The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15
LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 5 1911

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have tho imposition of exsctiug bur.
dens upon the taxpayers which would
Weld revenue beyond precedent 10 the
lootcrs.
This bunch went in with the PROPOSE,
ton that il would have a citizens
ticket. or business mems ticket. or
some other kind of ticket. "auythug
10 beat the Americans. But all
through IL insisted that Mr. Leather
wood should be the candidate for
| Mayor. The business men, the citizens,
could not understand why Mr.. Leather
wood was either fit candidate for
| Mayor. or why there was such insist
encc unon his selection. II looks as
| though there were ga niger in the
wood pile - when it was found that al
most anything would be sacrificed ii
only Mr., Leatberwood would he named
| fused 10 carry out the Federal bunch
programme. Immediately upon the fail.
ure TO Get Mr.. Leatberwood on some
sort Of q citizens or business men s
ticket. the Federal bunch decided to
put their party machinery IN order,
call a partisan convention by the party
committee. arportioned delegates 10
that convention on the Republican vote
for Mayor last year. had the conven'
tion called TO order by The city chair.
man, and proceeded in every respect to
hold n Republican partisan convention.
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vention was over. the bunch changed
the label and made its ticket "good
government ticket How it happens
that Mr.. Leatherwood is the only gen
tleman in Salt Lake City who can con-
duet a good government doesn't ap
pear. He is not an experienced munici-
pal expert, he has never had any of
ficial municipal position; nor is there
any evidence that he hrs any admins
trative capacity in that direction, What,
then, is the point in insisting upon
him, and him alone, as candidate for
Mayor? Evidently there is something
up the sleeve Of the bunch, some dirty
trick which ii intends to spring upon
the public of Salt Lake in case il can
have a chance to raid the taxpayers
and increase the peoples burdens.
In no taxing unit where the Federal
bunch controls is there any reduction
IN taxation. Tax levies arc kept up
10 the highest possible limit, and the
constitution is even infringed upon by
the bunch sending its official agencies
into different counties for the purpose
of forcing up assessed valuations. be-
cause the valuations returned official
ly by the assessors were not likely to
yield the amount of revenue which the
Federal bunch requires. Everywhere it
is grab, raise taxation, and spend
money TO no purpose. The county has
little or nothing TO show for the vast
sums raised annually by the commits
and wasted under the "coun
scl' Of the bosses The State has
nothing so far; and the taxpayers. dis
trustful Of this Federal bunch, refused
to vote bonds for the building of
capitol. We are to have a capitol.
nevertheless. but started on moneys
tSpetldllN set apart LOT tnc same, ana
the expenditure is very properly taken
out of the hands Of the Federal bunch
and placed in charge of commission
which will not render tribute to the
srafters,
The bad faith. the trickiness OF the
Federal bunch in passing a partisan
commission form of government for
Salt Lake City under prctensc that it
was giving us nonpartisan govern
mcnt, is now evident TO all The fur.
ther thickness in undertaking to fos.
ter a citizens or business mems move
ment here, and then deserting that
movement as soon as it found that Mr. |
Leatherwood was not approved by the |
business men, and the further trick of
changing the label of the Republican
ticket to good government ticket, |
all this marks the Federal bunch as
an utterly untrustworthy gang. wholly
of the confidence Of the pco-
pie.