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Show TROTH SUPPLEMENT. V OL SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. JULY 19. 1902. 1 Dooly and the Bank Cases. It appears that Chairman John E. Dooly, of the Board of Public Works, does not like the articles that Truth has been publishing about him, and to the appearance of any more concerning him In issue, he to-da- prevent y's j on the Western. Newspaper Union, where Truth is brought such pressure Union refused to print article. printed, that the Western Newspaper therefore compelled, at the eleventh hour, to have The manager of Truth was to-da- y's it done elsewhere and runs it here as a supplement to the regular edition. This of the paper this week. explains the appearance Ever since the arrest of Assistant Cashier Duke and Paying Teller Robbank on the ertson of the Wells-Farg- o has been there embezzlement of charge a persistent effort to force the accused men to plead guilty. The effort originated with Cashier Dooly and in it he has been ably assisted by the daily papers, the Tribune leading and going so far as to publish an editorial showing the alleged advantages which would The chief flow from such a course. beneficiary from that line of action would be Cashier Dooly, whose, part, negligence or something else, in bring- ing about the shortage in the banks cash would be hushed up, whereas if the cases go to trial it is almost certain there would be a full ventilation of the affair in court, and that Dooly dreads above most things. That explains why Dooly is keeping the trail hot between the banking house of Wells-Farg- o Co. and the county jail, where the & ac- cused men are incarcerated. In case of a trial, however, it is not likely the revelations in regard to Dooly, woud ever reach the great mass of the public, as the daily papers would probably continue to protect Dooly, as they have done for years, by suppressing testimony. It is exceedingly probable Dooly has by this time squared up his overdraft" at the bank and made good the amount of his fraudulent checks and I. O. U.s. If he hadnt he would probably be occupying an apartment in close proximity to Duke and Robertson. His desire for the two accused men to plead guilty does not flow from any wish of his to help them. He doesnt care if they go to the penitentiary and never get out. All he cares for is to save his own skin. Dooly has never been suspected of harboring the smallest instinct of a philanthropist. He isnt built that way. It is, however, said he would pai them handsome! v to plead guilty and go to the penitentiary. If Dooly had had his way Robertson and Duke would never have been prosecuted at all, but the matter was taken out of his hands by the higher officials f the bank. This is not philanthropy either. He could not prosecute them without Involving himself. He darent discharge them from the bank when he jfnew they were doing wrong. They Knew so much were his masters, they and didnt care a snap for his authority. He is in the place he was over in, although, tightest as is well known, for tne last ten years it has taken the Joint efforts f half a dozen of Salt Lakes ablest lawyers to keep him out of even a much tighter place. Dooly, however, is considered good enough to he chairman of bait Lakes board of public works. Goodwins Weekly intimates that vritcrs on the Tribune had a personal Si? a,saLmt Mr- - Dooly, and that the the management was to pre-- 5 Sose "Titers venting their through the columns of the Trib- SioL. ch 18 gaumed to be the ex- the fact that nothing, or l frBVn notliing in the way of criticism J Dooly ever appeared in that paper. far as the editor of Truth is may 8a and also may for the iJ-Rreat SJ majority of the of workera in this city that thenT'an83, Ian was eonsidered by coSd not f.r fneath them that they dignify him by even holding a personal spite against him. He was and is today looked upon by them in much the same way as they would regard a snake or other loathsome thing which might cross their path. They fe:t that it was necessary to guard against injury, lut when it comes to such enmity as exists between men, Dooly was absolutely immune. Goodwins Weekly also says that the Tribune in the old diys was run on the dead square. In so far as that applies to Judge Gocdwins share in running tho Tribune, Truth believes that statement is absolutely and unqualifiedly true, but many thing3 happened on the Tribune of which Judge Goodwin knew nothing. For instance, Judge has no Goodwin, Truth believes, of the when fact that knowledge Dooly was agitating for such a change in the ferm of conti acts for city work as to make him the complete autocrat of the entire business, City Engineer F. C. Eesey laid the facts lully. and clearly before the owner of the Tribune, but Mr. Kelsey utterly failed to receive any suppoit on the contention he had taken up. Judge Goodwin docs not know that Dr. T. B. Beatty, one of the