The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-01
'DONNELL REPLIES
TO VICIOUS ATTACK
Councilman Denouuces Charges
of KemOrrhage Against Him
as Malicious FalsehOOd.
HE GIVES FACTS AND
FIGURES TO BACK HIM uP
Calls Down the Lurid Sheet
Which Assails Him, and.
Does 1t Effectively.

In the attacks that have been made
by the 'IIcmolrbage upon members
oe the American administration tniS
campaign the most vicious Was the one
upon Councilman L. G.. O'Donneil OF
the Second ward III the SUNDAY issue
of that Iurid and irresponsible sncct'
The attack was not only mailci"u''
but il was a tissue OF flIsehood IRON
beginning 60 end and was an ATTACK
upon the business integrity oil MY
q Donnell. o.r
In this malicious attack Mr.. O Don,
nell is charged with receiving Sl'uou
60 80 900 per year for caring ior InoS"
who are arcidcntally killed, and that
fhc patrol wagon has hauled fifty TO
one hundred bodies each year 10 BIS
undertaking establishment. When
seen on Sunday regarding the VICIOUS
assault made upon bin by the '' tlciD"f'
rhagc.' Mr.. O'Donncll said:
"The falsehoods in the article, ana
ii is q tissue of falscbood from pceln
nina 10 end. no doubt came from some
one who WAS icalous and who knew
that ] do not pay commissions 10 any
one who could order 4 body sent %
my establishment
rThe city has no moTgnr, WhcncEcr
a body is found 10y the police: or by
ANYBODY else for that matter, H. must
under tint INV Dt lIh'l Nv VIZ ~ N"Nr'
undertaken OF mare convenient place or
wherever directed by friends OF inc
dead person Bodies arc taken by me
| police 10 all thc undrrtakors III thc
city. viz; Evans, both the Taylors, Hall
and TO my place:
Facts i'll Case.
"sDnring the past year, and 1T ls
above the average. there have been llt,
fccu bodies brought TO my place, and
| these I have cared for and buried al
! a maximum cost for the entire number
of $500 | have taken one corpse from
nv place. where it had been brought
! hv the authorities and, at tho request
OF friends of the dead individual, re-
moved il 10 the establishment of Jo-
scph William Taylor and placed 1t on a
| slab there.
Whenever request is made upon any
undertaken 10 have body taken else
where there is an understanding among
us that this be done aud it rs. When
ever hodv is brought TO any under
! talicr by the authorities, most OF the
! bodies being those of strangers the
undertaken usually spends 50 10 $40 FOR
kilograms in efforts 10 locate friends
or relatives in various parts OF the
country. Then if nothing is heard from
them The body is buried at an expense
10 the country of $l5 and this includes
the expense we have had for telegraph
inc and the care of Il body for some
| lines two weeks.
The only timo Lhc city burics any
ouc is when patient dies in the Emer.
! eeucy hospital al the police station and
is a stranger iii the city, and the charge
! to the citv is Tl5 for IN adult aId So
for child. This charge is paid out al
the maNor 5 contingent fund when the
| bill is approved by the health commits
sioncrs. There have been two cases OF
this kind IN five wears.
{" As To the charge that | have beer
drawing 50 day Is Il member of The
watcrworks committee, that. like the
other, is false. The city council in 1897
passed a resolution fixing the compen
satiou of the members Of tho board
of equalization for water rates ai -
per day. During the three years I have
been member of the council ! have
drawn 80 for this service.
Nature OF Attack.
''Thc 'Hemorrhage' in it's attack
upon me SAYS further:
ODonnell's principal reasons for want
ing to remain in the city council happen
! TO bc the very reasons why tho TAXPAYER.
and voters OF tho Second prccinct do not
| want him there O'nonnelI wants TO hold
his place most OF all because II gives
him position on the watcrworks com
mttec. where be can assist n j. Davis
and Tom Hobdav 60 throw contracts for
! thousands Of dollars worth of supplies 10
! the highest bidders, or else order the
| supplies without calling for bids and
without referring the expenditures 10 the
council.
''ThiS | dcnouncc rs the barest
faIsehood. As chairman Of the water.
works committee / have instructed Su-
perintendeut Holiday to care for all
emergencies without waiting for an or
der from the council This is when n
main or feed pipe bursts and unless
gwen prompt attention great damage
might result. but when il comes to sup
plies and their purchase they are ri.
WAS bou"ht unon competitive bids.
ln's; beIIeNe, d1SpoSes OF the charges
of the Hemorrhage' against nc. not
one of which is true or has any foun-