Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-30
MUNICIPAL REFORM.
"P,CCaYi" Pitches llio Sons hiV
Administration M3,hOls.
CALLS IT A "rnRgE r" REGIME.
Associates II with the Fatal Conse.
quenc,s Attending the Cry Of Ram.
Romanlsm and Rebellion.

>" hNlN ~ y hNhNN VI iAAA VIM
from various qusftors, Of reform, re.
tronohmen,, repeal End while volum.
inous reports containing ths t;aluu Of
the varlou. municipal departments are
filed with the Mayor and CITY Council
to be subjected ~ the rblentloss prun.
ing knife u tho Judicial snalysi; whe
In his wisdom selects iAoieifon such
parts ~ may be mos. calculated to al.
vance tho cause nearest aud dearest 10
his heart; is It not n fact that but little
VI the real coltenis or these reports
will ever icHoh ths common people,
and IL II not the duty Of the public
press, as for 90 possible, to onllghten
them No best It cau2
Suppose fellow ollizons (wh1 read
this communication We take up Mayor
Gleudinping's message, anu look Il
over briefly; anu subject It 70 the ofl.l.
cism which we have the right to.
We shall all agree on the need OF proper
rotrenchmeni, the wisdom Of bona fido
reforms, and tho necessity tor adopting
any other good thing suggested by his
honor. / CHOOSE more particularly In
this brief article 10 rel or to bis proposed
system iot the Reorganization VI the
municipal machine.
First-iIe spraEs Of a board consist
ing VI ilvo heads 81 departments, win
Iho Mayor N iis chairman, who shall
hold daily sessions. Hu thcn pro
20 onumufalc tho duties, tuhtantiAily,
Of each member Of said board, and la
the estimated expense Of this board, In
comparison WITH tue present expenses,
/ no inullUcs the saiatlts paid tho chiefs
Of the police and fite departments; also
the secretary oi the ire department.
| The latter tiiicrr he probably does not
/ know performs, At pfsuout, In nd.
| dillon 10 his duties ~ secretary
| tue indispensable duty OF oyer.
ator Tor tho IRE alarm system
/ I'm no place Ia the detailed duties Of
tue respective board IL any mention
made looking toward the handling aud
control VI these two important depart.
ments. Hut further along the Mayor
sAya that these two departments might
DO managed by one suporintenJVn,,
thereby saving tue salary OF ono chief.
Whoever heard OF suon a thins: Even
In the widest imagination VI the most
radical socialist, the thought was never
before conceived.
| About year ago We had a riot In
Ogden thst ttl chief Of police could
not control, anu al the same hour In
cuniiArY HfCs wei. blazing la three or
four different parts VI the business ceu-
ter Of the city requiring the hest efforts
Of the niOst akiliul fTs chief, but his
honor would have this unborn
msn kind Of omnipfesent
iadivld Nal who could command police
ami quell riots In one end Of tho city,
aud rt tho same time take charge OF
great oonilagralions at the other end OF
t1wu.
one thing IN particular worthy OF
note Ia this message Ia the recon men
dRti0n for tue establishment OF n new
bureau, Rn electricAiI department.
People generally will ADMIT this As Que
OF the "g0od things" In tho message.
But why start new department that
will involve great deal OF expense
anu that Ia by no means necessity at
this time when we arc all trying 10 re.
tfenoh2 This part Of the trcommonda-
lions takes aln0tt n nalf column Of
line print In itself. On, yet; heard n
man .hy, "rhera IL one Of the Mckay
family not yet provided for aud lie 10
an electrician by pro!esslon," and ho
knowa.
Tbs police deva ttmsnt seems 10 come
In Tor good share OF rough handling &,
tLVse OF us VINO have lived here for
some time know thar Ia hardly fair, for
the present mayor must know that
never In the past six years, have va
mai such eflic sls police servics NJ
during the last Two years. Who can
say that they have been held up by any
member OF tho present police force
(undor It's present. head) and blood
money demanded from them, As was a
common occurrence four or i've years
ago? Sunday liquor selling, prostitution
anu gambling were much more common
thea than now. but the city attorney
" pledged 10 reform and he will doubt
lesa have this cooperation OF The pres.
ent chief OF police ia this lAudAblo
work, but Speaking OF tae city at
tornsy In connection With this matter,
ho acting ~ tho mUuthpiecs Of the
Mayor, II Ia fair 70 aftnme he has boon
consulted In regard 70 the policy Of this
administration. rhn cry OF ihe Mayor
and his attorney 10 Ruformi Rttrsnch.
neE!l Rspga L. strikes tnis writer,
who 10 NOS VsEy COnveTAAnt with ~.
liucal uI9I h51s, Az hl,iu eisangs. Who
e0nOtB lhs cry OF Reform? Why, the
elpp1tlsrl oil she AuIniniHIratlgn in tie
C0uncll, led by L piominsni member
sLD tuus three or more saloons In
town one Of which was fRided by the
p0l'ce last Sunday.
NucgdsY night when tho vo,s was
taken Ia the Council he voted with the
standardization niiuOflly 10 abolish the
present police and firs law, and not
enact the Sutherland bill. On yes. he
IL ons Of the reioTmers who have II In
ior the chief anu commission for On,
forcing the Sunday closing law,
OF course he IL a "TepeAleT."
Lem again reminded that tome Of
the city attorneys late olientage, are
also In favor OF "repeal" ever aiuci
they have been driven from their un,
canny haunts. IL, OF course, follow
they are also "refoFm0is."
As one whose Interests are In tn,
Fourth precinct have right to oritl
cizs the Mayor for refusing 10 give N
a fire station there. II no was moi
pledged to hio constituents In that 10,
ualily TO work toward that end, the
members OF the City Council elecisl
! from that precinct are, and We shsll
look TO them, As "a taxpayer l have
taken some interest, since the Lrgis.
latuTe convened, in watching the tgn