Show I POLITICS AND THINGS i iI I I II It I Is believed from Crom observation and general enel discussion son that the tile exposure of the five city councilmen councilman for le Illegally Illegal illegal- alI al- al I ly drawing mone money from tho tim el city tr treasury treasury treas treas- sur s- s ur ury has caused causel t more moro In munIcipal municipal mun mun- circles titan anything of ot time the kind In recent years c r The councilmen directly accused are aro worried o over or r the time thee e exposure of ot their record and the facts In the time case are at aL least worthy worth of more moc than passing pasing notice It I was rumored on the time street last night and the tho night before that action ac tic- tion ton against the time councilmen had been started through the the- the county attorneys attorney's ollice Legal action acton may come but bitt It I will wi not hot necessarily ari have to t come through h that chann channel 1 Time The Ogden councilmen were removed h by the tiling of or a complaint In lit the district court The rhe statutes provide that time the accusation tion In writing against any l public official of of- may be med filed with wih the time grand Jury or with tho time count county attorney of the count county In which th time the officer accused Is elected The rime judicial proceedings by which an otcel may b be le removed ed for fOl misdemeanors or malfeasance are tire simple enough an and If Ir the tho evidence Is strong enough h which It I is In the tile present presen ca case e. e they are quite effective A. 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J Davis pr president of oC the time counci council coun coun- ci cil whose case cae Is precisely the time same as that of ot the late Pre President Chambers Cham bers bels of of the time O Ogden den council Is IR preparing ing lug to meet the tho Issue In time the the courts cOULs and like his imis col colleagues ues expects expect that legal action will wi be brought to de deprive ile- ile him of or his ollice olee In the time elt city council counci He lie lc says ss s's he lie will wi carry cam the case caso to the Supreme court If tile the district district dis dis- triet court rules against him While the tile case casu is pending pendinG In the Supreme court he will wi not noL be bp allowed to servo In the thc council counci and amid his imis place will wili wi be filled filed as ns vacancies are usually filled SlUed Time The Republican has not noL charged that the time live five Ive did not noL eat earn eal the time money It I Is quite likely that the they did dil earn 11 it f. f It I is quite likely lely that the Ogden earned their extra compensation But the time law fixes their compensation and says the they shall not go be beyond it it LI Like e the Ogden coun coun- the time five Salt Sal Lake officials did dil exceed tho time limit placed b by the time law Hence Thence time the they violated time the law Time hf They can not go Into court on the plea that the they ned earned the time money zoney nn and hence were wei-o entitled to it It I law or a no law E Fl II H. a former councilman and now nov Internal revenue collector was ivas chairman of or time the municipal laws committee of or the el city council counci In 9 and it I was his committee that recommended mended the time payment of 3 per da dayto day to councilmen who served on the water board boad In the tile committee report it i was S stated that the time elt city attorney ney advised advised ad ad- o against allowing the tho mone money but the tile committee felt CeiL that the time men amen had really earned tho the money The Time committee commit commit- tee however did not recommend that In after years ears all councilmen should be paid for the same service Mr Ir Cal Cal- llster ilster lster was told of ot tho ho resolution yesterday yes yes- an and said sid he ime thought then an ansti and still sti thinks that the councilmen earned earned earned earn earn- ed the time money and for ever every moral moal reason should be paid The Time same point was argued at Ogden No one would care to believe beleve that air Mr Davis deliberately stole 36 In two years cars from Salt Lake Lale City No one omme believed that Craig or Chambers deliberately de de- de- de maliciously and wilfully stole mone money from the O Ogden den treasury treas treas- Ui ury Yet time the they took the tile money when tile the law plainly prohibited the tak tak- ing If I they did not know it their Ignorance of the law did not noL save them thema a whit In the time courts An officeholder above e abo all al men should know the law If I Davis Da 19 Fernstrom Fei Martin Tuddenham Tuddenham rudden h ham m and tok the mone money il illegally ii- ii 1 legally and If they they did not know kno It I was against the tile law It I was ws tHeir own fau fault faul It S Jake Raleigh didn't entirely clear his imis skirts the other ni night ht when he was investigated by a special committee of or the city council Ho lie showed that there was nothing In ill the tile little things but he lie did lid not lIen deny that thaL he lIe has imas kept his own OVi horses at time the city stables at nt atthe the time city's expense He lie le could coul not deli deny en that a campaign fund Is being forced from the of the time street department Mr Raleigh was vas accused of spending most of ot his time In a saloon loon The char charge e was made by a aman aman man maim fired from Crom the time city's employ for questionable habis habits and anti was not sub simi But lut the additional charge made maie by the tile same man that Raleigh Haleigh kept his private horses at the city's stables was not denied The Time evidence was ivas glaring Mr 1 Raleigh h lam dare not deny ion It I. I He dare not deny that the time street department are aie being bled for fot campaign expenses s. s Yet when the time Investigating committee heard these things saw w the tIme evidence c an and knew the time facts were true they refused to sustain the time charges charges' against the street supervisor throwing them all al out In a bunch If It I you arc aro a reader realer of tile the dally daily daiy papers you ou will vili wi find that thaL the campaign campaign cam cain has imas opened In earnest earnest It I will willbe willbe wi be long and amid Interesting with now political po po- sensations almost every day The American reform party by es establishing es- es pure principles has af afforded afforded af- af forded a field for fOt attack atack In which the time harvest will wi be fatal to tho tile mongrel party part There rhee never was a better beter fund fundor of or campaign material than timan that created created created creat creat- ed and maintained by the reform outfit during tho the first few months of its misrule S The Time American Am party managers ought to put Horseless Di Bill Doc Doe Stewart Garba Garbage e Hatfield and a few tow other sanitary lights In a menagerie and send them on the tile road There Thelo never was a bete better bettem freak freal collection Burl DUI Armstrong |