The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-12
A LITTLE HISTORY.
CITIZENS MOVE MOVEMENT

r c. Weber. r G. Web6er
John Henry Smith John Henry Smith.
= " Aadsen, 2. W. Madsen,
James Sharp, James Sharp,
L. 5. Hills. L S Hills
NJ. II. Walker. J. r. Walker. jr.
emanuel Kahn, Emanuel Kahn
a H. cannon, John Q. Cannon
George A Lowe. George a. Lowe
BY their fruits We shall know them
IS said by the Bible to be g good test.
We don't want any more such fruit as
was borne by the citizens tree of 1893"
INCREASE IN TAXES.
Wat have YOU TO say of the in
crease of taXaS2''
I have 20 say this: In 1887 we were
q great overgrown village Of %, 900 peo-
pie. We had poor light, no school ac-
commodations to speak of. dusty and
unpaVed streets, street cars drawn by
mules no savers, no water on the
bench, trees dying OF thirst, sidewalks
unknown, uauniformed police. q niser-
able apology for a fire department. 4
Sprinkle the streets and save the
health of the little children the leaders
of the citizens movement cried The
streets We're s-1rinkled and it cost
money The streets were paved and
a magnificent school system, with ex-
pensive and ma gnificent school build
ings was Instituted, and it cost money
splendid water service was obtained.
and it cost money. Population increased
TO 10000, and the advantages of the
CITY were extended. This cost money.
All the improvements we have. all the
bonded Indebtedness which we have
Which imposes 80 per cent of the bur-
Gen CT our city taxes, were demanded
by the leaders of the citizens move
ment. A large share of our taxes come
from our school system. and the chair
man of the Republican state commit
tee, who is also president of the school
board, and one of the leaders of the
citizens movement, says that the
schools cannot be run for less. We had
a boom, and we thought we were al
wa--s 20 be rich, and we are now paw
ing the penalty of a too rapid acquire
ment of the advantages of a great city.
And vet, who would go back to 1887?
The city government can be. and should
be, run much cheaper than it is now.
but il viii not be run any cheaper If
the citizens movement prevails. But
it will not prevail. 1t was Matched too
soon. The exceedingly hot weather
brought it forth before it was well ma
tuTed. It's opponents will not be scared
away by harsh names. neither will they
be appalled, and awed into submission
by the assumption of great wisdom and
the possession OF all the virtue in the
world.
THE TRIBUNE.
Il feel to pity some of my Repub-
lican friends, who have turned to their
organ in the morning with the fidelity
with which the Mahommedan bows TO
the rising sun. and who have been
taught TO believe that all the virtue.
morality and power to properly rule
were contained in the Republican party.
and who are now told by the same
authority, that division upon party
lines is a failure, and that an honest
administration of public affairs cannot
be gained by the election of partisan
Republicans to fill the city Offices They
must feel that somehow a cog has
slipped somewhere, and that we are
advancing backward TO the good old
days when there was the Peoples
party, and only the Peoples party, with
none 10 make il afraid.
FOLLOW NO FALSE GODS.
IF I have any influence. I want to
urge Democrats everywhere to follow
after no false gods. but to stand by
our party. Recently 1 read that the
Democrats of Utah are partisan
consider that a compliment to my
party. II means that its members, are
honest and sincere and strong in the
faith. We need such Democrats. -Four
months OF kepuDllcdn rule III lle udllOu
has brought silver below Sc cents per
ounce. Our mines are closing. Our men
are thrown out of employment Our
women look forward to a long and
hopeless winter, with children hungry
and cold. Democrats should everywhere |
keep the watchfires burning. and they
should not stray into paths which will
lead them into pitfalls"
e w. WILSON.
State Representative E. w. Wilson |
expressed himself thuslY:
With the attorneys of the Oregon |
Short Line. of the Union Pacific rail-
way, the Salt Lake & Los Angeles. and /
all the bankers OF Salt Lake. together
with the Republican aristocracy, am
unable to see wherein the peoples in
terests are going to be guarded, other
than in the way these institutions usu-
ailv guard them. 1t looks to me like !
an attempt TO demoralize the Demo-
cratic party and the silver forces. in
order 10 pave the way for sending
non-partisan goldbug to the United |
States senate. l notice that the Deseret |
News is the chief organ of the move
ment. In view of that papers recent |
effort to get a state printing contract |
at figure nearly double that for which