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Show THE CITIZEN 4 time consumed by the Auditor and his assistants as outlined under this agreement. It is further agreed that the Auditor will continuously employ four competent persons on the work for the nine or less consecutive months and to pay them from the $1,000 herein mentioned, such persons and their compensation to be agreeable to all parties to this agreement. Any additional help furnished by the committee shall be paid for by the committee independently of this agreement, and such help shall be agreeable to the Auditor. It is further agreed that any disagreement arising among the parties to this agreement shall be referred to Governor Simon Bamberger who shall be the sole arbitor in the dispute. THIS AGREEMENT to date from April 1st, 1920, to December 30th, 1920, inclusive. JOSEPH RIRIE, (Signed) : State Auditor. R. E. DAVIS, President Board Iand Commissioners. L. E. MAINOR, Auditor. Approved : SIMON BAMBERGER, Governor. under the contract L. E. Mainor and not the state auditor,- although presumably the work is being done under Mr. Riries supervision. It is specially significant that the audit goes back to the firs: hour, of the first day, of the first year, of statehood. Having failei! to make good his boasts regarding his immediate predecessors administration, the present governor now wants to rake up all ole scores and records. He lost his 100 to 1 bet and now. wants to change the terms. It will be noted that auditor who is paid i - CITY BEGINS FOUR-FLUSA T ENFORCING LA WS H The closing of a few minor gambling dens while places like Rernsteins and Vincents are allowed to run full tilt is a sample of the methods used by the city commissioners and police officials to gull the public. The principal gambling barons arc gripping with their greedy fingers more plunder than ever by the very fact that some of the smaller places have been put out of business. Wives and mothers are constantly making complaints that they have not enough food in their homes because their husbands or sons have been fleeced in the gilded palaces of chance. Out of the blood and tears of the innocent these gamblers are minting their dishonest dollars and members of our reformed public safety department are reaping the benefit. Always the women tread the wine press while unspeakable men fatten on the corruption of public officials. The story goes that there was a meeting of a Salt Lake graft ring somewhere in California in the spring. The meeting was attended by Mayor Bock and he entered in a covenant with the guns and grafters to turn the city over to them for a consideration. In persuance of the covenant the town has been wide open ever since. The card clubs which have been raking in mosf of the plunder were licensed by the city and pretenders on the city commission have been cognizant of the wide open gambling. Despite this special knowledge of vice conditions they have been declaring that the town was as pure as Caesars house. Commis sioner Neslen even went so far as to say that Bocks administrate: of the public safety department was the cleanest and purest th: town had ever had. It would take a Roosevelt to do justice to ths kind of falsification. And now we have a new head of the public safety departinen: Mr. Barnes, Buttermilk Barnes. What is he doing to clean ir the town? Is he allowing frauds to pull the wool over his eyes: And if not, what is the matter with him? When is he going t advance to the firing line? Perhaps The Citizen has given the impression that the fine ar of bootlegging has ceased to exist since the makers of extracts hav arrogated to themselves so much of the alcohol business. The trut': is that the extract makers and bootleggers both are doing mor business than ever. Both branches of the liquor business have pror pered under the administration of Democratic state and city official; The bootleggers have a free hand. Virtually there is no interfer ence. Once in a while some tyro who has not paid for protection: pinched by the police or by the sheriffs agents, but those who ar on the inside and pay their way, are not molested. Prohibition in Utah has ceased to exist. Even retail saloor have been operating without interference. The flimsiest disguise have been used as a sort of silent toast to the grafting officials vt have permitted the revels to continue. The Republican Ticket The Republican state conventoin did well. It nominated a ticket which invites the support not only of Republicans but of the voters of all parties who have wearied of the misrule of the present state administration. At the head of the state ticket is Charles R. Mabey, a successful business man, who, although still in the prime of life, is a veteran men because of of two wars. He is popular among the his record and because of his modest and unassuming manner. An orator of ability, he will be able to make a stirring and illuminating campaign on the big issues, both national and state. The convention staged an inspiring contest. Toward the close of the balloting for governor the stage overflowed with enthusiasts for Mabey, Badger and Wattis. Weber county clung to Mr. Wattis to the last as a tribute to one of the great, constructive business men of the state, whose honor and integrity during a long and successful career they wished to ex-servi- recognize fittingly. ce The moment it was apparent that Major Mabey had gone ovf the top, Carl Badger hurried to the stage and moved that tb nomination be made unanimous. It was this spirit of fricndline; and harmony, despite the earnest rivalry, that made the convents an inspiring spectacle. The nomination of Senator Reed Smoot was a matter of ouir and he was chosen without a dissenting voice amid a scene of inlcnsj enthusiasm. The most useful member of the United States scnafcj in many years, the nation demands him and the state owe.' hitj to the nation. In recognition 'of his great services Judge Frick was nominate1 to succeed himself as justice of the supreme court for the tci'-yca- term. :; f The convention continued lively to the last. The interest in a' the nominations was keen and from top to bottom the ticket U onj of which the Republicans are proud. J |