The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-01
AMERICAN CITY BENEFITS,

The opposition seems TO be 's(ruck
all Of heap by the facility OF the
Council and the municipal administra
tion il, planning system which al
lows the pubic improvements of the
city to proceed without further delay,
in spite of the damaging legislation of
the Smoot machine. The opposition
press has been rampant during the time
that it was necessary TO formulate the
regulations and methods whereby pro
cedure could be had in spite of that un-
wise. biased. and partisan series of en-
actments whereby it was the hope OF
the reactionarics to stop Salt Lake s
progress But now that the municipal
plans have been perfected. the opposi-
tion press has nothing to say, but it
continues TO make faces. And Jhat is
about all that is left for it to do.
The most contemplate, tho most
mcndacious, the most inexcusable fea-
ture of the opposition activity in all
this matter has been the persistent cf-
fort to decry the good standing and
iniure the credit OF the city. 1t has
been put forth repeatedly in that press
that the city is bankrupt. that there
is no money TO pay for anything and
that the public finances here arc
ruined, In pursuance of this same ma
lignanr. false policy and outcry, it has
been explicitly, and yet with utter
falsehood, stated that the city war
rants are at n discount, and that con-
tractors refuse to receive them for
their work. Even worse is said Of
the scrip that is issued. But now that
the ordinance has passed allowing of
the exchange of scrip for warrants,
even that refuge of blatant scoundrcl
ism is stopped
The city administration and the City
Council both deserve the warmest rec
ognition from the people Of this city
for so well meeting an obstructive and
maliciously planned situation. There
was no reason whatever for the pas
sage of the Smoot machine legislation
designed TO stop further public i'm.
proyements in this city. II was a ref.
ugo of partisan scamps, of detractors
of the city's fair fame, Of those who
wish Salt Lake III and not well. and
who would he glad TO see the city
purged Of all business except the bust.
ness controlled by the church. These
reactionaries arc merely the agents,
exponents. and mouthpieces of the hier.
archie control which demands here that
everything shall bow 10 its sway and
that it shall receive the profit of every
enterprise. both public and private
But the day of that robbing villainy
has gone by, never 10 be restored. The
robbery by the hierarchy of the mem
bers Of its own church is also being
seriously threatened, and the value of
the remorseless robberies materially
lessened The city is all right; il viii
survive and thrive in spite of AL the
malicious opposition, of all the hier
archie curses, and Of all the plots and
devices of the lickspittles Of priest,
craft. The people know when they
are well served, and they know that
the present municipal administration
is doing good work and serving the
public better than il was ever served
before. They know that the triumph
of the church policies here means decay
and death TO business progress, and
they know that American supremacy
means life, vigor, activity, abundant
vitality, and the tremendous growth Of
the city in population and business