Show lU In KIND RINI OP OF I IVery REFORM Vr Very likely every C one in Salt Sal Lake Lkc knew w that the present city council had increased the thc expenses of or tho the government o since their induction In Into Into into In- In to office at nt th the first of the present year But no one could have been prepared for the astounding statement state tate ment published In the InterMountain Inter Moun tam tain Republican yesterday directly from flom the records at the city anti and county coun- coun ty ly building That the cost of the city cily management this year ear Is more than a quarter of a million dollars higher than It was last year ear Is perfectly per per- amazing Yet It I is true tue among all al the thc promises put forward by the iho candidates of the so- so 0 l. l called caled American party art In the city cily campaign was that a n reform would bo effected tore More ore frequent than other pledge was that the expenses of the city would be reduced Papers that supported the American candidates candi candi- dates dales were then filled with wih charges of or gross gros extravagance extra against the I sitting melber members of the counci council And to a great greal extent those charges were 4 true The recent Democratic city ad administration ad- ad 1 ministration probably spent more I money moncy for le s les-s results than any other cir city council counci that had ever before that time had control of an any municipality But whatever their thel extravagance it i has been exceeded more moro than a aJ J quarter million milon dollars b by the cr very men who secured office orce on the promise promise prom prom- ise Ic to lo reduce expenditures Instead of Instituting a single re reform reform re- re form the alleged members of the council counci no sooner secured e se- cured their seats than the they be ho- of ot re removing ye- ye re-I re systematic policy gan- gan gana r a s moving officials who had hall not nol worked 9 ked for the tho success of the American Amen Ameri- c can n party ticket et That ws s the one une consideration Those who had spent In the were partisan rt an service the time they service were rewarded reward reward- paid paW for public retention In their places Most ed d b by of those who had nol not were cre unceremoniously ly hw hustled ted out of or their pla places es valuable valuable And It made no difference how able ble those officials had been to the instances Instance given given hen h city They had 1 in some en the thc best part of or their lives to lo an efficient discharge of public dut duty and lre ro still tl capable and amI competent men Bui BuL they thc could not stand the one test lest applied b by the Iho American majority They Tey were bounced and party paty strikers were r given gIven their places I Then hen when whon the weeding-out weeding pro pro- cess es had b en perfected when the tho American hustlers husters had been rewarded with appointment the council began beJan the second step of or their game The They Increased the pa pay of their favorites They hoy added to salaries with wih a perfect recklessness and In open CU defiance to 1 I Ithe and the protest of sensible I l who had been be beguiled hal tal citizens 1 Into Inlo supporting tho the ticket et at th the elec clec- ton tion Night Ight after night the American majority in the council counci accepted the he orders order of or the caucus and raised the 4 until thou thousands an s pa pay of or their favorites s of nf dollars a year had been fixed as a liability y y on the thc city cily treasury But there wa was still another degree in this strange ceremony of or Initiation I Wherever offices were created New Ness ew a a man of or importance made a larger largel claim than common wherever one for tor party service the Iho in income In- In d demanded como come of oC an he ho could not he be i no office for him but hut told 1011 there was vas the thankful recipient of a abrand was us made brand new office with a salary lar attach allach- I I I another gd Rd In one departments after s i clerks and assistants assistant and other clerks to help the added adde clerks and other as- as hell officers to assist the former Into t the public service were bundled i the until r and on the public payrolls 1 I crowded with henchmen were L' L olce l out of not keep could cep so o thick thc they v e each wa way i There Thero I c But all al this was not enough who had to be bet were wre material men InCh had worked for forthe The Thc They t t taken ken caro care of and thc they demanded their the ticket tl the I. I reward Money was taken talen taken from from bestowed n them up upon and amI city tl treasury aury claimed to lo lol furnished furnished- or ot t for r goods Their help had l furnished he have have- havo been and tind their N. N been appreciated worth while Not ot a arf penso e was made pEn There Thero Therom was wa wasI rf department W was vs N omitted m 0 I t demand for COl or expenditure here there anti and everywhere e The Tue ravenous fellows tel fel- lows who had worked Co for I pelf got their thI pelt pelf The rue solid old citizens who had hal believed the they were vere getting a reform administration were compelled to p pay the tho tw bill bil More than a quarter of a n million dollars In th the first frt year over overlie the lie extravagant cost of or the last cl city administration is the thc result resul of or that prodigal l waste of public money by ly the faithless faithless members of or the new city council counci The figures are herewith presented again You may maJ compare them with wih the books book In the thc elt city offices and you Jon OLI will wi find them accurate The he present city administration 1 Is costing Salt SnI Lake e a year ear more than did th the thelast thelast last city and administration and and that was costly costy enough In all al con conscience But this I in Is not the sole cause cuse for complaint So bad bad were the plans of th the called so-called so-cled so Americans that tha lu new majority did not dare take talc the public into their confidence when thc they started started start start- ed ec on a new raid of or the treasury The Tho nine members of th the called so-called so-caled so American American Ameri Amen can party part went into one secret caucus after another and aRlee agreed upon a plan for dl discharging a cl city e for Cor putting a man of ot their own party part in his place for increasing the pa pay of or their favorites ores thus Inducted Into office of of- lice fice for making makinG entirely l new offices b by the tho score and with them rewardIng rewarding rewarding reward- reward Ing men who had made them themselves u useful l Cul to the new or organization In that caucus time lime and again there was a n difference of opinion But five fhe of or tho the number was a n majority of th the nine and the they Co forced reed an acceptance acceptance acceptance accept accept- ance of oC their thel plans Then rhon the nine nino came care out of their secret caucus their star chamber closet closet and anc forced forcel through the council one after another another an nn- other of their perfect perfectly Indefensible measures Thc They forced tho the dl discharge chane of good men They forced the employment employment em em- of oC Incompetents fhe They forced fore forc ed the creation creaton of oC new offices an and compelled a draft on the thc treasury treasur Corthe for Cor forthe forthe the payment of their satellites But little mUe more than three months of the called so-called o American city cly administration admin admin- has passed And In that tune time the astounding result resul is The he cl city's s expenditures have been Increased cd per year cal And nl w we WI submit that thai the men and wom women n of Salt Sail I Lake ake have not ha had value received Account 0 1 1506 HIG Increase Decrease Engineering I i J 12 2 S 1 Board of or public 4 1 16 t Liberty Park h. h f i I jl I City City and y county nty I Sll ti 2 COl 1 Council oune II an and 1 mao mayor 1 V i f. f 34 5 2 t. t It r J 24 c I court H. H Auditor attorney u sur r. r 3 12 Inspectors nn and c cat ray pound 10 1 t T 1585 JI Inspector Library 1 1 2 00 Gl Sundries 1 sidewalks and Irrigation and water water water wa wa- wa- wa Streets Street ter supply Writer works worl s u 7 3 Land and water commissioner 1 I Fire FIr department 13 l 13 Police and prison 57 lS Polee Health J. J S. S jt f CO C Cemetery li 3 f i Totals Totals' lot ft IS t 2 61 t k i Increase In increase Tn three months 6 For Increase For one onu year ar |