Truth. [volume], September 02, 1905, Image 1

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VOL. 4; No- 51 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SEPTEMBER 2, 1905. Price 5 Cents j
0 why not start something?
Unless some action Is taken soon
wo will not have a campaign In this
' city this fall. Neither of the two old
parties, nor the "American" party
seem to be doing anything toward
getting action for the election, now
sixty-flvo days away.
s The furniture In the Young Men's
1 Democratic club lies idle under its
cover of dust and dimity, and no man
vislteth the place except Assistant
Secretary Caine, who occasionally
drops In to use the typewriter in is
suing an order to tho cavalry troop,
of which he Is captain. The sign on
' the door swings dismally, and the
telephones inside are never rung. The
records of tho last county and city
committee are piled insido and the
books used in making tho canvass, lie
a useless mass of old junk. Because
that canvass will do tho Democras no
good this fall. It did no good last fall
I for that matter, and might as well
have nover been taken. People mark
ed Democrats voted the Republican
ticket, and people marked Republican
voted as they pleased and will doubt
less do the samo at tho coming elec
tion. The Democracy might as well
wipe off tho slato and start anew.
Chairman Thomas, of the city and
county committee, has taken no steps
whatever looking toward the calling
of a meeting and Vice Chairman
' Hood has no Jurisdiction in city mat-
m ters. Perhaps, however, something
1 may bo done next week. Mr. Bam-
I berger may go up to tho office of
I Thomas & Maycock and awaken tho
H chairman from tha trance ho went
I Into on election day last year.
I Tho Young Men's Republican club
I is tho only active organization in that
I party, although it is whispered around
I that there will bo a committee meet-
I Ing at that Indefinite period known as
I "one of these days." Tho club, how-
ever, contains within itself nearly all,
if not quite, the membership of tho
H , committee, so there may bo no use
H of getting a move on for tho next fort-
night. Tho Republican organization
I is in much bettor shape than tho
Democratic outfit, and can got action
much quicker.
I Chairman Darmer, of. the "Amorl-
I Cane" 'states that the work of organi
zation is going on right now and that
within the next three weeks ho ex
pects to call his committee together
and Issue a call for a primary in each
district In tho city. That is tho only
absolute Indication of political activ
ity in ZIon at tho writing.
Tom Homer has filed another suit
against the transfer of water rights
at Big Cottonwood, and by so doing
has embarrassed Democracy not a
little. Tho mayor and his coterie
wanted to get action on spending the
money soon, and this puts a sprag in
their wheels. The case Is set for the
11th of this month and there may be
vexatious delays that will keep the
matter hung up for a month or two
and then election will be over and the
boys will not have had good jobs and
will bo discontented and all that sort
of thing.
If the conventions of tho three par
ties were to bo held tomorrow, Frank
Hewlett would be the Republican can
didate, Richard P. Morris, the Demo
cratic, and Ezra Thompson, the
'American." Hewlett has tho balance
of the mentioned partisans of his
party on tho run right now; there
Isn't anything to it in tho Democratic
party except Morris, and Ezra has Mc
Millan faded a city block in tho run
ning. Of course thero may bo other
candidates mentioned and placed In
I tho field for tho Republican nomina
tion, but as to tho other two, it is
practically settled.
It is very tunny that thero aro not
more candidates in tho Hold. Any
tlmo previous to this has seen tho city
full of aspirants. Outsldo John S. Mc
Cuno Crltchlow, who is legging as
hard as ho knows how, thero doesn't
seem to bo any ono who cares to bo
city recorder, while tho treasury and
tho auditorshlp seem to bo going beg
ging. Why this apparent dlffldenco?
What is tho matter? Has every ono
got a good job and concluded to re
tire from politics?
