The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-24
THE OPPOSITION FILES.

The opposition have presumably now
completed their filings Of candidates for
their respective tickets at the ensuing
election of November End. Three Of
the candidates arc identical on both
general tickets. Two arc different. The
two are Wallace for Mayor and t1tZ-
gerald for Recorder rs against the - Re.
publican nominees. Murdoch and My
ton. respectively, for the Offices named.
There were Council filings also. so that
presumably the opposition tickets are
now for the first time before The people
of Salt Lake. This gives MS practically
q campaign Of one week; but that is
enough. The people of this city under.
stand the situation right well, and they
are prepared 10 give the American party
n vote Of confidence, support, and en-
couragcment such as has never before
been seen i'm this city.
Mr. Murdoch. the Republican can
didate for Mayor. represents in himself
and through his record as Councilman
for two years past, the rcactionary ten
dencics of those who have put him in
nomination He has. throughout, put
every possible obstruction i'm the way of
progress and improvement. He came out
in signed statement with Councilman
Hall in opposition to the vote for S6O0.-
600 in bonds for public Improvements
at the election of July, 1908. The op-
position press has been laboring very
hard and very falsely to convince the
people of this city that some prominent
Americans opposed the bond issue of
1906. That effort was wholly false; no
such opposition was made by any Amer
lean. But if opposing the bond issue
of 1906 for : 10000 WAS cause for
ccnsurc, what shall we say Of the fran.
tic and altogether misleading statements
sgucd by Mr.. Murdoch in opposition TO
the 100000 bonds of 1908! The state
mcnt signed at that time by Mr. Muir.
doch was one that had no basis Of ac,
tualitv TO sustain il. lie maintained that
the bond issue was unnecessary, that the
city had plenty of money for all that
needed TO be done and that he was op.
posed TO running the city IN debt in that
manner. I'D would hardly make the
claim now, however, that the money
was not needed: i'm fact. his friends
arc making the false statement that
the city IS bankrupt now. even with
the 100000 Of bonds voted. Mr.. Muir
doch. in signing that statement, gave
away the fact that nc was willing 10
lend his name and support TO public
document which bad no substance Of
fact in it. the argument in which WIS
fictitious. and the whole purport and
plan of which was fallacIous. II seems
Incredible that Mr.. Murdoch himself
could have believed the matter which
he signed; but he did sign it, and nc
stuck to it through the whole of that
campaign. He must know now, how
ever, that he was trying TO mislead the
| people: and vet hc has never had tho
manhood TO confess his mistake to the
people Of this city. His whole course
has been rcactioDary. hostile to ihc prog
ress Of Salt Lake City, and dampcning
10 the ardor which has made the prog
rcss and advance of this city SO con
/ spcuous. He is a rcactionary, aud 4
/ it representative Of the rcactimary in
tcrcsts here, that always put brake on
tho wheel Of progress whenever they
can, Just as they did with regard tc
the resurfaciug of Main Street last
year.
Mr. Wallace, the Democrat Citizens
nominee, (although the Citizens do not
appear in the filing,) is chiefly distin
guished for taking up the fad of having
the Des MONIES plan Of government in
Salt Lake. Mr.. Wallace claims that
hc was not in favor of forcing that plan
Of city government upon the people, but
wished TO have it, submitted TO the vOt
crs. But he submitted TO the plan OF
those who outvoted him and supported
them in their plan of trying to get the
legislature to impose the Dcs Moncs
plan upon this city. whether the people
wanted il or not. in view of the fact
| that Mr.. Wallace was not OF the firm
stuff that would hold 10 his own opin
ions and maintain them against oppo
sition, he being right therein, he car
hardly expect the support OF the clear
minded men of this city. Whcrc hc
secs his duty clearly he should perform