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

cent of their value with provision |
i0f REDEEM piiln .f %. warrants II has
hteH forced % ISSUE, ulu which prom
lees TO roy are hawktu about tic city
st fuluOus discounts o. tup injury 90
the wOfkinrmeu and other creditors
OF the corr 0fntiUu, and '1 tue shame
mud ultcfedli % all citl Hs Whose
greatest pIidc is their business in.
t,giity.
MOI content with s4uaudcfiug public |
money In such ullugtu iuhIlr Improve.
mCuts, which have been "a dutrment
To- most Instance, uuu aH 70 incapable
OF getting rid in rNCuoabir ways 0t the
money SWUNG from tho people, the
CruHcil hns been ~ fsseuusly, % not /
Crlmiunlly generous g. ita own mon.
lcfa. To lne year 1859, 20 voted 20
ltHvl. $4,000 HH O mf cutntiIu Tor fpuclgi
sessions, not one OF which did the pub
iiC business fequlfei nll utCesanry
work could and should have been
done Mt The regular Sessions ior
which this council received un uddl-
uonal $500; mud up O. the present
time in tbs year these uulufpr.slng and
puuiic.bpiritud gentlemen are pursuing
The same generous cDursU with thrm.
frlvcs, AMI have alfuud Appropriated
s2i52.61 { or special retsiIrH that were
utterly useless and unCnllul lor
FOR many II these extra sessions the
cDunciimen drew s. each Tor sections
at which they were not pfcaunt luis
lu.quit0us practice prevailed until The
mayor intBrplHed aud stopped the
same. Sinoe then the uNirl sessions
have been continued but wltn an IN
creased Attendance.
%
Of tue CUuucilmuu, it VIII DO proper 90
mention the junkuliug tIur Of tho Pt.
I cidc c1alt, paid Tor from the public
treasury tn spite " The mayUt's veto,
anu Ia defiance Of the protest Of the
public prefs aud people. II anyone las
| discovered any bpuunts which thu ely
! has derived from that tour Oi Tie
| pleasure resorts uf the Pacific C0nst, he
| has faileu b make them known. 10 IL
q matter VI public uOioriuty that Ia
numerous instances, ia ut:uf disregnrd
| Of the laws 81 honesty aui those pin.
/ Ciplts which govern prudent buniueis
men, anu 10 deiiaut opposition o. the
mayor ia the purchase 0f materials
uud supplies for pablo works, such NJ
watUrpipo, etc, lowest responsible hi IL
have been thrown aside, and cxtravn'
! giant prices have been paid. Whether
OF not this c0utss Injured TO tue put'
e1nul bcutAt Of the cOauciimen the
public Will nave TO decide Tor itself.
The cXtraurdinaty occasion Is our
excuse iOr referring to the scenes GU
acted 90 the sessions Of the council
during The last two yonB, which
scenes brought the blush OF Shame 10
the chtugs VI decent people, where all
rules Ui courtesy toward each other
aud the mayor were violated; bad nB
were the reports Of these meetings rs
recorded IA tho city press, theiI CO.
unnH did not tell all that could have
been said but were edited and oiimi.
nalod In tho Interest Of decrncy a u
rupvclahiuiy, the billinSsgatc, tho
b.aukguarilsm, the profanity which
chiric,urzsi 10 many seasions Of the
COuucl could not be- detailed In the
columns Of rcspt siatle newspapers.
It's notorious that in the employ.
meut Of labor On the public works dis.
crimiuatiOns have Seon regularly
made against nome people In tnvIr Of
tranHients, ami that ciatB OF floating
humanity vino would be Of services at
the polls on election day. In addition
~ tho general misgOyotninunt, eXtrav.
agance and inoompotonoy, deisication
and downright theft nave been
charged aud proven, soatouly had the
present administration been inauguf-
atud whoa an inspection OF the books
disclosed "A shortage OF over S2O, 900 Ia
the previous city collectors accounts;
this shortage being discovered through
nm investigation Instituted by parlie
not In the clty's employ. We may
also refer 10 tho case OF the police c0uf,
clerk, whore doialcation though dis.
covered was not male known until ho
had an opportunity 10 leave the Terri.
tory anu get beyond the reach OF the
indictment now on filo In the Third
district court.
A very recent case is that OF tue
; superintendent " water works. Whog,
appropriation Of materials aud latOl
paid for by the city was exposed by
outside PARTIES, aud who has been TO
moved in disgrace by the Mayor
Houses OF ill.lGme, gambling bells. low
variety halls aud vile groggttlts hav,
sprung up and noutlshed under thl
Naturalization, u not by 10 diiec
protection, anu tho council has stoot
stubboruly Ia the way " the Mayor
I persisiently thwagling hl3 Efforts Il
sup rgss these vile establishments au,
agencies for the dustrustiOn OF motali
, OF young aud old, Ms It has opposed hin
In his efforts 10 enforce tue law agains
Sunday saloons.
AZ OVERFLOW MEETING.
At this junuture Mr.. Williams atos
aud stated that there was tremen
, dous meeting belug held on tho out
slide for tho benefit OF persons VIII
could not gala access 10 the buildlnl
on account Of the great crowd. Thi
. gathering was addressed by J. n
Moylc, ID. q. Dunbar aud j.. II
, rimm0ny,
REV. II. Q. mtFF.
The Rev. 4. liiil was called upon FOL
speech. That gentleman said he ha,
been absent from the city Of late an,
know but little Of the respective can
! didates, butas 20 Mayor Baskin, he sait
with chafaoteristiC eafneslnesl,"l fAyo
him first, last aud all tbs time"
M'EALLY TALKS.
80, McNally q prominent lropre
sentative OF the lrlsh-Am eriUan socie
| " On WhOm the manila of fnhsti