Although ho has said nothing about
It thero Is every reason for believing
that If properly approached, Fisher
Harris will accept another nomina
tion for city treasurer. Admitting
that he has not put In the time at the
ofllce, there Is thl3 to bo said of Har
ris; his salary has not cost the tax
payers a cent for two years; in fact
the city Is ahead by having elected
him. Harris has acted very honestly
and uprightly in connection with the
handling of the city funds. Instead of
going out of ofllce several thousand
dollars richer, as ho might have done,
legally, he has turned over tho accu
mulation to the city. Here Is tho
story:
When the $200,000 was received on
the sale of bonds, Harris Instructed
George H. Wood, his deputy, to can
vass the several banks for bids on
the deposit for the term of four
months. He did so with tho result
that the money was deposited at the
rate of C per cent intero3t for four
months. Usually the city has had an
overdraft of $200,000, but this was not
permitted this year and tho interest
on that was saved. A further saving
will be made on the next $250,000, tho
total amount being $8,G87. With the
exception of the interest on the over
draft, Harris was entitled to take the
amount himself. This sum would
have been $7,125. That represents tho
nterest on the money from bonds.
Plenty of banks wanted tho money
and plenty of banks would havo paid
tho interest on it, but Harris decided
to give the city tho benefit, Instead
of taking It himself. Now as a mat
ter of cold fact it is the judgment of
tho best attorneys of this city that
Harris could havo done what he
pleased with that mouoy. Ho gives a
bond for its safe keeping. Ho could
havo locked It in tho vault at tho
building, took it to tho Commercial
Club and put It in tho safe, taken It
homo and hid It in tho wood box or
deposit it in bank to tho credit of him
self until called for. But ho didn't
and hence, while his salary is $7,200
for two years by his actions ho has
saved tho city his salary and $1,502
additional.
On this statement of facts Harris'
friends In tho Democratic party ex
pects to renominate him and expect
tho people to consider carefully tho
matter before voting for any ono olso.
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CHATTER.
(Being the personal opinions of tho
writer and for which no ono elso Is
In any manner responsible.)
Brethren and sisters, I arlso this
week to mako a plea In behalf of birds.
That Is, some birds. I also arlso to ij
plead for tho extermination of somo
birds. I ask for tho absolute exterml- , H
nation of that useless, saucy, and al- ' 1 I
together worthless membor of tho fe j H
feathered tribe, tho English sparrow. ; ,, H
I would urge that ho bo shot, poisoned, ) '' H
trapped or otherwise killed; that tho .jj HJ
nest of his mato bo robbed and its If
eggs destroyed or tho fledgollngs i H
killed, and that the partner of his Joys ' H
and sorrows bo wiped off tho scono H
of action. I urgo that this work bo ' H
commenced right away and continued '' ' H
until there is not a sparrow left. ' H
Now some people will say: "Why IH
the mean, cruel wretch!" I am no i H
such thing. I am doing this in behalf i H
of the bluo bird and tho robin; of jH
Jenny Wren and tho llttlo torn tit, of jH
tho little yellow birds you erroneously H
call wild canaries, of tho English rob- H
in and all tho other birds you used to H
sco around in tho trees, but now seo HI
very rarely, except In tho country, H
away from tho placo whero tho Eng- HJ
lish sparrow makes his homo. Not a t HI
blessed ono of you will contradict mo HJ
when I say that this nasty llttlo j HI
scavenger, who does not and can not . (' HI
sing a note, has drivon out tho other Ml
birds; that ho Is an unfair fllghtor, '.., jH
and attacks tho others in troops and ' IH
makes llfo a burden for thorn, many j H
times killing them. Now did you qver i H
go into tho hills and watch a treo full M
of torn tits? Of course. Did you over Hfl
notice that they wero most always HI
upsido down, looking at tho bottom of HI
tho leaves? Yes. Well, do you know IH
what they wero doing? No. Then I'll IH
tell you. They were looking for tho AV
eggs laid by noxious insects, which al- HI
ways chooso tho under sldo of tho leaf 1 HI
for an incubator. Well, you say, what j HI
of It? This of It. Before tho English .
sparrow was hero; when the torn tit ' flHJ
roamed around at will, thero wasn't j H
such a thing as a coddling moth was i HHJ
there? Ask any of tho old Bottlers H
and ho will tell you that tho appear- ' HH
anco of tho coddling moth began with : j
tho disappearance of tho torn tit and H
that as tho torn tit grow scarce In tho , I H
valley and took to tho hills tho moth l H
increased. Ah, now a light dawns on ' H
your vision. You sco a few things. j HHJ
Havo you noticed, too, that tho A IBJ
worms that eat your vines, light on J. jH
your plants and destroy them aro in- il BBJ
creasing day by day? That this year H
thoy aro worse than last? That they j W
even get on the hop vines you havo i MB
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