| Show A COWARDLY PLATFORM the democratic convention in adopting their platform did a cowardly act the democrats did not dare in their platform to charge any misappropriation of the public funds they did not charge any wrongful appropriation of money but they hid behind the word extravagance and charge the republican administration with extravagance it was a cowardly act to charge extravagance without pointing out wherein lay the extravagance again the democratic platform charges that favored contractors received extravagant prices tire chargo Is balsa falsa as hell itself every ogdan citizen with a brain as big as a mustard seed and who reads the dally papers knows that bids were advertised tor each contract and that the lowest bidder always got the contract unless an ogden contractor vas not the lowest and the difference was only a few dollars when the contrast was awarded to th aylen oylen man thus lie favorer ism shown was always in favor of the ogden man who would employ ogden workmen and who would put the profits in ogden building and not in denver san francisco or salt lake J P onell and wheelwright bros received practically all the contracts tor tha city work and they will resent tho charge that they are favored contractors because they had to bid against competitors from denver salt lake and san francisco the democratic politicians ought to be ashamed of themselves to run a campaign of tault still that always has been the policy of the democratic party to kick against overy thing good it was tor that reason the donkey was adopted to represent tho democratic party because the donkey was a good kicker and the democrats are not tar behind down with the knockers 1 |