The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-28
Ben S. Rives and Judge A. j.
Weber Speakers of the
Evening.
FORMER SHOWS UP THE
OPPOSITION PARTIES
Mr. Weber Defends Administra-
ton and ROasts DeSeret News
TO a FRAGILE.


judge A. j. Weber and Ben ,. RiVes,
eaudidatc for city recorder. Captain
Kinsmau, who presided ut the meeting,
also delivered Il brief address. Dr, y
/. Douglas and L. B. Crltcblow were 20
have been present, but on account OF
sickness in their families, they could
not fulfill their arrangements The
Thistle club furnished music and IL was
exceedingly good music. The first selcc-
,ion bcing. |'While Have You.
Ben :. Riycs opened thc rally. tic
said hat ii the fusion, confusion or NJ,
2lc parties had done anything that could
bc of benefit 10 the people he had
tailed TO discover it. Perhaps they did
not know what he meant by fusion, cou-
fusion and tizzlc. He ltllcnod Che Dem
ucr1tic part TO the fusion party; inc
Republican part 10 the coniuslonsis;
aud the Citizens part 10 the h>~lc OF
The whole thing. They had been knock
ing men of tickets the same as You
knock 4 niggcr baby OIL one OF the
rails nj county fair. When they were
doing that kind OF thing they had not
made many friends.
Then the certificates they ilcd IN the
recorders Office, continued, MI. kiVcs.
arc the worst mixed NJ mess OF
papers they ever saw. 81 wish | had
ihcm here and could read them to you.
| don L believe there is lawyer IN
thc federal bunch could dccipher who
thcN- had nominated. IL would take
Missouri doctor to tell whether the Re
publican party bad lunpv Jaw or inc
Democratic party had spawn
Increase of Property Values.
Opponcnts OF tho American party said
fhcv had bccu cYtravagaDt, had raised
the taxes and were incompetcni. lie
hud been associated with the admins
tra,ion since its origin four years ago
and the party had not raised taxes one
mill or one-tcntb of a mill IN three
wears Improvements had beeu pald
out of the revenue that hhd
como to the city by taxation;
and thev bad been able TO carry on the
improvements because OF the lucreaScd
valuation 10 property in the last hrcc
wears which Welded TO the city from
S35 600 10 $4,000 more each year. ThiS
yoar Salt Lake City will get $4,000
more than il cot in 1906, and that would
ravc another street.
Mr.. Rivcs said that the legitimate
bounds OF Salt Lake City should ne
Thirteenth South. and they were p'tl-
tioninr from that section for anncNa-
tion. Forest Dale was also circulating
= uctitiou 10 bC annexed TO the cltY;
SO was Waterloo. and thoy all wanted
So como in. As 10 the charge uf graft,
Mr. Eiycs asked any man or newspaper
in noini out where ono dollar had been
6lrhed from Salt Lake City. The rca-
son of tho charge was the AMERICANS
had made good thing for those fellows
aud they want 10 get IN ana 2et 'ne
money aud pay back the ~ per cent.
In conclusion Mr.. Rives referred to
tbc effectiveness OF tho meat ordinance,
and ;hc milk ordinance and the vast
improvements made At the city cemc-
,crv. lie urged them all 10 vote the
entire American ticket and thus con
iinue progress, 49,,
'sThc Boatman S Goodnight was
thcn rendered by the Thistle quartette
Murdoch a Troglodytc.
Judge 4. j. Weber. the next speaker
snid some Gcntilc Republicans were
now talking about church lnhuencc De
cause the church has made statement
I'm favor Of the DcmocrHtIc-tltizens
ticket. and that Democrats are no"
,isiur IT. and il, was Infamous and un
Nmrrican. Mr. Weber said Cent? lt
RonublicanS were going around VIII
faces So long that they could ent oats
ont of a churn, He thought 1T would
he n good lesson To them and perhaps
they wonld exercise MANHOOD ana N9u
for The pnrtv that opposed church Ipnu
Referring to the candidates, he sait
Mr.. Wallace had no experience. AM
{Sn+ Murdoch was impossible. "He /
q troolodvtc.D said Mr.. Weber. Per
hans some of YOU don't know what l
means, bui dol locked 1t up IN tn
dictionary. IL means cave dweller.
Nr. Weber then paid nigh tribute =
intelligence and administrative ability
The Deseret News had charged
among other things, that the Office o
food inspector, conducted by Waite
frazier (whose work has been credl
10 the city, and 20 the American parry
aid Mr.. Weber,, cost to maintaln, 1
Ioo6, the sum Of s1104.50 This yea
the food inspector employs seven clerk
aud the total expense will he 5000
This was called by the mossbacks 'mi'
cradle extravaganza Mr.. Weber cite
Inc fact that the Office WAS ouly q
iablished in 1906. and there was littl
LEGISLATION on thc subject then, but mo-
tbcrc was much legislation on the sui
iect. And what had Mr.. Frazier az
complishedl Mr.. Weber asked. The
uow have pure meat 70 cat and pul
milk to drink. He said that The III
sanitary conditions IN Hhe slauebte
houses had been stopped. The dairit
had been cleaned. and they could CIV
-tho milk TO the childrcp without bcin
afraid of typhoid or ether disease
That was the result Of Walter Frazier
work. ard was il not worth the g.
Dense? The result was that the dairi'
viii huve 10 spend 100000 and ~
1neir places in sanitary condition. ii
tels, restaurants and meat markets wi
speud S150.000 this year for the san
purpose. so that fhcv would have bett
food OF every kind. and they talk'
about extravaganza.
More News Maliciousness.
The Descret News, had said, NJ
Weber continued, that Jake Raeig
the street supervisor had been cxtrav
CANT because he had appointed two g
ira clerks and had advised that g.
1eamsters in his department receive
increase in wages Of 30 cents per da
Mr.. Weber wished more power TO N
Raleigh's ain, i'll this direction, b
corrected thc News by stating the ia
that thr increasc was made on the pc
ium Of M. Raleigh for only six
days The speaker wished il had be
ior the entire fern. Harmon
Raleigh were advertising in the Deser
Ncws for teams, Mr.. Weber said. II
he did not know why they wanted
advertise IN hal sheet: and they offer
$500 per dav for teams. If Mr.. Ralei