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Show STILL CHEWS ITS BITTER PILL. The church organ affects a. great un-happiuoss un-happiuoss by reason of tho overdraft in tho contingent (general) fund of this city. It knows, of course, perfectly well that at this time of tho year there is always a heavy overdraft in the fund for gonoral expense aud maintenance. It knows that, this occurs every year, and knows there is nothing at all alarming alarm-ing about it. Still, it llnds tho improvements im-provements beiug made by tho American Amer-ican party in tho city to be so well received re-ceived by the public that it finds them a bitter pill to chew. So it breaks out in a snarl. Tho church organ affects to believe that Tho Tribune said last year that the overdraft then existing was largely chargeable to the Morris administration, Well, so it was. Tho Morris administration adminis-tration shoved over into tho American city administration bills and obligations obliga-tions amounting to $80,000 and upwards, which it should have paid before going out of office. That administoration collected col-lected up closer than anj' other administration admin-istration from tho tax collector, and turned over scarcely anything on the general ta.x account to be received by the American officials as they came into office. - That is to say, it gobbled all the funds in sight and paid as few of its bills as possiblo; and when the News claims otherwise it is guilty of deliberate deliber-ate and willful falsehood. This, of course, is nothing new to the News, but it is merely another black speck to be added to tho sadly mottled sheet which records its vicious career. Another "bitter pill" to the News is the investment of $6000 by the State Land Board, aftor a full investigation by its attorneys, in the warrants of this city. This proves that, tho Land Board is fully convinced of the solvency sol-vency of the city, and of tho safety of cashing its paper. It is, of course, a bitter pill to the News to see how well tho work of tho American administeration is received by the people of Salt Lake. It is always al-ways a bitter pill for the Deseret News to hear any word of credit passed in favor of the American part' or its doings. do-ings. It is a bitter pill to it that the business of the citj" so largely' increased on tho ousting of the church party from power. The advanced bank clearances, clear-ances, the tremendous growth of the city in population and wealth, the recall of the people by thousands who had gono.away during the Morris administration, adminis-tration, are all sad sights for the Deseret Des-eret News's eyes. It writhes in anguish an-guish every time that anyone speaks of the alluring prosperity and growth of Salt Lako under the American administration. ad-ministration. It is a bitter pill to it to see so much public improvement going go-ing on; and bitterness is added to the pill when it finds that the contractors receive their pay dulj-, and the laborers never pass a pay da' without getting their monej-. As to the overdraft in the general or current fund, tho News need not worry. The present 3-ear's taxation has not come in at all 3-et, but will be ample to cover everything and leave the cit3' a clean sheet with a nice balance to tho good on the opening of tho new 3'car. Tho News, of course, knows all this, .but it serves its dishonorable purpose pur-pose to mislead, prevaricate and lie. The words of commendation which it hears on every hand for tho good work that the American administeration is doing, for tho progress it is bringing to tho cit3 for the large public improvement which it orders and is putting in, are all so much gall and wormwood to the News. It must be a source of extreme misery to ari3ronc to be in such a wretched condition as the editor of the Deseret News is in with regard to these public improvements. It cannot keep from railing at them nearly ever- da3'. Its cup of bitterness runs over, and it sends out its wail of anguish and spreads the bitterness of its heart all over its pages mercl' because tho ci Ly is growing, is prosperous, and ever--bod' recognizes that the reason for this growth and prosperity is because tho American administration is in power. pow-er. That is what hurts. And another thing that hurts almost as bad is that it knows that this prosperity pros-perity would be checked, tho public improvements would stop, tho cit.y would take on a listless paral3'sis which would be fatal to its immediate vitality and growth if tho lawless, ecclesiastical power could once more fix its greedy talons in the vitals of the municipal administration. Evciyonc remembers how the vital advance in this at' was checked by the defeat of Mr. Knox and the election of Mr. Morris. Everything Every-thing fell dead at once, progress stopped still. Business was done, to be sure, but not on any such scale as was justly just-ly to be expected, and thousands of people loft the cit- because of the lelh-arg' lelh-arg' and. lack of activit' that was manifest man-ifest on ever' hand. That is tho sort of thing that? the News is plotting to bring upon the cit.y in the name of peace, and that is the kind that the American administration is trying lo prevent. Everyone knows that the vital progress pro-gress of this citv is bound up in the success suc-cess of Americanism. Everyone knows that -with the ousting of the American party, lethargy would descend upon the city like a deathly pall. And that is wiry the active, wide-awake, lively, energetic people hero are pra3'ing for the success of the American administration adminis-tration and the continuance of the American party in power. The pretense that tho paralysis which the News calls "peace," would help Salt Lake City is such a transparont shnm viewed in the light of histor' and in 'tho record of progress of this city;, that none but those ill-advised of the situation or ut terly blind or moudacious could for one moniont cntortaiu such an idea. Salt Luke's progress, vitality and growth are inevitably bound up in the triumph of the American part-. Facts and history provo this. Business men everywhere recognize this as tho truth. And that is what hurls the Deseret News, adds lo tho bitterness of its pill even moro thau do the favoring words of the public in appreciation of tho American parly's work here and its anguish an-guish thereat. But tho American part' has come io staf; the improvements will bo pushed; they will be pushed next year; and they will be pushed by tho American party; if not, they will not be pushed at all. |