Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-29

eacn or whom rs Respectable, thNpay-
ing and able citizen and a vigorous, ac-
tive Republican.
Now let US see how much Of fact there
In in the allegations against them, by
which II viii be shown what vast vol
ume of fiction has been printed on the
subject. The only question on which II
can truthfuly be claimed that those
four Republicans alone Joined with the
four Democrats IN the Council, was In
the contest over the Sheets appointment
by the Mayor And that the eight mem
bers We're right and the. seven were
wrong. was settled by judicial decision.
Now did the four Democrats go over to
the four Republicans or vice versaY
And what does II matter which four
Joined with the other2
In the pumping plant controversy It
took ten members TO override the May
or's repeated yetoes so that six Repub-
Leans joined with the four Democrats
In those actions, or the four Democrats
Joined with the six Republicans. Why
jump on the four Republicans and ig-
more the other two? 1t was Of ncces-
sity the same on all the vetoes inter-
posed by the Mayor that were over
ridden by the Council why, then, this
continual attack on the selected four2
VIII the self-appointed exponents OF
the party that elected the majority Of
the city Council, please point out
wherein the rejection OF the Mayors
nominee for Chief OF Police, the over
ruling OF his vetoes in the pumping
plant, mattress water right and other
propositions that he opposed, was
either, as charged, detrimental to the
progress Of the city or contrary to Re
publican principles"
The Mayor fought every project to
Increase the citys water supply that
did not 1T into his reservoir scheme.
The majority OF the council did not see
as he did. He may have been as sim
cere AS they and he was certainly as
persistent. But they had the deciding
power and exercised II. The great
body OF the citizens approve Of the
course Of the majority OF the council,
and II has been acknowledged by OPP
ponents Of the measures adopted, that
they We're the water salvation Of the
city as well as OF large portion Of the
county.
Wherein were these measures "con-
trary to Republican principles?' WIN
the Tribune, that makes the charge,
show us where the connlc, comes In?
Does It mean TO say that Republican
principles are hostile to greater wat
err supply, or to the pumping Of water
In particular? Or will It still maintain
that II is antl-Republican to differ with
the Mayor? That' paper has taken the
untenahle ground that It was the duty
OF the eleven Republicans IN the coun-
ell to obey the mandates OF the Re-
publican Mayor, and that they were
elected for that purpose. The propo-
sltlon Is monstrously absurd, The
charter OF the city stamps II as unmlti-
gated error.
But, In any event, why are four OF
the six Republicans who took issue
with the Mayor on Important public
questions picked out for attack, when
the other two and sometimes more were
in the same boat? And what party
principle was involved in either Of
the disputes between the council and
the Mayor? Wherein was the party
betrayed" in the votes cast by the ma
jorlty OF the Republicans In the coun-
ell? One Republican official took GER
tain grounds on public questions, and
six or seven and sometimes more took
an opposite position Is II Republican
doctrine that the one was greater than
the seven? We do not so understand II,
but perhaps our contemporary can give
US greater light on the matter.
AS to those four Democrats! They
voted on a number Of occasions with
six or seven or more Republicans Did
the tail wag the dog? Inquiry will
develop the fact that tee Republicnns
In the council who took the other side
on the questions disposed of, would
have hailed with joy the coalition" OF
the four Democrats, who were offered
every possible inducement to join them
but resisted. If they had gone over to
the "other fellows would the Tribune
have attacked the latter as TRAITORS TO
their party?
Let us have little consistency, even
just before election times among pro-
fesslonal politicians journalistic and
otherwise The truth VIII win In the
end. why attack public men with
falsehood and undeserved abuse? The
Deseret News Is not championing Re-
publican principles or measures, MOI
defending or attacking Democratic
members of the council We only want
to see fair play and the truth pre-