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Show ADDITIONAL MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. The decision of tho district court in tho matter of tho contest of tho elec-Mon elec-Mon to tho city council of Messrs Tud--lenham and Hartenstein resulting In tho ousting of Mr. Hartenstein and 'he seating of Mr. Ferry gives the "Americans" full control of the council, coun-cil, nine votes out of fifteen. The now idmlnlstration will therefore havo full swing to do as It will. If it accomplishes ac-complishes half what was promised before election most people will be satisfied. sat-isfied. Tho responsibility fully rests' on the party In power. City Treasurer Swenson did well In retaining the services of Georgo H. Wood nnd Max Boiver. .They are both thoroughly onto their Jobs. Genial Barney Quinn as license Inspector In-spector is all right. Anybody who should pay a license will havo to "go some" to escape payment with Barney on his. trail, and yet Mr. Qulnn may bo depended upon to use bo'h discretion discre-tion and courtesy in the fulfillment of his duties. One of the retiring olllcials who deserves de-serves a largo mead of praise Is .Miss Eddlngtcn, who for four years wis deputy auditor. Miss Eddlngton wis i most competent, conscientious pnd vigilant ofnchl. Mr. Felt, the retiring retir-ing nudltor, also deserves the than'is of the jniblic. His system of accounts and the way in which tho books. were kent are a credit to Mr. Felt and his assistants. Recorder Moreton will make no mis take If ho retains MIs3 McDonall In his office. She knows the 'work from A to 52 and Is a stauilch Republican. The way the Deseret News "slob; hers" over ex-Mayor Morris and the lately relegated city administration Is calculated to make. people sick. The ex-mayrr has not, ns far as we knuv, been charge 1 with, dishonest'-an dishonest'-an J needs no defenso on that score His administration, however, was p failure In every respect and nr j amount of fulsome and nauseating laudation by the News ,can make It otherwise. The mayor was weak and vacillating and allowed himself to be "run" by designing politicians an11 grafters to the great detriment of the municipality. The water schem" adopted by the mayor at tho Instance of some of his legul and other advisers is absolutely pernicious and will bo r source of almost endless litigation an'' trouble to tho city. Even if It should succeed it is reckless nnd extravagant extrava-gant almost to tho point of criminality. criminal-ity. Tho water scheme and -the way It was pushed along, even after the late election, when It was decided by-the by-the people that the administration would bo chaneed, Is a disgrace Truth ndvlsed tho people not to en trust tho late administration with r million dollars to spend for water Tho wisdom of that advice Is becom lng mere nnd moro apparent oyer'-day. oyer'-day. The million Is practically nP gone now nnd at the same rate It wIP require another million before tlK city gets any more water. Besides thr water atrocity every department o' tho city government was conducte-' most extravagantly, taxes wer-raised wer-raised two mills last. July and ow'n-to ow'n-to the wastefulness which prevallo-' It is almist a certainty that" another advance will havo to be made nex Tuly. In addition to gross extrav. gance nnd utter incapacity the latel' retired administration broke ever'-antQ-electlon promise It made, and utterly ut-terly Ignored those win made It possible pos-sible for It to be elected. It Ins almost al-most bankrupted the city nnd loft r record of Incompetence seldom eqm1 ed. the extent of which the people wll And out within the next twelv months. The sidewalks laid an'' other Improvements which were donr were nearly all paid for by tho pron -rty owners in the form of specla taxes. Little credit is due the admin istratlon for thoso Improvements. Councilman Hartenstein and hir 'rlends have decide 1 to appeal to th-supreme th-supreme court from the judgment o' Tudge nitchie ousting Mr. Hartenstein Harten-stein from the city council in favor o' Mr. Ferry. It Is claimed bv tho up pollants that the intent of those wIk voted the ballots which were cast ou' as spoilt by Judge Ritchie, was clearl' to vote for Hartenstein and that the'-should the'-should havo been so counted. Thr law certainly contemplates that thr Intent of the voter should govern where It Is possible to ascertain it. .4 U President Stephen A. Stanforl of tho Young Men's Republican club yesterday yes-terday announced his committees ar follows: Executive A. B. Edler First ward; John Curtis, Second wnrd; Hans Chrlstopherson, Third wnrd; John Houghton, Fourth ward-A. ward-A. H. Nash. Fifth ward. Houso James Ball, First wnrd; J. W. Currlo chairman, Second ward; H. S. Anderson, Ander-son, Third ward; Thomas Harper Fourth wnrd; Fred C. Loofbourow Fifth ,vard. A meeting of the club lus been called for January 10. That was u nice little plum tint feP Into the lap of A. S. Fowler In the shape of private secretary to Mayor Thompson. Sandy will perform the duties of tho pluco conscientiously and with ability. |