The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-11


happened? Did he get the water
works? You know he didn't. Why2
They were purchasable ut that time
for less money than year ago. Tho
property was worth a great deal less
than now II he had carried out his
pledge. voluntarily given. and used
for the purpose OF -:ccting him. be
would havo saved the people Of ogden
Il great deal of money. But he failed
utterly Why he failed viii leave
10 your conjecture. You know; there
Is no need for me TO tell you, but It
may safely be added that didn't pay
B.n. If man cannot be trusted TO
carry out a platform pledge yoluntar.
lily written by himself and made the
issue, how can YOU expect him TO car
ry out any pledge that may be made
BY him? The waterworkS deal. how
ever, is not an issue. The water
works have been bought and they are
Ogden'S irreyocably. and | venture
the prediction that time will prove it
TO be the best investment the corpor-
ate city of Ogden ever made or ever
VIII Nor was one dollar stolen or
grated In the process OF their ac-
quirement. challenge any man to
prove that a single cent was. II can't
be done. You all know Alex Brewer
Ogden knows him, I've known him
since he was n boy. / know him TO
be absolutely straight. and We all
know him 10 be good business man,
who bought the waterworks for the
city because he could sec II was
good paying investment, You can
trust Alex Brewer with your money,
hand 1t over 10 him without a receipt,
go away and talke a holiday and you'll
know 1t will be all there when you
come back A witty politician may
try to make an issue out of the water
works deal. but the people know that
a poilaician Will do anything and
oycrturn any institution OF the coun'
try. il need be. TO achieve the power
he coyets. And the people know tnat
the waterworks were a good purchase,
and wouldn't turn them back into pri-
vate ownership If they could So
what's the use II Is not an issue;
It's an accomplished fact that we are
all proud of. | appeal to The voters
TO emphasize the fact by re-electing
Mr.. Brewer
But economies and waterworks
are not the only things to consider
| would rather pay ten times the taxes
and save my boy from the gambling
and prostitution hells. None of us
have a boy TO spare at any price. But
somebody's boys have TO be spared
under the present method OF conduct
ing this city. which is a shame and
disgrace 10 the higher ideals which
should pervade a community like Og-
den in the twentieth century. Who
started the licensing OF gambling and
prostitution Mr. GlaSmann says 1t
has been in vogue for twenty-five
years We challenge him to the proof
On the contrary, he himself initiated
ttle system, and his successors, | am
sorry to say, have continued 1t. either
wholly or in some modified form.
Who started the system Of the city
Councilmen voting to themselves eN-
ira and special compensation In rlo-
lation Of the statutes of this state?
The minutes of the city council, at
the time he was mayor. Will prove
that ne himself appeared before the
council and recommended it, Both
these systems were inauguTated in
spite oil laws already existing which
prohibited gambling and prostitution
and extra compensation 10 city coun-
cilmen Do YOU want to entrust the
man who was the author OF these
things TO abolish them? Do YOU think
a man of that character would or
could? Do YOU think your splendid
laws are of any use in the hands of
such an administrator? Dou YOU think
that Ogden can be exalted by right
eous laws ruthlesSly trampled under
foot? Do you?
When Mr. GlaSmann was mayor OF
Ogden City ne saw to 1t that all the
city'S advertising patronage was given
10 the Standard. The advertising Of
special improvements, sidewalk dis
trictS, notices of intention. bids, etc,
o. Ogden City amounts to a tremen-
dous sum per annum, enough to pay
the expenses of publishing the Stand
ard at the prices Mr.. Glasmann
charged.
DO YOU know that was In violation
OF the statutes of the state? Dou you
know that Mr. GlaSmann knew that II
was when he did It! II YOU don't
know, YOU ought to. Mr. Glasmann
knew a great deal better than any Of
you. and he anticipated criticism and
forestalled 1t by publishing in his pa
per a statement that he was not the
owner of the Standard; and to give
that statement the color OF truth he
made false and fictitious assignment
of his ownership Do You think Alex
Brewer would do any such a thing as
that? You know he wouldn't. You
could place your all upon stake that
he wouldn't. DO you want such man
at the head of tle city government of
ogden City. YOU good people of Og-
dden, who pride yourselves upon your
fairness. and who would like TO pride
yourselves upon Ogden as the most
ideal city OF the country? Do you
think YOU can ever make ogden an
ideal city with such man at its
head? You know how to answer these
questions-there is but one effective
way at the ballot box
at Is t0e duty Of this convention 10
nominate men who will administer
Ogden's righteous laws for unless I
mistake much the temper Of Ogden's
people, they arc going TO entrusi 10
the men whom you nominate tonight
| the government OF ogden City for the
next two years"
In another part of this paper Mr.,
Glasmann proves all the foregoing