The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-08
CHARGES WERE
NOT SUSTAINED
Employees Are Not Forced to
:. Contribute to American
Campaign Fund.
JONES AND FERNSTROM
WERE WITHOUT PROOF
FernstrOm Admitted He Paid
Cash Into Democratic Tres
ury For Campaign.

vey, chairman of the special investigat-
ing committee of the City Council which
was appointed to Investigate into the
charges preferred by Councilman Fern
strom to the effect that employees OF the
street department had been compelled,
cent of their wages into the American
party campaign fund. Tho announce
ment was made by Mr.. Mulvey at the
close OF the Investigation which was
made in the Council chamber Tuesday
night before crowd OF the employees
OF the street department which filled
every available seat In the audience por-
tlon.
The proceedings can best be deslg-
mated as being a pure and simple farce
from beginning to end In SO far as sus-
talning the charges was concerned, and
II ever there was comedy enacted. II
was In the City Council chamber Tues-
day night.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. Mulyey, who stated the purpose of
the gathering. and then called on the
City Recorder to read tho letter which
had been written by William Jones,
charging Mr.. Raleigh with many things,
which Will be detailed later. and which
letter was presented by Mr., Fernstrom
In evidence that the charge he made
was true,
Releigh Denies Charges.
After the reading OF the letter, Mr..
Raleigh arose and denied each and every
charge made In the letter, ard also the
charge made by Mr.. Fernstrom.
Mr. Fernstrom was theg asked by
Councilman Crabtree, q member Of the
investigating committee, II he charged
that 10 per cent of one months wages
was being collected or 10 per cent Of all
their wages, Mr.. Fernstrom stated that
he meant 10 per cent Of all the wages
received. and designated II as "tithing."
Mr. Jones was then called on to sub
stontlate the charges he had made In
his letter, and was aDKed first II he had
been instructed by Raleigh to collect
any money from the men under him
when he had been foreman. Jones stated
that he had been furnished with instruc-
tions to that effect by Mr.. Atkins, Ra-
lcigh's clerk. Jones then produced a list
OF subscriptions which he had received,
amounting to s2465, and also produced
the money. which he offered TO turn over
to the chairman. This was declined,
however, by the chairman. who told
Jones that the best thing he could do
was to give the money back to the men
he had received IL from. Jones was
asked II he had been instructed to dis
charge any men who refused TO sub
"S'sDS' ~ 'hlo iUSoNlOu ue ItnDSQ
No" He was then asked If any OF the
men he had asked for money had OBJ
jected to giving IT, and his answer to
this was also in the negative
Jones was then asked why he had not
returned the money to some of the men
who had asked for 1t since he had been
discharged. His answer to this was
that he had lost the subscription list. In
answer TO the question as to why he had
fo- ho
ho had collected, Mr.. Jones stated that
he had been waiting for some OF the men
who had not paid to hand him their
money. Jones also stated that he had
put his own name to the list as n sub
scriber, and admitted in answer to a
question that he had not been threatened
with the loss Of his Job Il he failed to
subscribe. and In fact admitted that he
had not been asked TO subscribe at all.
Jones Has No Proof.
Jones was next asked for proof OF the
charge ne had made that Mr. Raj ,igh
has an interest in some saloon, and also
that the men on the street department
were compelled to dI ink at this saloon
or lose their Jobs. Jones admitted that
he had no proof at all, and that he had
merely heard 1t rumored
Jones was then asked for proof of the
charge that Mr.. Raleigh spends q good
deal OF time in saloon. He stated that
he had seen Mr., Raleigh In the saloon
himself. Asked how he came TO see him.
Jones said We'll in passing BY" Jones
also stated that ut times when he had
inquired for MIR. Raleigh. he had been
directed to some saloon. He was unable.
however, to nam0 the mon who had so
directed him.
Jones also admitted that he had no
proof OF the charge he had made that
Raleigh devoted a good deal OF his time
during working hours tending to private
business
Jones was then asked for proof for
he charge that Mr.. Raleigh had used
men employed by the city to do private
work. Jones stated that Raleigh had
ordered man TO do some work at the
corner OF North State and First streets
where excavation is going on for the
cellar OF a house. Jones designated
Thomas Holgate as tho man who had
'een employed in this work Holgate.
Who was present. was called on and stat
I'd that he had been instructed to clean
he dirt out OF the pavement In the gut
er so that the water from the street
usher would not be stopped up and
hat the work had taken him about three
lours and was In the regular course of
lis duties in keeping the streets clean
Jones admitted that he had no other |
harges to bring, nor could he think of !
nytbing further he wished TO say.
Mr.. Mulvey then asked Jones II IL WIS |
lot fact that he would not have filed |
he charges IL he had not been discharged |
or drunkenness while on duty Jones |
aid that he supposed he would not have
led any charges IL he had not been dis
harSed, but stated that he was not |
ware why he had been discharged
hough he did not deny that he had been
runk.
'ernstrom Quit; Preece Was Absent.
Mr.. Fernstrom was then asked by the
hartman II he had any further proof 10
resent. Mr.. Fernstrom stated that he
Ias not concerned with any OF the
harges made in the Jones letter ex-
epting the one relating to the collecting
T "tithing" and that Councilman Preece
ad promised to be present with some
Videhce. Councilman Preece was con-
picuous by his absence, however
MI Fernstrom also stated that he had
alked with o man by the name of Dill.