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Show POLITICO-PERSONAL M The news of the resignation of Colohel C. E. M ""Loose as president and director of the Herald-Re- M publican is but another indication that "every- 'M body's doing it" that is, breaking away from tho 'H Federal bunch, and the Callister columns they iH swear through and by. B The tiring of the Colonel follows tho magnifl- I M cent slide for second made by Colonel D. C. Jack- flfl ling, the first president of the concern, who stated , M to tho public in no uncertain terms that he was M through as soon as he saw what the policy of the M paper was to bo as personally conducted by Cal- fB lister brothers, Anderson, et al. -M Wjhen Colonel Jackllng's friends "learned that H he was identified In any way with the paper, they H predicted that it would not be for long knowing M the man and realizing that he wouldn't stand for H a policy of personal vindication, and disreputable H journalism, and by the same tokens, and another M one or two, they were equally certain that Colonel M Loose would get his fill in short order. Subse- m quent events prove that they were not mistaken. H Huh! Now there is plenty of room for a good Mor- Hj mon with federal bunch sympathies to fill the H vacancy, but he must be absolutely amenable to M the Callister code, and thoroughly capable of as- 1 slsting Little Al Callister in distributing the politl- H cal poison that Curly, the collector mixes. H Colonel Loose is the Utah member of the Re- H publican National committee. When interviewed m on the subject of his resignation the Colonel is nVJ reported to have said: "It is up to the Herald- M Republican to make the announcement; I have M nothing to say whatever." B The resignation of Loose leaves four federal Vfl office holders in control of the Herald-Republican, namely, Fussy Jimmy, Curly Callister, Kinky H Booth and A. L. Thomas, but it is an easy guess H IH as to who is really controlling the erratic policy B of the mad-house Monitor. H H The hatred of three or four federal bunch poll- H licians for Governor Spry is becoming more man!- Hj fest every day, as those boys feel themselves sllp- H ping while looking about for a candidate with Hl strength enough to cut into his vote. His certain R endorsement by the majority of the voters of the H state is a very bitter pill for them to gulp down, H and by the whispered word and all of the dirty H little tricks for which they are infamous, they are H attempting to belittle the big man they helped to H elect, realizing too Jate that he intends to serve H the people and not a cluster of rodents who H would like to frighten him into a position, where B he would forget his duty to the state. H They know they can't beat the Governor by H fair moans providing they have any conception M v of the meaning of that word and so they are Hr trying hard to down him by their usual methods, H and they are calling upon all of the resources of H their best plotters for assistance in the dirty H worfl. H But by this time, the Mormon people as woll H as the non-Mormons are sufficiently schooled in H the ways that are dark of the pap-sucking ring to H see through and repudiate the tricksters, and the H hyroglyphics on the wall are already so apparen H to the latter that they are exceedingly nervous, IR to say the least, and election is six months off. HR i H The resignation of Jodey Eldredgo from the H county chairmanship which the committee failed H to accept, and laid on the table was one of the H important political events of the week inasmuch H as it showed a hand that has been partially con- H coaled for some time. The program is to elect H Little Al Callister to the position should Mr. Eld- H redge persist in his determination to quit the of- H fioc, and the supporters of the little printer would H have been tickled to death if their feeble efforts H could have mlted in a victory for him at the H time the remgnation was presented. The anti- H Sprys could wish for nothing better, and it is more K than probable that those close relatives of Little H Al who profess great love for the Governor would H not be grieved to death if he happened to be H chosen leader of the county Republican forces. H Little Al is a vivid reminder of a Vlctor-Vic- H trola record. When wound up his lines are said H with an automatic precision uninterrupted except H by the underlying thought on the part of his H auditors that there is something artificial in their HI rendition and that the originator talked into the K3 record at another time and place when nobody H else was about h! What? Ed? WM "Am I my brother's keeper?" enters into the Callister discussion to a considerable extent. Of H course Ed will tell you that he cannot control M Brother Al's opinions, and Little Al will tell you H that what Ed thinks is none of his business, but H singularly, between the two of them they do most W of the thinking for the federal bunch and usually jH what one or tho other of them says, goes. fl It will bo a grand ,old party, indeed, if the big H strong men in it allow the Callisters to dominate H it in the county or the state preceding the coming M election, but they wont, and the Callister clan and H their cohorts are duo for as fine a trimming as H any bosses who have played their string out ever Ifl got in this 3tate. IBB! HI The expressions of the prominent citizens who H welcomed John S. Bransford home at the recep- H tion tendered him at the Wilson hotel on Monday H night were Indicative of the high regard in which pH the former mayor is held by the solid men of this H community, as well as their attitude towaid a city H commission which in a little over three months' H time has made itself a laughing stock whenever H two or more