Truth from Salt Lake City, Utah • Page 5

TRUTH 3 I THE GRAFTERS' CLUB The Amcrikcarns club met this week in regular session, devoting its time to a consideration of its political prospects and the best means of once more fooling the people into a belief that it is the real, simon pure, incorruptible, moral article, and entitled for two years more to finger city cash for the benefit of the Tribune and its ward heelers. Mr. Darmcr, clothed in his official title of Lord High Cockolorum ot his majesty, Tom Kcams, the unequalled and unparalellcd 'Mormon m' cater presided. The first business brought before the meeting was the resolution en- dorsing that firm, patriotic and un- cquivocial order of the city administration that no supplies for the city be purchased from Mormons. When it was announced that the mayor would work might and main, gcHing up at 4:30 a.

m. to enforce it, the cn- 4 thusiasm knew no bounds, and cries I of "that's the stuff," "We'll be -n on I the divy now," "to hell with the Mor- I 1110ns," were heard on every side. I A committee was appointed to rc- I port resolutions, which committee af- ter deliberating long enough to make I it appear they were orginal rcolu-D tions and had not been prepared be- fore hand in the Tribune office, rc- ported as follows: "When in the course of human I events the affairs of the city of Salt Lake was turned over to our greedy I hands, and its treasury placed at our disposal, it was believed that the charge given us would be perpetual and the jobs and money be always at our disposal, and, "Whereas, through an unfair idea coming into the voters' minds that we arc not just as good as they supposed we were, and there being at this time grave prospects that we may be 'heistcd' at this election and cruelly separated from our jobs and the city's cash box, and "Whereas, the climate of California and a lucky unloading of has induced our patron Saint, Hon. T. Kcarns, to devote most of his time i to bulls, cows and calves, and to neg- (' lect us, and as we are frightfully afraid he will forget us in the matter of his contributions.

Therefore, be it resolved, that for the purpose of placing our party in a position where it can hold up Gentile merchants for such needed cash, that we heartily endorse and commend the wise, patriotic and humane action of our active and energetic administration in ordering that under no circumstances shall supplies for Salt Lake City be purchased from a vile Morman, but that all supplies shall be purchased from the only hon orable and good people in Salt Lake City, Tom Gentiles. I "Resolved, that if necessary for the purpose of raising cash our mayor and city council have our consent to pay increased prices for goods, as has been done heretofore to the Salt Lake Tribune for advertising and to B. D. Blackmarr for groceries. Resolved, that the motto we give to our city officials 'we reed the mun, we need the A committee of experts were appointed to prepare a statement of the city's finances for use in the coming election.

An appropriation was made for enough money to procure the latest edition in "Juggling with figures" for the use of the committee. The names of the newly appointed executive committee were laid before the meeting for confirmation. An objection was made that Scfrit had not been here long enough to get dry behind the cars, and that his frequent apologies of the past for articles appearing in the Tribune materially lessened his influence. Objection was made to Cleaveland that he was an unknown quantity and a newcomer. As to Joe Lipman he was passed with the understanding that he was not to be permitted to run any registration trains.

Critchlow, it was claimed by a few, was unreliable, that he had worked might and main to put the old Liberal party out of commission, and was liable to bolt at any time. The committee was finally confirmed with the remark that they were as good as could be got under present circumstances. It was ordered that a touching appeal be sent to Mr. Kearns to loosen up, that if necessary a box of cas-carcts be included in the appeal. rt RICHARD P.

MORRIS. Three times has Richard P. Morris been elected to office in Salt Lake City through the aid of republican votes. Twice as treasurer and once as mayor. Three times he has failed to show or exhibit the slightest gratitude for the honor done him, but with a self complacent smile of unapproachable egotism has accepted these favors as something that belonged to him by Divine right, and for which no thanks were due.

When four years ago he was through republican votes made mayor of this city, upon assuming office the prominent republicans who had openly and manfully for the sake of good government and principle supported him, were by him entirely ignored. Upon assuming office as mayor he consulted with those who had opposed him, who had denounced him in print, cartoon and public speech as a lick spittle, church fanatic and lacking backbone, but the men had sacrificed party for principle were by him humiliated in the dust. damning acts of ingrati tude of which he was guilty the first and foremost was when he made his famous trade with the Kearns coun-cilmcn by. which he agreed to and did keep in office noted Kearns office- fgp In Our Hands I fivM' Your apparel receives the I lilli painstaking care that ex- I r(tfflBy Attention to minute details I iS! jlB as mae our work famous I TROY LAUNDRY I The Laundry of Quality" I BOTH PHONES 192 166 MAIN ST. I holders, and refused to re-appoint one republican wo had assisted him.

The next was his tie-up with A. J. Davis, Thomas Black and L. D. Martin, by which it was mutually agreed that if he would allow a clerk, one not needed, to the land and water commissioner, the precious trio would allow him a clerk in the mayor's office, and for these two clerks, Morris knew then and knows now, there was absolutely not one iota of use.

They were both sinecures, pure and simple. Before 60 days of his administration were gone the alliance of Richard Morris, with the Kcarns ring was as complete as could be, and the Kcarns agents in the water department and other departments of the city, were Morris' political undoing, two years ago, the most important factors, as they all worked against him iooth and toe nail. Having helped to elect him three times, and doing their best to elect him two years ago, when he lost through the efforts of the Kearns men he had deliberately appointed to office and by his own political mistakes. Having failed to even receive a thank you, having been snubbed and humiliated by him, the republicans feel now that they have gone to the limit of political concessions. They feel that as far as Mr.

Morris is concerned they have come to the parting of the ways. They want no more of his snubs or alliances with the Kcarns grafters. But the crowning act of his political perfidy and ingratitude was his statement to a Kearns paper that between Dr. Plummcr and Bransford he preferred Bransford. Richard P.

Morris, a Mormon born and Bred, and one in daily life, the recipient of enough republican votes to elect him three times to high offices and of almost enough to elect him yet again between an honest, clean, upright republican, and the candidate of the Tribune, a paper which has for years dragged those of his religious faith, his church leaders, into the dust, of as foul abuse as the world has ever known, prefers the Tribune candidate. If anything should cause the voters of this city to open their eyes and sec Richard P. Morris as he is, a walking exhibition of complacent "Me or hell," "me or else stand the Tri- bunc." "Mc or a continuation of graft in city affairs." "I cannot agree to anybody else being elected but mc, if I am defeated all must be." This latest political mistake of his should defeat him and send him to utter oblivion. When brought to the point, through the indignation caused by his cxpres- sion of his preference, when weaken- ing as he always docs, he made an evasive denial, which did not deny. Yet the Tribune told the truth.

Rich- ard P. Morris did say that if he was defeated he preferred the election of the Tribune candidate. Not only has he said it, but his henchmen have daily said it. It has been their talk for weeks. It is time that the Mormons and all good people of Salt Lake sized up Richard P.

Morris for what he is, a weak, egotistical political nothing, who never says no and promises every man. Has not the political backbone of an angle worm. The voters of Salt Lake should not turn down such a man as Dr. Plum- mcr for an insignificant political weakling such as Richard P. Morris, whose political record and utterances show that he would betray his creed, his church, his party, his friends and his city to get public office.

1 It mrv help some for Mr. Bryan to make l.ote of the fact that the cost of a dollar dinner today is to the cost of a dallor dinner ten years ago, about as 16 to 1, if given on equally as elaborate lines. Another American heiress goes fl down before the glitter of and will take the count..