Show I I POLITICS AND THINGS J i i I A. A J J. J Davis is not being singled out In this fight to compel an observance of the tho the law in iii the city council council If I he helias has lias been given any more mor prominence than the other American the two Democrats and tho the Republican member member member mem mem- ber of or the tho elt city council counci it Is because he Is president of oC that bo body y Ho lie lo is ismore Ismore ismore more prominent in his official capacity cpa cpa- capa caim- el city than an any of or his colleagues Save Councilman I Fernstrom he lie has been In tho time council counci as long as any any n oilier member now in service The Irregularities charged against him cover a along along along long period perlo of years ars Ho lie has haR played a prominent part In the circle of or reform reform re form leaders in the tho last eight I ht months Ho ne has been a stanch friend and supporter of oC Pat Moran in inthe Inthe Inthe the council council He lie has been a good fellow fellow tellow fel tel low but like the rest he has gone wrong rung v A A. A J J. J Davis is president of or the American counci council Ho lIe 10 will vill wi suffer no nomore nomore nomore more than will his hi colleagues he because heuse use of or his prominence how however It will vill willbe wi be that President Chambers Cham Chami- hers bers of or the Ogden Ogdon council counci was singled d dout out as the defendant in the first case caso th that t was filed mol up iii there thera When hen he was ousted an and amid another put in his place Illace suit Bult was instituted against t his suc sue cessor cesor Now other councilmen are arc beginning beginning beginning be be- ginning to resign as Is shown In iii the announcement that 1 Mr Emmett Emmet will wl step stcl down and out to avade prosecution lon tion If I all al are aro equally guilty uly there Is little nee need of or going over the tho details In each ench case yet there is no desire to sll single le out one man and amid make malo him bear beai the burden hurlen o of the crowd The Tribune Mr Davis' Davis mo most t ardent ardent ardent ar ar- ar- ar dent admirer and supporter has charged ed members of oC the tho Ogden council counci with wih being grafters g has hus comm commended Mr Ir Sheen for the lie light he lie made mad and amul nl has drawn a parallel from which members members mem mem- bers hers of or tH the Salt Sal Lle Lake council counci cannot e escape The Tribune has Invited a challenge of the record of Salt Sal Lake councilmen and by making grave charges against the Ogden officials has drawn rawn the light of public Investigation Investigation gation to the public servants at home If I the Tribune feels that tho the Ogden councilmen should have been deprived ed of their offices because the they took mone money Illegally from the city will wi not the lie Tribune take the tho same view of tho the matter mater in Salt Sal Lake If it Is 19 shown beyond a reasonable doubt that the local officials are arc no less guilty uly If I the tho Tribune can find space In to commend Mr 11 Skeen for filing complaints com corn plaints a against the erring ering Ogden councilmen councilmen coun coun- why cant can't the Kem Kearns ns organ find a complaint In the thc Salt Sl Lake case and amid pursue the course of or punishing punish punish- punishIng ing Ing officials who tho ho do not observe the tho law 4 S S SIt It It- It I will ivill bo ho four months tomorrow since the first bids were opened for forthe forthe forthe the four big street paving contracts After weeks of or juggling in which the council counci manifested an unholy preference prefer prefer- ence emice for Pat Moran ho was WS given Iven the contract But nul up to late date a square yard ard of asphalt has been heen laid Streets have been beon torn up for weeks and amI the same will be torn up through the coming coining winter The people are arc be beginning beginning be- be ginning to realize that the favorite contractor Is not always the fastest In the report of oC vital vial statistics Is Issued Issued issued Is- Is sued for tho the month o of Jul July from th the health department It Il is found Cound that no monkeys were destroyed at tho the crema erema- tor tory Heretofore at divers times monkeys have been destroyed there and ami the thaI seeming discrepancy during I the past is o an f J the seeming discrepancy during the past 1st month is II an outrage Why Vh wasn't want a monkey burned at the cremator crematory cre cre- matory mator last Jast month Can Health Commissioner Commissioner Com Corn missioner Stewart give Ive a satisfactory answer answel to the tho charge that a violation violaU n nor of or tho the ethics o of the sanitary department department depart depart- ment has been committed In tho ho Issuance is issuance issuance Is- Is of a report that says nothing about monkeys s 