Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-16
lJnkind Cut by an American
City Council Against Salt
Lake Tribune.
ssvls soUsLcHES MUTINY
sydacious Proposition 10 Cut on Ad-
,ertising Revenue Until an
Apology l. Forthcoming.

N An endeayor TO bring the Salt
|take Tribune into the open in It's re-
4 cent charges Of graft within the coun-
eli a minority report was introduced
nv the special investigating commit
100 last night recommending that the
oi,y NJ salt Lake and the city officials
cease patronlzing the paper until II
shall either retract its charges or name
N, men 10 whom II referred. The re-
mort was squelched under the master
hand ~ Councilman A. j. Davis. sit
ting as president, and backed by the
votes Of Councilman Mckinney, Reed
all Moreton, Mulvey, Reed and Wood.
|councIiman Holiey. who introduced
the minority report. had the support
a, Councilmen Fernstrom, Hall and
Lees
The minority reports read
1--WE YOUR special committee on the
Investigation ~ The Tribune charges
neg TO report as follows: In the mat
Tor OF the charges made by the salt
Lake Tribune that two counciimen arc
on The payroll OF pool rooms ana race
track gambling, which charges were
ordered Investigated by your commit
TOO by resolution No. 50 by Councilman
uolley requesting that The Tribune set
forth the names Of the two councilmen
who are interested I'm the race track
We beg 20 report as follows.
THE manager OF the said paper met
with US refused entirely 10 give any
Information further than was publish
|ed neither would he retract nor give
satisfactory explanation. Finding that
I've had no authority TO compel wit
|n4sses 20 appear before us, the only
Thing that can be done 10 bring the
matter to any conclusion VIII be, to
Lease 10 do any more business with
laid newspaper and company Therefore
|ge recommend that all city officials
|who insert legal ads. be instructed not
|io insert any I'm said paper until II Is
|xllli6s either to retract its charges
| to-1ame the ones that are guilty.
JOHN HOLLEY.'
PROVES TO BE NO JOKE.
The report. not unanticipated, came
j. for the ridicule of Councilman DAVIS
/ 10 asked Mr. Holley II 1t was intend
Ia for Joke. When assured by Mr.
|Honey that the latter was earnest In
be plan to withdraw patronage from
be cty's official paper. Nj, Davis at
Eempted to shut off any debate by call
|ng for the roll call. Mr.. Fernstrom,
however insisted on giving his views
Degrading the attitude or the paper
IT lis no Joke" Mr.. Fernstrom said.
70 make the broad accusation of UNI
booming conduct on our part. The
Tribune is willing to SANDER this coun-
|tl and throw odium on us all, but II
II not willing TO point out the guilty
ne Instead II throws suspicion on
III Of us.
II u WAS business between man ana
ban. would you be willing 10 do bust
,esS with him under similar conditions? |
Bot the paper criticize Tvs and throw |
0 the 0dium IL wants to, hut lot US |
ave the manhood to let them know |
there we stand.
TITS a matter Of blackmailing scheme |
l. make somebody vote AS tho paper |
|pys II is simply a matter or BRING |
ng out big club and saying, Now, see
bat we will do 20 you
The charges are absolutely unfair |
nd unjust and until that paper IL
Hing 10 treat us fair we should cease
! have anything 10 do with It.
On the roll call the ma ority report 4
as adopted. which I'm effect reported
bat the council found itself with tied
bands In compelling Tho Tribune TO
nbsantiate or prove its charges that
] least two members OF the city coun-
had been on the payroll Of the race
Pack association during the recent
set al Buena Vista.