very, very few rr.errbeis of the city council who dared to oppose Dooly, spent several midnight hours laboring with the then owner of the Tribune with a view to inducing the autocrat of the paper to espouse the cause that he knew to be right, that in the words of D. Beatty, Mr. Lannan admitted that Dooly was a damned well, person who takes what does not belong to him, but the Tribune cculd do nothing about it. Poor Mr. Dooly, of course, had to be piotected from the sfite" of Mr. from the spite of Dr. Beatty, and from the "spite'' of every other honest man, and he was fully protected in so far as the columns of the Tribune could protect him. The writer has nothing whatever against the former owner of the Tribune. He owes the writer nothing, and the writer owes him nothing. He paid the writer for his work, and the writer gave him a good big do'lar's worth of honest work for every dollar he received. That, however, caDnot change the fact which is known to netry every man that did reportorial work on the paper, that it3 columns were thoroughly Doolyized. This wa3 the more surprising because, as a general ru'e. the Tribune was run on tho square. Doolys case, however, was probably the mest g:aring exception to the rule. ?t was Mr. Kelseys supporter and flend against most people, but when it came f) a showdown between Kelsey and Dooly, it basely deserted Kelsey and was found on the side which it knew to be wrong. Its managers began the talk that while Kelsey was eterlingly honest and thoroughly competent, he was impracticable and hard to get along with, and Dooly at the same time originated and srread the false and malicious report that Kelsey was corruptly receiving money from the Wooden Stave Pipe company for recommending wooden stave pipe for use In city work. The character or reputation of no man who opposed Dooly was safe from his SatanKel-Ee- y, ic attacks. Recent events have thrown a great row which has light on the city council months. It was existed for the past six to a than less fight nor neither more saddle. Dooly, in the keep Dooly through his lieutenant, Councilman Robertson, forced the fight in order to retain his control over the affairs of the municipality. lie wanted some one elected president of the council whom he could control, and, above all, he wanted a finance committee which he could control, as he did the finance committee of the previous council. The trouble began with the organization of the council, and in order to divert attention from the real issue, the Dooly-ite- s raised tl?e cry of church dictation and Mormon control, and a number of the members of the council Innocently fell into the trap. The Tribune and Herald, by whose connivance Dooly obtained and held control of municipal affairs, aided in helping along the Mormon and Gentile bugaboo. The Tribune was especially strong in ts denunciation of the minority of the Republicans in the council, because they wouldnt fall in with the other Republicans and put Doolyites in all the important offices. It now appears that the minority, which Joined the were better and more Democrats, faithful servants of the people, and better Republicans, too, if Republicanism means anything, than the others. The dally papers have been woefully derelict in their duty to the public in municipal affairs. By their connivance, Dooly for years has had his arms in the city treasury. The heads of at least two of the papers were fully informed regarding the Dooly grafts, but far from exposing them, they allowed Mr. Dooly to absolutely dictate their policies in regard to municipal affairs, hi d aided and abettrd him in his spoliation of the citjr. The decent members of the Republican party, to whom Dooly is a disgrace and the public generally, have made up their minds they will have no more of Dooly. They have been demanding his removal ever since last autumn, when Truth exposed some of hts methods. That demand has reached the point of positive insistence, and Mayor Thompson will do well to heed it. When Doo!y does get down and out, his successor should be an honest, independent citizen whom Dooly cannot ccntio!. There are plenty of men who have been craw'lng before Dooly for years who would do his bidding as members of the board of public works. Such should be strictly avoided. Its time this grafting business ceased. Last year, when Dooly was master of every branch of the city government, bankers were invited to make proposals for a temporary loan to the city to tide over until the taxes were paid in November. Zions Savings Bank offered the city all the money it might need at 5 per cent, interest. Wells-Farg- o & Co. quoted 6 per cent., and by the machinations of Dooly, through the finance committee cf the council, of which Robertson was chairman, the bid of Zions Savings Bank was turned down and Doolys bank got the business, which for good and sufficient reasons Dooly saw fit to divide with the National Bank of