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Show Yol. 1, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, FEBRUARY No. 22. and its a great pity the Mormon and Gentile question was brought into it. Truth, however, thinks it will be' straightened out satisfactorily in a very friends have said that they would Je short time, and after that the members willing to have Hilton go if the mayor of the. council will probably get along would first name a good man to succeed smoothly and like each other better for him. They feared he would name De- the brush they have had at the outset. tective Sheets whom they and others 41 41 did not like for that position and wjio It is to be regretted that President could not be confirmed. With Hilton out and Sheets not confirmed that would Cottrell was not more fair in his rulings have left Janney (the ranking sergeant) in the debate and the filibustering last acting chief. Janney was less liked Tuesday night. He leaned strongly to than Sheets and an indefinite spell of the side he favored, and in one instance Janney is particularly what was ob- his ruling was so raw that even his coljected to and feared. All that is very leagues refused to sustain him in it. uncomplimentary to the mayor - and 4t 41' Truth thinks the fears of those members who refused to sustain the mayor It was rumored on the streets that were groundless. Mayor Thompson is Mayor Thompson would resign unless a man of too much sense to play a game the council reconsidered its decision of that kind. However, that is the real and removed Chief Hilton. If he did status of the affair, as between the con- Cottrell would be mayor. Oh, my! tending parties. Luckily there was no foundation for the 41 41 resignation talk. 41 Now that the three alleged disturbers 41 is If the intention to of the harmony of the police department . keep up the fight have been removed, everybody is ask- it can be prolonged indefinitely. The ing what the next move will be. It is council cannot fill the vacancies caused not the intention of the Republican by the removal of the three officers leaders of the Hilton forces in the coun- without the concurrence of the mayor, and in the absence of any approachment cil that Hilton will remain very long in of the chances the council and his present position. They regard him are the. latter willmayor not recognize any as not suited for the position he occupies appointments Chief Hilton may make. and it is said on good authority that If the eight members of the council will Hilton will very soon either tender his cause Hilton to appoint men of the same resignation or he will be removed. religious faiths as those removed it measure take away the They say they have begun the work of would in a greatthe foundation for stables and the out theory that the fight Augean cleaning on is Mormon and Gentile is not until will it waged being completed. stop they Hilton is so weak and vacillating that he lines. 41 41 cannot handle men under him, and if he were given an entirely new force it The Republicans are becoming would not be many weeks until it would alarmed at the situation on account of be as badly demoralized as the present the injury it is working to the party, one. .With Janney out of the way, Burbidge is the ranking sergeant. If and the city committee has taken it up the chieftaincy were made vacant by in the hope of arranging an armistice Hilton dropping out and the city coun- and ultimate peace between the belligcil did not approve of the person the erents. The committee wasnt asked to mayor might name for the place, Bur- act as arbitrator, but the members hope bidge would be acting chief, and every- in profering their services to put an end body knows that Burbidge is thoroughly to the annoying condition of affairs. competent for the place, thoroughly 41 41 honest and trustworthy. With Janney It has been the fashion for several gone, the main reason urged by the councilors for not approving the years for the newspapers, some of the mayors removal of Hilton is gone. The members of the city council and a good mayor might do a great deal worse, sneer at Councilman Truth thinks, than appoint Burbidge many others to fun at him and ridicule chief. Femstrom, poke 41 41 . him on all possible occasion. Now, as The mayor refuses to give any inti- a matter of fact, Fernstrom is a smart mation of who he will name for the fellow, in his way. He was during the place in case Hilton goes. He says he last council the leader of the Demohasnt made up his mind about it. The cratic minority and he led his little names of Arthur Pratt and Will Lynch hand with so much tact and ability as to are mentioned in connection with the make it decidedly awkward for the Re- office. Either would make a good chief, fiublican majority on many occasions, council he is pursuing but neither would take it at the present same kind of tactics, and has althe salary. 41 41 .. ready made things uncomfortable for his muddle the a arose, political opponents. He studies out Its great pity Police Mxiddle. has already expressed itself to the effect that a little of the policy on the part of members council and mayor would have prevented the unpleasantness which arose at the very outset of the present city administration, and which, from the looks of things now, may continue indefinitely. The Mormon and Gentile feature of the quarrel appeared very early in the game and has been Aggravated constantly ever since until at the meeting of the council on Tuesday evening very bitter things were said, especially from the Gentile side of the bouse. The action of Chief Hilton in removing Detective Sheets and Sergeants Janney and Brown was not enThey have been tirely unexpected. more openly opposed to the chief than any of the others of the department and Hilton no doubt was glad to get an opportunity to get back at them. Hilton made some very, ugly charges against the three deposed officers. The eight members of the council who voted to sustain the chief in his removal believed the accusations to be true and concluded that the men ought to be removed. If the accusations are true there is no question but the only thing to do was to get' rid of them as On the other quickly as possible. hand, the three deposed officers have inade just as grave charges against the chief as he has made against them, and if they are true he ought to be removed without a moments delay. Truth give-and-ta- ke . 41 41 . . . Truth is slow to believe accusations made against police officers. From the nature of their calling they cannot avoid making enemies, and unscrupulous enemies at that. It is easy for anybody who thinks, or professes to think, that he has been unjustly treated by an officer, to make all kinds of statements about him, but when called on to furnish even a reasonable degree of proof, the lameness and the animus of the accuser generally appears. As to Chief Hilton, the worst . - Truth ever thought of him was, that he is incompetent for the position he occupies and needs to have nis head fixed. Even the members of the council who voted to keep the chief in his place in spite of the mayor's action in removing him, admit that he is incompetent, mid admit that his incompetency is the root of the whole trouble in the department. Cottrell, Eardley and other of Hiltons pro-Hilt- on . Price 8, 1902. 5 Cents. his course and is nobodys fool, by any means. He is unfortunate in not having good command of the English language, but when it comes down to good hard, common sense he is away ahead of a good many on the Republican side, both in the late and the present council. A FREE KEELEY CURE PROPOSED. A bill will probably be introduced in the next legislature providing that confirmed inebriates shall or may be sent to an institution for the cure of such at public expense. There are a great many drunkards .who are drunkards against their will. They would give up the habit if they could, but the disease, for it is in many as genuine a disease as smallpox or typhoid, has such a hold on them that they cannot overcome, unaided, their craving for alcohol. Their drunken habits keep them so poor that they cannot pay the cost of treatment, which, would enable them to resist the demon, and often those dependent upon them become charges on the community and live in squalor and misery. It is argued by those in favor of the measure, that from a purely pecuniary standpoint it would be cheaper for the public to bear the cost of a few weeks treatment for them than to go on supporting their families for indefinite periods. Then there is the philanthropic side of it which appeals to almost every' body. How much better would- it be to convert the drunkard into a sober, industrious citizen, who would take care of his wife and little children, supply their physical needs as well as give his little ones moral training and educations which would fit them to battle with the world on their own account. Such a measure would, its friends argue, be a saving to the state . - in every way. The states of Colorado, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Oklahoma have a law providing that impecunious drunkards may take a course at the Eeeley Institute at state expense, and it is said the results have been very satisfactory. The residents of the east side who use. tbetreet cars on the Fort Douglas line are loud and bitter in their complaints of the conduct of soldiers from Fort Douglas who ride oh the cars. They say the men in uniform are, especially on the late cars, very boisterous, use obscene language and behave so as to offend the sense of decency of ladies and passengers generally. It has been suggested the Street Car company should put on a trailer car for the use of the soldiers and thus relieve passengers from the necessity of listening to their obscene language. . |