Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-03
W. S. DALTON ] ! ! TO
Be SACRIFICED.
Program in the City Council To-
night to Keep Dininny
Silent.
BELLE LoND0N's FINE HAND.
Another Case Wherein It Is Not Good
For u. City Official TO be
Too Jealous.

When the city council assemblies to-
night w. S. Dalton, the former city
prosecutor In the police court, will no
doubt be offered up for sacrifice. This
is the program, and Mayor Bransforde
has stated that he has 10 of the city
fathers who will vote Mr.. Dalton out OF
office.
The probable action is the outcome OF
the row on between H. j. Dininny. city
attorney, and Police Judge Whitaker.
Dinnny was sentenced TO one day in
joil for contempt of court by Judge
Whitaker, and Judge Morse OF the dis
trict court has the matter under ad-
visement on appeal made by Mr. Dinin-
ny.
From the way the matter stands, it
looks like Dalton is being made the
scapegoat for compromise between
Mayor Bransford on one hand and Mr..
Dinlnny on the other. The police have
won, say the hangers on, and: Belle
London, and those who pay tribute
to her are in the iascendency,s II Is de-
clared.
Dalton, at all times, as the records
of the court show, acted on thee orders
from Dininny. 1t was he who steppeu
into the breach between Judge Whita-
kcr and Dalton over the Ihurstoil
Brown-Officcr Pitts assault case.
which has never come TO trial-anu
precipitatcd the four-cornered fght
which now lands. him out of Office
without q job.
ROGERS MAY BE NAMED.
Judge Whitaker took the wind out
OF the sails OF Dininny when he rose
In the police court the day the virgil
McMann vagrancy case WIS called ana
attacked the right of Whitaker to
issue complaints. The judge then im-
posed the contempt sentence ana later
appointed e. A. Rogers, special prose-
cutor. That tonight the city councii
will make his appointment permanent
Is now assured according to those
around the police headquarters VINO
say they are in on the "framce-uP.
That the compromise was maze alons
political lines is maintained by some
Sstaunch american" party men at
police headquarters. one man VINO
controls hundreds of votes among the
worst element In town--thicVes ana
thugs and stockade hangers on--main-
tains that If the city council Gusts
Dalton. and appoints Rogers. he VIII
take his votes elsewhere, Rogers IS
said to be IN partnership with u. ~.
walton, who is known as the attorney
for Belle London in private matters,
and II his appointment is made perma.
nent the police court Is farcial
travesty on Justice and vicious ele-
ment has captured tho only safeguard
between the good citizens of Salt Lake.
their homes, and peace ana q vel
governed town. and the depredations
OF tho hundreds of lawless 5charctcrs
who are flourishing under the present
regime of the police court, say some
conscientious police officers.
Under the present conditions the po-
flee court in another 80 days Will be IN
the same boat as one famous politician
who didn't know where he was at.
Complaints are thrown out each Day.
because there Is some error In drawing
them, DRINKS who come time and time
again are dismissed with an "admoni-
ton" This Is said to be n good political
move because it is nearing election
Cases are continued because the city
is not ready If this continues at the
present rate the court will be SO clogged
that there will be so many cases on
hand that 1t will take months to try
them if there will ever be an attempt
to do so. 81
In the same manner the fact that 80
many continuances are granted and
other delays allowed that witnesses go
away and the city is losing money each
day. Another thing Is that wise attor-
neys are taking advantage of the pres
ent conditions and delaying cases ana
calling for jury trials to make the city
lose just as much money as possible.
MANY REGRETS.
Much regret is expressed at the fate
that seems to he in store for Dalton Mt
tonght's meeting of the council. Those
who talk express sympathy for
him because he Is vigorous
official and did his duty as he
- A fruf tt.hn
are in on the political know" say 1t
is a bad move to dispose Of a good
vote getter like Dalton as a sacrifice
10 the vanity and mistakes of II. j.
Dninny, his chief. It Is said that Din
iuny has threatened Mayor Bransford
and chief of Police Barlow with some
startling stockade disclosures II the
contempt cases against him were
pushed A compromise was effected
whereby he was to come back into the
fold and make up with Bransford and
the police, II Dalton were canned.
and Rogers get the place. The mayor
and the police seem to have made a
shrewd bargain, the attaches of the,
court say.
In the meantime Dalton Is the only
loser. He Is % man of family who Is
paying for IL home here. He has done
good work for the party and tho real
,wise ones say that to swap horse
right now in the middle Of the stream
and change q good reliable burden cars
rier, Is n bad political move. besides
showing great political ingratitudo to
Dalton, That this move II made by
tho council tonight will precipitate q
serious dissension in the American"
party, the real boys--who sit long and;
often at tho public crib and fattcn
thercby---afTirm most vehemently.g