The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-04

mountain country, If you want to
make a little noise. Eula, tell us about
the pockets that hold that three mil
lions stolen from the people.
A SPLENDID RECORD.
A careful study Of the manner IN
which the affairs of Salt Lake county
have been conducted during the past
few years, shows that the county Off
cials placed on guard by the Relub
lican party have attended TO their du-
ties in a manner that could not have
been excelled had it been their own
private business to which they were
attending. If a capable man gives
the same attention 10 his public office
that he would ID his private business.
the results cannot help but be good.
The record Of many years i'll Salt Lake
county shows that the test can be ap-
piled TO the manner in which Repub-
lican county officials have discharged
their duties. and that 1t viii show the
best Of results.
Fourteen years ago, the county of
salt Lake lOated s95O.OOO IN bonds,
drawing 5 per cent interest. for the
purpose of detraying the county's
share OF the expenses OF. erecting the
city and county building. Ten years
later the Republican county commits
siOners refunded that issue OF bonds
and floated a new issue bearing four
and one-half per cent interest. The
county received a bonus OF $500 for
taking up the old issue, and IN getting
the interest reduced it saved a large
sum to the taxpayers. The actual saw
ing for each year Is s1.75O, or s17,5O0
for the ten years. This amount added
10 the bonus received, represents a
saving 10 the taxpayers Of s26.4CO on
that one item.
In 1907. the Republican county COM
missiOners took up $4,000 in bonds
owing by the county and took up
$4,000 the next year. This makes a
total Of $4,000 paid off in two years.
several years before the bonds came
due, and left only the S25O.OQe fioated
in 1886. Thousands Of dollars an
nually have been saved to the people
Of the county by this method.
The record Of the city administra-
ton. which is controlled by the Trib-
une. is the exact opposite Of the policy
pursued by the county. The indebted
ness Of Salt Lake City is a million and
a half OF dollars more than it was
when the Tribune took charge in Jan
uary 1906. and the boPd issue voted
by the people in 1903 represents less
than half OF tins. The Tribune city
government has added $500 to the city
Indebtedness every day that it has
been in power. II also adds each year
to the amount Of outstanding warrants
and, in addition to all this, it takes the
money paid in for city improvements
by the abutting property owners (not
the fifteen inilis) and spends it for
other purposes, then issues scrip TO
the contractors, and that scrip is dis
at the banks. where it draws
interest for the people to pay.
As an example OF maladministra-
ton, of mismanagement and. most
people believe, Of downright thievery,
the Tribune city government CT Salt
Lake exceeds anything OF the kind in
the country. Column after column
every day in every newspaper in salt
Lake for the next year could not ade-
euately present TO the people what has
been done TO them. In addition to
that. gamblers and saloon men have
been grated to keep the Salt Lake
Tribune on its feet.
People who keep informed as to the
trend Of current events, know that
Tammany in New York. prior 20 the
election Of Mayor Gaynor. gave prob
ably the most conspicuous example Of
ooting a city that the American peo-
pie have ever witnessed. To the credit ]
of Mayor Gaynor. be 1t said. that al |
though Tammany elected him, he has
put more burrs IN the tigers tail than /
many Republican mayors would have |
done
But when Mayor Gaynor, who has
been rather indulgent towards Tam /
many as a judge. was named for
mayor, Tammany went heart and soul |
nto the business Of electing him. It /
desired 10 meet the criticisms OF the |
Hearst newspapers that New York was
he most misgoverned city in the /
world. Statisticians were placed at |
work, and they compiled a poster
showing the most heavily taxed cities
n the United States. the cities where
he people secured least for the money
hey paid in taxes.
When that poster came out, Salt
AXE City was at the head OF the ST.
rhe research showed that Salt Lake
vas the most heavily taxed city in the
United States. and that the people of
;alt Lake were given less for the
money they spent in taxes than those