The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-02
FIRST PRECINCT CITIZENS.
An Enthusiastic Rally Held in
Exposition Hall.
LIGHT ON LIBERAL JOBS.
Hereafter, Salt Lake Work for Salt
Lake Workmen.
Thousands Spent for Waterworks With
out Increasing the supply-Doremus'
Incompetency-Stree Graded
Around Councilmen's Houses.

After seeing the poor attempts at
rallies that have been made by the
Liberals since the commencement of
the campaign and beholding the i'm
mense crowds that are drawn together
by the Citizens, the unprecedented OBJ
server cannot help believing that the
Liberals will meet such a defeat on
next Tuesday that it will be difficult
to gather the scattered remnants of
the party into gunny sack for the
purpose of giving them decent bur-
ial. While a few of the Office seekers
and their henchmen have been on
hand at the Liberal meetings to give
their countenance to the SenseleSS and
| illogical harangues that are being Civ
en- out by the stump speakers, yet
the honest and earnest men have been
| few and far between. On the other
hand the best element of the commu-
| nifty has filed to overlooking every
| hall where the Citizens were holding
a meeting. These are signs of the
times. One that was particularly APP
propriate was the rally of the Citizens
held in the Exposition building last
evening. The hall was filed to over
flowing by the better class, and
wives, daughters, sisters and mothers
were scattered plentifully among
them.
Adam Paul was elected to preside
over the meeting, and on taking his
seat he expressed himself in a rafting
speech as honored at being called to
be the presiding officer of such a great
gathering of the citizens of Salt Lake.
He stated that the object of the rally
was to give the nominations of the
Citizens a ratification. That the Cit
liens will gain an overwhelming VIC
tory is beyond controversy, as it has
become a certainty. After next Tues
day, he said, there will be no more of
the Liberal party. Only Democrats
and Republicans will be left in the po-
litical field
After Mr.. Paurs opening speech, Mr..
and Mrs. j. P Meakin sang a beauti-
| full selection, ST Live and Love Thee"
in very artistic manner. Then
c. o. WHITTEMORE
was introduced and walked into the
Liberals in good shape.
| He said that when he gazed upon the
vast crowd before him he was con-
WINGED that something wrong had
happened in the last two years in the
city's administration. He stated that
lduring the last two years While the
Liberal extravagant council had been
lin power they have expended over ST.
900 900. The struggle in the campaign
has narrowed down to a fight between
| the parties representing, on the one
hand extravaganza, incompetence
and dishonesty, and on the other, econ
omy and honesty. The issues thus pre-
scented must be settled By the voters
of this city on next Tuesday. The
speaker said that as he had confidence
in the voters of Salt Lake ne mas no
fear of the outcome.
Entering into the financial matters
presented Mr.. Whittemore gave an alb
stract of the financial statement pre-
scented at the theatre at the initial
rally of the campaign. In speaking OF
the waterworks department he said
that with all the money expended they
have not improved on the methods of
the old days. The engineer of the ad-
| ministration was burnt up on the
ground of the incompetency shown, in
! LAYING grades. He cited as a special
instance the case of doc. Sprague,
whose house was put down too low for
the sidewalk. He said that in the year
1892, the Liberal council spent the vast
sum of $514,594 for current expenses
alone, exclusive of money spent for
permanent improvements. Will you
vote for such a council?
The Liberals in this campaign have
raised a cry that there will be no work
done by the city if the Liberals are de-
feated. The speaker pertinently asked
what chance there was for much work
under the Liberals when their current
expenses will reach $514,000, while $25,-
900 will be spent to take up outstand-
ing warrants. To do this we have an
income of 1895, 900 per year and cannot
borrow any money upon the city's Sc
curity. Then where viii the laboring
men come in? The claim to furnish
them work is a fraud and a sham. The
speaker said he looked for a dark year
coming on in Salt Lake. for there is an
appalling condition in the city's affairs.
There is no money to be borrowed and
all the outstanding warrants must be
taken up. On the showing thus made
he appealed strongly for the Citizens
ticket, saying that on it are just the
kind of shrewd and slxilfull men that
are needed in this crisis to carry the
city through and keep it from utter
bankruptcy. Bankruptcy will follow
the election of the Liberal candidates.
Ife said he wanted the citizens to rise
up and on next Tuesday to overthrow
one of the most eXtrayagant admins
trations that ever graced or disgraced
any city on the face of the earth
When this happy result shall be accom-
plished the beautiful city of Salt Lake
will be redeemed.
Then as
CHARLES S. BURTON