The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-21
In DAVIS COUNTY.
THE LATEST CAMPAIGN TRICK OF
THE REPUBLICANS.
Some Facts That Cannot BE Con-
trOverted and Figures That Do
Not Lie-Mr. ElIison's Charges
Completely Disproved.

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of Davis county are endeavoring to
make political capital out of the fact,
as they allege, that the expenses of the
county have been higher under the
Democratic administration than they
were in former years. They adopted a
set Of resolutions in which they ar
raigned the present court for extrava-
gance, and circulated them broadcast
in the county accompanied by a pledge
to effect a reform.
The resolutions were untrue and mis-
leading. The expenses during 1893 were
actually less by a good many hundreds
of dollars than in 1892 In a letter in
The Herald of October 6, l pointed this
out, and gave figures from the financial
statement OF the county to prove what
l said. But there was a mistake in
those figures, and / hasten to make a
correction. They were furnished me
just as published by a gentleman who
was in a position to know whereof he
was speaking; man whose integrity
cannot be questioned, and one whom
no Republican will charge with pur-
posely gaTbling the figures. They were
published in good faith, and with be-
lief on his part and on mine that they
were correct.
In the Tribune of Thursday morning
was letter over the signature of E.
P. Ellison, of Layton. The writer at
lacks me in a seurrilouS manner, al
leging that / rgarbied the financial
statement" and made "a shameful eX-
Inhibition" of my ignorance and my PRO
verbal habit of Misrepresentation. -
He then goes on and wastes nearly half
column in endsavoring to prove that
the expenses in 1893 were higher than
before. The epithets he applies to me
could be used fittingly in reference to
himself. but / shall not use them.
Vituperation doesn't add strength TO
an argument-it shows that truth is
| lacking and something has to be in
serted to fill up There is no occasion
for Singing dirt" neither is it neca6-
sary to ''garble'' figures. The truth is
quite strong enough to prove Mr.. FL
lison's and the Republican party's
statements untrue.
The attention of County Clerk Phil
lips was called to the letter in the
Tribune and he gives a plain statement
of the facts over his own signature in
the letter given below. Mr.. Ellison
challenges me to bring proofs of my
statements and in answer [ simply
refer him to Mr.. Phillips letter.
Nothing need be palmer. and it is a
complete vindfcation of the assertion
made that the court of 1892, of which
this same Mr.. Ellison was a member,
expended more than the Democratic adj
ministration of 1893.
Of course this is gall and wormwood
to the Layton gentleman, because he,
as chairman of the Republican COM
mittee on resolutions, signed his name
to document charging extravaganza
on the Democratic officers of the
county. My former advice to him still
Ia al
peace if he would make himself ac-
qUainted with the facts before signing
his name to a document, prepared by
some one else. which bears such plain
marks of inaceuracy. This will apply
to his letter in the Tribune. l cannot
bring myself to think Mr.. Ellison wrote
it. for it seems to have the peculiar
diction of a certain prominent Kays-
Vile politician. Mr. Ellison signed it,
though, and to him the following letter
will be of particular interest:
Kaysville, October 20, 1894
To the Editor of The Herald:
Dear Sir-My attention has been called
to a letter IN Thursday mornings Tr;-
bune over the sisn.s"re of Z. P. Eli
son, of Layton. IL --hich the writer de-
MES tn2t .hr cost Of running Davis
county affairs was greater in 1892 than
an article in The lL=rald of April s,
from your Kaysyille correspondent, in
which figures were given, showing a
balance in favor of the administration
of 1893. Your correspondents state
ments were made in answer to a set
of resolutions adopted by the Repub-
hcan convention of Davis county. In
these resolutions it was charged that
the running expenses of Davis county
in 1893 exceeded by several hundred
dollars the former years, etc
Now, the fact in the matter is this:
The public statement as it appeared in
The Herald was inaccurate in that it
did not give the administration of 1892
credit for the cash balance of S4044 on
hand December 81, 1892; neither did it
give the administration of 1893 credit
for the cash balance of S205. ~, which |
was on hand December 81. 1893 The
mistake no doubt occurred inadver-
tently by the total of the two columns
being taken without deducting the
cash balances in either case
On the face of it, it bears evidence
that Mr.. Ellison's statement that the
report was garbled for purposes of
misrepresentation is groundless, else
the cash balance of 1893 would not
have been left as a disbursement It |
was plainly a mistake not made inten-
tionally.
The disbursements, as shown by the |
statements, were as follows:
For 1892, SS,S4201; for 1893, S1O939. 81; |
leaving a balance of $2,O97.S6, which |
amount Mr.. Ellison says is in favor of |
the court of 1892 Let us see. These |
figures do represent the actual differ |
ence in the warrants paid in the two
years; but that is not all the story. !;
There were S1,S702S obligated by the /
court of 1892 and this amount was
paid in 1893 and charged to the 1893 /
account. This should properly be adj {,
ded to the account of 1892 and deducted
from that of 1898. This would make
the total appropriations for 1892, slO,-
1929, and for 1893, s9.069.59. leaving a
balance of $1.64270. which is in favor
of the court of 1893.
Mr.. Ellison says in relation to the
81 800 that the CORRESPONDENT said was +
appropriated in 1892 that he denies the .
charge and challenges the author to
produce the items. Here they are:
z. P Ellison, committee work
on roads. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 90
H. w. Haight, expense ac-
count OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 90
r. E. Egan, statistical work,
1892 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 124 %
John Parkin, road supervisor.
work on roads, .--.,.... o2 As
Philo Debble, services as road
supervisor, 1892, ....s........, % so
taxes NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $50 80
count ................-......... 24a rs
Burke lane SO 90
R. z. Egan. stationery. 65
Bountiful City license account. SIS 66
Judge Maginnis, for opinion. ~ 10
Jesse Fox, for plats. ... II 90
Robinson & Wilcox, for assess
ors plats. 17s 60