Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-02
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r. J. ALEXANDER.
corNcILMAN I. z. HALL.

When city Councilman L. F. Han
was introduced by the chairman ne
was greeted with a round OF applause.
Mr. Hall began his address by COM
pairing the city government with a
large business corporation. The ciV
Is a great CORPORATION he SAID, "and
you. the citizens, are the stockhold-
ers"
Mr.. Hall said while he was a mem
her of the city council he did not
feel unduiy enlarged on that account
Il was nominated for office by the
Democratic party said Mr.. Han,
"and felt perfectly safe, and thought
there was no possible chance for my
election NY election was an accident;
for the Republicans placed my name
on their ticket. too. and the uneNpect-
cd happened and ! was elected. |
think. too. that the city would have
benefited had there been more poll
teal accidents last election. This
statement was greeted with uproari-
Gus applause.
Getting down 10 the serious hush
ness OF the meeting. Councilman Han
said: Il see before me members OF dif-
ferent political parties; men who do
not agree on religious questions, but
we are all interested In one thing,
and that is. we all want efficient
city government. applause We may
diner as Mormon and Methodist as
Catholic or jew. we may dinere as
10 belief In the principles OF the vari-
Gus political parties. but what has that
20 do with the streets Of salt Lake
City? what have our religious or poll
tical differences got To 40 with the
efficiency Of the city fire department?
These are things in which you are
all Interested. regardless of religion
or other subjects Of differering opinion
what we want Is good streets. good
fire department made up Of men who
can put out fires. ana not TO air our
divergent views on rolucs or rel-
gion IN a city campaign.
FRUIT OF PARTIsAEsHIP
The speaker referred TO tho Instance in
which chief OF the fire department
was removed FOR Incompetence In this
city not many months ago. and 20 the
removal of "a chief % police who re-
fused 20 carry out the o. Iers OF the
head OF the city governm A. These"
said he "are the fruits Of PARTISAN
ship Ia politics. and these are the
shoals We wish to avoid. n should
not be the case that when man APP
plies for "a position with the city that
the fire. question asked rs Have YOU
certificate Of party membership
from the inner circle2 But 10 should
be- ARE you competent 90 nll the post
tiong When that is the rule when
We have civil service rules in our city
government then will We have COM
petont administration Of me AFFAIRS
Of the city" (Grcat applauso)
IN my experience in the city coun-
cil ! have found out many thingsi and
one ~, THAI the city needs book
keeper. A bookkeeper who can keep
the city books inieliigently, 30 that the
citizens may know, ~ they wish, how
the city stands financially at any time.
When az the beginning of the year
1905 tho council requested The city audi
tor 10 furnish "a statement of tho condi-
ticn Of the cty'f finances, which ac-
cording % law should be- published
every year early in February. we we're
unable "a secure the statement the
auditor giving aa an excuse the fact
that the city had employed special au-
fitors' 20 andh tho accounts ~ che oity
and prepare a system % b. followed in
keerinF the ciiys books A. you an
know, these special AUDITORS Imported
from tho east cost the taxpayers OF
this city s20,00o. and what ala they
doc After they had completed their
laborg and had drawn their money from
the city Nc asked for tho statement.
and we're unable TO got Il until near the