Show TO THE PUBLIC AND especially THE MORRON MORMON PORTION OF IT highly important P fim w ti GOME so 4 loaa L alir v an fn I 1 enclee herewith lit fir poll tift tion i a roff copf or is llie ilia original draft arafe of a aport abila out with the laten lie lion 0 of f it to being presented to the C city i L y bouncil or of thu thin citer a little over 4 lears since binca but abich owing to the hereinafter I 1 WM irs to arc 01 ead ol not yc re to that alia body the original nil draft ba been to io roy my able rc over ever since and had it D not 1 I 1 been 1 for tho the recent re I 1 lectia 0 p fjor fJ jeler lr clinton aa alderman and ja tice of the ali imar it would doubt jon bili lets have re rc in itald there still and sever peen the light r ran en now is as I 1 d j lit public I 1 1 1 i 0 ekpo expo rz pour ure iq not always tile E best 1 or 1 crest way tn in effect reform li I 1 lion IM on I 1 be pirl part of tile llie offending or of most moat cowin to tha public fablio good food for mr clinton might blight have hare deterred ninas nin as it il hu has done from pu this report wore it not that the authorities fit it f the church ofee aus carla of L atter day anis have not only retained this abia man ili m office since fince lis somewhat mekle of cf drunin dippe noting judice was wk mado made known to them but bacq hat tow saw had tile hi temerity to a him there then jit id artir dr dc bonce of nf ll 11 imhuf of both M lorning lor orann ninn and bentila len tila abe i following lowins fol connected w auh ith the history liitt ory of th alit iZZ remark able instrument will not be 1 devoid di iva id of interest tod tre are emary to A proper of ilia cri ind and particularly to exhibit ilia nodus adi of exercising life th absolute power t of the iho 3 lornor lor ormon noi friesth I 1 1 ft I werl that t loanna on n j of jorj hinest bones hearted today a igna ruit t or bf hat tr 1 or p iles e ind the ilia sincerely better la he ne divine divinely ji di reeled for sah ih it noder dedood tood that it u is ny my ing antagonism to this depotie dc principle irin cipo that me ti to this thi report and not feelings of a pomonal po ronal character either cither against its in chief rep re cc tatti aro io in the iho person of Prig barn young on the one hand or the unfortunate delinquent in the person of the juanico on the other the committee anit abasi duty duly it bee became ame to the report was appointed hy by the th city council in cadd of ft A mo irs tion ties being made for an appropriation fur for alderman cliftons Clio Clin tonit tons services as s justice of the leace it being alleged iq in support thereof that bat the legal A al 1 lowance in such cases I 1 was not ide ado q co compensation n nation and not b because h hi integrity was were spent is id eliciting the he facts contained in thin in in ard trumont tru ment and great caro care wait WAH exer ci bcd not to oven fim fate tato the bealli re alli of the investigation during the whole ot of the alie wk toy my fillow com especially mr fir burton rendered moM efficient am aid and on uno one sunday afternoon mr hurlon burton and maw had a private interview with mr clinton at the city when ai i labod in ilia iho report port he be did not deny oni one serious charge contained file fein and utterly failed to air ilia iho lent of bia POs lowi blo innocence in regard too to tho ilia others instead of preventing ilia report then completed to 10 the mayor and city council Cu aneil that no roo action clion boull old be talca taken upon it until directed ly by brigham young I 1 was deput deputed d tj lj wait upon liim him mind hib wishes concerning it before my in wita willi mr young I 1 made mr goo geo Q cannon acquainted with the cala cafa seemed indignantly in coa can fd against the alderman Alder mao and evidio y with tile BIC tint that lie at once removed I 1 then laid the matter before prebi dent dene young who after two or three interviews on this subject gave mo me to understand that he thought i 11 I 1 had bad better drop the affair or leave it with mayor major wells rod ended coded by tellia gme that he knew liti ew 11 boter if 10 dishonest long ions to I 1 did 1 or nadi to lo that effect tow confess i stagger daggered cd me not a little anil and I 1 determined not to drop it but to push the lh mat ter until I 1 itts perfectly convinced BB as to whether such inch conduct was winked it at by the highest hi best church dignitaries di i and irso if BO for what whal purpose fo for r such buch a course was terribly ter terribly damaging to tny my faith in puno puri anco tiance of chri idea I 1 I 1 read alto the report to mayor major wells who was aln counselor to Bri brigham JIng ghim hao young who an do termination to adother it and an deavo red to extenuate the alder aldermans mans conduct to the full extent offia ability and influence I 1 then informed several of the iho members of the city council fully in regard to