| Show TAX ADMISSION I TRAPS TRAPS' I ALLEN ASSERTS American Party Chairman Renews Pledge at Sugarhouse Sugar- Sugar house of Candidates to I Reduce Levy or Resign I I Before a meeting which filled th the Odd Fellows Fellows' hall hail at Sugarhouse Sugar Sugar- sugar sugar-I house and overflowed o into two anterooms last night H. H C. C Allen j I chairman of or the American party part declared that neither neither- he lIe nor non I Joseph E. E Gallgher candidate for mayor was a a member of ot the 1 Ku Klux Klan or in any degree op opposed opposed opposed op- op posed to parochial schools Mr Allens Allen's statement came at atthe atthe atthe the conclusion of ot his address which lasted for more than an i hour and in which he reviewed i ithe tile the the extravagance of ot the outgoing t I administration He lie read excerpts excerpts' of or Mayor letter to The I Telegrams Telegram's So the People eople May Iny I I Know column In yesterdays yesterday's issue i and declared the mayor had et- et e- e ef 1 I I i trapped himself I Both Mr Galigher Gallgher and George I N. N Lawrence candidate for tor city commissioner preceded Mr Allen Alien I in short speeches Parley L. L Williams VII Nil liams hams also a candidate for or city I I commissioner was present but did not speak T. T S S. S Atkins was chairman of or the meeting I GALIGHER ADMITS SPEEDING Mr Ir Galigher Gallgher denied that he was wasa a politician He lie narrated an aix experience experience experience ex ex- ex- ex I I of the earl early eaily days when I he was a resident of Park City I and his team had run away on I reaching the bridge across the I I creek at Sugarhouse He said Ir if i i the had traffic town boasted of or a a. j cop at that time he could have I been arrested for or speeding I II I am only only- a plain business businessman j I Iman I man he concluded but I would i I I like Ilka your our votes If I am elected J I will try at least tr try to pull I something off ort your tax load Joad We Ve i I all know It Is too high and even I It if the ma mayor or docs does say it capt cant be beI bedone bedone I done we will wm try at least i Mr Ir Lawrence compared the tile present condition of ot Salt Lake City s commercial existence to that of or a patient suffering with creeping paralysis He scored the passage of or freak freal legislation leg by the legislature and cited the tile Southwick Southwick Southwick South South- wick law as having caused considerable disaster to Salt Lake City and Utah Just at atthe attile t the tile time the advertising of ot the Commercial club was beginning t to toI show results I Outside capital Is never ne at attracted attracted attracted at- at by freak reak legislation Mr Ur Lawrence continued Investors want to go where they will have a chance to make mako some money What chance would they have here with the leaders of the dominant dominant dominant dom dom- church enjoying n a monopoly of ot nearly ever everything in a commercial commercial com corn mercial way The opposition has attempted to divert attention from tho the real rai Issue by claiming that we we were vere attacking the Mormon re religion re- re ligion That Is not true The AmerIcan American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean party is not concerned with how bolt an any man worships But it insists on real freedom for tor all ATTACKS MUDSLINGING I Mr Ir Allen Alien open opened d his address by declaring that up to this time there had been no mudslinging in inthe the campaign and if It the American party could prevent ent it there would be bo none to tho It Is rel really a 1 stockholders stockholders' disContinued dis- dis C Continued ln ec on page pg 4 4 TAX ADMISSION S Continued from page 1 1 of tho the affairs of or a a concern In which we are are or at least all al of us should be These men suffrage seeking your to for l' l reelection have merely been your directors for tor a few tew years The candidates here tonight ht seeIng seeing seeing see see- ing the plight of or your our company's finances believe e they could remedy the evil eI Jt ft I is ony a I matter mater of ot which set of ot directors you ou will wi choose Will I you choose to put back tho the set which tells teUs you OU high taxes cannot be bo reduced or will win you elect aset a aset aset set which states plainly the they will wl vil either reduce your tax rates ales by cutting don down tho running expenses to a 1 reasonable and economical basis or resign the Job Mr lr Allen Alen then took up the tho ex expenses cx- cx pense of ot the tho various alous department departments as as set forth in tho city auditors auditor's re rePorts rot ref ports for tor the year ear 1 1022 1019 19 1 In Ini elusive He lie recounted the reiterated statements statement's of at Mayor lc Nealen len and Commissioner Herman ian Green Gren which ho he declared were svere either wilfully wilfully wi- wi wil wil- fully tuly or else elso ignorantly false false REPPY NOT FORTHCOMING It I is noteworthy in this connection connection tion ton ho po ie continued that the lepor leport leport le le- port por of a certified public accountant account account- ant employed by Paul Keys r. r which I had been published in Tho The Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- gram grm contradicting the financial Tele-I Tele statements of ot tho the mayor and commissioner commissioner com coin missioner had hac had never been replied tc by