The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
COUNTY OFFICERS
ARE RESTRAINED
Commissioners Acts in Land
Tax Award to Be
PrObed.
JUDGE MORSE SIGNS
TEMPORARY INJUNCTION
Manager of Evening Telegram
Alleges Fraud in
Award.

Judge Morse Of the District court Thurs
day afternoon Issued an order restrain
ing and ontoining tho County Com
missioners and the County Clerk from
carrying out the terms of the award made
by the commissioners the day before in
the matter Of the printing of delinquent
land taxes in an alleged daily newspaper.
The order was issued at the request Of
D, Elliott Kelly, president and business
manager of the Salt Lake Telegram.
Clerk Eldredge had already anticipated
the order. and refused to either allow the
alleged sheet 10 enter into a contract or
TO have the lists. Thus the matter Will
stand until the court has adJudicated the
question at issue,
Commissioners in Timberland.
The first thing one heard in the joint
building Thursday morning was that the
County Commissioners had called meet
ing for p m. Just what their purpose
was in calling this meeting was not an
nounced but II was supposed TO have
reference to the award of the tax list
publication. However that may be, none
of them stuck his nose in the build
Ing during tho day 1t was asserted
that they are waiting in the edge OF the
tall timber till the first flush OF indigna-
ton passed of
Telegram Managers Allegations.
Manager Kelly, In his application for a
restraining order and such other relief
as in the premises may be necessary, al
legcs that invitations were sent 10 the
papers OF the city April Il, asking ior
sealed bids for printing the delinquent tax
lists That bids were submitted by the
Herald 81 cents per name and description.
Salt Lake Tribune % cents; salt Lake
Telegram. l9ss cents. 1ntermountain Re
publican 9 cents: that the bid of the said
paper was ambiguous and uncertain.
whether the cents was for cach descrip-
tion for each publication; making Iaat,a. 'ne ne
whether II was intended to be cents Tor
each description for Ave publications.
Deseret News Had No Bid.
The plaintiff !s Informed and believes,
continues the complaint, that at ~
o'clock on the morning OF April % the
Descret News had not submitted any bid;
and after the other bids had been opened
and were being considered by the County
Commissioners someone, whose name is
unknown to plaintiff, telephoned 10 the
Deseret News and requested them to sub
nit bid TO publish each description nye
times for II cents, which bid was by said
County Commissioners esaaLsd nIesalIs anu
Saw Commissioners Own Stock.
The COmDlalnl alleges lD6t tile CoihIii'S
sioners and the clerk OF the court are
owners OF stock in the successful bidder
In his prayer the Telegram manager asks
that a restraining and en1oininE 9raer Is
sued. that If the contract shall have al
ready been entered into defendant news
paper be restrained from publishing the
list; that tho contract with 1he IN dad adesed sed
that nothing be done in the premises until
this cause of action shall be heard
Judge Morse Grants Injunction.
After reading the papers and affidavit In
the case. Judge Morse signed an order
granting the entire prayer OF the peu-
tioner and get 10 O'Clock TO-DAY Tor the
hearing of the case.
1t is Interesting to note that although
the commissioners deny -, that more thar than
missioner Wilson called Miss Cooley Clerk
Eldredgc's deputy. and told her that the
Dcseret News had been awarded inc con-
tract at IL cents.
Clerk Eldredge Stands Pat.
This appears very strange In view of the
fact that Clerk Eldredge had been In.
structed so he insists emphatically, to no.
tfy the makers of the Scent bid that
Why was il necessary for Chairman VII
son TO tell Miss Cooley anything at all.
since Clerk Eldredge had been present at
f sfe sss ESfedse In II ne
a meeting under their hat after he had
gone to luncheon that would explain Mr..
wilson s message 10 MISS 1OOlsys
Was There Second Meetingp
II they held no second meeting. how did
they manage TO change their decision
Clerk Eldredge says he was present till
the end of the meeting. This meeting was
at noon. Then he went home to his
made his records read as they now read.
and they do not mention the Deseret
News, Clerk Eldredge says the bid OF the
alleged paper was not ambiguous and
that the commissioners were so informed.
News Bid Illegal.
He says the bid from the News came
In over the phone after ~ o'clock and
that II would have been illegal to take
cognizance OF It had II been a sealed bid
ord bid OF the Telegram at 1sA cents, he
SAYS he opened this bid personally. the
envelope being addressed to him as clerk.
ter but he had witnesses take note of the
fact. noted 1t in his minutes and called
the attention OF the commissioners To II
The senled bid of the News came long
had adjourned. by special messenger.
Denies Being Stakeholder.
Clerk Eldredge denies that he is stock
holder in the paper in question and that
he has any pccuniary interest in 1t. what
ever.
Calls 1t Nasty Mess.
THE whole gist OF the matter is TINT
the commissioners have got themselves
into a pretty nasty mess.' said Mr. Ed
redgc, land they Will have to cxtricate
made OF the meetlng-it is a correct
record and II will not be changed until the
commissioners hold another meeting and
have II changed ] do not care what Com
missioner Mackay or anybody else says
the Scent bid was awarded the contract .
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