Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-04
MAYOR FINDS HI:
LACKED SUPPORT
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Move to Gust Dalton Fails TO
Materia|ize After Count
OF Noses.
DUMMY READY FOR FIGHT
iIad Reply Framed to Judge Wilt.
akcr's Charges, but II Was No,
iscad to tic Council.

1t was not the fault OF Mayor John
s. Bransford, Chief OF Police S. N
Barlow and several ssympathc;ic mem
beers of the cts council tait Nv s.
Dalton, sccond assistant city prosccu-
tor, was not made the scapegoat of Il
compromise between city Attorney
Dlninny and the police department
by having his Official neck cut OF at
the meeting Of The Council! last night
When the mayor and members OF the
council faroring the creation 81 the Of
fee of special police court prosecu-
tor counted noses they found that they
were not strong enough to so into the
'Eght with even q good chance of win
| ming.
Most of the business of the council
at the session last night was transact-
ed with onlya majority OF the mem-
oers present In their chairs at one
time. Others We're engaged in the work
Of 'caucusing"9on the proposed change
In the duties Of the city attorneys Of
flee. The feyerish anxiety of those
who would offer up w. S. Dalton az
the sacrifice came to naught. for 1t
Nhp sopI' tuvPtieHt ltluli me HuNp-
Gates of the special prosecutor idea
We're In the minority. 1t is said that
the mayor can count on four members
only of the council to support him in
the segregation plan. From indica-
tons II seems that Belle London and
her willy schemes have received Jolt
from which 1t will take about a week
to recover The next meeting of the
council Will be held Thursday night,
but thHrp Ia littIn n /,
MAYOR and the anti-Dinnny crowd
viii succeed by that time IN "persuad-
Ing" enough american party coun-
clmen to assure the Passage of an
ordinance creating tho office of special
prosecutor. If the matter again comes
UP II will not 10 before Monday night.
city Attorney Dininny, anticipating
that some action might be taken look
ing to the curtailment Of his duties.
WIS ready with a long letter replying
to Judge j. ]. Whiiaker's charge that
lie had refused to institute or prose-
cute cases In the police court and de-
failing his actions throughout tho
contempt proceedings and the cir
cumstances leading UP to them.
LETTER NOT PRESENTED.
The letter covered six pages and was
said to have. been so torrid that the
paper on which 1t was written was
scorched. 1t was not presented. on ac-
count of truce having been declared
following a conference OF Mayor John
$. Bransford, President w. Mont
Ferry, Chief of Police Sam Barlow and
City Attorney Dininny..
When the mattersof buying fire hose
for the city came up for consideration.
the advocates Of cheaper hose Insisted
that the matter be gone into more
fully The fire committees rocommen-
daton that the contract to furnish
5000 feet of hose for the fire de-
partment be awarded TO the New Icr-
Esey Car Spring company went to the
committee of the whole for a special
order of business Thursday evening.
only Chairman Reed of the fire COM
mittee dissenting. Other bidders will
be asked to present samples of hose
at this meeting.
Chief Glore of the fire department re-
ported to the council that he had not
been able to check up on all the firms
violating the smoke ordinance. but TO-
ported the following: Il. c. NJ. L., Sem
Ion. Knutsford and Wilson hotels, the
Alexandria and DAILY roaming houses,
the Snntarium, The Tribune Publishing
company, The Herald building, the city
library. the Mccormick block. the Utah
Pipe Clay company. the Orpheum
building. tho Hooper block. the Royal
bakery, the Mcdonald Candy company
and the Model and Colonial laundries
Tho chief was asked to complete tho
list Of alleged violatcrs.
ORDERED TO AB.tT'E NUISANCE. +
On, motion Of Councilman Fernstrom
the list was referred to the city ,attor-
ney. with instructions to Institute pros
ecut;ons, II necessary. to abate the
smoke nuisance.
The fly ordinance. drafted by the at
torney general and the secretary of the
state board of health, was submitted
to the council by the city attorney
with favorable recommendation. and
laws committee The ordinance pro-
vides that failure to cover any refuse
in which flies may multiply constitutes
n nuisance. punishable by minimum
fine of IS or q maximum fine of $50. or
imprisonment for maximum of so
days. The city board of health is given
considerable power In the enforcement
OF the law.
Tho report of the street committee
disappearing the recommendation Of
the board of public works that the
contract with Mckay & Reed for the
construction of cross walks throughout
the city be approved. was referred back
to the committee. ct seems funny that
n budget provides 100000 for the con-
struCtion of sidewalks and nothing for
cross walks" said Councilman Hall In
abiding to the matter. The committee
rejected the boards recommendation
because there was no provision OF funds
for tho work,