| Show I I I II I POLITICS AND THINGS i Eugene Boylan Palmer who is el city editor of the Herald and acknowledged ed to be one of the lie vcr very best newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- ore paper men in il the Vest West and ant ranking ing high among men of his profession al all al over the count country finds enough time outside of hr lifs dally daily and nightly grind to contribute to the magazines In Inthe the Pacific Monthly Mr Palm Palmer r has hasa a good stor story of Salt Lake and It I will wi st as one of or the lie ver very best and trues truest tru tru- nl ant es est treatments of the real Utah and t people moi other ther things he says sas with wih convincing earnestness earnestness- Now Now and ant then lien come como writers Perhaps Per- Per the cuddle In the Mormon has haps they nest for n while are are duly warmed and Instructed in instructed In- In and go forth to preach the virtues of the tho Mormons More likely the they hey suck In Iii the prejudices of the anti anti- nt- nt Mormons play upon the antipathy of the people In general generl to plural marriage marriage marriage mar mar- and write many columns on the horrible conditions in Utah Utah In the field of ot oratorical address on one side are aie Mormon missionaries s defending the faith of or their fathers and the tho virtue of their m mothers ther although man many of th them m admit almit to their friends their conviction that tho the plural marriage system Is radically wrong Tong on the other other oth oth- er side are ministers of the lie non Mom non 10 mon gospel some of whom ihorn are aio kno known knon n to their intimates as a sermon thieves and hypocrites hypocrites' with wih a a proclivity to passing the lie hat after each appeal for tor redemption from the thc Mormon men men- ace ace The rhe truth Is hard to get even ven after years yeal'S of residence in the city and state for It I requires a steadfast putting away of prejudice and a judicial judicial judi judi- cial attitude In the face of plausible arguments on both bolh sides II Air Mr Palmer sees Salt Lake City as asIt asIt asIt I It is in the tIns daily grind of copy that lint passes through his hands as it i appears to him after aHel long residence residence resi resi- dence and close study He lie le gets close to nature learns the people lives with them breathes the atmosphere and his observations and ant deductions are aro ae set down as only a a. man of or his ability can can delineate them S Brian BrIant t S S. Young a local newspaper writer has announced his candidacy for or the time lower house of the lie legislature on the tw Republican ticket He lie le lives In Salt Lal Lake e has a host of friends here and ant will wl have a strong following at tho the count county convention S S S I I The The American count county committee has haq at last lat been filled fled and amid ant the tIme names should be given to the public once more They are aru First ward ward henry Henry F F. Heath and George Georgo R. R Hancock Second ward ward ward-S. S. S P P. Armstrong and Henry CartwrIght Third ward ward Capt Fred G. G Palmer Painter and Daniel Danle Wolstenholme Fourth ward J. J J. J J. J Stewart and Thomas Weir Seim Fifth ward ward ward-J. J. J E E. Darmer and amid Judge Dana T T. Murray Murray Murray-A. lurr-A. lurr A. A E. E Short Short Bingham J Bingham Jerome Bourgard Mill 11 Creek Creek Creek-B. Creek n R. R Knudson Sandy Sandy Sand W. W T. T Vincent Vincent West est Jordan Jordan Jordan-J. J. J H. H K Nordberg The will wi hold what ItIs it itis itis is said sid will wi be he a vcr very Important session session ses ses- sion slon next Thursday The public will willbo willbo wi bo Interested to know of course what the lie Americans have planned that hat Is Isso Isso so 80 fired all fred al-fred Important and ana the result resul of or the Thursday meeting will wi be awaited with wh feverish Interest Interest The announcement that the American American AmerIcan Amer Amer- ican party's coun county y committee will wi get together this eek gives rise to the belief beler that the reform crowd Is of ot a long bug campaign It I I Is believed that the thc committee will wi map out a line lne of or action acton and that hat hat-a a date dale for the nominating convention will wi be set What part In the coming comins campaign will wJ be played b by the record of DC the I administration In the lie city Is still a matter of conjecture and there thero Js Jim JI a n difference of 0 opinion In the ranks of or orthe the American party a as to just what methods shall be employed to put IUt a veneer on it that will wi fool the tho public The he American party parl Is 15 going Into the campaign without an issue that IK Js entitled to the honest consideration of voters voter The experiment of or reform municipal administration has ha been shown to be a Hat flat failure within six six months and ant yet ct tho time party part leaders have the nerve to go before the public public pub pub- lc lic and ask for control of the c un- un t ty The he rottenness of the present ad ad- ad 4 ministration is so flagrant lagrant that many of tho the American sympathizers have already lost faith in the ability and honesty of the lie leaders and are returning returning returning re re- re- re turning to the paths of conservatism On the other hand mud the he county au authoritIes authorities au- au have ma made e a record to which mIchi Ich the they may point with wih pardonable pride and as ns the time management of count county institutions and county funds has been raised to a really realy high standard of excellence it is only reasonable to assume that th time the voters will wi manifest manifesta t ta a desire for continuance Why hy not hot S S S Time The squabble raised b by the city over ovel the he payment of water ren rent at at the county jail jai still tm continues The city finds itself up against a stiff stI tion ton in the lie face of th tho ho agreement which stands on the he records The council counci adopted the agreement the county commissioners accepted it it I. I and amid If the cl city did Ild not take the time GOO COO offered offered of of- b by the county there J is no mio le reason son why the lie county should b of violating its Is agreement agreement The county has a good case S S S SIn In the old days when the lie Chicago Press club climb held forth at tt Clam Ic and Madison ra lson streets street the space and special special special cial writers writer used to turn out a good deal of copy COP there The typewriter had not come Into general use and man many a n column of good reading was ground out between the lie end of a pencil pen pen- cil cli cl and amid ant a u block of copy paper Ople Opie Reed Charles Eugene Banks Danks H. H S. S John McGovern and amid others would find the environments of or the time club conducive to good writing wring There is an or repeated oft legend handed down from year to year ear which is treasured b by old members of tIme the club climb and amid by those who ilmo have sought Rought other fields for fOl the harvesting of copy COP Joel Priest was writing wring a feature story ono one afternoon at the lie Pre Press s club anti and had ordered a mint lemonade or 01 something quite quie as harmless harmles At the thel end of each earh burst of effort he ho sipped I tho the beverage through the time straws that protruded from the top toi of oC the thu tall tali tal glass Ho lie was isas lost In lii his story tor and did dil not notice time the fast disappearance ant of drink until the Ice rattled in the rt bottom at tho the last ast sip and a n t mourn mourn- fut ful UI gU gurgling came camo care up UI through the straws that conveyed a feeling of hol liol- low lonely emptiness I Gentlemen said Mr Mm 11 Priest to the lie theother theother other bus writers busy about the lie long table you can cn talk clods falling on a coffin coilin h but t this is the lie saddest sound that man ever heard Burl Durl Armstrong |
