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Show HERE'S A SCORCHES. "Spientia" Tells of a Few Tilings He Sees and Hears. Kl'lTnn Ili'iil.Kii: 1 1 hiive rn-i-11 ;i i-i.nstmit r.-:i.l.-i- ..1' your hriht, ln-wsy i;i..-i for nrni-- I ly two years. I have noted its j ood features ami a few had ones. 1 In the lirst place. 1 w ish to com-I com-I mend Tin-: Ilem.ia; f.r the pure j moral tone of its reading matter. 1 Tim-: ll iil.i:i! is a clean paper. All j this past winter I watched for accounts, ac-counts, in startling head lines, of st me of the half dozen lank scandals, attempted murders and suicides, rol.heri.-s of widows and orphans, with which the air of j Urighain was made fetid. To my j satisfaction and to tin- credit of your paper, n. f these things were puhlishcd, in Ihe hi paper. alv h. mull some of Ihe Salt Lake papers got wind of a lillle of the rotlenness up this way. Now to your failings: Your iljicr is too ohstinale; loo stead'l'asl in the stands it lakes; it" is not politic enough. Tin.; lii i; i.in: Loses popularity lor Ihat very reason. This last winter in the water works row I'm- example. You should have shown more policy. Ynnr out and out defense of tin-Mayor tin-Mayor and tloiincil in all (hey did and said; your excusin.; the rash sayings of one of them in - pari ieu- lar and your ignoring t. sneaking j iii-ls of another Hopuh'.iemi who was nearly induced to turn traitor to the Council and, for parly fame, work against the good of the pen- ; pie be was elected to represent, J whj. n.'l g 1 business policy. j Now what I want to ask Tin-: J Bum. nit is Does it pay? If you , answer candidly, you will say Unit j it docs not. Not only' have you losl sumo subscribers, prmliiig and advertising hy this rash championship, champion-ship, hut a vastly inferior paper has been given a foothold in llrig-ham. llrig-ham. This paper went after the Coumil hot and heavy, abused j every member, except one fellow. ! who advertised with them, in scur- rilotis doggerel. This.. aj..usc did ! not stop with the Mayor amK'oun-cil, amK'oun-cil, hut business men and church authorities who favored water works, and if I remember rightly, Till-: Brci.lill, loo, were treated lo these vile, ignorant attacks. And mnv 1 understand that tin-two tin-two above referred to Councilincn and the Recorder wish lo turn the cold shoulder toward their steadfast stead-fast friend, Tin-; ' Briu.nn. and strengthen their old enemies bv giving what little advertising and printing the Council needs to Sheeny Chinaman, the handle of ' ! the kickers' union. Let this, lesson leach you thai gratitude docs not stand uppermost upper-most in the hearts of ali Citv Co incilnien. Yours, Uesp'lly. Sai-i i-ixi-i . . |