Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-25
CITY SHOULD OWN
PUBLIC UTILITIES
So Declares Or. chas. G. Plum
mer Republican Candidate
For Mayor.
COLLECTIVE INSANITY"
senator sutherland Declares "Amcri-
can Party shows Increasing
symptoms of a.

The reform" administration Coo vogue
Boz salt Lake City. was discussed by
Ur Chaa q Plummor. Republican cane
di8ats for mayor at "a Republican rally
held last night in the Ladies' Literary
club
Dr. pIumwcr explained how tho ro-
formers looked 10 him. and Boo his
diagnosis declared that they showed
symptoms of badly needing reform
themselves.
"Ther, are too many hands ln the
blc he said. too many people engaged
Bon the business of trying to run thc
city. and there Is always complaint
from those who get the last grab.
favnr simplifying the city government.
and public ownership OF public utli-
dos"
THE rally is the FIRST of the campaign
hald Boy the Republican party. IL "as
presided over by r.. ID. p. Thompson.
ard was attended mostly oy voters
in tre Fifth precinct. being given under
the auspices OF the Womens Repuhli-
can club at a Fifth ward rally
The speakers We're d. Pimmcr
senator Geo. sutherland, p. O. Leather
wood. John J.. Meakn, r. ID. r. 1homu-
son. and Henry cohen. The speech
making was preceded hy music from
thp Republican quartet. ana Followed
be refrcshmcuts. served iu me supper
rooHs.
In. Plummer. who was announced
inst smoke ou governmental principe
declaring dat the city government ID.
any city was just ar good CAS- the pepp.t
.-r1 raprestnt 30 officially. and poo h"f-
en- why is 10" DE said, that we nav.
.Y walt six or eight months % s'l
bslauc, from the city treasurer books.
WHY can't we have "a balance every
highs II it is desired
.Tr "A voter goes Co the city and
.euutv building Too ask what l7 TO-.
rslance IN the city treasury Doe l- told
.,- some t,yo-dollar clerk to get Out
These rcformers need reforming
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.
Dr Fmmmer continued at length up-
30 the principles of free government
holding that every administration
1urht 10 bee able CD invite the people N
.u help it, Il believe iu public owner
shin of public utilities, Doe declared.
a believe the city should own It's cleo
.ric light and its own street railway
system. II the city owned Cos own uiul-
los there would never come time
rl-p A franchise would Doe held up
year before it was granted
SENATOR SUTHERLAND.
senator sutherland said that he had
secn trying TO ind out what was Hrons
With the American party ana hau
ourd that il was afflicted with collcc-
live insanity
..witchcraft." he declared. lis q
chase of lunacy that has long since
zone into limbo. but the modern style
az brainstorm In this locality b. hicr-
Jrchphobia. when anything happens
ia salt Lake We have self-rishleous
set OF lunatics who own, manage ana
,cntrol the salt Lake Tribune with ITS
hired prevaricators and character ass
gassins who proceed 90 complain 1i
everything that is done. These people
are not satisfied with abusing tnnS.
who disagree with them but they OBJ
icct 20 the people they abuse uniting
together % abate a nuisance.
"Supposng. for am example thal
two or three years ago, when there
we're party lines Coz Utah that coterie
OF Mormons got together and organ
ized what they pleased Co can an
American panty. che main object ot
which was No Ecntiles need apply.
How long would 30 Doe before the gene
tiles and the fair-muded Morm"ns
were NIlNNNANlh N'hN.ANNt '' t''"NN H.'""
partye
DUTY FOR DECENT MEN.
I'll would be the patriotic duty of
every dcccut-thinMug man 90 beat
that sort Of an aggregation. IN hap
gens now that we have "a condition
that is cN-ctly the reverse of that. but
10 is poor rule that won't work boln
ways. This party called American i.
engaged in "a campaign that declares
iu substance and effect that uI Nor
mon or Jack Mormon-aud by t11t
thcv mean people who believe That the
lights ~ Morm0us are ~ sacred CAS-
uy others. and those who are loyal
to their own couscicuces-that 300 Nor-
mon or Jack-Morm0n need apply
AN ABSURD CHARGE
u believe &c is the duty of the pe
ule OF this city whether they ctu
themselves Republicans Democrats
Socialists or otherwise. 90 unite TO-
gethor until this American party
beaten al The polls The AmrI'oan
party declares that The Republican,
and Democrats are under in' dun.-
nance OF the Mormon church. n state
ment ] hclicg, and which I know
reputable men OF au parties believe Co
be absolutely and absurlE lals'.
FUSION rs PATRIOTIC
$50 long as this American party is |
m existence. we cannot have HHiI. /
politics n Salt IaE0 bon amy s.uso. hu, |
thew must De- gotten out OF t1C way /
frst Get together and beat the roI- I
cal lfe out 1f tuIs OrFfuIztN"u az iNn I
polls Boo November The American /
partv is the common enemy aud Nd. .
common ynlfer of both old political .
MEAKINs VIEW