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Show Kfri Ogdea Letter. H;!'i H l j ' jj The old guard were startled during the week by Hb ."'I the flitting of Reed Smoot's tall form among the H I $ shrubbery of Osden's political environs. The M " ' Kearns men sniffed the air in ill-displayed annoy- H ,'i' ance and there winked the off -eye The Suther- ft ' U ' I land people peeped from behind cover as the . I'ff, candidate stalked abroad just in time to see the H Nfi.f'1 acular contortion of the Kearns push. The Wells m il jjJi 1 cohorts saw the mighty churchman pass, and H yu I j;. terror pervaded their ranks. There were hasty m MTi,i consultations, queer surmises and manifold con- H 'Cf, s jectures. The apostle was seen to enter quickly H f t,j ' one business house after another, and then slip K 'i ' quietly away. But he could not escape. Oh, no. fl' ' t ' I His mission was discovered. He came up to con- Bif' '! suit with the Bishop of the Fifth ward about a Hi' ' new president for the Relief society! 1k;i- N There has appeared above the horizon of the ftJ$vj waterworks question a.small cloud in the shape of Hji';, f $250, -which goes into the side pocket of the jeans fi ' worn by Judge John Demster Murphy. It is proper Hj jj ' to say that this piece of money came from the city M'ii "" i treasury and was coined for the purpose by Bill. M j'f t ' It is needles to say that after this the waterworks Hi'' l tH nightmare may bo considered settled. Murphy HI ' nominates Bill for Mayor, the Mayor agrees to iHli n' deliver the water system to the city in ninety days, 4 h j and Murph cops off the dough. The arrangement J J I is all right, except that Murphy's associate bunco- II J Ji politician, Hanson, has not been taken, care of. )Ji As the outlook is not any too promising, Murphy ... I 'di might let Hanson In on the cut-up. H i'Sl Ridiculous Bill and Poet Doc, Hi I, 1 Armed Capapie, with brick and rock, HI,! j ''J i Met on the walk near Glasmann's gate, HI "m Just as the clock was striking eight. Hf ;i3 Said Doc to Bill, "I did not do it;" H& '.J Said Bill to Doc, "I'll make you chew it." H; ' j Bill shied a brick, then dodged a rock $ j. ' J Straight from the hand of Warrior Doc. liij'i The fight was on One man went down. H "! ,r4l God Bave tlie Mayor of Sden town! H'&iT 1 'f "Give me a gun!" the Doctor cried. Hjj "'8 1 . "I'll kill you first," Bill quick replied. Hi Ii - t)j The crowd in vain a laugh did smother, Sir l'fl They oped that each would kin the other. IfitH' r Tho roclcs gave out each wont hls way- HS' VA Let's hope they fight another day. HSirfil Pi 1 Ach, Louis! The ridiculousness of it all. Mein Hi)''. i ' Himmel! Vat a spectacle for men und boys und L t vomen und daughters of Zion, and editors und nil ! ' mayrs und congressmen! Each rock thrown was Hfjlrj, accompanied by an oath, each oath was followed HmS; i by choice Billingsgate and that even in the pres- H'j ence of ladies. As the rocks flew thick and fast, HKl'1, 1 1 Arthur Kuhn stood in an upper story window and 111 I' cheered the rock-throwing barbarians. "Every Hi I' time you knock down a nigger you get a cigar!" HhiI 1 he cried. And the dance went on. Referee Kuhn HSif , 5 declared the fight a draw. He thinks there may Ha'Ik I be another meeting at which different weapons HfljlL will be used. That's right. If you are afraid of HS ft' 8hot guns, spit it out Up and at it. Cuspidors at HSimS' nvo Paces- RX 1' ww MB I Ii i One of the things which adds to the gayety of HI ' i ' nations and incidentally causes a blush to rise to HI -i the Republican cheek, was tho action of Chair- BH j I ' man Dix in recommending for appointment as jBS t Register of Hooper voting District No. 1, a dead Hi ! jL man. The man was appointed by the Board of SiBil B Commissioners, but up to date has failed to ap- flnliftl:! P1 and (lualify for Uie Position. This somewhat HBflHi strange proceeding should not be taken as an index HUH t0 the Plltlcal acumen of the chairman, though it HH may be credited in some quarters. The fact is, the KSHflH man had been dead only a year and the chairman had not yet heard about it. But a little thing like that should not worry Mr. Dix. There is still hope we may have the resurrection before the venerable chairman wakes up. One of the pitiful features of the Glasmann-Condon Glasmann-Condon rock fight was the sudden memora lapsus of Friday W. Chambers. It is said that Fred saw the battle and gleefully recounted the glories of the encounter from the standpoint of a Bill sympathizer, sym-pathizer, but after a word in private with the rock-throwing Mayor, he boldly walked the pavement pave-ment and denied that there had been any affray at all. The passing of Judge Miner as a candidate for the Supreme bench drew a tear from many of the boys who like to be with the Judge in politics, and from the rest of the population there was genuine surprise and disappointment. The Judge should have stayed in the race. He would have been reelected. re-elected. With health restored he may yet reconsider recon-sider his purpose not to run. Anent the interview in which Mr. Sutherland had a heart to heart talk with the News man, it would be exceedingly ratifying to the Ogden end of the political rag-baby if Mr. Sutherland would open up on the matters marked "confidential." If the gentleman concluded that there is something more coming to us he can find the Ogden correspondent corre-spondent any day ready to do the right thing through the Weekly. And so the ticket will be McCarty and no, not Bill. Mac has said he did not care to run if Bill were on the ticket. McCarty and maybe Howell. There's a combination. The North and the South. 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