the Republic. Zions banks bid was in all respects as good as Doolys banks bid, and the rate of interest was 1 per cent, less, but the city was made to pay 1 per cent, additional as a tribute to Mr. Dooly. At the beginning of this year, when the Doolyites were beaten on the organization of the new council. City Treasurer Morris took away entirely the citys account from Doolys bank, notwithstanding the fact that Dooly made an unsuccessful effort to become a surety on Treasurer Mcrris official bond. Whenever there was a sale of city bonds it had to be done through Doolys bank. If It wasnt there was a flaw and a row until the business was diverted to Doolys bank. For years Dooly caused the impression to get abroad, loaning especially among Tiankers, that the city money In the shape of an overdraft was precarious business because the legal debt limit might have been exceeded. When City Auditor Reiser adopted the plan of certifying on each warrant that it was within the debt limit, Mr. Dooly didnt like It a little bit, because it would bring others into competition with him for the business. No. 45, To keep people in ignorance of the auditors plan of certifying on each war- rant Mr. Dooly brought his influence to bear on the Tribune and Herald and succeeded, as usual, in preventing either paper from publishing the facts. It has been so all through every branch of the city government from the letting of contracts to borrowing money. Dooly controlled everything to the great disadvantage of the municipality. It is surely time that this sort of thing came to an end. Dooly has never been a legitimate banker. He was nothing but a grafter even in his banking business, a pettifogger always on the lookout for somebody he could skin. Instead of attend as ing to his legitimate business, Walkers, McCornick and other bankers of high standing do, he was eternally working some graft on the public, fighting for the control of public funds and the control of public work. His grasping propensities lost the bank some of the best accounts it had. There is an Interesting story connected with the transfer of the account of the De Lamar mines, at De Lamar, from Doolys bank. The management of the concern might as well know it now as at any other time. Dooly was carrying thi3 money, which was a good big lot, and brought him plenty of busHartwig A. Cohen, manager for ing. De Lamar, was engaged In a little private business of his own, selling powder to other companies, lie had made an arrangement with Brother Dooly for a little overdraft on his own account so that he could make his deal. Well, at the critical moment, at the time when the money was needed, Doo'y shut down on him and wired him to come in and see him. Cohen came, and when Dooly met him he could not get the money unless he, Dooly, was let in for half the profits. Cohen consigned him to a land where they dont shovel snow, and went to another banker here and got the money. Shortly after that the account of the De Lamar, with its immense payroll was transferred to an-- o thcr bank, and Dooly left a victim of his own cupidity. Since this matter has been before the public, but one voice has been raised in defense of Dooly; but one man has dissented from the otherwise unanimous verldct of the people as reflected by Truth; but one man has had the gall to combat righteous public opinion. Who is he? you ask. None other than Glasmann of Ogden. Glasmann, the berated of all in the state. Glasmann, the mention of whose name in nearly any circle of society is the signal for remarks of derision. Glasmann, whose personal traits are such that it is said of him that he cannot lie although no man has straight in bed, to ever been heard question his ability to lie outside of a bed. Glasrtiann, whose introduction to society in Utah was had through an agency of a herd of buffalo bulls, fitting sponsors for the animal he is. Te gods and little fishes. Glasmann, through the columns of the Standard, a personal organ run for the purpose of foisting him upon a patient and people, commiserates with Dooly and invites him to come to Ogden. Dooly long-sufferi- ng Then should accept the invitation. all decent folk should leave the junction city and watch the pair engage in the game of dog eat dog. It would be an interesting spectacle. Nothing ever put on the sands o( a Romfn amphitheatre could equal it. The battle of the cats of Kilkenny would be a tame affair alongside it. Dooly and Glasmann; Glasmann and Dooly. Glasmann says the name of Dooly stands for good citizenship and business rectitude. Perhaps it does from Bills point of view. But the mass of the people of this state do not agree with him, although that fact perhaps cuts but little figure. Bill has spoken. Let the record stand at that. Bill Glasmann has rushed to Doolys defense; the vulture is throwing the protecting The wing over the wounded hawk. at is the purstanding snarling hyena suers of the wolf. |