Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-22

verified m an the world. az home
ana abroad, from pulpit and lecture
platform, as well AZ through newspa-
por columns. that Utah is priest
ridden whirlpool ~ immortality, where
there De- neither liberty OF conscience.
nor enterprise. They have painted
Utah as ON octopus spreading its Tents
clos ont u,pr the United States. They
have done everything in their power
/ % hlacEcn Utah Dob che eyes of the
world when. after an they have done
90 retard tho progress OF the Clty. the
nevertheless boldly claim The credit for
/ &C. development they simply prove
themselves worthy companions uf "a
Fnlstnn or o. Muachausen. Neither
capital nor o. desirable class of popula-
tion arc attracted TO a city by octopus
maps
Whom mo Tribune parity triumphei
varous bad characters rushed to the
Ciiy. until Be- woe common occur
renee for gentlemen TO- be lnsultcd ln
the main streets emo thoroughfaros
Evtnvasanca characterized The admln-
istration ond graft WAS visible in pub
llc worSs Tho auditor was not per-
mlyted 90 eivc the public statement
of thc finances. az required by law
Tho administration carried things with
O high band. hcuovcng that % could
DO anythmg with impunity under
the cover OF apti-"N lormonlsui. II
went 20 far as GO threaten Innocent
men with Imprisonment or exile. And
% hos today. on the West side. a nonu-
uent OF o. Intentions as 90 the morals
~ Che CITY, It has plunged the city
into an almost bottomIess debt with
very Hitlc Co Show Cor the money
spent ana the taxes are ever on the
increase 10 boasts OF improvements
but nearly every foot OF pavement and
sidewalk has been paid for. more than
its fuli value BY means OF extra tax
at.7u SO the administration has abso-
lnt'ly no credit coming 10 q on thar
score. Not O. cent II has been extrav.
ogant with borrowed money and extra
taxes. Aii these things are well known
to the people generally. and oven for
mer supporters Of the marty are freely
expressing themselves as sick and tired
%. Dos acknowledgement
THAT is thc way the Tribune party
has helped This city ana state. The
facts must bc stated as they are. The
party was conceived as an entirely UNI
American proposition 10 was founded
as a stepping stone upon which ambi-
tous individuals hoped 10 climb to Of
fetal heights, and glory. Plumber was
its ultimate aim
IL is absolutely not true that the
great buildings soing up in the city are
an evidence &C endorsement OF the poll
Icy of the party o. hatred Neither the
build ss constructed by the Trustee
in-trus, Of the Church. nor the oregon
short Line railroad station. nor the
buildings OF Mr. Newhouse. nor the
magnificent structure now being
planned on the old Deserct News chr
ner have any connection whatever with
the existence or non-existence Of that
party any more than they have with
the revolution IN Turkey. salt Lake
has made progress IN spite Of the party
~ strife, but no 50 rapidly as Il might
have done under different circum-
stances Bnt e Is not too late to re-
cover the lost ground The problem is
10 eliminate bigotry from local politics
and to give the city an honest business
administration Tho problem is 10 elm
mate from local politics the intoler-
ance and brutal selfshness that cbarac-
terize the Tribune clique. The solu-
ton Of mat probleu-and that should
not be difficult in an American com
munity-means a Greater Salt Lake.