The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-03

men came the COUncilmen The res
I olutlon liked their salaries at 1855 per
CoUNc1LMEN's PAY REDUCED.
Wiscomh moved to make the pay SO
per month"; CaIlister amended by maxi
ing me sum S35 per month, including
an services Newell wanted to make it
second.
In support Of his resolution Caflister
| made a speech. This is nothing I'M
! common. but is mentioned as an incl
dent OF the meeting. He declared il
Was Door taste in counciimen who were
gong out Of Office TO say that their
successors should get but 81 per year
ano directed attention to the fact that
! ID members Of the council had voted
70 return 20 per cent of their pay to the
treasury, but that some mad drawn all
! enat was coming TO them during their
| terms.
Wiscomb took this as personal to
/ llllnseI and asserted that he had voted
against the resolution mentioned by
canister and had drawn all his salary
/ and intended doing the same right
! fee - - u
This promped CaNister to say there
Wes no doubt about that
The salaries Of the couneilmen were
llxed at 1865 per year by the same old
Ia me original resolution there was a
provision to the effect that the bonds
! of the treasurer be bought by the coun
cll OF one OF the recognized surety cCm-
p4nles. Diehl favored 'ahfs. because
when the bonds are furnished by a
company at given price. whenever
uhefe IS a Shortage it is Immediately
made I'D. These firms keep a man
Who goes around from time to time and
auctts the books and makes a report.
SO there IS a constant check upon the
funds. The books are AUDITED for
nothing and the work is always in
hand The company does not allow the
| fuflSs TO be deposited in hanks Which
are sSalNv and the system is by far
safer
Bu: this matter did not go. 1t was
voted down.
ABOLISHED MAYORS CLERK.
Canister then offered motion
a'bclisiai1lg the Office of MAYORS clerk
and ehe office of captain of police.
O'Nleara raised the poinG that this
was eXtr@neops matter and could not
be considered III connection with the
resolution
The chair ruled that the motion was
germane.
Lloyd mildly suggested THAT if the
office Of caDtain of police was abol-
ished, That department. would be With
cut a head
To his Canister b1avely made reply
that he did not care whether IL was or
not. What he wanted wos 10 save
money for the taIIayeTS and the way
70 save Was 10 save This assertion
WSg greeted with derisive cries from
the n.ln0ray but Cailt5ter went on
about the drl-y the council owed TO the
public ara ali that sort CT thing, until
becoming tired he sat down to rest.
It waa then tflat Muirey said he
doubted the wisdom of tamperlng Wi n
the police department. At the begin
ming cf the rex year tgle city would
be rid cf the fire and police bard and
all the expense it had caused. He di-
rected e.leentica 20 the fact THAT the
city had che chief Of police now under
SUSPENSION who could not be tried be-
cause CO me refusal of one commits
sluner to act, and said The matter
would be adjusted IN the courts. Until
that time it would be wisdom to let the
police department. alone
Mulvey confirmed tEzt the city was
in deplorable condition. But the is
sue would have TO be net ana now vas
the time 10 DO it. Unless something is
GoEa, next year al this time, the city's
paper VIII be selling at rs cents on the
dollar and the men who work viii be
the sufferers. Tia revenue which is
coming from the present tax levy is
not Sufficient 10 meet the expenses OF
line city. There is NJ USE TO say this IS
poll'tics. The money has grt to be had
and Were is il coming from? The
council has it in It's power to save some
S25 600 or $50 900 by reducing salaries.
Tha council should do that. The mem
be,-s were face to face with the issue
ari should no turn their back, when
.he upopl2 expect them to act. The
next c9uriefl is to be pftled if This coun-
cA does not do its duty, fer Ele people
viii reproacih them for sonle;hlng they
cannot help. Next year sinking funG
Of $4,000 has gclt to be raised and the
c,uociI viii have TO borrow money, as
this one has done Of McCornicH, al
T. n interest
GerafagIy sDeaking, he was proud of
the record Of the council. 1t had re-
duced the running expenses OF the eity
Ss2 600 GER wear for two .7edTS. Wnen I
elected Il found 100000 in debts 70 meet /
u;.,-e = di1 Nc. know Of But now
when Il has ii in its power to still |
fur, iher reduce expenses 1t should moi /
shrink f3,c7n the task
Stewart was aggrieYed at Mulvey's |
statements and made a long speech IN I
reply. rs too long 10 print. He went /
over the same ground Mulvey did as
relates 10 saving money by the council /
but said nothing about making seiii (
further reductions Stewart was N !
terrupted several times and his address ,
was somewhat misJointed. but he man /
aged to say the present council had re- /
tired $50. 900 in debts and was NOT 50 /
had as the newspapers pictured Ii. he (
did net deny that the debts incurred /
during the last few months were paid 4
with money borrowed Of Mccormick, 1
but maintained if they hadn't borrowed /
it the laborers would have suffered.
After some more talk Dale quit the 7
chair to come down and say il the peo- /
pie could get along without a police /
eautafn in 1897 they could in 1898 and /
that u months more of present work (
ing ought TO put the city in good /
shape.
CUT OFF EsLINGER.
The council voted to abolish the Of (
fee Of mayors clerk and the captain /
of police.
Then there was a whole lot of dis
cussicn over the O'Mesra ordinance, !
O'Meara and Mulvey contendinS that |
il should he taken up and discussed !
and reported on
To print all that was said on that |
subject would be TO fiil a page, but il |
wasn't reported except that the com |
mittee said it would recommend that !
the enacting clause be stricken out
O'Meara protested and asked that |
the council so into The matter at |
length He declared there were city (
officials who were getting bigger sal /
aries than bank cashiers, and some
thing ought 10 be done. Take the entire
list and go through with Il.
The contention of the majority, as
EXPRESSED by many of them, was that