Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-07
TOO TRANSPARENT!

Gay evening SIUuIu 70 tnunut
ing down the ages, = as 4 piece Of Il
most transparent tTickery ev
sought to BE- perpetratei upon a di
eliminating amt intelligent people
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug, 1890.
10 as ron. Mayor and CITY Council q 5.
LoEs Guy
"Gsntlemen.-We the undersigne
citizens Of Salt Lake City respectful
petition your honorable body to inse
clause in the contracts Of agresmeI
in the joint city and county buiIdin
that said building shall be erected b
union men only and Salt Lake wor
for salt Lake workmen. your petition
ers viii ever pray"
The leading signer Of this alIege
petition was o. w. Powers, tn
Michigan trickster and chief Ill
erai" political boss OF Utah. 1t wa
written in u scrawling hand on
single sheet Of paper originally apar
from these on which the sign
tures were written. The Ia
Ter We're on number q
sheets bearing evidence of havinl
heen separately circulated. Tn.
whole were fastened together witt
= paper tag. Il was evident tina
the genius 10 whom the work o
manipulating the unique petition
had been entrusted had failed to ge
10 completed in time to have it -,
through" the Council n week ag
last Tuesday. This failure causee
i to be useless for the purpose for
which it was designei-to infiu.
ence the vote Of the working men
al the election or last Monday
Consequently it was like "a las
years birdsuest.'
Its appropriate TO ask whether
or not it would, even il it had no!
been an afJer-birth, have had tn,
effect which Powers intended it 70
produce We are Of opinion tl,lt tn,
result would have been the oyposit,
ofthe one he desired, for the reason
chat those who take the working
rneu 10 bs an aggregation Of fool.
are bound to lind out their mistake
The alleged petition was formulate,
OF the basis tia: the workers are IN
able 10 detect between substauc,
and shadow, reality and'shan. Thi.
can be readily seen even by n cur
sorry examination Of the document.
aside from 4 close analysis Of it.
The precious Paper asks the mu-
nicipal corporation Of Salt LAX,
City, through its businessageats tn,
Common Council. to enter into 2
boycott connected with the erection
Of n ublic building. Those VIII.
made such an asinine proposition
are either lacking in the ruGiment
O. common sense, or are purposei,
the injection Of an ingredieu
into a contract that would neccssaI.
iiy invaiiGate it. II would be 80 hello
by 4 court Of equity acting under the
rules Of that pruc=dure.
The petition also ask fo- a viols-
ton of the prominently declared
principles Of Powers and his part,
''the letting OF contracts for publ.
work TO the lowest responsible,
bidder" This attempt to throw dusr
in the eyes Of the union Working
men is contemplate and It IS diff
cult 10 understand how The latte
can view it in any other light than
that OF an insult.
This attempt 10 offset tn,
failure to fulfil "LiberlI,
promises Of salt Lake worl
for salt Lake workmeu', is dilute
weakness. The petition itself a.
m Is it by omi-s on. Nothing Is sal.
a sains- the fla grant violations by tn.
% Liberal CIuncI OF the ros,
promises to salt Lake workn
male 10y the ar5y before the Febrl
az municipal election; hence IL
petition says by its silence O
that 81. jcc;-.',h- street spriuk
ling may continue 10 De don
by Omaha people, IN
p pes hydrants, and other material
Isel 10y the city may continue {
'eimgorted in PLACE Of being manu-
acturei AT bone, because this c9ur.,
: Profitable to the manipulation,
But in order 10 cover the track o |
lroken promises we will ask that a!
mpracieable condition beinfecte.
nto the contracts connected Will |
he erection OF one particular build
ny"
II the workingmeE Of Salt Lake
re susceptible Of being caught by
lch tlimsy subterf1ges we hav,
aged their intelligence. and peu,-
ration too high. But We think ",
ave not been mist ken.
The petition also puts the council.
bad light, rs by II they also ar
.iesa!ed % the role Of the senseIess.
wen If what the salt Lake
7bgasc asserted when it SAID.
The fact Is, there are some
al men in the Council" be
.Ge, they are surely not pTepared to
iaSe themselves notorious through
1t the country, by doing soulethiu,
.lt probably has never get eteu |
zen suggested to any public cor
lratiJn in the land. Neither Do
e believe that Powers and his
How petitioners had the remotest
ca that those intrusted with the
ansactiOn Of the public business Of
Is city would enable them TO ever
ny" by asemp;inG TO grant what
icy a-kej'
fhe record Of the Liberal; part
Us far in this city regarding salt
axe work FOR salt Lake wUrkmen,,
Is proved to be a viii o. the wisp.
Id the di-ingenuOus petition en-
died in this article only serves t.
rther illustrate the phantasma
.rical character Of their hollow
eteHses in that line.
The mass Of Salt Lake workmep q
e not the conssnmate iguoramus-
+ they are evidently estimated IL :
by Powers and his co-aGjutors. /
u let Us continue to believe that =
e Common Council viii not over =
p the line which divides d
entail equilibrium from insanity. z