The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-29

The resolutions adopted by the '-Ameri-
cam county convention yesterday were
as follows: s ms e..t.
'"rhe American party appeals to the
people of Salt Lake county this year
against ecclesiastical control in politics,
against supporting criminal class of
w-defiers, and for individual freedom
1t does this on principle, on love of coun-
try. on business lines and for political
liberty and purity. II shows that the
present county administration Is unworthy
of public support, in that II Is stained
with graft, with the use of public posi-
ton for personal and partisan ends, ra-
Their than being devoted to the inter-
ests of the people. 1t has, at large anu
useless expense, made vicious politicaI
warfare upon the city. and has fought
one class and portion of the community
with money contributed through taxation
by all. 1t has trifled with justice and
with the courts by entering into criminal
collision with notorious crooks and
thieves. sustaining them at the public cost
for long periods of time, under nom
inal arrest, and finally dischargfng them
without bringing them to trial, though
their guilt was well known. 1t did this
in order to use these criminals as Wit
nesses in a pretended criminal prosecu-
ton for political purposes, ostensibly d.
rected agains. an individual, but meant
and used in fact only for partisan ends.
1t appointed at the public charge swarm
of needless deputies at the bond election,
which pretenSe was wholly untrue. II
has more recently made itself active in
pretended effort to purify this city,
while altogether neglecting In this par
tisan spasm Of ASSUMED morality, the
county outside of the city; the whole ac-
tivity being merely for political effect,
as is evident from the facts and the rec
ord. At the same time the city court, I'M
der the occupancy of an official of the
same party which pretends such concern
for the moral welfare OF the city, thwartS
the best efforts of the police department
to deal with the criminal classes.
I'VE unequivocally denounce the prop
in any part of Salt Lake City. and ex-
pressly protest against the establishment
of such a district in the west side of the
city, as now projected by persons holding
authority from the state officials so to
do; and we pledge the best efforts of
this party to prevent the location of said
district as proposed there or elsewhere.
We pledge the citizens of Salt Lake that
we will use every legal, moral and party
power to prevent the esta hlishment OF
said district, and to prosecute all parties
connected with said project in both the
civil and criminal courts of this district.
We denounce the recent action of the sher
iff of this county as both an imposture
and a pretense, and declare that his
purpose is not for the betterment IF
moral conditions. but rather to advance
the interests of the political party with
which he Is affiliated.
I'VE commend the American admins
tration of Salt Lake City for it's action
in suppressing public gam bling, and
complete the eradication of this vice from
every part of the county, In so far as
their authority may extend.
salt Lake City, under the benign ld-
ministration of the American party, re-
sents the effort # the county officials,
put forth for political purposes, to be-
smirch the fair fame and good record of
the city. II points with the pride of high
liSh n mi
conferred here by the American ascend
ance. in the wonderful accessions to our
population, in the increase of wealth, and
in the splendid building activity here dur
ing the season just closed this in triumph
over the financial depression which has
so severely hindered the progress of other
cities. And the American Larty control
of this county would undoubtedly extend
and widen the benefits of American ad-
ministration accordingly
I'm Salt Lake City the Americans have
shown their capacity and energy in excel
lent street-making. The public improve
ments made by the American party since
its accession to power, have been equal to
all the public Improvements ever before
made in this city since its settlement. Salt
Lake county is in need OF some of this
energy and capacity. and 1t will be the
intent of the American party to lead In
the work of thus developing the county's
make the mine. the mill and the farm ac-
cessible to the centers of industry and
commerce, we pledge ourselves to the
ST eedy improvement of the highways that
lead to and from the mining district, the
mills and smelters, and from the agri-
cultural sections to the towns and cities
We deplore the fact that the present coun-
ty administration has wastefully expend-
ed thousands OF dollars TO construct and
maintain highways primarily for the pur-
pose of improving the properties of fav-
orcd ones to the neglect of the public in
terests: and that under its Incompetent
management no permanent road better
ment is ever obtained.
Under the administration of the Re-
publican party. various county offices that
formerly yielded rich revenues to their in
cumbents, have become heavy burdens
upon the public, this in the change from
the fee system to the salary system. But
an office that is largely remunerative to
the individual. under the fee system,
should also be profitable 20 the public,
with the same fees required by law to
be turned into the county treasury. The
American party means to inquire into
this matter and remedy the wrong to the
people which in this sort of official mis-
feasance the Republican party has i'm
posed upon them.
There needs to be a house-cleaning in
county affairs; the forgeries on the as
sessment rolls need to be corrected and