Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-08
ATKINS REToRT COURTEOUS.
Raleigh Crowd Claims to Have
Something Against the
Woods Faction.
Tommy Says if Woods Docs Not Shut
Up lie VIII Send Him
To the Pen.

It's fire that has been lighted in the
city and county building through the
Efforts Of Councilman j. d. Woods TO
unmask srafters in the street depart
ment?
Already the Raleigh end Of the COM
bination has turned, and with declar-
alton that since Woods has been doing
some telling, the other side will do
little more Of the same thing on its
own account.
Woods is now TO be put under the
grill by those on which he has moved.
Meanwhile the people are beginning to
sit up and take notice. and to ask for
a grand jury to go to the bottom OF
the whole combination known as the
Black Matthews Raleigh crowd Mat
thews could be asked a number of
pointed questions that would set at
rest widespread rumors about his Of
fee. What Raleighs work has been.
the public knows Fully eight months
ago a public sentiment was ready to
demand an investigation. hut the fact
that the Sheets matter, and the matter
of the other Raleigh were up at that
time, and that Mayor Thompson re-
signed in preference to continuing con-
nection with affairs as he knew them
led to q postponement of the investi-
cation.
SPITE SHOUTS RALEIGH.
Spite work" shouts Raleigh and his
man Friday, Tommy Atkins. at the in
stigator of the present investigation,
although the information on which it is
based parallels charges made many
months ago and given widespread pub
licity in at least three city papers.
For the purpose of Offensive and de-
| fensive operations there are many ru-
mors of attack and counter attack IN
the county building, and promises by
one faction Of what 1t will do IN ex-
! posing the other. II this other does not
| slow down its operations on expo
sures. Anger" sage an old maxim,
lis swift arrow that lilies on t;lo
slightest provocatlon." and 1t seems
that on the fact that anger is the pre-
vailing tone of the atmosphere through
various city departments just at pres
ent, a grand jury could base hope for
getting a great deal of information
Nii4NlA hllAIl NOV has ANNIl tiltLuHy
concealed by those ION the inside"
The Raleigh faction declares today
complete power to undo MIR. Woods
and his investigation This Is "brag'
held over his head as threat for sew
eral weeks before he took his recent
move To ii Mr.. Woods replies: Il IN
tend 20 go TO the end Of this matter,
Let them do all they possibly can.
am a public official, and 1 know my
record viii bear the closest scrutiny
| The charges which II is inumated
win DO used as counter irritant
against Woods are that there is It mat
ter OF $3.50 he might explain.
DOUBLE CROSSED HIM.
Thomas St Ledger Atkins, The de-
| posed clerk makes the Ietoft courteous
| to MIR. Woods by declaring that gust
before the primaries he and Jake
Raleigh, as managers of Carriers CAM
| pdigu, entered into deal with Wood
whereby he was To get the short term,
ana carter the long term. Woods now
ever, says the delectabIe Tommy,
double crossed" Raleigh and the com
bination by going after the long term,
landing IL, and then picking Raybould
ter stranded nigh ana dry in the hot
political sands.
III no goes much farther" declares
Tommy with breath loaded With
threats, we viii make him mlSnty
| sorry he ever began. Woods hope Is
tnat after getting rid OF Raleigh hs
can lodle our Jobs 10 his supporters at
the ration of a. Job per vote"
ToMMY's THREAT.
wen fight him, suys Tommy, ana
| then he ADDS with q wink, II he don't
let US aIone. wen send him to the
pen as sure as you're a foot high An
| I've got TO do ~ TO tell the district
attorney and he'll do the rest
do you know there's going TO be
no COUNCIL Investigation this inter-
no0n?' Tommy asked with the air
OF Il man possessing superior wisdom.
| well, I'll tel you why il Is. Wood
| has got more cold feet than he has bad
| health. To say he Is too sick TO be at
| the council session Is "A good way he
| has TO think the matter over a day or
| two longer We know why the invest;-
| CATION or Jake's office has been pat
! OF"
WE COMBINE READY.
! Tommy intimates that Wood has
! only To go "a step or two further and
| he viii rue the day he started his
| MUCK -IaiINb lHAo the street ucpdft-
| ments ofiiOes. a step or two further
| By Wood says Tommy, VIII start the
we" combine 10 work. Tommy threat
ns 20 take his evidence TO the district
! attorney show him that II Is right, ana
| then TO ask for a grand jury inyestiga-
! lion into the official record Of Wood.
So a grand jury appears % be- very
much needed. N the charges being
made are true. then some men might
| be looked upon as candidates for a
! transformation scene that would give
| them "a number, q striped suit and a
man 10 watch them and their going
and coming would all be done I'M "A
small enclosure ma regulated by "a
system OF bell ringing.
n the grand jury should be sunr
rnoned. there would bee good upnortun
! Nm afforded 90 give additional forcr 20
| the OLD rule ihai when grafters ran
/ out, there's going 10 be q rafting OF
olucial skeletons"