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Show Boquets and Brickbats ( Mostly Brickbats ' -d The following artlolfl Is from the i Weekly Keflex of Kaysvtllc: Mil "GOLD ii 91 rWINS." It is written that strange things , will happen In th last days. Perhaps Per-haps these are not tho last days, but j certain It in strange tnings are hap- P-nlng. and not the least of thwc strange happenings Is that J- I'. Rl-dredge. Rl-dredge. Jr., and A. U Clasinann. owners own-ers and publishers of The Ogden Btandard-Bzamlner, have turned reformers. re-formers. This great change has some about because they can't conscientiously stand for the election ot Krnest Bamberger. Bam-berger. Republican candidate for. United States senator, and they are now out for tho reelection of Senator I King on the Democratic tloUeL Those who do not know Messrs. Eldredge and Glasmann can't appreciate how j awfully funny this action Is. So far a.s Is known. In the 25 or 30 years of i Joe's experience in Salt lake polltlo It Is not known that he ever was bothered with conscientious scruples, and It Is questionable If Abe has qualified quali-fied as a Sunday school teacher. After this plunge Into the realms of reform one would not be surprised If thy, come out for a more dra.stk prohibition prohibi-tion bill and a more stringent clg- j aret law. Bven knowing ones are at a loss to guess just how the boys came to ! turn reformers. Some say it was a lack of Republican "gold dust"; others oth-ers say It was a promise that a promi-nent promi-nent Ogdeulte, more or less connected with The Standard-Examiner, had been promised the nomination for governor two years hence, on the Democratic ticket. However, one . i.n,aa la u ft rri no. !inrthr nn,l there is. of course, a possibility that the gentlemen have become truly converted after years of wallowing in what reformers delight to refer to as political corruption, but whatsoever the motive, they have gone and dono It. The Standard-Examiner Is still loud in praise of Senator Suioot and con-mends con-mends his labors In the I'nited Slates senate in the interest of Utah and especially es-pecially the w-ork he did for the passage pass-age of the tariff bill; they also want Senator King returned to the United States scnato because he failed to vote for the tariff bill. It Is tho purpose pur-pose of Tho Standard-Bxa miner '.o eliminate Bamberger and send Senator Sen-ator King back to the senate to help Senator Smoot. or at least that Is hat Is claimed in the editorial columns col-umns of the paper. Up to this date Senator King has not signified his approval to this proposition, but perhaps per-haps Joo and Abe got it fixed With him beforo they 'gave" him their support and broadcasted The Standard-Examiner over the north half o? Utah free of course. Uut how-some. ever these things i", the great fact that Joe and Aho have turned reformers remains and every time we sec a cloud In the sky up Ogden way we strain our eyes, expecting ex-pecting to see the "gold dust" twins, clasped In each other's arms. In a halo of gold, ascending heavenward Weekly Reflex (KaySville). Abe and Joe. the 'Gold I Hist Twins' os we acknowledge the appellation. We are working at It hand and foot. The Oold Dust Twin, are busy. Oold Dust Is known as the world's greatest cleanser. Every housewlfo UUS UMBO UUJU MUSI lO ( It-ail nun ono muck from kitchen sink and toilet Yea, the Gobi Dust Twins are bu v with tho wire brushes of good government gov-ernment and publicity, scouring II that Is filthy and unclean from Utah's political life The Gold Dust Twins will scour the body politic and remove "(Jang Politics;" "False Impersonation." "Gag Rule," "Hog-Tied Delegations." "Steam Roller Methods" and "Secret Oath-Bound Societies' from Utah. Por the practical demonstration watch The Standard-Examiner bul-j letln boards election night. |