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Show way. and in defense of Ogden, can expect ex-pect to be called uncomplimentary tilings, and Goodwin's characterization characteriza-tion of Ogdenites, in his funny little I skit, measures the venom that is pent up to be released by some such happening hap-pening as that of last Tuesday. m - CANNOT GET OVER THEIR DEFEAT. The venerable editor of the Bait Lake Telegram is sometimes sarcastic, quite often humorous, but general vicious. vic-ious. If he does not like you he is apt to call you a prevaricator, or even that shorter and, uglier word, and he will labor for years to fix the opprobrious oppro-brious title upon you. If you are broad enough to overlook this weakness that Is, if you accept such a man philosophically phil-osophically and disregard his offensive flings you can see in him something to admire. He writes well. Ho was born a poet but mistook his calling and became an editorial writer. There Is no depth to what he writes, but he wiritcs smoothly and entertainingly. For years, at Intervals, he has devoted come of his talent to painting pictures pic-tures of ex-Mayor Glasmann. Here 1b Qis latest: The vote in Ogden on the capitol project shows conclusively that Bill Glasmann stands better than the old farmer Si Perkins did. As the story runs, one of tho clerks in a certain Btore said to Uncle Bill Slmpking; Say, Uncle Bill, would you call SI Perkins a liar?" "Waal." said Uncle Bill thoughtfully, as ho Bpat in the 6tove, "I don't know as I'd go so fur as to call him a liar, exactly, least-1 least-1 ways not jest a plain, everyday liar; but I know this much, when feodln' time comes, in order to get any re- I eponse from his hawgs. he has to get aomehody else to call 'em fer him." That is a clever way of saying that Glasmann ia eligible for Roosevelt's Ananias club, but what do the people ot Ogden think of being likened to trained pigs? Goodwin i3 willing to concede tho people here have the intelligence in-telligence of hogs, but ho is not will-las will-las to say much more in their faror. The truth Is, the Salt Lakers are or loBers. IWhoever stands in their |