daily papers are studiously, strenuously; it;. might be said endeavorThe Kearns ing to keep hidden. crowd and that class of peanut politicians have brought great pressure on Mayor Thompson to appoint some one as head of the police department before the death of the present administration shall have occurred. The mayor might 'have submitted to the city council for, confirmation the name of sonie person who would be in sympathy with the aims and objects of the Kearns section of the Republican party, insignificant and contemptible thought that section of the party is, but for the fact that there was no likelyhood that such an appointment or in fact any. appointment at this, the the life of the preseleventh hour-oent administration, would be confirmed. The solid eight, who, time and again saved the honor of the city and conserved the interests of their constituents, had to be reckoned with and, although there were signs of wavering in one or two instances, the solid eight proved to be still solid. That is why the name of the celebrated Viking, A. F. Lawson, the leader of the Kearns Norsemen, was not submitted for the police Chieftaincy. , an of f tg- - !0-- of n- - s-- it ? . et j r g 18 a. it ii worthy and- subservient representative, relied on the incoming city council to hold him there notwithstanding" any appointment the new mayor might have made. They reckoned upon Black. Davis, Hewlett, Hobday, Martin and Neuhansen to stand by them solidly and they hoped to win over Preece and Wood to their side. The appointment of Lawson would have given Kearns absolute control of the police department. Lawson is absolutely devoid of any qualification for the office of chief of police. His only merit in that direction is that he is; a servile creature of the Kearns machine, so much so that a year. ago he was delegated to turn Sutherland deie gates in the convention to Kearns and has been an abject slave of the ma chine,, ever, since. Odell,- IT. A - The ght 3X- AFFAIRS. MUNICIPAL he The Ramifications of politics are something extraordinary even to those who are expected to have some insight .into, such things, while to the general public they: are inexplicable. reconstructed slate The Kearns was ...that,. A. ,F. Lawson should The only be chief of police. " sturribling block , was the , solid eight; of the city Council. Lawson led tithe fight for the nomination of George T. Buckle for mayor two years ago, And1 oil that account Buckle was called upon to help out- the Viking now. Buckle influenced Councilman Robinson ter such- - an: extent' that the : - . Anderson, .P: S.- Keogh, C. F. Wilcox, W; F. Boor;' food ' inspector, M.; It. Brothers, H. P. Richards; C. A Erickson, ' Walter Williams, H. F. ' Thorup supervisor of streets, Peter Condie.-Jame- s Maxwell, S. M. T. Seddori, David'- - Harmon, James F. Hugh, and Wm. Watson, ; brothers, A. P. lvesler." - park-keepe- v. jt . 4? lattelr, had ; almdst-dScide- -- i . A the Confirmation of the Viking. The Viktilg also , pledged himself to the furtherance of an alleged ambition of Robinson to- - become county. commissioner.' If-tKearns, crown, how ever;; had secured Robinson,--thewould have lost Hewlett, who on ac count of Alliances by which he hopes to winifor him the presidency of the city council', could not be induced to give his Support to the Viking, although the fatter:, went f ar i beyond the bounds of FeasOn or good judgment by mak ingdire threats against Hewlett if he persisted in maintaining the stand he ha&itaken. , : . . r . y, - - 1 . Sv j - T. i t v "J a ' 5';. port. Gallagher, a Democrat, working Tele-for, 'the. Rocky Mountain has his promised ' sup- phone' company, port td Hewlett, ' in return for which Martin demands the chairmanship- of several important committees. Mar-- , tin-haalso promised his support to Black and it is known he has given the same assurances to Davis. Martin if anything is industrious. What a crowd Kearns the tried lot precious to force upon the city, anyhow. The people are to be congratulated that only a few were elected. 1 - s -- : . As Truth predicted, a certain fac-tjkof the Republican party is working with a view of making the lncom-in-g municipal administration a failure, They didnt get their way at the. re- cent election, and their policy seems to be rule or ruin. They want to create a disturbance between the new mayor and the new city council, and are losing no chance to bring that, condition about. Councilman Black and Councilmen-elec- t Martin and Hobday seeni 'to be the leaders ' in that kind of. a movement. ' Tht., called Mayor-elec- t Morris a few days ago. and served a kind of an ultimatum upbh him to the effect that if he did his appointments of city officers conform to, .their. ..ideas, they: would make trouble for him, and the admin- istrhtion generally. An action Of that kind on the part .of Hobday and Mar-- V tin ia': liot surprising, because, they dont know any better, but Mr. Black ' does knpwr better, and why he Should become the leader in such a fool move merit is incomprehensible. The only1 .r to ; object is to force the mayor-elec- t ' , do-retain in office certain beads' of .; partments who are objectionable, to V him. A few offices is,a more import- ant i matter (a- tbem. andj their .clique than the . welfare.. of the city, Mr. , he., will be president of Blagk thinks ' the pouncil arid as' such essays to' hold : . a ; qiub over Mr-.