Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-11
ARE COUNC|LMEN
ASPHALT AGENTS
o.v E. /. Goshen Declares Black
and Martin Are Unfit
As Officials.
M1ERLININe THE RECORD.
u Il One of the Ways He Charges
That p. j. Moran Accomplished
His Desires.
N hear Rev, e, l. Goshen yesterday

=, hear Rev, e. /. Goshen yesterday
,,rlng enough people turned out to
s,r. than twice FIJI the First Congre-
.stonal church, and over a thousand
s,,o turned away before Arthur Shep-
,,1 had completed the organ number
nrseeding the service.
In his sermon, Rev. Mr.. Goshen pre-
sontsd one set of facts only, declaring
maj these were sufficient to show tho
truth of charges which he had pre-
Il ,,lousy made. The facts had to do
n MIN asphalt paving on First South
IA and the actions OF certain councilmen
a. colmsion with p. j Moran. to force
n through certain kind of paving, re-
81 rardless of all other considerations.
a 4 natural explanation to the things
"a which the speaker found of an irreg-
3 mar nature In the actions of city coun-
& N committees would be that there
Il sm men IN these bodies who, besides
" ssrving the city, hold an asphalt agcn-
z ey and rs buyers for the city are also
ssIJers for particular company.
Az evidence of efforts to work past
me combinations within the council
and the board of public works, Rev.
Mr. Goshen recited the facts of the
mort TO have First South street paved
With some other material than Califor-
mia asphalt He recited falsehood af-
\ Ter faisehood which had been told to
make plausible explanations appear
Il nlauslble as TO why certain things hap
nened. and once he charged Council
man Black with having deliberately
lied to get men out of the way of
preventing the passage of an ordinance
A in favor of the Moran brand of ma
,erial
SAME EXPLANATIONS REPEATED.
That these plausible explanations
would be used to deceive the public the
speaker freely predicted. and for each
one he told a set of facts which he
claimed showed the insufficiency of the
explanations. The fact that in the ad-
fministration organ, the counoilmen I'M
der attack repeat these explanations
4 In print this morning, indicates that
\ they are the bulwark of such defense
f. as is being made.
LARGE CONGREGATION.
An hour before the sermon was an
snounced people were filing into the
Congregational church. and half an
hour before its first words were spoken
reserved section for councilmen was
filled at 10 minutes before IL O'Clock,
lwhen President A. j. Davis, +. G..
|O'Donnen. l.. u. Martin, III. r. Cow
burn, j. j. Stewart, and Mark Redail
ARRIVED. accompanied by Martin Null
kVey and several other ex-councilmen.
IN. r. Black was conspicuous by his
absence, although l., D. Martin filed
@into his seat with the others. Scat
.|faraT fbgpItrI 10
&Wo0d
half hours musical service proceed
FED The sermon, and after it commenced,
frequent applause burst forth from ali
sections of the building. as point after
point was carried home with telling
Oratorlcal force.
Before becoming specific, the speaker
spoke generally of civic ideals, quoting
bnrke 10 the effect that any people
permanently misgoverned confess
thereby their inability to govern them
selves.
Every public official" he said. ito be
efficient, must ask himself and fully
answer for himself; What is the pur-
pose of government? 1t Is not a
scheme of political expediency. It's
end Is the temporal advancement OF
The people. 1t has a potential infu-
NV" ana is designed TO protect public
virtue and private integrity.
The people must never forget.
when forming judgment of public Of
lcals, that they must meet condi-
ions as they are, and not as they
'ught to be. There Is mt present an
lpathy on the moral side of public
mars that Is In part responsible for
ne inefficiency of many public Off
ers.
There are three requirements for a
lubllo official. He must have the time
o devote 10 his office, the ability and
knowledge To conscientiously serve that
'ihce, and the moral courage to act.
III man allows himself to take the
'uohce office, Knowing he does not
ave these qualifications, he is not only
in holding office, but he
> positively dishonest. Some officials
I'VE tho tag end of a day and the tag
'hu OF their ability to the office they
lolu Under our present system Of
government, we elect city
9uncilnen, and they are not paid
hough salary to justify them In devot-
ls much time to the office. As result
We get service in return in proportion
Q the amount of money spent Our
9ss IS attributable to the Inadequate
ysIem' What we should have is a few
Ulcers who VIII give their whole time
. lhelr official duties, who shall be-
ava adequately for their services and |
iye bonds for the faithful performance
Great are the privileges of the pub