Show republican COLUMN THE STANDARD ASSUMES NO RE 1 FOR THE MAT j TER APPEARING IN THIS COLUMN IT IS PREPARED AND FURNISHED BY THE CAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE UNCLE JOHN AND HIS DODGER INSTEAD OF HONEST JOHN IT IS NOW FOOLISH JOHN john seaman and the democratic county board rode through the law with a coach and eight the record Is here for the people to see democratic chicanery exposed it is pitiful to sec a man like uncle john grow old without getting disc the poor old fellow is beating his head lo 10 find some excuse for attacking the county officers who arc recognized as among the best the county ever had and every time he is caught in his own rat trap these methods are not new with undo john early in 1897 when he ft as wept into office as a county coin mis ioner on the dryan wave he got an idea into his head that hi republican f predecessor had been mis appropriating I 1 county funds ao he paid an expert 7 day for several months to hunt through county business to see if he could smell out something wrong of course be did not find anything and uncle john wasted all that money for nothing two years ago uncle john began a campaign of abuse based upon the ay a y that the law was being overridden the people did not pay any ati to him this year he is at his old tricks and seems to have forgotten his own record as an evader of tue law A LITTLE PROOF uncle john dont like to be told eliat he as a democratic county commissioner voted money to pay for overtime lie has even said he did not do it well here is the record at a meeting of the democratic county board held tuesday dec 1897 the claim of J S 0 langsdorf deputy assessor for overtime from jan 1 1898 to june ath 1898 forty two luyi at per day said claim being numbered was allowed and ordered paid on motion of commissioner seaman the minutes were written by a democratic clerk the bill wats certified to by a democratic assessor mr IL W gwilliam and the democratic deputy assessor got the money that is the record will uncle john hate the kindness to look it up in order that there will be no question as to the bill for overtime it may be explained that the bill covers a period from jan 1 1898 to june 5 1898 and is put in by hours the exira hours which mr langsdorf had to vork in order to complete the assessment rolls let i be understood that sir langsdorf received his regular salary during alm period per month besides the extra money EARNED IT now mr voter doit get the idea that sir did nol earn alie money iladio earn it honestly and faithfully and it was just and proper that he should receive it the assessor knew he earned it or he would not have 0 bcd the bill incle john knew he earned it or he would not have voted to allow the bill sir langsdorf Langs dort knew ha rarned it or he would not have put in the bill now undo john how foolish ou are to try to fool the people with your little red dodger when you your fielt arc alie real in the woodpile you have had the reputation of being a fair minded man will you prove that you are fair in this case by owning the corn like a little aunt IT IS A POOR THAT WONT WORK BOTH WAYS we hate to believe that undo jolin voted to pay overtime to mr became he was a democrat yet the fact remains that ho refused lo 10 pay mr kills for overtime and he i how roaring because a republican county board lias allowed pay for overtime it does seem funny that a Democrat lp county board will pay a democratic deputy assessor for overtime and then refuse the same privilege to a republican board thai is the situation in a nutshell if you dont believe it ask joo langsdorf he is an honest man ho will tell you he got the money and be rides the record is here come up and look at it HOW UNCLE JOHN EVADED LAW uncle john is a stickler for the law when the republicans we in office be wants alie law lived up to though the fall but not so when the democrats are in power bow dont squirm uncle john hero are the facts you beem BO determined to jump on the republicans public ans that you ought not to object to taking a little of your own medicine lou have got so gay with your little rod dodger that we are compelled to spring the record on you now uncle john you are beefing about overtime and you are doing it because you say when a deputy gets my for overtime he act more money than the law allows him for salary that 4 your contention is it nott in other worda it the treasurers treasur ers salary is per month yon object to any deputy get ling more than per month you ay it is contrary to law you tay the republicans are driving a coach and four the law will you kindly attend and ee where you your alf drove a coach and eight through law here i the records during you were a county and henry was county assessor and joe laign dorf was his deputy the salary of sir gwilliam Gwilli nm was 1000 per year pr aap cr month the law say a deputy cicik or according to your interpretation shall not draw more than two thirds of his principals salary now uncle john when you as county allowed the salaries for january 1898 you allowed mr langsdorf 75 you bay the law boull allow him only why did you allow him 75 uncle john you knew you were evading the law why did you do it when the payrolls were allowed for february you did the same thing aliv did ou do it uncle john you say ft was law when the march april may and allowed v ou repeat cd the dose why did you do it and then in december you allowed him extra for estra woran the assessors office during the same period why did you do it if it was against the law perhaps you will say that in the total he did not receive more than two thirds of the annual salary of the assessor well and good but during july august and september he diew 75 each month as usual and in october he drew more that makes a grand total of which he drew during the year yet you claim that he was only entitled to or all sen ices Is not that what your little red dodger claims why did you vote to pay him more than the law allowed if you cannot answer undo john wo will answer for you it was because mr j langsdorf wai warth the money and more too and when you found eliat the law limited an assessors deputy to per month boit knew that a competent man like mr langsdorf could not be induced to work for that much so you increased his salary so he could get iving wages these are the facts in the cae and if you had a spark of fairness about you you would say so in your little red dodger THE LAW IN THE CASE you know uncle john that tc pays half the salaries of the assessors idica and also the treasurers treasur ers office you also know that the stale objects to paying to any one person more than 23 2 3 of the salary of the officer under whom that for any one month so eliat in the assessors office a clerk who earan 80 per month is only pa id 52 by the slate you also know that when one clerk earns 40 per month and another 60 per month that sometimes the payroll is put in for 50 each in order to get liala of alie salary back from the state you also know that there is nothing wrong in such a system but on the contrary as a moral just and equitable proposition it ia perfectly right and proper there is no objection to having the methodi employed by the various county officers raade known to the people all the ask is that whether uncle john or anyone else undertakes der takes to exploit the court house that they confine themselves to facts tho truth wont hurt anybody not even uncle john IN conclusion one word more uncle john you know alie above to be absolutely truo you know when you complain about overtime and evading the law that your own skirts are not clean you also know that the officers in the court are capable honest and con officials and that their conduct ot county affairs has been good so do alie people so far as uncle john and his little red dodger is concerned tho record is here and we cheerfully invite the public to come and inspect any of the matters which uncle john and his reformers are trying to mould into political capital we contend that the bounty offices are in the boat of hands and we are satisfied that if the people will come up to the court house and see themselves they will cheerfully say let well enough alone AT WEST WEBER TONIGHT A meeting will bo held at west weber this evening alie speakers will be mr A W agee david mckay charles holli worth D W ellis and others the mandola club will be in attendance and a rousing time Is expected AT HOOPER the republicans held a rally in the hall at hooper last evening it waa a large and representative gathering applause greeted the app abera who dwelt on the issues of the day and as they eloquently por trav cd the record of the re can party gov A W agee chair maji of the alican county central delivered the prino baliad pj tl evening other speakers being E T Hu laniski mrs mary G coulter n W ellis joseph bailey A D chambers judge L W shurtliff david mckay etlan dix mrs E E west there i no doubt eliat alie spirit of republicanism i growing in hooper and that when the ballots are counted on the ath of alie result will show a e majority for the party AT avery largely attended republican meeting was held at last the of the campaign were expounded by hon john H and F J hen iad chias R hollingsworth the republican majority in Kanes villa precinct year will bo considerably increased |