The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-08
A LOT OF LIES
In Which our Esteemed Morn
ing Contemporary In
dulged
And Which are Duly Exposed
by the Facts.

And Wh1ch are Duly Exposed
by the Facts.
The Salt Lake Dai q Tribune with
the same bFazen disregard for truth
for which it has become proverbial,
attempted to prove something on
Sunday morning against the econ
omy of the City Council in fixing
salaries for the current year, but
the readers of that mendacious con-
Germ have already learned by exper-
fence TO accept its assertions with
the utmost allowance, and doubtless
have done 80 in this instance. Writ
ers who can manufacture red hot
sermons and place them In the
mouths of imaginary bishops will
Experience little difficulty in
disLUrLing fgu.es to suit
the purposes of their own
sweet will. How simple matter II
is, to lie sure, TO make a point when
one has fertile Imagination upon
which to draw
Once upon a time the Salt Lake
Daily ITi6nNs was conducted by
q SET of knaVeS so cunning that
falSeh0odS they coined " ere not fre-
iquentIy discovered and the swal.
, lowing process which has become
necessary adjunct to the peace of
the present administration, was more
or less unknown. Now the editors
of that paper, though quite as I'M
scrupulous rs their predecessors, are
go utterly stupid that their mis-
stat, ments are apparent to every
body. Indeed it is a matter of
establishment that a newspaper
with an toto of Intelligence
in it's sanctum could have the
ehrontery to SO O1tbrazen the
truth, when facts are so readily
obtainable. 1t would appear almo |
Incredible that a person possessed of |
even smattering Of sense would |
sit down and write score Of IA Sc
hoods for publication, such as were !,
contained in the article of Sunday
morning, when the documents uoIdis-
prove his statement and brand.him
as the prince of liars, a,e pIactdly
resting within q stones throw of
the place where he sits and makes
his lies. A satisfactory explana-
ton OF course may be had in sup
posing the person TO be hopelessly
insane, or grossly stupid, or perhaps
the victim Of premature Im6ecility,
but to account for the circumstance
on any other bass, battles the in-
genuity Of man.
HOWever, this artic was not be,
gun in the attempt to olacken the
character of the Iribune-to make
it any blacker would be q hopeless
task, but only to correct any er-
impression which msy have
been conceived from a casual read
Ing of the article in question,
without having specially noticed the
name of the paper it appeared in.
In order to make ''proper show
ing OF the extravaganza of the pre-
sent City Council the inventive
scribbler submits what he terms "a
parison Of the old rates" which
we give to our readers, with the
facts subj0ined:
Tribune - Mayor Jennings re-
,eivet $500 per year IS Sopt rim
.endent o. public works
Facts Mayor jennings re .t.ivsd
80 900 per year a. Mayor and no mtg
whatever as Superln tendent Of y &.
ic works. This is tie So ne as
Mayor Little received befo e hi II
md as Mayor SHARP is receiving
.fter him
1'ribuns-John I. Caine was all
owed $4,000 as recorder and audi.
or, and citizens thouaht that was
but now Heber Wells
3 allowed for running his office
bout $500, as follows: salary 81
100, clerk $500, AMI enough Of the
,olice clerk salary to firing it up to
he amount named above.
: Facts-After 1878, and until his
lection to Congress, john t. Caine
eceived salary as recorder and
uditor of 81. 200 per year. which is
he same as is now paid his success
or (Heber WelIs,] and had the
anne cIeric1i assistance which Mr.
Wells now has, trlhs less being
0SiA AOA GULL GSO otQ1OS 4
han was paid under Mr.. Gaines
ncambency.
Tribune The city refused to ray
1r. Rawlins 81 SEQ per year as city P
ttorney, but now have employed e
ir. Richards at 50 500. t
Facss-The city paid Mr.. Rawlins p
1900 per year when he was City 7
Ittorney, and paid his successor,
Ir. Miner, 1 500 per yea, as a sal> :
ry, and $40 p year for 0ffice rent. {
asst yesr the city paid Messrs
heeks 81 Rawlins, in addition to
[r. Miners salary, 81, 100 for legal
srv'ces, making a total to lawyers
$3.50. phe present incumbent
,ceives a salary 0 s.. $50 per year,
Id the report which fixed that
llary, and which the Tribune jack
nife heard read in the City Coun>
provides that the sum Of $4,000
as to include all neces airy assist I
ice and Office rent. There IS there
re saving to the city in this de.
lEtment of $3.50, under existing
rangements.