| Show ANSWER TO EBENEZER PS RACY LETTER another lay member has a few things to say about politics richfield utah sept 2 1908 ebenezer whacked Whack em monroe dear ell eb the last issue of the reaper sun and call reveals the fact that your effort to purify politics and get rid of ring rule is not entirely void of results for we find the notices of the date of holding our primaries and conventions in all of those papers quite an improvement hey eb we also hear that buhas fixed a time for holding her colv convention antion and even in garfield cau county nty where they have not had a real genuine call for a county convention before thia year and where the county ahli chairman man issued to himself and another the latter a resident of plate nute county credentials as delegates from the eastern part martof of his county to attend the judicial contention and voted just the sime same as though the people nad bad taken a hand in their selection the chairman has given actual onsted published notice of the date of holding their convention you at the judicial convention wera you ebby ebbye nov oh you ou belong to the machine eh ch well it is reported that the piute diute delegate from garfield Gar nield was selected about the ord rd of july and on the ath he tried to break in on the poor ard secure a from there but the aiutes got wise to his gime and defeated him and this man was v a s compelled to content himself with beina one man only instead of ann two 0 what would aou ou call that ebby peanut eap politics or jut common everyday machine politics 9 here in richfield at our last primary ard and convention our precinct ad county chairmen chairman coded to have forgotten the little formality of letting the people peole p know about when and where they v be held until too late for publication I 1 e the felt like it was vas placing too great a burden on the people anyway when they could attend to the selection of dele delegatto delegat gatTs ss just a well vell but mi 1 what a change since dour letter the are now willing to permit the people to come out to the primaries and participate in the selection of delegates another improvement we notice ebby is that not only the parties referred to by ou but others of our townsmen are cultivating the habit of taking their wives nives and daughtery daught erb out oftener so that aben hen they do take them out to exercise then franchise franc fran hiie ellue it vill nill not be so n noticeable oti ceable as to cause ause undesirable com comment in ent this is as it should be for not only V it gives the wives and daughters an opportunity to get out oft oftener ner but will be a great improvement in the associations of the men and may re suit in a reformation of their hibits habits of course this forced publicly ity of teril conventions tind primaries is all laid at t your door ebby and no matter how much the i eople may appreciate preci ate dour ork jont dont aou ou get it into lour outthink our think box that the machine aou ou have hac so highly offended vont get afan ou with ith all their might mind and strength for they will aal will nill do everything in then power to injure you politically soei 1 illy l and every otherwise they can for it is considered by them high treason treaon for a 1 man to oppose their candida tc or criticize their methods of selecting delegates yes ebby it was a good wholesome wd ga gave gae e them all through the district jus just t attic tight time and the people approve dour our latter and appreciate its rl BACIC |