- ; Morris in the ap- polritment of, the committees, but he )' will, probably find he has made a mis- take in trying to bulldoze the new mayor. He. may. also find be has ihade ; a mistake in;. reckoning - on .the iin- .divided support of his; fellow Repub-Mean- s in the ' council, , Such tactics will probably create serious dissen- - .r ranks which ir. tions in the Republican ' choice in: of a Demo-- !; the might result t crat for . president of the council Mr. ft. ft. Black and his misguided allies" had Ml. T bettet go a 'little slow, ; .. hi ! - . ? not-mak- . e V m. . ;; ft V . , ! i A 4 - j . .'. - A , . H t. -J- ... .. i - ) - . "" I . ''yOneol;.t)UV ctfStocuers' ;upon .'being jaskqd ' . ' . '. . . what we could send him .said: ;'r . tL . " ,,rlhe;last.X. had. was good enough' for " anybody, send 'me another' gaildh juSt.'" -f : ;rr 'V;like it. r : : RIEGER &r LINDLEYv ,- :THE 'WHISKEY''MERCHANTS; i ' v . r' i . ; ' . Phone Free Delivery. - .4ft m . , .. , - -- coup to land Lawson in the office of .chief of police hadrsucceeded, the ' felkrhs" crowd; if Vhicb'he is a . ?;.:v 4 . 363. . j- - - :Ithe MEIGHN STREET . -- k ON 1 : y -- THE MAN n, . he BAMBERGER -- ' Councilman Cottrell, who was not; a J r candidate for is said to be From the talk going on among polt locking longingly to a place on the ticians, the most promising candidate board of county commissioners. elected to the incoming council is i it SeeD. Martin. As Artemus WarJ r;i Appointments under the. new admin- Loiis would say, as a promisist he is a sue istration are occupying the attention cessist. Prior to his nomination1 he of the office seekers, of whom there was absolutely pledged ' to support are an abundance. As far as can be Mr. Christensen fpr the council in ascertained at this time, those slated to Hewlett.. He also hon for the chief appointments are as fol- - opposition eyed up to L. D. Moore at the sairia time he was haunting the llewlett-Hobdacamps. Hewlett, and Hobday were wiser than Christensen and It What has become of the. Moore, as they refused to do business Grass Creek Coal Co.? It has with him until the night before tlje mines less than 50 miles from Salt Lake, and could deliver election, when, failing to arrange with coal by wagon at a lower rate Moore, a secret meeting was held at than that charged by the com' one in the morning at the oclock con.trust. The the in panies Martin Elks club house at which cern is owned by. Salt. Lakers. r By all means let the matter be agreed to throw his strength to them, sifted to the very core. Come, and throw down Christensen and Salt Lake owners, and tell us Moore. The laughable part of the if these mines are in the grasp whole thing was that Martin had nqth of the trust. ing to deliver. He never had his own delegation to a certainty, and after the convention was over Hewlett and lows: Chief of police, John Burbidge; Hobday learned that by their own they had nominated a man city engineer, Geo. W. Snow; chief Strength without any strength and with prer; deputy recorder, R. G. Hartley; chief cious few votes. Martin secured his deputy treasurer, Geo. H. Wood; nomination by bluff and gall. He had chief deputy auditor, D. P. Felt; as- also pledged the first district or annex ' sistant city attorneys, W. H. Bramel delegation to Knox, to James and to Odell, each pledge being made upon and D. 0. Willey, Jr.; land and water their agreeing to support him for the D. Ben. sexton, Luce;, commissioner, council, and as the councilmanic nom J. U. Eldredge, Sr. Some of those to ination came off first, he was safe in choose from for the other positions his pledges. As to how they were car are: . superintendent of waterworks, ried opt, the vote of that delegation John T. Caine, Thomas. Pierpont, showed. He fooled them all. To gain David James, E. A. Follard, E. B. a position on committees in the com Blakely, Gideon A. Gibbs, H. C. Wal- ing council he has promised everylace; health commissioner, Drs. T. G. candidate for the presidency his sup- ranks of the solid eight, fandV0te for 4 . - the ter break d .which makes people willing to pay for it no matter what the price. . - ; Theres something about THAT GOOD COAL! The city council is. making good progress with the revision of the city ordinances. That was a meritorious clause offered by Councilman J. J. 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