Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-11
MARTIN Now SAYS
SOMEONE TOLD HIM.
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His Charge is stoutIy Denied by
MightWatchman
Riley.
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MAYOR MAY BE ouTvoTED
MAYOR MAY BE ouTvoTED
Reconsideration of Pitts Removal
May Hold Surprises If Per
suadcrs" Get Busy.

After declaring positively that he
personally knew of house of lllfame
which was being operated on South
Temple street, and admitting the cor
a.cctness of the Interview which ap-
peared in morning paper and credited
the statement to him, Councilman l.,
d. Martin was yesterday forced to adj
nit that hts sole knowledge of such
Il house came from lletesay, and that
otherwise he knew nothing OF II. In
the same connection, however MI.
Martin maintained that his WORD IN inc
Y matter was good.
The question of the alleged house
arose over the attempt on the part Of
the councilman, whose hand rests
heavy on the American" party til
Ter, to prove. that the stockade being
built for the better advertising of the
red light district, Is good clean mum
cipal measure. Mr.. Martin. IN making
the statement that the women of the
town had been driven from place to
place, and were now scattered through
s out the city, WAS trying to show that 1t
was a righteous measure which, looked
to their herding together some place,
and in this connection made the state
1nent concerning the alleged house,
which he later acknowledged he had
made without other evidence than what
someone had told him, although he first
positively asserted he personally knew
OF it.
A MORAL CESsPooL.
sa Although L.. ID, Martin Is a city oils
cor, and knows that the conduct of
places such as he positively asserted
he knew to be In operation is Illegal.
he admits that he made no report of
the matter to any officer and took no
steps whatever to suppress the alleged
ga 1 4 ron
all of which is presented in the guise
OF a sort of sugar-coated moral pill, for
the good Of the people, Councilman
Martin contends for the opening of
cribs and other places Of illfa,ne, all
Enclosed in q stockade, making a whole
sale moral cesspool, basing the real ar
sgument on the fact that certain tnan-
scial interests see a chance to collect
a fat rent roll from the dcnizens OF
such q place.
STATEMENT is DENIED.
The lie is fatty given to The state
ment that there is such IL house as
Councilman Martin said existed by
NlghtWatchman Riley, who is paid by
property owners OF that street, and who
PATROLS It regularly every night. Mr..
Riley makes the statement that there
is no such house and thatit could not
+ be In operation there Without his
knowledge. 5l8 ts3a:
Although little else was discussed, or
has been for that matter since the ;c-S
4 ton OF the Mayor last Monday night
in sending his decapitatiun Of Chief
of Police Pitt TO the council, little If
anything Which could be construed as
news in the matter is heard Just now
the principal theme oftgossip in popliti-
cal circles over the matter, is the prob
able attitude Of the council toward the
matter at Monday nights meeting.
WILL. SACRIFICE MAYOR.
Everyone admits that 1t Us too early
to take anything like Il satisfactory
canvass of the council vote on the mat
Il ter, as everyone knows that there is
still enough time between now and next
Monday night, for q large number of
the councilmen to change their views
very materially if .persuaded.'
rs, THERE'S q growing feeling. which at
first was largely in favor OF the belief
n that the mayor would receive the sup
port of the council to the effect That
there Is nothing certain about thetmnt-
\ ter, and many lean to the belief that
in the matter of reconciliation, the
4 mayor Is destined to get much the
worst of the contest, and his removal
Of Pitt be discredited This belief Is;
largely based on the fact that when
the vote is taken. which ut first sus
tanned him, many who SO voted did
So because they had been left in ig-
noranca OF the real cause Of his ac-
1 ton. and voted as they did as the
only safe course to be pursued, These
who are Sotarics at the '4American''
party shrine, it Is now believed, have
been sufficiently enlightened. ana may
be depended upon to reconsider their
5 previous votes. E5
Yesterday. about the corridors Of the
city and county building, II was fig
ured by many, that out OF the 10 votes
of the council nine could be counted
upon to reconsider. which practically
action.
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