Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-27


TO be brought TO light later on.
on the 9Th OF October 1892 that IS
about Ave months after the settlement
OF this question by the Mayor ana Guy
Council, the following resolution was
presented BY Councilman Thomas ana
adopted.
"Resolved. That the committee on pQ'
lice and prison be and are hereDy ~
rected TO report next Monday eNeh'i,B'
upon the advlsability Of erecting tne
new iall in conjunction with q building
for the city criminal court and the nee
essary offices for the use Of the ponce
deuartnent. upon the lot Owned by tne
CIV on Fourth South between slate
street and Second East, ana the iur.
ther advlsabnlty Of selling the grouhd
uron which the present jail ana ponce
Offices were located.
The committee thus appointed made
the necessary Investigations as re-
oulred and on october 18Th 1902 made
the following reporI on the resolution
ON the matter Of resolution number
no bv Councilman Thomas, mat the
rommiltoe on police and prison DEPART
mrnt report upon the advisabillty OF
erecting the new city jail on Fourth
South. YOUR committee have considered
said resolution and recommend that a
change az the present iail slte be not
made AS We deem II unadNlsaple,
Signed by Eardley, Fernstrom ana
Hewlett
After the matter had been laid over
for ono week and there had been much
discussion concerning II In the papers
and by the public the report Of the
committee was taken up on Octooel
goth. 1902. and much bitterness OF splrlt
was made manifest and persona accu-
sations we're made, altogether improper
in that body and strongly resented by
the members to whom wrong motives
we're attributed The result was mat
the report OF the committee was adopt
cd by a vote Of eleven to four.
Now comes the singular and absurd
part Of the proceedings IN this matter
The Mayor vetoed the resolution OF the
council not 10 change the site
that had previously been Sc
lected with HIS approval TINS
astonishing veto was interposed on
october 9Th 1902. That Is to say
the Mayor vetoed mere negation. The
Thomas resolution was to request the
committee on police and FIRE depart
ment 10 Inquire into the adyisabllily OF
removing the jail site, and commit
tee reported against the removal the
council adopted the report, what was
there for the Mayor to take acUon
upon, anyhow? What does his veto
effect? The resolution which he APP
proved Ave months before selected Inc
iall site. This one simply decided that
there was no need for any change The
CITY Council, II It so pleases' may TAKE
no notice OF the Mayors alleged veto
or It may take some action concerning
f. The result viii be the same
II IL strange that tn, Mayors Legal
advisers would permit him to put MS
foot In It" in this ridiculous fashion
II Is well known that personally he mas
no, a very wide or deep understanding
OF legal affairs or Of civic procedure,
but those who pretend to an acquainI-
apee with such things ought to have
advised him an TO the folly OF this step
II Is to be regretted that such exhibl'
tons Of a lack OF understanding occur
In a eity of the Importance That at
taches 20 salt Lake
The veto which accompanied TINS
piece OK nothing, disappearing OF the
action Of the council In permitting the
Theater people TO repair the sidewalk
in front bf their premises may be tech
nIcally correct, There viii be no harm
done that We know Of In recurring the
work TO be done under the direction OF
the board Of public works, But such
permlssions as that granted by the
council have been given heretofore
without objection ana It looks very In
yidlous to make this discrimination
against the propretors Of the Salt Lake
Thealer. However we viii let that
pass.
We do not know what the city Coun-
ell proposes to do in reference to the
void veto" by the Mayor Of their re-
fusal to adopt a suggestion by one
Of their member. but In order to carry
out the design OF the parties who wish
to have the jail and court house re-
moved from the site selected by the
Mayor and council five or six months
ago, something more viii have to be
done than the singular kind OF proceed
Ing which we have herein exposed. The
council had better not follow In the
footsteps OF the Mayor and try to add
notbinw tn pothlnu