Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-06

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: "Pil'' says ''theyc figures are nj
most staggering" They are no
almost but altogether staggering +
the Ogden tax payer. '.Pil'' says
III the assessed valuation Of nrOp
! eTty be One-third of its actua
valuation, then in 1855 Ogden ha,
IN round numbers S9.OO1,O0 wolil
Of property in her corporate limits
toIay she has in round number,
$4,000, O00."
If, There is world Of meaning
in 4 simple .'if.'' by "PiI's.', #
he begs the whole question. the
truth being that the Peoples party
taxed the city on n one third valua.
ton, while the ''Liberals's tax the
city TO its jul CdlU0;i0H. and crcg
beyoHd. Multiply the IsSS arsess.
ment by three, and you have 81
oO4, UIO.CO rs the true city value.
against S,7,94l $4,000 in iss9-an
increase Of one hundred and thirty
thousand dollars only. 'sPil'' makes
this small amount into fifteen mil
lions. | will give two instances To
prove that the city has been assessed
by the "Liberalsr to its full yalu,
Take II. G.. NJ. L. building. corner of
Main and Twenty-fourth streets. II
was assessed by the Peoples Ollie
at $4,000 in 1855 and by the 'sLi,--
ais" at 100000 IN 1889 One hun
dred thousand dollars is more tkan
its full value, and ground could BE
purchased and a better and larger
building erected for that money to.
day. As for $4,000 being its
va ne, that is simply absurd. Then
take the dwelling house of Mr..
Shurtlifi, on Twenty-fourth Street
1t was assessed at 5000 in IsSS. and
at $1,000 in 1859. 1t was worth sq0DO
in ISIS and has not increased in
value to any extent; 81, 900 as It's
value Is incorrect.
These are but two cases: s.Pu,,
can have two hundred. He piv.s
figures which show that from Iusi-
ness, water and liquor licenses there
has been an increase of some six uer
cent. These are probably correct:
But "Pil' was in gross iguoranc..
or wilfully wished to deceive when
he wrote about properly and reel
estate, hence his .If.,' Take his
IF, away or answer his queries
truthfully, and it is like stickino n
pin III bladder Of wind-the whole
thing collarses.
There are two other items referred
to IN "Pil's'' letter, receipts and *
penditure, which are full Of errors
and will be fully examined dis, ect.
anu their hllacy completely exposed
10 another letter. ''Pil'' .clain:s
nat The Union Depot, the First
National Bank, Sydney Stephens
oiock, and a number of others were
lulit by the 'Liberals',, this is
modest on his part, but is unture.
lie winds up his letter by talking
lbout the morals of the civ. and
avs There is no denying the fact {
nat saloons, gambling deps and {
louses Of ill-fame exist in O,,tier, ,,
Thank you "Pil." There IL M {
ienying that fact and there is no |
'enylng another: They are not I
'nly tolerated by the officials OF The
'Liberal" party, but they are pro- '
ected, defended ami openly en- {
outraged. c
He says ''the Peoples party point i
nth horror to the variety theatres. >, a
And well they might, for bolderand 5
lore brazen dens Of vice never ex-
ted in SOdom aud Gomorr..h. He v
lys that some members of tbe q
ople's party own some Of these u
ouses. That statement was made j.
nee before 10y "Liberal," and was
royed to lie false. 80 p
In lSSS the Peoples Party noid d
e city attorney $500; in 1859 the OF
LIBERAL party pay their citv attor- n
~ Sl,SOu-but eighteen / irdred pI
,liar Haywood goes into the dis Ct
lct court TO defend gambIersi m
hen did he ever prosecute one? 81
The price Ogden has laid far III
Liberalism" has been tha. taxes ci
I'VE been treble!, fat offices have r.
en- created, and vice Of every II
nd has Seen nursed, encouraged Iii
d protected. Verify Ogden, with Ell
her bt ON, and the good work of m
Z people, is sowing q deadly seed er
u one may well ask, What will al
2 harvest be? If those who are We
own as the decent members Of the
'l6eral' party in Salt Lake could
ogden's jens, and would then
ne to vote the "Liberal'' ticket. -
re, outraged humanity could but i0l
claim IN Shakespearean Language, -.
Judgment dEgII thou hast fed to british m,
men have lost their reason" tn
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