Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-05
Session Of Council Tonight May
Be Enlivened With Raleigh's
Resignation.
COMMITTEES AFRAID TO ACT.
Tryjnu to Unload Street Super
visor and Chief of Detectives
But Lack Support.
srayor Thompson is, Angry While
Financial Backers Plan House,
Cleaning to Prepare Campaign.

From the promise of this afternoons
nolitical weather bureau the man WHO
was caught in the lake when the storm
blew so hard Saturday night had
neaceful time of 1t compared with what
the city councilmen will have tonight.
A dark and stormy night is brew
Ing. Whether it breaks or not depends
ON what the police committee does 10
"Defective' Raleigh, what the street
committee does to Street Supervisor
Raleigh, what Mayor Thompson does
10 the city council and what the party's
hackers do to Crabtree, Black and 9TH
ers whose flibustering on the railway
franchise is too suggestive.
There is much to be heard these days
of the Tribune's recent flop from the
sheets end of the Sheets Kearns camp,
and of the general airing the "Ameri-
can" party leaders are trying to give
the office-holding faction of the party.
Among the names of the tainted Rail
eigh, chief of detectives, has figured
prominently. This is because Parent
the sure thing man cleared up the very
dark mystery of how the O'Brien gang
got out of town so suddenly after the
McWhirters came back, by testifying
that Raleigh came to them at the rem
devious on South Temple street and
told them they must go because the
suckers" were back and had gone to
interview the sheriff He also testi-
fed that Raleigh knew all about the
bunco business and complimented the
Parent Bell duo on keeping their game
SO quiet that 1t was safe for the police
TO let them operate.
TAINTED NAMES.
The name OF Sheets had no moro
faint upon 1t than has the name of
Raleigh, for it was the same brush
that tarred them both in their attempt
TO graft, and the main opposition to
Raleigh's continuing in office comes
from the same sources as that which
resulted In the downfall of Sheets. 1t
is not in the city council, as a whole,
but In outside forces that are operat-
ing through the police committee. This
the council, for 1t is afraid that 1t
would show to all the world the wide
open split in american" party ranks
by bringing the fight into the glare of
an open meeting. For this reason 1t IL
feared that other important businesses
viii preclude the taking up of the RAJ
leigh case. This makes the question of
his resignation one of whether 1t is due
tonight, or whether 1t is not quite
ripe yet
STILL ANOTHER RALEIGH.
The case of Raleigh, the street 'su-
percisor." is in about the same condi-
ton. The party leaders know that the
shameful neglect of the streets and the
eSorbitant cost of the department at
the same time has made it the laughing
stock of the town. UP on the hill
there Is a boulevard on which the Com.
mmerclal club spent. 5000 and on which
the city spent over $4,000 before the
days OF Mr.. Raleigh. 1t lies there now.
almost. but not quite passable, and
down In the street committee of the
american" party there are men who
have their Instructions to number tho
days of the supervisor" but who are
almost, but not quite, strong enough
10 do II i'm an open council meeting
MAYOR THOMPSON WEARY.
Mayor Thompson knows about this.
He also knows of other things and the
net result of his knowledge is sud-
oenly developed desire to resign. What
may come of II is not definitely known
today becauce before tonight's meeting
Mr.. Thompson may be seen and fixed
to stay at the helm while the chles
deck swab" takes possession OF the
governmental ship with a disinfectirg
can and barrel OF whitewash.
wHITEwAsHING PROGRAM.
The whitewashlng program includes
the use Of disinfectant on all that
Whltewash Will not clean up and the
graft germ Is said to sucoumb rapidly
TO 'ich treatment. There is a definite
charge Of this kind IN the possession of
the street committee again Raleigh. IL
Is declared that he has taken q great
deal Of paving material from the city
ana city oOuncilmen are asked to go
down and inspect his premises. includ-
ms the floors of his barns, TO see IL
they can discover where the paving has
gone to- In case OF final show OF
strength this charge may be formally
nude again Raleigh, and his ~ re con-
hoeton with the department an led out
With that as "A basis.
STORM is GATHERING.
~ 70 the case 'l)etecllFe Geo II
Raleigh, he has not yet announced
plan OF campaign In his own defense,
mat includes his early resignation.
Whlle the storm has been gathering
about him equally with that of Sheets
II has not broken strong enough I'm his
quarter yet TO drive him to cover m
me manner that a man usually takes
who gees that II Is time to 30 In out
OF the wet, for fear Il VIII become u
SELDOM DIE, NEVER RESIGN"
u WAS also stated that before RAJ
ielgh Joined the Mormon ting Amer
leans he belonged 10 class of which
II Is said; They seldom die end new
or resign But this does not cover tho
emergency OF an unexpected removal.
information has been received that
Halelgh has expressed himself TO the
erect that when he Is convinced that
ne Is deserted and left high and dry as
was SAeeiH. by American" party lead
CTS no would quit. In other words, II
ne receives an oificial iniimatlon that
ne u 70 be removel he VIII heat them
10 H. 70 use the term used.
JUST how much convincing the "silont
ono requires Is not known. Geoi-ss
Sheets was quickly convinced and step
a.