Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-20
Mayor Of Cleveland Will Have to.
Give Up His Home and Take
Smaller Quarters.
AUTOS AND LuxuRlEs TO GO.
His Fortune WAS Wrecked by Dcvo-
lion 10 Affairs OF Estate OF
Dead Brother.

4 i. Johnson. VINO for years HE'S bSeii
credited with possessing very large
fortune, today ANNOUNCED that he had
lost everything, and would be compelled
to give up his beautiful home on Euclid
avenue and move into smaller and less
expensive quarters.
The mayor also stated that he would
give up his automobiles and other
luxurios because he could no longer af-
ford to keep them,
HOW FORTUNE WAS WRECKED.
His fortune was wrecked, the mayor
declared, by his devotion to the affairs
OF the estate of his dead brother. Al
bert, who was heavily Interested in
traction properties in the east
After A1hert's death qucstinn was
put up to him whether he should resign
his Office as mayor and take up the
management of Albert's estate.
II decided that would not. ! had
entered the fight in this city with Ger
tain ideals before me. | wanted to
fight privilege and special interests,
and / had already decided to give up;
LUOlilIS. "
stay right here and do what ] could TO
help my brothers children at long
distance.
why did | choose the course did?
Ill tell you. It's not because l am q
philanthropist, for i am not. I acted
iron purely selfish motive. ] wanted
happiness, and nothing else when
closed up my business affairs and took
up3civic activity.
( nd II II
past seven years have been the best OF
my life. leaving out of consideration
the loss eof my brother,
II am going ito be happy yet, too.
We may have to go back to a cottage,
but that's the way we started, ana we
can look upon life Just as joyfully, as
we did in the big house on Euclid
avenue.
HIS ENEMIES AFTER HIM,
.,They tell me that my enemies are
planning to bring financial trouble
upon me. i've been expecting IT,
There's one mistake Ishave not made
--that5of failing TO foresee the efforts
OF those who would like to destroy mo
il opportunity presented.
MY enemies are capable Of that
One may expect nothing else from
special privileges. However, / realize
that any other set of men In the same
circumstances would act the same.
LET thcIn do what they may. Let
them makejany sort of attack upon me
that they choose. with whatever sue
cess. md they win find me with d thou
sand fights left in me,
3"I'll never give UP. III am We'll and
strong and confident, and they'll al-
ways find me ut the front,
49, 4 IS liud been a cotvard--if i had
run away from this fight for the people
of4Clcvelalld--I could have saved my
fortune and built it up. But 1 had
chosen my course and l did not have
any mind for altering It,
THE pursuit of mere dollars does
not interest inc. ! suppose ! could go
down in Wall street now and make
some money, have bought and sold
with e.. III. Hartmann. and I suppose
i could 20 and do It again. But / am
not going to do anything of the sort.
don't want you to misunderstood
what have been working for as
mayor. have not been laboring with
the expectation OF being rewarded by
the gratitude of the people One can
not count on that. It's pleasure In do
ing work that like that has kept me
in the fight
~ have never made single penny
out of the street railway since l be-
came mayor. Nobody else has worked
cent of pay from the Municipal Trac-
ton coInno-s,- as treasurer don't
propose to ask cent for my work in
helping the receivers.
CAMPAIGN EXPENSES.
II have never spent money In poll
lies. In no catnpaign have | ever
paid more than my assessment. $500.
on the $4,000 salary OF mayor, Some
ttnlesst1 have not paid that much in
cash, when the committee has allowed
Inc certain amount for the use of my
tents. We have never been in debt at
the end of the campai~n but once.
when l gave IN active business
affairs | did it because the require
ments of my work did not square with
my principles.
II suppose ! could have taken up a
life of ease when ] retired had l
wished, was welcome at the clubs
Fast horses, yachts and other allure
ninets We're open to me, For me,
though, happiness lay in another di-
rection.
my only recreation has been auto
MODELLING. I'd like to keep one of my
automobiles, but I'm afra'' can't.
Back in my prosperous days | gave
the home on Euclid avenue to my Wife.
1t is hers vet, and she will own it
still, even though we can't afford to
live in It.
II don't feel discouraged am a
free man. and that means rreat deal
to me. And / have my friends. too,
Don't you suppose it will be worth