The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-26
MAYORS RECORD
WAS DISCUSSED
Some Reform Leaguers Unwilling
to Trust Thompson.
BUT WILL NOT TAKE SIDES
LEAGUE WILL MAKE NO RECON-
MENDATIoN TO VOTERS.

proved a lively ghost indeed at the
meeting of the Reform league in the
4 Templeton building. The mayors
: treatment of the ministers. his indif-
ference to the appeals for the Sunday
I closing of saloons until the council
crammed down his throat a resolution
\ demanding it. his laxity as to gam
/ bling during the greater part of his
! administration and other acts or lack
! OF acts were cited against him. Some
mildly extenuating remarks as to the
! mayors personality were made by Re
publicans present.
1t was decided to make no indorse-
ments as to the mayOralty candidates.
and there was no test vote on the reIa-
tive merits of any of the candidates.
AS far as the candidates for mayor,
recorder, auditor, city attorney and
/ city judges are concerned, the replies
/ 10 the questions asked them will be
made public without recommendation
The replies of the councilmanic can
didates viii be summarized and rec
( concentrations Will be made as to some
OF them Among those who are par
teularly under the ban are Robertson
and Daveler-
Questions Asked.
The meeting last evening was held
to hear the replies of the various can
didates to the following questions
II elected, viii you use your best
endeavors for the strict enforcement
4 OF the ordinances relating to:
1 Sunday liquor selling?
( y. Gambling houses?
.. Selling liquor to minors?
a. Selling tobacco to minors?
.. Allowing minors in saloons and
| billiard halls?
g. Are you willing to favor an ordi-
nance against Sunday baseball and
football playing?
=. VIII you pledge yourself to seek
a str1cter police supervision of certain
roominS houses. with the object of
dpatlng the evils therein prevailing? -
present at the meeting were repre-
SentatlVes of the Deseret Sundav
school union, the high council of the
Mormon church. Women's Christian
temperance union. Minister'S associa-
sion, Young Mems and Young Ladies'
" utuaI improvement associa ton.
Dung Peoples Christian union and
the Young Peoples Society of Chris
tan Endeavor. H. S. Cutler presided
ana Eugene NJ. Cannon was secretary.
The letters of the two candidates
Iof mayor were first taken I'D. The,-
answer all the question in the afirma-
tive except the one regarding SuDda,-
baseball playing. To this fbev re,,I-,
mat, although they do not favor s1lcb
an ordinance specifically. if one be-
came effective they would cndeaI-o,.
70 inforce il. After some discussion II
vas decided TO eliminate the Sunday
baseball issue
Discussed Mayors Record.
motion was made to discuss the
reiatlVe merits of the candidates. This
paved the way for the talk az, ar
mayors record on the ouestions az =
sue. Rev Richard Wake was one Of
the principal speakers He did not
make a direct attack on Mayor Tbon7n-
n Tut he was dubious about trust
y MIN TO carry out his promises. in
view of his record Mr.. Wake s,id
ne voted for Mr. Thompson ~ 80.
ago but he hesitated to do so a~air
cause OF the attitude of the mayor
uuIIhS MS administration on the very
questions now at issue. He recaIIeC,
.ne mayors treatment of the minis
terS, and his record on Sunday cIoe
ing, and asked if the mavoy c3,,15 -
trusted TO do better in the future IIa
ieslred information as to the relates
II tWorthlness of the two candidates
.t. ClneIs spoke in similar vein. and
JcsI' were replies by Republicans in
ueIense OF the mayor Mr. Tear,- a1so
ZANE IN for his share of praise
The entire subject was finaIiJC ro.so,,
We win the determination TO take
no active sides as to the candidates for
mayor. allowing the voters to decide
from the records.
Seven Failed to Reply.
only seven candidates failed TO ren1v
- lne questions These were John s
"a. eieT, ira n Lewis and five social
iSts- MT Lewis has withdrawn fron,
the race, and the socialists stood nv The
tePlS OF A. b. Elder. candidate for at
Iofhey- This left Daveler who is RIM
nlhS FOR the council. the only candidate
Mh" ignored entirely the letters sent
out by the league.
In all, fifty-nine replies were received
II was decided not to read all of them
out the reply of Councilman A. a. Rob,
eftson, who is a candidate for re-eIec-
ton in the Fifth precinct, was read ana
as follows:
In reply 10 the list of questions and
pledges presented by the Organization
of which your are secretary 1 would
First. am opposed to prediction
Second. at the close of nv nresant
term Will have served the people as
a member of the city council for four
years. iONi
If reelected. will work for the best
interests of the people at large, as |
have always done"
Eliminating the question as To base-
pan playing, the replies of the candi-
oates Tor recorder. attorney. auditor
and judges We're generally satisfactory
10 the league. Considerable sentiment
= etS SAoNN III lhe replies in favor of
sunday ball playing, but all were ready ,
70 enforce an ordinance on this subject
n passed Thomas and Tanner and
Norris Sommer answered in the affirm
ative Chris Diehl liked a Sunday ball
game, but was ready 10 enforce ordi-
nances. Similar replies were given bv
the other candidates for city Offices
outside Of the cOuncilmanic candidates
The league heard Secretary Cannon-s
summary OF the replies made by the
Would-be councilmen. and decided II
would take too much time to prepare a
report last evening. Some Of the re-
plies were not altogether satisfactory.
IL was finally decided to appoint a COM
mittee summarizing the replies of all
the candidates. and in some cases max /
ing recommendations for or against A
few Of them. The committee selected
Is made up of Rev. Richard Wake, Mrs {
and Eugene NJ. Cannon. 1t is !
expected that the summary viii be |
given out today.
ADVICE TO WHEELMEN.