Show WWW the organ of the th present extravagant city bonneil seemingly wants to keep agitating the sic sickening koning record made by the democratic municipal administration last ta sin night it again repeated what it has said frequently i of late that the pr present es ent council is extravagant trava gant because it has hag to fo pay pap debts incurred by the previous don council cil A short time since we went to considerable sid erable trouble to ascertain from the he t books of the city ci ty recorder carder re tho the exact financial condition of the clay city it t was then shown that the city had ru run a I 1 behind in one year wo we dont don it know hoffar how far behind it is now the old council left as burdens on the present council about interest man annually nally on waterworks water works bonds and the extension to the asylum we iad are placing the figure high the previous administration also left 1900 balance duain due onabe ere engine ae e will not count that in because the engine originally cost coat over and the old council was waa able to rot re duee duce that thai amount amoun tto io 1900 balance ina duo by sa savings made on current expenses the present administration ought to have hava wiped out the debt by the same means now to ret return urn to the first years indea indebtedness ledues incurred Sl as ai mentioned above the old council le loft ft as before stated about yearly interest but it also lef left t about revenue on the same investments Test menta that califor call calf for the I 1 I 1 interest there is 1000 conlin coming g in an dually from the asylum extension and 2000 or about that from we the city water lakers if you subtract this g revenue from tha t you have aply debt nesa left over by the previous oua administration ida winch tad had to be met mel yearly by the council how comes it then the citizen will ask that the democratic administration has haa run ran the city behind over the first year over and above what debts were placed en cn it by the ibe previous council THE tar Ex QuiREn answers that it is pure dure extravagance bacce to meet the reek reckless less rato rate at which the eunit munir cipal government is being run it i is decided to assess assem the property owners 12 mills on the dollar this thi s year ear more 0 than double the rate ever before imposed in provo thus has the iho people will have a sample of pure Demo democracy bracy 4 right at home this fall in this thia connection we ive might say that it is perfectly consistent for oxil our local opponent to seek to besmirch the record of the former lle peoples party administration the utah talley guzette gazette was liberal and fought the last city administration and from that paper the D deatch Dp atch was evolved it is perfectly natural therefore that the present paper should pursue the same course as its predecessor so BO far as relates to the last peoples party parl ty council 7 know that the I 1 A bob kasnot was not perfection but it was so far ahead of the present extravagant want council that i it is is shocking to make any comparisons compari bODa the peoples oplas party council bonded the city bu but i tit it never did it outside of ita it party platform the people demanded waterworks water wor works I 1 6 and a fire department they got bath now for persons person 3 to marirn fit at th acid eld cc urcil compa with poor grace except from ex liberals liberals Jibe rals to which class clas car local contemporary belongs arfi the pra pre ad reinist ration did what its ita party demandel nod and this thia paper was wa then the organ of the party and iv t aro still willing to defend it |