's Tho The conditions exIsting existing ex ex- In tho the health department arc are simply outrageous S The Kearns organ org driven to making making mak mak- ing Ing- Inga a statement anent the tho recent expo exposures ex ex- cx- cx po ures o of five apparently apparent apparent- ly Iy does docs not nol agree with wih the Supreme I court In its ruling ruling in the case which Interprets the meaning of or Section 22 of tho the Revised Statutes That section prohibits the changing of lof compensation ot of public officials I after aCer they arc are elected to lake take effect I during the term for fOl which the they are aro elected Tho The Supreme court holds that after a person Is elected to office his hl salary lalY shall shaH not be tampered with wih during his term After reviewing the law and the opinion handed down In Inthe inthe the he case an attorney who is quoted as an authority by tho lie Tribune Tribune Trib Trib- une says ys From these statements of the law lawand lawand and the statutes tho the following conclusions conclusions con con- seem plain First That First That from the hc time the ordinance passed pasel over the mayors mayor's veto 25 1897 and amid went Into effect until December 28 1903 when the revised ordinances of 1903 went into effect the only com cm that cl city council counci was Jas entitled en- en titled to receive was 20 per pel year for all al official services I Second That Second That the revised ordinances ordinances ordinances or or- did not include the time compensation sallon 0 of of any councilmen elected in that hat year ear during luring the time for Cor which ho was elected Third That That the members of or the council elected In November 1901 t aO are entitled to tho ho compensation ton provided for fOI by the revised ed ordinances of or 1903 And the time Tribune adds Should the attorneys attorney's view vies of oC the time case caso prevail President A. A J J. J Davis against whom tho the real fight ht fg-ht Is being waged aged would not be entitled to tho the amounts paid him in 1901 I or om 01 1905 Neither would Fernstrom Tu denham Martin or But In case of a asuit asuit asuit suit the Supreme court would no doubt bo be called caled upon to pass pas anew upon the whole queston question In other words that decision decision does doe not suit the Tribune and the Supreme court will wf have ta try to-try try again S Thieve There is a funny runny scramble among amons- he tho heads of oC tho ho city departments department ever every time a newspaper man mimmi appears appears You see seo the tho hea heads s or the chief clerks are ale collectors of tho the campaign campal n fund fundor for or the American party purt and the they keep the subscription lists and tho the mone money Mr Atkins gathers In tho ho coin from rom the street the tho lie of the waterworks dc de dc- nt go to Mr Il Kneass with their tithing those under the tho supervisor of f tho the board of or public works go to Frank Christensen and In tho the engineering engi- engi department Sam Brown Is the collector Clerk Hansing and Iol horseless Horse less Ics Bill Di Margetts divide divido tho time spoils In n the health department department There are also Iso official collectors In the police and nd fire departments department and the ten ton per out cent assessment comes comnes in with the time regularity of tho ho advent o of each month Atkins knows the street de department de- de has been exposed and ho makes no bones bonC about collecting om tho the men but hut Mr Kneass Kneas and anti andI I lr r. r Christensen en are a little more mOo semi gen I The Time other oIlier day a u newspaper newspaper- ian nan drifted Into tho the waterworks do- do and found a subscription lank on the desk It contained names f members of the department and ho ha 10 amounts that that had been collected rom them Thinking it a public he scanned It until Mr grabbed It and hid It In the I I desk Now every esery one knows the tho waterworks are arc coming through with wih ten I per pel cent cen of oC their salaries the time same saro a as Hi iii II any other department de dc- de- de and it does does' not look w well 1 to try tl to keep it a secret A man mon was wa handing Mr Ir a n piece e of or mone money and amid a sUbs subscription blank blan when a o newspaper man dropped In uI In and the clerk of or the board o of public c works worl was scared because e he had been hoemm caught in iii the time act act If I It i was wa perfectly right he should hould not miot hl have vo been frightened fright fright- ened cued Tho Time collectors act as thou though h thc they had to b bo ho shamed ashamed of or It Is that a tre treasurer will wf Soon oon be appointed and that th the slush fund tun will be turned over to him All AJ of r tho collectors will come through with their tributes wrung from Crom thi th the pockets of ot city Burl DUll Armstrong |