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Show I ; Vcople Have Had Full Value for Money Handled by Americans. 1 1 PROPERTY OWNERS PETITION I' ; FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS f . r Detterments Add Materially to I -;. Realty Values and Beautify 1 ,; the City. ? BY MAO. tl That was :i great expose wlilcb Tlio jif Tribune mudo Saturday morning of the y'j unscrupulous statements oC the ; " Mouth." "That one' article fairly and i squarely disposed of all of thoso "Tho .1 , Thousand Dollar a Day" boxes. The people who have tlio right to know I f what ia done with public nionoye paid J, into the coffers of Snlt Lake Cit', were f(T Shown in admirable fashion, i "Who has that Throo Million Dol- lars?" screamed the oilicial organ. ;jt Why, the whole puoplo of the cutiro i.'t ' city of Salt Lake have every dollar of tj,; it in Iho way of betterments that arc j a nlousuru to )oint to. ! J ti this connection, havo the Snioot- I iles forgotten that when such improve- ! ; i merits as street paving, curbing, side- walks, etc., are made, tlio majority ot i the abutting properly owners must first j ; petition for these? The city cannot . : ioreo improvements unless a majority t desire them. Then the city must foot about two-fifths of Iho cost. !;' . The city has been. overwhelmed with I 1 petitions "from enterprising property owners during the past fivo years. Indeed, In-deed, the dilllculty lias been to doter- mine just how far the eily could go : without a burden -on the taxpayers. Tho j mayor and tho council have taken tho i.J matter up with tho greatest care and , have considered not only the wishes of S i the petitioners but the interests of the II? general taxpayer. The result has been f that nothing has boon done that is caus ; iug hardship to anyone who -fully un- I . dcr&tunda tho ultimato benefit 01 scn- i j ' ' sibln betterments. Property values nat- , urally increase in a city that is widc-' widc-' jf I awake. The realty owners have noticed ; .'j ' a great rise in values since tho Amer- i ican spirit, was turned loose in this ' city. Many have unloaded holdings ; fe . they hud had for years, at fine profits. IKight now the realty market is not satisfactory, but the reaction that will shortly set in will gratify the most . expectant. For a lime, doubtlessly, tho published slanders against the order of the city will deter tho thousands of outsiders who had thought of investing here, but the result- of the balloV next month, if the detractors arc repudiated, will swift' :', t y restore confidence and precipitate i another genuine boom, livery true friend xif tho city should strivo to make. American victory a dou- 1 . Lie assurance. The effect of a strong ;; indorsement of the progressive admin- isLration in Salt Lake is certain to be l' beneficial to the realty market. It will ! mean that the peoploof Salt Lake City, j who know local conditions, havo hurled ' the slanders of the city back to tho un- i principled political mountebanks, and' t have defended tho city's good name with the power of their suffrage. I That burglar letter of tho Smoot organ or-gan was laughed out of the campaign fj even b- the Smoot politicians. It was a real joke. Aud most of the people of Salt Lake guessed at once that tho author was' in all likelihood the brazenfaced brazen-faced scamp who recently robbed tho Salt Lake Press club aud stole the fund which friends of tho late Allan ii Lovey raised for the support of tho f dead cartoonist's mother. j One thing that well illustrates the 1 unfairness of the local Republicans is their refusal to recognize the Americans Ameri-cans in making un tho election boards. ti The law requires that au opposing party ,( bo represented on each board. Instead of this, the minority member is invar. i'jm. iably a Democrat, and most of these 4 nro in reality tocls of the local Hcpub- )( ican machine. f ' Last year when tho Americans had (j tho appointing of tho election judges, i Councilman .Tames P. Murdoch was per- , mittcd to name a Republican in each district where tho Republican vole had 3 been larger than tho Democratic vote, 1 and the Democratic city chairman j named a. Democrat in districts were Ithe Democratic volo exceeded that of the Republicans. It was an cminentlv fnir arrangement and Murdoch said he would p.ce to it. if ho had the power, i ' that Americans be treated likewise this I'- . Did be do it? He did not. JTo is a ! '; , county commissioner now and as such V ho did not allow, tho Americans a sin- ; gle judgo in the entire county. 1 ; ; . And somo say Murdoch is a." fair man! ' : ' . . Here iu Salt Lake county the Srnoot- j I Jtcs are telling the liquor men that thoy ' j . have no intention of submitting tho 1 ' l,t liquor queBliou to tho people- uinoty t ,.. days after tho Adjournment of tho leg- , y i islaturo. Thoy whisper an explanation if? "that that plank iu their platform was J I written to snitisfy the prohibitionists in ,i ' the Republican party. Out iu the stato. i liuwever, tho staUmeut is mudo that 'fj the Republican me.mbcr.i of the lcgis- f;l ' latum will go even farther than the tkl , plaH'nrm deelarus Uial Iho platform J j wotild have byeu stronger if it vcrc not .1 1 ; fc- the fear of losing Salt Lake coimtv. : 5 5 It looks very much like koiiio more j i t double-croshiiig was about to bo in- IJV dulgcd in by the "bnnch." . jgj , , Shnriff -Sharp is tuotcd bv a well- fciq known citizen. as having a'id a few jU years ago "The American partv is I? ' ' made up of the seuin of the earth. ' If ' . . the sheriff attended tho Colonial the- M filer meeting, hint night ho may have ( ;. changed his miml,if he has- otio of his lf li -)" Monday night. October 10. thore kfyt was quite a shooting affray at Hingham. It was immediately known to deputy sheriffs, but was suppressed through fear that arrests at that time would cause tho ItepublicuuB somo trouble. Which, by tho way, is but a samplo of law enforcement en-forcement in the county. Senator Caunon's Colonial theater speech was beyond (tietion tlio most effective ef-fective ono he has delivered in many years, llo dealt with a great question with line dignity, and hLs personal know lodge of the subject carried with his words a niighly power. Tf all Utah could havo hoard that presentation, pre-sentation, all Utah would bo bettor Americans todav. This ia a little reminder I hat Sou-atur Sou-atur Gannon' has- prepared a great story for " Bvorybody's" on the local situation, situa-tion, and those who mako it a point to get the December number of that magazine mag-azine will find the story one of great in tercst and t'-amatie power. t |