Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-30

| those officials VINO handle TIE city
| finances and most certainly not the
| Office Of a lawyer, not his law books,
! Therefore he argued that that part OF
| the committees report relating TO the
| Investigation Of the city attorneys
! Office was put In for the purpose of at
| lacking Mr.. Nyc's character and was
| properly expuuged from the records of
! the council. He stated that he would
never use the floor OF the council TO
| blacken a mans character when that
man has not the opportunity To- protect
himself He entered a strong protest
against the adoption Of the resolution
and thereby bringing further contempt
upon the council for It's ridiculous acts,
CoTTRELL TAKES THE FLOOR.
President Cottrell called Councilman
Tuddenham TO the chair and took the
floor IN defense OF the resolution. He
argued that the memhtrs OF the COM
mlttCe had not been given reasonable
opportunity 10 make retractl0n; that
Mr.. Nye had come to him just at the
time the council should have been
called to order last Monday night and
asked for consultation. They went
into the committee room and remained
there for about ten minutes, he said,
aud he told Mr.. Nye that II the reports
concerning his Office We're untrue he
would make u retraction. Mr. Nye
drew UP q report and sent II by MI
Robinson for the signature Of the other
members Of the committee. Mr.. Cot
trell stated that he refused to sign It
because some parts Of II were object
tionable. and he suggested that the
matter be referred TO committee for
consideration, The next thing he heard
of H. he said was when Mr.. Nye had
filed his action for criminal libel. He
was not willing to trust his case 10
Mr. Nye and urged that money be APP
propriated for hiring an attorney to
defend himself and Mr.. Fernstrom
THE NYE RETRACTIoN,
During his argument President Cot
trel read a part Of the retraction
which Mr.. Nye wanted him to sign.
The retractlon IN full Is as follows
1--WE, your committee on finance who
submitted report No. 591 on June 10,
1903 I'm relation 10 the auditing of the
accounts OF the various departments OF |
the city I'm which report the following !
statement was made, tthe reference 10
the grand jury investigating the city
attorneys office was here inserted) |
beg to report further that We find our |
forme report was wrong and untrue |
and did the city attorney an injustice |
That his department has neither been !
investigated or questioned in any man |
ner by the grand jury and we ask |
leave to withdraw our former report |
No. $40 and destroy the same and sub |
NIT new report at the next meeting |
Of the council
WAS NO MALICE.
Robinson explained that there was |
no malice or intention to cast reflection |
upon any person on his part In the |
committee report lie was Of the opin-
ion that Mr.. Nye had been rather hasty |
In his action and should have given the |
gentlemen an opportunity TO retract. II |
looked to him as II the council was |
bound TO defend the two councllmen IN
their official capacity. The reason he
signed the retraCtion drawn up by Mr.. |
Nye was because he was not as posi-
tive Of the matter contained In the
original report as the other members
Of the committee We're. Daveler moved
that the entire matter be laid on the
table. but his motion was lost By vote
Of four to eight r II, Davis motion
TO refer the resolution 20 the commit
tees was then carried unanimously.
SOUTH TEMPLE PAVING.
The Alta club, the University club
and other property owners petitioned |
the council TO pave the south half of
South Temple street from state street
TO the east line of the University club
property, Later the committee on
streets recommended that South Tenn
pie street be paved on the north half
from State to street and on the south
half from State 10 the east line OF the
University club property as mentioned
In the petition above The report OF the
committee was laid over for one week
to allow the residents an opportunity
to meet with the streets committee
Monday night a,d look over the plans
for the paving
WILL SELL RESERVOIR SITES.
j. NJ Thomaa. In behalf Of the own.
ers. called the councils attention to
number Of lakes and reservoir sites In
Bic and Little Cottonwood canyons
which they would be glad to sell 10 the
city, The matter was referred TO the |
committees on finance waterworks and |
reservoir site.
MISCELLANEOUS
Ftrustroms resolution was passed
providing for the appropriation of $500
for use by the city engineer In sinking
for bedrock oa The reservoir site and
opening stone quarry for use In sup
plying stone Tor the, reservoir
The appointment Of Ben Culver as
special policeman az the Twenty fourth
ward amusement han 10 act without
pay from the city submitted by Acting
Chief Burbidge was confirmed by the
The committee on license reported In
favor Of granting the salt lake Attn
Ieuc q Baseball club free license for
baseball games during this season. The
report was adopted by the council by
vote
The drivers OF The sprlnkling carts
An ma 90 u half nnlfllnN ~, ~ "a ftaV- |