The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
REPUBLICANS FALL OUT.
EVENING PRESS GETS AFTER THE
COMMISSIONERS.
Some weber County Candidates File
EXPENSE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
Election Mailed-News Notes.

The Evening Press is angry at the
county commissioners and recltes some
of its grievances in a whole hall
column editorial last night. The edi-
torial is interesting as showing the har-
mony among some Republicans and is
interesting when it is remembered that
the Press assailed The Herald's Ogden
bureau time and again when it was
publishing the county records before
election. The Press speaks right out
and here is its speech:
THE TAX LIST.
The disposition which the county com
m,ss-oners made of the tax LIST matter
Gil Wednesday was a surprise both TO
their friends and those who were not
their friends.
The Evening Press, acting upon the
positive assurance of Commissioners
Wade and Child and Collector HurlDut,
that the list would be awarded to it, had
gone to considerable expense to nix itself
TO get out the list in the shortest posi-
BILE time, and had even commenced work
CT the list itself. Even Commissioner
Wilson had agreed that the Evening
Press should have the list, and, that be-
ing the case it did not appear that there
could possibly be any hitch. But, as MS
term was about to expire, Mr. Wilson
probably saw some need OF little
economy being used in the county's eX-
penditures, and conceived the idea OF
letting the lowest bidder" have tiic
work.
Ine matter could not be attended to
on Monday, so a special meeting was
held on Tuesday TO near written opln-
ion from County Attorney Weber on
whether they were obliged to ask for
bids or not. The learned attorney mao
GIVEN his verbal opinion that bids must
be asked for, but as everyone conversant
with the matter knew, the attorney was
wrong. The board desired his written
opinion to file for future reference. This
the attorney was not able to give on
Tuesday, so further adjournment was
taken until Wednesday. In quoting the
law, the attorney in his opinion had 10
admit his error. But he did not stop at
his opinion, but gave the board his ad-
vice to the effect that they should ask
for bids and give it to the lowest bidder
lin the interest of economy. This LEFT
a loophole for Mr.. Wade to wriggie out
of his numerous pledges, and the swift
ness OF his wriggle astonished everyone
who witnessed it,
Another word regarding the price for
publishing the tax list. Until TINS year
the price for publishing the delinquent
list has been so cents per description and
taking the price of otner legal work INTO
consideration this was not an eXorD-
bitant price. The last Legislature, acting
under an economic spell, cut the price
fc- that class of work to % cents per
description, which is lower than any legal
work is being done in Ogden. Inc COM
miss;cpers on Wednesday cut that pr1ce
in two and said only 1212 cents would be
paid and practically instructed Hurlbut
to get it as much cheaper as he could
The action of the commissioners is an
outrage upon the newspapers OF Ogden
1t is a direct slap in the face and more
fcrc:ble when it is known to the news
papers and the public that this is the
first streak of economy that has over
taken the commissioners during the
whole term of office.
Regarding Commissioner Child, the
Evening Press can make no complaint;
he kept his word with us in every par
ticular With Mr.. Wade it is not So
we have always considered him a man
of strictest integrity but his actions in
the tax list matter do not bear out the
opinion previously held of him.