The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-26

IMMORAL AND ILLOGICAL.

| The Liberal organ treats the public
to another specimen of its peculiar
logic. First, the statement was made
that Liberal control of the city has
enhanced the value of all the prop
erty'' of the citizens. The Herald
showed that under Liberal control
property has declined in value, and
that now it is of far less worth in the
market than on Jan. 1st, 1890. Now
comes the Tribune to the front to
prove the advancement in values made
| by Liberal rule, and argues that it
was through the failure of Barring
Bros. in London that property in Salt
Lake has deprecated. That is, the
value of property has been advanced
because it has gone down. It is one
more of those peculiarly Tribunish i'm
possibilities. Property has been en-
HANGED in value under Liberal city
government at the same time that it
has been declining in value through
the failure of a. London bank! Quod
erat demonstratum.
Here you are again. The Tribune on
Sunday morning said:
In our judgment the main work of
the city fathers has been most COM
mendable.
On Wednesday morning the Tribune
remarked:
In the Liberal government for the
past two years there has been waste
sometimes, sometimes extravaganza,
and in some cases dishonesty.
No one disputes the latter propo-
sition, but the trouble is to reconcile
it with the former. In trying to make
them jibe the Tribune has to tack
and double on itself till its course
makes it dizzy and daft. It says not
withstanding all the waste, extrava-
gance and dishonesty of the Liberal
administration:
It still remains true that the spirit
behind the Liberal government was
the right one.
What, was that the right spirit
which caused such deplorable and
disgusting state of things that the
Tribune said on August 20?
Under present circumstances the
Liberal party will have to shake clear
altogether of the inefficient, bungling
not to say boodling, management we
have had from the city council and
with all persons responsible with them
for it.
The Liberal organ when that was
uttered was trying to "connubiate"
with the Citizens movement. expect
ing to control it. But failing in that,
as we said it would, it is now trying
to justify creeping back to it's old po-
sition and returning to its vonlit, by
saying the spirit behind these extrav-
agances and criminalities was all
right. But how could that be, in
view of this, from the Tribune of
the same date as the above?
mo reputable citizen can depend or
excuse the sort of work that has been
going on in the council in this city for
thing to do is to cut loose from it en-
tirely and denounce and abjure it"
This is what the reputable people of
this city propose to do. "Cut loose en-
tirely'' from the Liberal ''crowd." as
the Tribune called it then, and de-
nounce and abjure it, body. spirit, acts
and intents The taxpayers should
take notice that the Liberal organ en-
dorses and approves of the spirit be-
hind the Liberal city government, and
that is the spirit that moves the pres
ent Liberal movement for retention of
the power which has been SO shame
fully prostituted, if not criusinally ex-
ercised.
BY approving Of the spirit behind all