tile matter dialler which resulted is io addressing a private letter to brighum brigham young expressing unqualified diR approval of mr lie clintona Clin tons course and requesting his rein reino cival bich was waa signed by henry W JAw reace 0 sam net W richrd Kich rd it T r burton A 11 raleigh Balci gh myself aud and possibly joseph 11 smith and one or two others if the persons named did not bot constitute conati tate a majority of the city ciry council in numbers they certainly did in influence this thi letter was vis then hen delivered to brigham young in go by B ladop anil alderman Ali lerman A IT 11 R to which however lie did be not di dian a reply the santa mm parties then thea obtained a private interview with mayor wells at the city cat y hall the ill 0 reaul t of which was ill that a t we were 9 given iven to understand hat our persisted per in the chev 0 was anything lint hat pleasing pleas ing and that thai kid his continuance in office io in consequence of of his hig emio was ti ft predester rained thing not being particularly desirous do airous of a r lesion to the maddy Mui Jj among the iho cintes Pint Pin tes cs ortho sandwich islands sound bound dy suggested the propriety of then dropping tho the aff i woich ich I 1 accordingly did by ile 1 I to I 1 mayor tile hie report mc itself auly illy signed ty ly the members of the iho com an ties together with tho the ij 0 of f copio bart and the iho three pol policemen asemou under him with wilh lhoir signatures attached the original drift draft from which that hat report was wad copied As already stated was then owl and ii now in ID my ay posses passes aion in IL is JB duo due to bishop I 1 E D woolley to 0 state in this ahi connection that who when n made acquainted wit h what bad t pire pir dho promptly split a deputation or ri to alc it mr clinton to toong his I it 1 the P Ilin hops connie I 1 ter lor which to win at t one once corn core plied with wilh atla tt ial also alao proper la in this lion li an to the fact that the he calice olliven named in the report in it c barging their duty in the efficient ina ober no heated they acted tj in a wit wy I 1 that wa aia li highly f ig lit cicili aa fallo Is to lo them on men indeed tha male indignation iod ignation evinced b by th thene eve officers was var eram ed by R kal imo mai do acquainted with irith the he ca caw showing thit that while thy fell bound to li sub mitIa to the lit git ditto church chorch in ing a M bastice Fa stice of the ali peace uch such it i man as mr lr clinton it have been at the of t belf ilant protest I 1 will state floto io in ju juliat tice to inyim iliac 11 tle a ex perien ces I 1 have just related oot not only naly witta to orontes my lay ton con in tile divinity or a faith I 1 kid had implicitly reel ivea in my early yeara hat but they led ni me to indulge in a freedom of thought soon bonn me thu ill a dependent for its support upon pa such nuch arp was waa of blit rence aej 1 ln it tile ling king of bev did not nol that foht p recording to 1 I accepted accented ethics of literality and ii deemed boffi bell and corrupt carpl W I 1 a I 1 lie following ii a the report re referred forred to ti the A dwor clr ant ff unify a W t vj f ca gentlemen 1 wo C lour i our committed appointed bitted tin nn tac th theuay jay J or roaten rm aten of city council will mn brive pvc chiq uita toj for the purpose of examining exa maning into the file locket pook awl ani court of clinton Clint nn alderman of the fourth municipal luni cipal vard in m order that iho file amount yearly income from his hii office an alderman aderman might bo be correctly werta ined submit tho the foil bof lowing in accordance with our instruction we a examined iwo into tho the hook book court kard ifil pia before montio ned cd but hito have not lwon ixta ablo blo to m the amount of derived by tho the from lili office owing to tho the ex cx ibe w and manner in in which hy accounts aro are dept but in carrying out our we vie regret to say that a birge number of anciel between the lie amounts received ty by tho the alderman from piga as fines finca for anu and the hd amounts ed cd in iiii as having been to so to rc edited anil and other oilier matters of a more potions nature forced thein themselves wives upon 0 our notice rome doroe 0 of which we vo feel fee it to be it a duty daty however painful to our ares tophy before junr honorable bwl bod W diw that on ilia iho ad F I 1 bir LIS 1 alderman clinton paid into tze ano CIO friy Yron sury the sure pum of one abou and tint r ar for linea received by him for tho the months ending on that day e awl from a careful examination or h hid own entner that he received for bif on c month menth the one preceding hit pay payment alent of tile the one thou thousand and dollars for fines ive of to tota cots ta anil and fica dieci cirit hundred hundl owl and nineteen dollars awl and fifty centi this to say tho the least 1 bat 1001 