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Show Beware of the Gray Wolves. That there has been double dealing on the part of certain members of the Council is apparent from admissions made in the committee meeting Wednesday Wednes-day night. Mayor Morris has emphatically asserted hat at the time conferences were held regarding the rights in Big Cottonwood canyon nothing was said in regard to an extension of the trust's franchise. Mayor Morris is an honorable man. "What he does is open and above board. He has had no unholy alliance with the quadruple trust, but it is very evident evi-dent that there has been an "understanding" between be-tween the trust and some of the members of the Council. These men are the "gray wolves" of Salt Lake. That there is a bounty for them is well known to the trust and the bounty is liberal. They are not representing the people who elected them. They are representing the trust. They have been in league with the trust lor months and now they are admitting admit-ting it They are shameless in their acknowledgment acknowledg-ment and their shamelessness shows how completely com-pletely the trust owns them. Hints are being dropped by these men that the company will accept an extension of franchise for a term less than fifty years in' exchange for its Hig Cottonwood rights. That is undoubtedly the trust's game. It asked largely that it might receive a good deal. The Telegram is unalterably opposed to the trust leceiving anything at the. hands .of Salt Lake City It has got enough. It is entitled to nothing more. Its franchise should not be extended a single minute, min-ute, much less fifty or twenty-five years. Why should the city be considerate of the trust? It is not a benevolent institution and it has made money by serving the city and the citizens. Samuel Xewhause is willing to .furnish service at a lower rate, and there is no doubt that he expects to make money. Why should the city pay tribute to the trust? Certainly not because it happens to beia existence and because it has paid its taxes. ' The gray wolves will betray the. people if they get a chance. The people should see to it that they do apt get it. |