Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-10-18 | Page 16 | Neslen Scored by H. C. Allen

BY H. H i G. G AllEN Mayor Is Accused of Gross Misstatements That members of the present city commission particularly Mayor layor and Commissioners Green and Burton are guilty of the grossest misstatements of or the truth or el else e the greatest Ignorance Ignorance ignorance ance was the contention of ot H H. CAllen C C. C Allen campaign chairman of ot the tho American party part in attacking public public public pub pub- lic statements of the city officials with regard to taxation and expenditure expenditure expenditure at a rally held in Odd Fellows Fellows' Fel- Fel lows' lows hall halt in Sugarhouse Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day night T. T S S. S Atkins presided at the meeting Mr Allen was the principal speaker After Arter a brief brier comparison of ot the salient points in Inthe the auditors auditor's re report report report re- re port with public utterances of ot the city fathers Mr Allen Alien pointed to the alleged discrepancies and declared declared declared de- de de de- that these could have oc occurred occurred occurred oc- oc I only from either gross ignorance Ignorance ig ignorance Ig- Ig norance or willful tion Mismanagement and wastefulness were vere charged against the city officials of officials ot- ot in the conduct of ot their re respective respective re- re respective departments with particular lar reference to Greens Green's record on the Warm Springs bathhouse and i the conduct of ot the cemetery The alleged practise of Burton In paying paying pay- pay j ing for tor special improvements out or 01 oi the general fund was vas assailed 1 I as at a misuse of oc public money The lack of ot moral courage on the part of citizens favoring the American AmerIcan Amer Amer- ican party and its principles but Jt reluctant e to take an open stand in he matter was deprecated by the speaker We Ve have more moral cowards in this city than city than in any city of ot equal size that I know of of ot he said Ho asserted that many men had hl come privately to tU him and expressed their sympathy with the movement but at the close had hadi i cautioned Dont tell ten anybody anybody- I Isaid Isaid 1 said so i Mr Ir Allen Anen denied any Intention of ot the American party to attack any i 1 religious t belief but explained that i the party does oppose participation in politics s by the officials o of any church He He cited historical l In Instances Instances instances In- In stances of or a attempted tempted church control of or state and declared that Catholicism Catholicism Catholicism cism had benefited from having been checked in such attempts In lit various nations He lie emphasized the point that the fight of t the American party against leaders of or the he Mormon church and other churches ex exerting an influence en enco ence e on tho government go should not riot I be interpreted as an attack upon any religion as such lIe He announced that a part party in American Fork had adopted the principles American AmerIcan Amer Amer- ican lean party with the view to overcoming overcoming overcomIng over over- coming alleged church domination in politics in in that hat com community t e