suspicions 1000 reported report by the I 1 ho of al der dervarics marics the I 1 hp fines collected for three months saso by ui no to havo have been received ly hy him in one month of of that timi tano front froni lab il eb IJ 16 until march aad 01 7 the docket f hobs list he received front from ft of anil and arf ile jc radl into ill taft treb rury d time line M 4 his v ago tl how n lg ft a jfhn I 1 i of at is I 1 man liw be j per bla amounts of nf IJ eoll and beside t on his bin books bodolai we find that mr paid ifor binon and coats ia a that year afler the of augua of which no entry whatever li is made during enrin the investigation invest ration orthene of matters we hail had orai oracion ion to consult tho the police offic officers erg from whom we obtained valuable assistance aAu capt andraw bill itura t wu or of especial service floco to it ns tin ax lie ha has since jabury ast 1st st kept an account of cosci w which ch have bore come ie ic foro fore alderman clinton anti and on labich imposed anil and collected according to this bool 0 ol 01 there were from one hundred to one hundred and fifty M brought before the til alderman front from january tit lit as to march on which fines of various toxic amounts wore waw assessed mea and as a general thing cog collected of which no miry entry whatever Is 11 made on an his docket in order to ascertain the probable amount received by him from thou mes m es we thought the tha way most clely to be approximately correct would be to tile take a similar october number of cases from the docket and stella arac an average oc the fines imposed the he mv cases as a general thing being ix bog of tho the sums character and therefore probably living having the samo same fmc fine by this thia court we lound found the average fin fidei on the first one hundred undred li caie i tried to be 2107 each by taking the lowest of ex caf ei 0 omitted 1 as aa above say any one hundred we w fi find id a further probable deficiency of 2307 A again gain we have a list hit of cases lim from his where fines havo have been levied but no payment of same ame made to appear thereon fro from the police we further diat that lines were paid to alderman clinton toy by the fal lowing par tic lies R s W K R IS IF af M w r IS 4 i mi 0 9 ina total SIX cut but no entries are malo made or of them in liis his docket and accordi according ag to the same testimony Diony meny tho police caws cases kavo havo fro occurred where fines have been paid by parties whose names do not ad ceartin pear on the Alderman 8 docket at afa all it one or two of which we doom deem worthy ot nf special mention 0 namo name withheld who was arrested over a year ago on a charge if r attempting a rape on a woman of questionable character was wa ro Is lemed by the auchman Al lorman without trial on payment to him as huh money again W V who keeps keep a saloon on oil main street t paid to 0 o the alderman fin fines for far ill liquor amounting in all 0 o faw which I 1 be b theelder lio alderman manon on being interrogated abed by us tea res pee lioi it dij ill not deny on the record s is all that appears ili as having been received froni from jr IV abro out conr report we inico to alil add the following statements the parties acs ics whom names are arc attached hold clver an geralle fur for their truth troth officer ileath heath date that one or tho first of II if II if gamblers in llie ilia walker building paid eluo too to the th alderman as a bribe for pert permitting them to for one IJ wore more for i continuance of tho the permission for ono one month further cerwin alle some dome time imo mom sinfo 2 one 1 I for avault with willi intent to kill lie gave at the he alderman Ald eriMO jim av a pledge lor for fill hi appearance the iha following morning fui fu I 1 liidi I 1 it vat but did aid ool not appear an aoi the AM all win toll told the officer that he be hi had cam nold with him U D far 11 10 privately this he did without knowing any of of the h facts in tho the cue cast which we art are laurein lAu reil were very verj aggravated officer dewey stated that ahl S the nal manager baller billiard saloon on lua hant burcet L and forin rl proprietor of the WOOD toll told kim him in reply to car testy altin to 0 qu estlow that lie he wool not give fit h him bmw any information Alder ILI I 1 mATi Clin cliftons tons conduct or tim bulu drw e tv aith ith lim liiro haring kitra 2 thi the aldr T inan n s n hn his PI not 14 0 0 w which h rather than violate he would to go manon fk and bull ufer torture first it is by officer tint that 8 hl L acted a u an agella adt nin man canion and saloon biloon koper sed ail F blem fur for to the or effect ng bour C u r w re y dumit t the fi formolo for colo regalo I 1 anim ra which it will be men that the a r arma 11 iq a defaulter some thousands or of dolla dollin r d bruic a pem ill of fourteen months K R T III hi turn MCKEA chea cK EA e W 8 gone committee |