real citizens have met to discuss pub- B lie affairs The vindication of the American party policy and the Bransford administration is more than complete, and as the commission each day progresses pro-gresses (backwards) the mistake of the voters in electing such men to office becomes more and more apparent. Naturally Mr. Bransford is highly elated, p. ticularly in view of the fact that tho city finances and affairs in general were found to be in such splendid shape, and from the smile he wears it wouldn't be surprising to learn that he is really elated over the election of the commissioners who represent no party, persons or things, considering the grand botch they have made of their administration, admin-istration, though of course like every other citizen with interests here he is undoubtedly grieved at their lack of wisdom and capacity to handle large affairs. Mr. Bransford could be elected mayor tomorrow to-morrow by a majority that would overwhelm all opposition. Tho county, too, could be won this year by the American party, if 1912 -did not happen to be a presidential year, and there are hundreds who think that even with such a handicap, the jio is ripe to put an American ticket in the field. This fellow Lund, whom the commission appointed ap-pointed building inspector, should be summarily removed from the job. He is the especial pet of Commissioner Lawrence, a brother xialist, and though there are some of the commissioners who realize that he has no business in such a position, posi-tion, and have heard all kinds of complaints against his methods, he still sticks, which again proves the statement that any two commissioners can run the city, if they can control a third member mem-ber by scratching his back at the proper time. "Wind braces" are this Lund's specialty, and he has gone from the top to the bottom of Main street and many another street, causing all kinds of trouble for those who are putting up some of our finest buildings. It would be bad enough ,too, if they personally were the only ones to be annoyed by his show of authority, but the real trouble is this: When this artist takes it upon himself to condemn a perfectly perfect-ly safe building the owner or owners are afraid to complain about him publicly because the public immediately gets an impression that the building in question' is unsafe, and the publication of such a statement is one of those things which cannot be refuted for years. The fickle public readily scents danger, no matter how unreliable the source of the news, and in mind marks the spot, but when it is proven that there is no truth in the statement that this building or that is unsafe, it takes a long time for the refutation to permeate. In a city where those in authority or where a body of business men with influence had bowels enough to make effective protest, officials of the Lund type would last about as long as a missionary in darkest Africa, and some action should be taken right away to remove Lund from the position he now occupies. He is not qualified to fill the position, he Is causing all kinds of unnecessary grief, and the commissioners ought to be made to realize that it is bad enough to be governed by them without having to stand for such appointees as Building Inspector Lund. There is no doubt, however, that the whole city needs a "wind brace" considering what is emanating daily from the city commission room. What a magnanimous soul a man must have to see in a graceful editorial tribute to another an-other upon the occasion of his eightieth birthday birth-day after fifty years of newspaper work, the earmarks of a supposed deal, claimed by the rat who is exhibiting the article, to have been made between the Spry supporters and a couple of the leading newspapers here. The petty politicians who are opposing Spry must in reality be fearfully frightened when one of their leaders resorts to such absurb tactics. It is pitiful to see one so petty souled. It may bo stated in an effort to reflect concisely con-cisely the views of many Democrats and Republicans Re-publicans in New York State that they do not favor fa-vor preference presidential primaries. In a nutshell nut-shell they put it this way: These primaries, as a rule, must be held in the spring, several months prior to the national conventions. The declaration declara-tion of these primaries for any candidate would in effect bo binding, and yet suppose, after this official declaration had been made, it were discovered dis-covered that the favored candidate had immense flaws in his character and career, flaws that would prevent absolutely his election. Yet under the preference presidential primary the state declaring de-claring for the individual has no course open except 'to stick to him in the national convention, conven-tion, even though his nomination would be followed fol-lowed by disastrous defeat. Also, these preference prefer-ence presidential primaries declare for a candidate long before the national platform is adopted, and he might not lit the platform nor the platform fit his views of economic and other vital questions. ques-tions. On the day that President McKlnley died in Buffalo, Colonel Roosevelt, vice president, was sworn in as president in the home of his old friend, Ansley Wilcox. While Roosevelt and Wilcox Wil-cox continue warm personal friends, Mr. Wilcox has had no hesitation in telling his neighbors in Buffalo that ho is deeply chagrined and disappointed disap-pointed over Col. Roosevelt's Tecent political activities ac-tivities and his attitude of personal bitterness toward President Taft. As a matter of fact, in most cities of tho state and in mnny of the rural localities old personal friends of Roosevelt have expressed views similar to those of Mr. Wilcox. |