Show ON THE TO If Councilman Mulvey would tell ex exactly aptly why he sent in his resignation and why ho he permitted the resignation to bo be withdrawn before action could be betaken taken talton on it the people of Salt Lake woud md get soi Interesting inside In Information Information formation as to the workings of the dominates the Amen Amerl Amerlan C an party part So far Mr Mulvey has maintaIned silence as to details al although although though he has hus said for publication that he has hns tolerated some things in the which were not right and he explains his wIthdrawal by saying lie he lieI I had been beon persuaded to remain because he is iR chairman of the water committee which has haz some important business coming before i 1 t soon Back of this revolt against his m methods was some L deeper t thai al a m mere re personal grievance One cause It is known Is the assumption of power by bythe bythe the chief ohler of poi police Ice for the the punishment of mon men who refused to contribute cam campaign campaign funds to the shameful abuse of authority if the charges made In the council are true It is pretty well understood too that Mr Mulvey hus ha l the admin conduct of city business and 1 that tha his to secure some improve ment have bean beon refused by tile the coterie or the he party which rul s the council But there thore must be some me deeper reason L for his action bec because use he Is not given to outbursts of this sort and and evIde meant to break brenk with his party alto altogether altogether gether Until he was cajoled into post postponing postponing I his reign reig I If the councilman had caUse for resignation it is due the publIc to know what that cause is and Mr Mulvey owes it to himself and hIs con constituents now that he has decided to remain to talk out in meeting and do doa a public service by securing the num reforms of administration which are aro ao 0 ba badly ly needed It Is worth noUnS noting that In its l Issue sue yesterday the tho Tribune which has been the defender and apologist of the Thompson administration asks these q StIO or of the party representatives in office How you maintained the mighty ty cause to which you were pled pledged god by every honorable obligation that can oan be imposed upon mankind you shown hon such a shining do de to the publiC weal that the whole ci city ty rises In acclaim of praise or of American party rule you demonstrated to Utah that thata a superior care of her funds that the interests of her taxpayers that the of her in that the harmony of her hel public lire life will be con her p people ople will place in hi hands like lIko yourS yours the government of the state and her 44 j The tn taxpayers payers and citizens of Salt Salte Lake e know Ins ver to every one of these questions The American has been u a sore disappointment It came Into of offIce offic fIce fic pledged to reform every municipal nb abuse se It has reformed none It had hadan hadan an opportunity to give the city the best administration it had ever known it has outdone the worst in weakness and downrIght wrong It found a great trust fund in the treas treasury ry and has dis dissipated It in outrageous pa payments to favored contractors In increased sala salaries salaries ries and the tho addition of to the payrolls It has hns been wasteful and extravagant and at the same time has neglected every branch or of the pUblic service I s police pollee department has been dis disgraced disgraced graced by a scandal that would have drIven the chief chic from offIce if the party bail haa done the square thins thing by the pub publIc lie lIc the thc police power has been used to punish political offenses and the do de department has been converted into a branch office of the party organization So Some e few good men are in the council I forthe the party but their efforts have I nothing as against the power of the men who cater cator to contractors v anti and use their e sa brokerage bIness municipal pal appoint Jn The Th streEt department has been m n offense and worse and the other J de bv ted by jobbery and unfit until the whole public servIce has become a byword It must have taken some courage for forthe forthe the defender derender of the Tho govern government govern government ment to even even suggest that there is any about Its d bUt It has only anticipated the growing determination determination I nation of the public including the AmerIcans themselves to demand an accounting from the cr crew that now fills the city o offices Unless there Is a reform radical and Immediate the Ameri American n party wIll be dead as a doornail before the next campaign comes on It has already struck the downhill side of Us Its brier brief career and the toboggan has been greased by the very men who ought to have been careful of the good name and usefulness |