either of those o officials Mayor has fairl fairly himself in tonight's Telegram Ho ITo le starts out with wih a lot of self praise In which ho he declaims on the proud achievement of at waterworks parks parka and even two firehouses that he claims his administration should have credit credi for But he didn't tell ten you OU that the Fox ox street firehouse one of f the two proud achi achievements which he ho wishes noted He didn't tell ten you yo yothey they have to start pumping the basement every fall fal and keep it up UI upal all al winter or else get washed out ant On one occasion the firemen had to resort to the use of ot buckets to keep from going adrift And then Bishop Neslon 1 gets around to the subject of high taxes After claiming the tho city administration tion ton is but one of ot four units unis which make up the tho whole tax ta and ant showing inadvertently perhaps that the in increase increase In- In I crease crese in the city's unit is equal to that of ot any two of ot the other three he ha winds up by bi declaring that the taxes cannot canot be reduced TOO MANY MACHINES And he is right the ta taxes es of this city cannot be reduced while tho payrolls have to pro tilde provide ido for tor three political machines such as we e have seen working during this campaign Mayor says he will wl challenge chal chal- lenge any reduction of taxes below that made this year We Ve accept t that at challenge Mr lr Gallgher Galigher Mr Lawrence aid iid Mr Williams there ha e published a signed statement to the effect that tat the they the Will VJ either effect a substantial decrease in the tho 1925 tax rate ta or re resign resign re- re sign sig their positions to you the tho taxpayer taxpayers taxpayers tax tax- payers payer so you can ca get some one else Mr Mg Allen Anen then took up the departments departments depart depart- ments meats headed by Green anti and ad Burton He told of ot the Poplar Grove sewer which although estimated to cost a foot had mIsmanagement mismanagement according to his bis ale allegation atlon actually cost 51 a 8 foot toot and anI caused many taxpayers of ot that section of the city to lose their homes And if It that Is too far from Sugarhouse to be a a fair lair selection of Mr Durton Burton share shae in inthe I Ite the fhe te proud achievements of at Mayor laor administration maybo maybe you have heard of what he has done to done to your sewer here SUGA U- U OUSE FLUME During the last a administration there was a sewer built buit that has proved to be inadequate to the needs of ot your community They figured on a a. country village Ilage and ad adnot not for tor the really realy important section of a large city which this locality has bas be become ome What did they do dowhen dowhen dowhen when they found their sewer wouldn't carry the load oad Why they went under a culvert where the sewer passes pases close lose to Parleys Parley's canyon creek and they tapped the sewer so BO that it flows i into the h creek That t creels creek t flows across s practically r I Y the whole of the south part part of the city At many points children have swimming pools In mit it And they polluted that that water with wih sewage Am I right he asked aked after ater a a short pause Yes yes we have seen It and ad we know youre you're right came caine several I answers from the audience audience I They The tell ten me resumed Mr Allen Al Alle Allen Al- Al i len le that tha the stench from the I waters waters of ot that creek in warm weather are nearly nearly unbearable le Is that one of ot the proud a achievements which Mayor would have you credit his administration with WhISPERINGS I I After reviewing many of the expenditures ex ex- 1 of Commissioners Commissioners- Burton I 1 I I I and Green Mr Allen Al n turned his at attention attention at- at I at-I tenton to the whispering campaign which he declared has been going on for several weeks It I a awhile a while ago he said said but has been beel re renewed renewed renewed re- re since the primary They are ae telling as if it were a secret for the favored few tew first that I am a a member of ot the Ku Klux Klan and that Mr Galigher Is 13 a member They are say saying that If i the American party candidates are elected all aU the parochial schools In Inthe inthe inthe the city will vl be Then they will RO go o to A fl I person peron whom they know to be a Protestant and declare that Mr Galgher Gallgher is Catholic Neither of or those statements state state- meats ments ment r ue re true I 1 bra brand Doth both as malicious lies le I am not a member of o the Nil Ku Klux Klan KUn and Mr Galigher Galgher is 13 not notI nota R a member of It Neither is he be a I Catholic Mr r is an Episcopalian and a Mason He lie le has haa contributed contributed I J I t to the support of Rowland Hall Hal school e ever er r e he has lived here hero I and expects to contribute to its Is support as aa long as he stays here I The American party Is not no OPposed op opI opposed op- op posed to sectarian schools or parochial parochial paro paro- I chial schools In any manner It I i IgI Is Ig In favor of ot such schools as the Rowland Rowland Hall Ual Westminster college the L L. D D. S. S schools or any other I so long lonar lons as they have hav separate buildings build build- lags ings Ings from our public school buildings build build- buld- buld lags ings and are arf supported from within th their lr respective sects |
