Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-26
WAS A PLAN TO GET VOTES
The scheme to Provide Employment
For Italian Colony to Buy Their Bal
lots Is F'latIy Squclched.
Total frontage South
Temple to Fourth South. 5,2tl IT.
Required to defeat city re-


| This tells in a nutshell how the Am
erican" city councils proposition tc
tear up and repave four blocks of Main
! street. instead of repairing it as the
| property owners desire. met with an
! inglorlous defeat in the council last
| night. Incidentally, it sounds the knell
| Of a scheme to provide work around
registration and election time this fall
! for hungry horde of american pat
riots It disposes. somewhat effectual-
! IT, as wei. of the Tribunes campaign
scream that all the opposition to repay
| ing came from the "hierarchy'
1t is worth noting that the owners
of only 1865 feet of Main street front
age are not represented among the
army 81 protestants named below
Doubtless some of these would have
signed had there been time to get
various interests together. OF the LOGS
feet owned by non signers, 525 feet. or
about fifty per cent is owned as iol-
Ezra Thompson, $50 feet Tribune
AZ feet. Thomas Kearns, l1S feet;
Dayid Keith. PA feet: and as these
represent the elmer circle that framed
the whole scheme, their enterprise
generosity and public spirit are easily
accounted for.
The council session last night brought
forth many things. Chief among sheil
was the proposition to resurfaCe MAIN
street from South Temple street To
Fourth South street. This proposition
came as an edict from the Inner CIR
Gle" and was intended primarily To
provide work for the alien cohorts 10
be called TO the banner of the Amer
lean" party at some opportune tlll9
| before the period for registration shall
arrive. The second motive anu tue
| one Haunted In the face of the tax
! nayers was the Improvement OF the
| street. In the eyes of the 'Ameri-
cans" however, this second motlNe was
not In sight. AS indicated above. the
| protests to the projected vote eaten,
| err were in the majority. The proposal
| would not be accepted by the property
owners. who could see little farther
than the Inner circle" anticipated.
WANT STREET REPAIRED.
The property owners will not object
to repairing the pavement, in fact,
they have urged this. Great holes
have been torn in the pavement for
weeks and are still there. Property
owners along Main street have been
waiting for Pat Moran or some other
| duly appointed authority.of the Amer
lean" ring TO come along and patch
the holes. AT this time they are still
waiting. 1t is more than expected
by many of the property owners in
Main street that to punish them for
defeating the resurfacing of the street
the Moran Americauites will delay the
repairs as long as they possibly can.
An interesting item which appeared
concurrently with the project of re-
surfacing of Main street was an editor
ial In the Italian paper published in
| this city III Mintore, the Miner. This
| editorial item gave birth to the intor-
nation that the Italians of this city are
| to link themselves with the "Ameri-
cans" What a link Of fellowship that
| would be- The harmony In the scheme
| brings out admiration. The PROPOSE
| ton summed up rs this
| The Americans 10 win must get
| votes. The Americans TO win do not
care who votes, just so they vote If
| ii is necessary to have Pat Moran
| bring into this city n colony of low
| proved aliens the refuse of their conn
| tries, undesirable citizens in their ma
| tive land, let him do it. The "Amerl-
| can ring will do the rest The "Ameri-
can" ring will provide public employ
| ment for the support of the men who
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M IN It,. ~" Who ar" paid to vote
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az A1'f tn ,he n@rty,s roliev of rule and
, u1N ,b,, me nrean mentioned has Civ
o wa Tbo crv "An .hmerican' CITY for
! A,,,o,i,'nns,i sbo,it"d from Inc housetops
! ~. tro too,,nsitos before tho recent
| "iccti'n, aunonrs at this lime rather
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