Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-26


teen wrong on his part not % ALLOW
raymept 10 be- male e. business men
WHO had negotiated with tue city'a
agents Ia good fnith.
The state Of Oh ifa IN this city toUay
was wone than generally believed.
Contractors were alnlJft bankrupt by
reason Of failure on to part Of the
city 10 stand by LIS agreements with
them.
Only a short time ago he bad made
rupthrf slnlemout OF thu clty'i lnnu-
ces 10 The Council. This was met with
A tiiiculous and Insulting committee
communication purroriut % show
that the city hal 50 500, Ol1Of availHhle
assets. "Fid Fiti Wh.t hypocrsylr
cried the stUtkvr in duflsion oil the
statement, "g4 ,5lO,OO0 IN the treasury
at,d our tlmr chucSa unpaid; si6DO,O01
ami our nay rolls not mci; si.5UO.OJD
and our warrants hawkcd about ~ "a
discouni; 81, 500, 900 aud our contacts
moi halt mlitt,d. Again ! Fcpeat
what rank hyp0cTisy and chicluusy J"
This tXcOrluti1u Of the Council was
received with tremendous applause
AMI several membsm Of .ha, body
WINGED visih'y ~ they nB.uuud 10 Do
His honor then duplOrrd that Couu.
Gilman b. should have done himself
the iuluatlce lac had by asH0uiutlng
himself with such REPORTS. Mr.. Boil
had acted squartly right along. The
police department and Chief Paul, lie
head, also received favorable mention
from the Mayor
In conclusion his honor again nd
mOniahod the people that II they
found he was In any way TO blame Tor
the ovilo that hal come upon thc city
10 robuHe him at tho ballot box on
election day. (Applausc)
Address 10 TIE VOTERS.
Mr.. &. o. Whittemoro then road an
adir "a 20 the voters from which the
following extracts arc taketi
Tho fact that ~ large portion Of
| tho pTOniluout business men AM lead
/ lug uiuzsus VI salt Lake Cay have
/ spontaneously unituI without regard 10
| their respective party affiliations, 10
/ ovUrturn aud Trhuku u maiAlninistra.
/ ton OF municipal government, h by no
means anomalous. The same thing has
! frequently been done iu numerous
| other OF the principal cities OF the
/ county. A low years ago the govern
munt OF San Ffancisc0 was ~ Out.
/ ngCously corrupt that the better elias
VI tEuuH, without regard 10 party OF
/ politics, confined In a grand effort,
aud al the polls seized possession OF tue
corporation, aud at once inaugufa,od q
better and purer government than the
Golden Guy had ever before enjoyed.
On more than one occasion the
better people from all PARTIES In New
| York have CnduuvUTe1 30 get together
and achieve their emancipation from
the misrulr aud robbery OF corrupt
| political ring which has ~ long beer
ia cluirOl OF that city. BtOgEiyn wal
taken from tbs hau4s OF tuu spUllor
aud the local government TRANSFORMS.
into one Of the purtHt aud most ocg
nUmiuAl IN America by Just such .
movement as the best cluzuna OF Sal
Lake are now engaged In.
Tho causes which have lrai e. Tia,
pr,soul popular uprising Ia salt LAX,
are many, q few u which may b.
enumerated a. au index 10 the whole
Those OF our citizens VINO Jay take
uetd few reminders 0t tue occasion ~
ioFgeIiuln.si Of party politics ia III,
/ ANntiNA hhNAk ANA lhAANAAhAl AAAA hNAA
muniiy fenof.
The municipal government now n
power, and which we ure eudenvOrin,
10 depsse, has had during the term o
its existence, available assets takci
from the prOplB amounting 10 mon
than $500, OOO.OO, ss follows;
bonds dltpotod o. which arc a mortgage
upon aii tuc property OF tins cufpIr
ut.pn aad upon Wnirn We ate paying
annual interest charEua, .sss.ss..a.,si p 0,co
huhlH uuaoil .Nsu
1aH stock ld,..s''..ss''sssss''s'sss.. llllu
tlty tlAcH, l7i2ss.ssss sss.. sss,.sssssss s.l,tV
tN TAN lsl ,sssss,s .l1
Liquor and miscellaneous licenses,
iss4' '.,', n .,' ''i 49, i.'.N
l'll $500 .sss ''''''s'H a'''''ss'' Nv
special taxes, lei sssssssssssssss,ss,ss,.s ti,l
special tnNga, lsii .,..., ..,.sssss. sa'N
various othtF revenues s''.,,,',.s,' lslVQ
4, would soom that tuis va6t sun
was amply sufficient TO have uUiraye
tho indispensable current expenses o
the city government Tor two yeafs, {
liquiiate all legal obligations Of Oh
cily aud 10 have carried 10 completion
such improvements ~ were dsmando
10y tue growing municipality, amJu
the most important being this uity hal
gravity tewUr, street paving, city jg
nul tifu station houses, extension {
, water mains ana sewer lateral8.
Instead, however, We Mad this cor
diuon OF atluiIs: i2i0s3,dsl " OF thes
enumerated Hsiris have uisappenTe
ana there remains these obligation
, Incurred by this council and whicl
must be met by the tAxpayers.
. viii take u complete ihe gravity sewe
s2HS, 900; the oity's share on contract
complete city ana county building
, Ss6 600; 10 this may be safely ndie
,, 100000 before this building In con
plelud; the city Jail not yet commence
, will cost $50, 900, necessary fire station
, will cot 100000 more, and their n
mains an indebtedness on pawn
7, amounting to s72, 900; total s0j5, 900,
, The excuse offered by tho preseu
| .leadeas VI the Liberal party for th
| CITY Councils extravngaat oNpHudi
a lures OF over 81, 0OO,O 600 ~, that IL wa
, | expended In NECESSARY public Improve
4 munls which have been beneficial {
I the city, aud tuTuithed work Tor lgbol
/ ing men during the dull times pre-
! vAIling iOr tue last year, They loud
|, ly called attention 10 the paved street
and aiIewalkf, 10 our city and count
? building, as proof VI their assertion
That this apology Ia but a cunningl
4 devised nrliice TO deceive the votin
/. taxp yers becomes AZ once appareI
. upon an Investigation VI the cit
: auditors books, which show that ia
1 total cost Of street paving Ia the cit
. In s28s, 2iJ, the expenses VI lay
I lug all the sidewalks are 83l, 09S, TIL
. olIy has paid on the jolnt bulllin
I account s;20, 500, anu the sum OF $50