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Show POLITICO-PERSONAL f 'By CANDIDA. A very satisfactory nomination is that of Ray Walker for county commissioner on the American ticket, and it is believed that Mr. Walker will be elected by a very handsome majority. There is little question but that members of all parties in the southern part of the county, particularly those residing east of the State road, . will vote for Mr. Walker, for his election will give the assurance of splendid roads in that district where the people who have occasion to use them most of the time have been struggling with mud holes, chuck holes, rocks and dust for so many years. Mr. Walker has stated that in the event that he is elected the conditions, particularly on the county road, will be greatly remedied, and there is no question but that he will carry out his word. The roads on the way to Brinton and the Cotton-woods Cotton-woods are not only a disgrace but are dangerous. If our recollection serves correctly, one Mackay, the present incumbent, is the gentleman gentle-man who was going to do so much for the outlying out-lying districts durin "ma of office, but so far as anyone has observ he only roads that have been improved to any particular extent are those that lead in the direction of Mr. Mackay's home. There has been absolutely nothing done on the county road from the city to the southeast, one which is constantly traveled by a very large number of pleasure seekers as well as hundreds of farmers and others, whose business necessitates necessi-tates the use of the road both summer and winter. win-ter. Mr. Walker is thoroughly familiar with all of the existing conditions, there is no moss on the young man's back and every voter, irrespective of his political affiliations, will benefit by helping to elect this candidate to the office of county commissioner. com-missioner. It would be interesting if the druggist of Provo who had that very bulky, accommodating prescription case behind which so many of those who go to make up the noble host of Democracy tarried during the convention of the unterrified ii that city, would submit a list of names of his visitors during the day. It would be particularly amusing to have him divulge the identity of those members of the platform plat-form committee who were so strenuous in advocating advo-cating a prohibition plank and who were equally strenuous in getting their prescriptions and a certain cer-tain part of their anatomys filled up to a point where they could be sufficiently inspired to properly pro-perly word the greeting to the brethern throughout through-out the state. It was a very hard and withering day for many of the gentlemen who were trying to keep their balance on the prohibition plank of the shaky Democratic platform, but it is said that the accommodating apothecary was equal to the emergency and that very few suffered any more than they would have on their native heath, except that the brand was not what they were accustomed to at home. How much more exciting that "stirring scene" the Herald-Republican tells us took place at Ogden convention would have been had a real candidate for Congress appeared before the delegates. dele-gates. Of course the apostle had the whip hand, but it is a question if he would not have been seriously inconvenienced in the event that the name of a strong man had been presented to the convention, for the way the votes split betwixt Howell, the life member, Parley the Perennial, and "Carisa" Harry when the first vote was taken was indicative of the fact that a large number of the delegates were exceedingly tired of all three and it would not have been beyond the possibility possibili-ty had a magnetic speaker sumltteu the name of a man who could really represent "Utah in Con- r gress. Ever since last Monday morning it has been a matter of considerable wonderment just how the Herald-Republican secured a picture of Senator Smoot for publication. The innate modesty of the senator which makes him constantly refrain from any publicity in the columns of that journal has been such in the past that It was a great surprise to see a front page adorned as on Monday Mon-day last. The senator should be very careful. The next thing he knows someone will accuse him of having something to do with the policy of that paper. |
