The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-06

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you do but put up?"
The reporter interpreted this lastremark
TO mean that the committee or some one
else in authority had already arrived at the
facts, laid them before the recorder and
asked him to ''pungle up" We give this
to Mr.. Lynn for what it may be worth.
From other sources it was learned that
the shortage" was peculiarly glarlng
one and one that any man of ordinary
sense must know would be discovered in
time. Persons applying for licenses
formerly paid their money to the license
clerk, and he kept stub of the licenses is
sued, turning the money over to the treas
urer. At regular intervals it is the bust
ness of the finance committee to see that
the total of the figures on the stubs agrees
with the total amount received by the treas
urer. About two months ago the finance
committee were puzzled to find that the
total represented by the stubs was about
s., 600 zone report says $500 another
s., 2O0) less than that paid over to the treas
urer. The thing would seem to be as
simple as A b G and was to Mr.. Hyams.
Why the committee should spend so much
time and labor On the problem will remain
a query.
With the light The HERALD has shed on
the matter, perhaps the movements OF the
committee at their meeting this evening,
will be somewhat expedited. Next Tues
day evening, we may look to see Mr.. Penn
broke-if not Mr.. Hall-on his feet, de-
handing an investigation into the city's
revenue departments. THE HERALD sug-
gests that it can't come too soon, or be too
thorough.
The public may recall that some weeks
ago, an assistant treasurer was created,
and that to all the queries as to what on
earth Mr.. Walden wanted of an assistant,
the city council made no reply. 1t now
comes out that the duty of receiving money
for licenses was transferred from the re-
corder's department to the treasurer's;
the treasurer receives the money, issues a
receipt, and on this receipt the recorder
issues license. This change was made
when the shortage first leaked out. 1t
must have been rather humiliating to the
recorder, but how all those changes in the
old customs could have been made without
eliciting from some one of the council a
query as to what it was all for, is another
of the things unexplainaole.
Said one Liberal gentleman to HERALD
reporter yesterday, in tone of intense
disgust, 81 hope this business will have one
effect at least and that is to choke off
Powers and others of the politicians who
have made the officials life burden since
/ 4 h.aty i,,tn aif hall 1.-Two
places for their pets in all the branches OF
the city service"
WHY THE TRIBUNE "BLowED ON" THE
SCANDAL.
There was tall disgust in Liberal quar-
tiers that the Tribune shouldn't have kept
''mum'' on the matter. ut could have been
hushed up by the payment of the money!
said one, ''only the Tribune has had the
knife into certain of the city hall CROWD
since they all bought stock in the re- organ
lied Times, and divided city business with
that paper"
In this connection may be related e GER
tain little yarn-weu authenticated-now
going the rounds.
During the last week in November
Tribune agent waited on Mr.. Clute, passed
behind the counter, took the favorite Office
chair, cooked his heels up on the desk ant
inquired:
when will the delinquent tax lists b,
readyr
For whom? 90 asked Mr.. Clute
1.-THE Tribune"
Never" was the reply
The lists came out in THE HERALD AM
Times in due season, and therein is prob
ably found another reason for the Tribune
sudden outburst of righteousness over tn
iniqulty at the city hall.
If Mr.. Shannon has anything to say o.
the subject of the alleged shortage, the col
umns OF THE HERALD are open to him.
James G. Mcdonald & Co., candies.
New currants, raisins, lemon and citro
peel at Peoples Cooperative association
Our fruits are all cleaned.
H. FoULGER, Superintendent.
, Radam's Microhe Killer Is positive cur
for diphtheria; 1t can be had at Us Yves
, First South street.
d. L. DAVIS, Agent
: The Troy Steam Laundry is famous 70
its excellent work.
Troy STEAM LAUNDRY,
telephone l92 l42 Main ST.
Wisdom's Robertine is the only thin
, now used by the fashionable women to pa
petuate beautiful complexion.
SILVER BROS IRON WORKS
No. 149 West North Temple.
+ DIAMONDS
The finest assortment in the west {
Davidson, Leyson u McCune's, 12S Mai
street.
D Go to Barratt Bros for furniture +
Smoking jackets, dressing gowns an
: bath robes.
/ BAsT-TERRY MER Co, 142 Main st.
Signs-Petersou ~ Brown, % W.. Fir
South street Advertising glass signs b
the dozen or 1,000.
= Don't forget that you can purchase I'll
Il best goods at popular prices at the People
o Equitable Co operative association and +
ceive one third of the profits or the ms tit
d ton every six months. Every purchae;
receives rebate checks which represeI
the amount of their purchase.
. H. FoULGER, Superintendent
i The Peoples Equitable Cooperative a
q sociation have in stock dry goods, gent
y clothing, boots and shoes, hats. caps, gent
furnishing goods, groceries, hardwar
u etc., etc Our aim will be to have in stst
best goods and sell at lowest market price
t. H. FoULGER, Superintendent.
Sohmer Pianos.
The
Lace House
just received
New
Re Designs for Stamping,