The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-06
Why This Capitalist of Salt
Lake Kick Against the
American Party.
WAS HE AFRAID OF HIS
MONEY BEING ASSESSED t?
Some Facts and Figures Re-
garding This Chief Kicker
Against Americans.

One John Connolly. whose past record
In the criminal courts of Utah The Trib-
une has shown up, has been writing
Of The Thousand Dollars -a-Day Party"
tn the Herald Republican. This man
Connolly, who lives upon First avenue,
| who has served n term I'm the pcniten-
tiary of Utah and therefore Is an ex-
| convict whose franchise was taken away
from him when convicted but which was
| restored to him under the amnesty proc
! lamation OF Benjamin Harrison, then
president Of the United States; who has
| been convicted OF poisoning dogs. has II
grievance against me American party.
why? Ills pocketbook has been touched
ana therein the most vulnerable part OF
his body has been touched. Ills god is a
dollar-a big, round silver simoleon.
This man Connolly is reputcd to be
worth $3.50 900 In 1905 lie owned, among
other pieces OF property. 1903 feet on
Second East street When the American
party came into power five years ago he
esHed aip1 FOR this property $40. 600. or about
sell al That price, The property came to
him through marriage.
Property Advances in Value.
Three years after the American party
came Into power this property and i'm
proVements were assessed thus.
Itcal estate .'.,..-..,.....,...ss,. sS, 240
Improvements 80. ... 500
Household goods ................ so
This real estate was 1os by ls5 feet,
In lot 8, block 5S, Salt Lake City survey.
ana is on the south side OF East Third
South street. just east OF the Knutsford,
or at an assessed valuation of $50 per
Is Informed. have taken $40. 900 for the
property five years ago. and had 1t ON
the market at that price.
-, one year later, In 1903. he sold It to
the Auerbachs for $5l5.65 per front foot.
or an advance OF SIX and half times as
much as he would have taken for the
property hve years before.
Yet he kicks against the American
party.
Down on Sixth East street. opposite the
car barns of the Utah Light & Railway
COMPANY, this man Connelly owns tract
of ground which five years ago he
wanted 10 sell for S10.43 One year ago
ne wanted S20. 600 and today parties have
an option on the property for $40, 900.
Why Does He Kick.
Yet John Connolly kicks against the
american party, TO whose administration
Is due an absolute profit to him on these
two pieces OF property alone 500 900 since
they came into power
IN view that the property which he
owned on Sixth East has increased four
times In value since the American party
came INTO power, and assuming that his
assessment upon this property was the
same ratio as his Third South property,
the assessed valuation upon the prop
erty would be about $4,000. The increase
In taxes this year by the American
party OF two mills, his increase In taxes
would reach the enormous sum Of Sc.
while the increase In the real value of
his property would only be $50 000
Why, therefore, does he kick?
Wants the Pound of Flesh.
The reason is obvious. lie not only
wants the pound of flesh. but would eX-
| act twenty pounds. But what becomes
OF the money he received for the Third
South property? His personal property
tax was not increased In 1909 by the
sale of this property. Money is personal
property, Did Mr.. Connolly secretly bury
II in cellar or what became Of it?
Mr.. Connolly persists In sending signed
statements TO the Gimlet, otherwise
known as the Herald Republican, re-
peating and reiternting his falsehoods
about the American party and its admin
istration and this is the reason why Tic
Tribune has printed his record in order
| that the people may know the kind OF
a man he IS.