Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-11
SPLENDID WORK.. INDEED.

ks1loW agreed tfiaL ne ctilifElsti " sii'oiu
\ bc centered largely around this splcn-.
Ibid work or the administration There
II IS also something about the great prilTDf-
ciIle ,ipon which the American party
,sWassfoundedi and that this must bos
.stllcS high Icy note OF the coming cant
iafgn, ASH has boon Of the campaigns
E de the past
35.3ss We presume ,lhis3splendid work
fsuf the administration refers to the
:Ebuilding activity that has de- Developed.
A tateiy tcannot mean its financial
& ability. IsoI. Messrs. Lippnlaf and
x christensen about Il year ago told the
public that the yearly income of the
K t,.i ty vas S90b 900. Willie the yearly ex-
penditure was l,3i1,SA5,aS. Tho City,8on
sthut showing. which was made, We uii-
Il ddrstand, after a careful research in the
y office Of tltcf EeJitlem who draws 5sia II
airy as City Auditor. }Swss running be-
bind ut the rate of about $500, 600, There
sSist no eXcellency in such financial lrlany.
ngeilient, SO we presume shat when ME-
ssI,ippman speaks of 4 the splendid work
of the administration he refers to
work not done by tile administration
but in spite OF it.
s The truth is that the impetus TO the
recent activity In this City vas given by
HE Morris administration when a. mil
Lion dollars was borrowed for improve
sments of the water and sewer systems.
More water was the one condi tion with
out which there could have been no In
crease in the popula ion. And the bond
I issue was actually antagontzed W by 4
s.ss4Americans' who tried to y ereat the.
plan, or at least delay It, by court pro-,
ceedings. They opposed the admins
ration that took the initiative in the
3 development Of the water and sewer
Systems, and now claim all credit for
That Improve
Then there are the street improve
6sinents The Tribune boasts Of these,
as if q few no called Americans had
contributed of their private fortunes the,
funds necessary for the paving of
n streets ana sidewalks. We d Id vi 1t. =.
fine truth Is that the taxpayers have
more or less willingly paid enormous
prices for poor paving. The taxpayers
x have supplied the money, not because
tile Americans control the City. but
because they are public spirited and
5sMant to see their City grow. But
n they are not particularly proud of the
n cadanlized" streets2t that have turn
ed into mud preiraturely, or of the
sidewalks that are made into channels
for rag ing torrents of wa ter every, time
there is a rainstorn,.
Then there is. the building activity,
4 We do not know of one large building
that has been raised as a monument.
to- the so-called American rule, which.
h is, and has been from tho beginning,
nlisrule, un-Amercan and alien
at that. II there is such q
I Building, 1t is not generally
Known. Senator Kearns could have
raised such a monument, had he hal
any faith in the peculiar brand Of
ss:',A,nericanismn of which the Tribune
Is the hired exponent But he did nor.
He waited to announce his building
plans until his party had been over
mhelmingly defeated first in the county
election and then in the school elec-
ton.
On the other hand the railroads spent
money here on Improvements. The
street railway system was improved,
Construction of the Oregon Short Line
depot was begun The Church Authorl-s
\ Ties authorized building and street paw
4 Ing. and enterprising, public-sptrited in-i
6diyiduals, such ms Mr.. Newholse, for,
Instance, planned improvements on a.
u gigantic scale. and NOW the Utah Elo-
tel company has begun work OH its
large hotel. Not one of these vas in
spired by anything the party OF MIR.
9 kearns and the Tribune had perpctrai-
& 81 on this community. To talk about
'ss.smerican'' building aStivity is sia-
a56erisl. You might as wen claim that
The foods are rushing down the can
.ypns in obedience TO the force Of the
soscalled American pal.ty That
4 party could not stem the tide away
B from the City at the beginning OF the
li''sfS- 'iNii
LEFT for other parts, daily, for some
lime
The so-called American party bosses
{ have had taxpayers money to spead
Z r,eekicssly. Most of the million dol
lars borrowed by the Morris adminis-
ttation fell into their hands. They bor-
4 ro~ed $4,000 in addition and they
have spent the revenue and hundreds
Of thousands 1of dollars besides. fDu
would naturally expect that an admin
iEtiation with 50 much money to reyel
IN could do something. And yet. what
10 the public improvements paid for
ny the City, ard not by the Taxpayers
IN; the forinEof special taxes amount
.o2 What has the American party
Y administrations done. considering tie
money they have had
There is a .stockades on the West
ifide, established in defiance of law and
cubic sentiment. 1t is throne of
= satan If there ever was one .A,neii-
an Officials have given public sane
s ion to- the esta lishment of that in