The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-16
'FERNY'S'' RECORD
SPRUNG ON HIM
How the Former Council
"CaucuSed" With Fern
StrOm at Its Head.
WAYS THAT WERE DARK
MARKED PROCEEDINGS
Star Chamber Proceedings Had
and the Lash Applied
by Churchman.

Editor Tribune-So the great co Fern
strom, after being bottled up for nigh
on TO three months, has uncorked him
self and poured out his wrath on the
American" Councilmen just because they
held q caucus TO consider and determine
whether their votes be aye or nay upon
a question involving several thousands of
dollars. TO be drawn from the city treas
ury MIR. Fernstrom is reported as say
irg:
We arc Informed by the evening papers that
the majority party has held caucus ana & oe,
termined 10 adopt this plan ~ is the @ nrSs
time in the history OF this city that the city
business has been done behind locked doors.
History Is Quoted.
Let us quote little history: The last
administration was composed OF SIN
Democrats Civc of whom were MoTmons)
and nine Republicans tseven OF whom
were Gentilcs) Does this great exponent
60 OF freedom deny that not single I'M
pcrtant matter regarding the proposed
city conduit that came before The CITY
Council had been previously decided upon
in caucus. held ut one place or another
ia this city, and that the said caucus was
composed OF the .ive Mormon Democrats
the two Mormon Republicans and the soil
tary non Mormon Democrat? II he de-
MES this. will he deny that all such Were
Invited to said caucuses and those VINO
did not attend either notified the eau
Gus that they would stand by amy action
of the caucus. or else did stand by the
action OF the caucus when u came TO
vote on the floor OF the Council2
Again; VIII Fernstrom deny that he
vas the prime leader In all the caucuses
Whether such caucus business was done
behind locked doors" or not II is hard
10 say. as such meetings were unknown ex-
ccpt to the favored few.
Cannot Deny Holding Caucus,
Again: WIN MIR Fernstrom deny that
caucus Of the majority" members of the
lstc Council Uhc term majority was
applied to the seven MuTmons and one
non MorH.on member of the CounCil-two
sc-called Republicans and six so-caled
DemocratS) was called after the last
election TO cndeavor To put through
ythousand-doll appropriation be-
fore the new party came into power? The
caucus failed of ITS called purpose But
who kicked over the traces. Mr., Fern
strom voted for the appropriation.
The proposition never came before the
Council, for 1t was known that the Cen
tile Councilmen were to a man opposed to
the grab Continuing. Mr.. Fcrnstrom is
reported as saying:
How About Light Grabp
know there are members Of this Council
who viii vote for this grab tonight who in
their secret hearts arc opposed to IL; but be-
cause n caucus has decreed IT, they Will vio-
late their conscicnces which God has given
them. / tell YOU. gentlemen when YOU do
that you Nolnte your oaths Of office
How opportune II would have been had
the willy Fcrnstrom made this shot at the
time the final vote was taken on the Utah
Light and Railway grab, for it was well
known that two Mormons were opposed
to the proposition, but kept their peace
and voted as had been counseled,
Continuing, the report says:
Mt Fernstrom pointed out that five men
one-third OF the Council. We're sufficient
dominate caucus. and declared that the
spectacle OF 1--WE men running the business Of
n.Il gHa NHifin arl
One Was Whole Thing.
Now. I submit, Mr. Editor, that II is
far better for the taxpayers OF this city
that five Councilmcn, according to Fern
stroms logic, run this city than II has
been during the four years previous when
OF running IL himself, alone. through In
structiors received from the inner cir
Gle at the head of State street.
Finally, has Mr.. Fernstrom forgotten
the Council of l9O2-lsO3. which was com
posed OF eleven Republicans and four
Democrats (SeVen GENTLE Republicans,
fc ur Mormon Republicans and four Nor
mon Democrats with the Hon. Ezra
Thoml son. Mayor
Mayor Was Baked
Has he forgotten how impossible, abso-
lutely. IL was for Mayor Thompson to get
any measure through the Council which
he and the seven Gentle Councllmcn fa-
VCred? Docs he not know that he (Fern-
sIrom) WAS the leader OF the majority
OF this Council. which was composed of
the four Mormon Democrats and the four
Mormon Republicans. and this alliance
was a continual hcadblock against any
thing Mayor Thompson and the seven
Gentle Republicans favored? And OF
such is politics in Utah. Still. after all
Fernstrom has done n great deal of good
ir the Councillor some.
OF course. no caucus was necessary
With the majority Of this Council The
tdict went forth through Speaking in
Tongues" SKIDOO.