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Show I J. McKinney Trust Buster H The over-worked spleen o Jamesey McKinney, m which has responded so faithfully to the changing m moods of that councilmanic satellite since the H mistake was made of putting him in office, got B another call from its master early in the week, H and though straining itself in getting to the m scratch, did not fail in its duty. The haload M reformer resolved, and immediately his three M trusty cohorts, the Herald-Republican, the News B and his spleen, came to his support in his peculiar M process of purification; so again it may he ex- M pected that Salt Lake and the driven snow will M be synonymous terms, that the taps will run dry, M the bottles remain uncorked, the cards will be M cremated, and the ladies of uneasy virtue will fly M to some restful haven far from the eagle eye of M Zion's Dr. Parkhurst. M The constantly recurrent attempt at sensa- H tionalism by this new prodigy is productive of m nothing but discord and disorganization, and as B we have said before, no good is accomplished 1 even if that was the intent, though McKinney's , -worlc. is eminently satisfactory to his backers, f the newspapers mentioned above, though they m would like it better if a stronger man than Mc- M Kinney .were the one stirring things up. R Their position and his is reminiscent of a pic- Hj ture which, we believe once appeared in "Life." B The scene was in the country. Two sachet kit- H ties were standing by the roadside as an auto- M mobile passed by, and one of them was weeping fl copiously. m "What is the matter?" asked one skunk of B the other. I "Oh, my dear," replied his companion, "did you get that smell?" Y "Yes," said the other, "but why do you weep?" ' "Because," replied the tearful one, "that is not M a circumstance to what mother used to make." i In other words, the McKinney automobile is H as nothing in comparison to some of the real at- H torneys the News and Republican have had in H their employ. H The most amusing thing of the latest McKin- ney resolution, was the interview printed by the M Herald-Republican, in which Mr. McKinney is re-H re-H ported to have said: "The stockade was estab-B estab-B lished for the purpose of regulating and segre-H segre-H gating the evil, under the proper surveillance of H the police department. Instead of having accompli accomp-li lished this end, it has been instrumental in in-H in-H creasing on a large scale the number of ill-famed H women .in this community. Unfortunates from H the outside have come to it to join the other in-Bl in-Bl mates,. while others upon finding out true condi-H condi-H .tions have scattered broadcast through the city. H This is my opinion, based upon observation and B the testimony of the public at large." B We should imagine that this was a new role H for Jamesey, though there is no reason why he B should not be one of the cutest little observers H In our beautiful city. Later on, according to the WM Herald-Republican report, Jamesey is against mo-! mo-! nopolies, for ho is quoted as saying that the stock-1 stock-1 ade in its frightful but true aspect of a monopoly . H o? prostitution for mercenary purposes, still goes Hi on unhindered despite all protest. H Is it to bo Inferred from th's that Mr. McKin-H McKin-H ney is posing as the champion of the common H people, and that he imagines that his resolution H will have the effect of breaking up the monopoly, H thus reducing prices and aiming another blow H at the arrogant rich and making it possible to IB further distribute luxuries so the poor man can H have a chance? H He is also quoted as being of the opinion that H the state could long ago have helped to settle this KH unpleasant question. And in fact so many of his Vfl remarks are in line with those who pander to R the favor of the federal bunch that it would not be surprising if later on they would take cognizance cogni-zance of his splendid services in their behalf and perhaps make him a city commissioner next fall. Not that Jamesey is conducting his purity campaign cam-paign with any such object in view, and not stating stat-ing that he, or any other political pot boiler would accept an office from the federal bunch; though possibly if his friends (and the bunch) urged him strongly, he could bo prevailed upon to accept a place where he would be in a better position to "observe" and thus eradicate the evils and where he would also be better able to effectively effec-tively assail the nefarious trust upon the condition condi-tion of which he seems to be a specialist. The city of Salt Lake needs a councilman like James W. McKinney just as much as a nice new crop of alfalfa needs the weevil, and it would be better for him and the city would be under lasting obligations ob-ligations to him if he would have consideration enough for it to resign immediately and try to stop his bray. |