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Show I STARTLING CITY POLITICS H City politics aro beginning to as- H sumo deflnlto shape. Tho most prom- H Incnt foaturo which has developed so H far Is that tho present municipal ad- H ministration for several months has H been making extensive preparations to perpetuate itself in ofllce, with the H present mayor as tho head of it. All H public work which it is possible- to H undertake ha3 cither been put under way or will bo as soon as possible. Laborers and others aro being em- ployed with reckless abandon to make voters and tho taxpayers will of course B have- to pay for tho votes. Seldom so early in tho season has such an B oxtonsivo and well laid plan of cam- palgn been inaugurated. Tho admin- Istration has plenty of money, tho mil- lion dollar bond Issue having been B consummated. Tho city tax levy has H been raised to tho extravagant amount of 11 mills, tho highest in tho history H of tho city. A campaign of cxtrava-B cxtrava-B ganco and willful waste of tho peoplo's B money has been Inaugurated. A most B determined effort will bo made to con-B con-B tln"o tho present wasteful, dishonest B and thoroughly incompetent admlnis-B admlnis-B tration in ofllce. Whether it will sue-H sue-H coed or not remains to bo seen. The B prospects for It succeeding aro fairly fl good. Simon Bamberger, one of tho B shrewdest men wo have, is at tho head of tho movemont. Mayor Morris, Recorder Critchlow and tho rest of the gang aro 3 merely pupplts In his hands. Ho pulls tho strings nnd thoy Jump. With tho entiro municipal governmental ma- chinory in his hands ho is likely to imt up such a campaign as will keep tho Republicans on tho anxious seat for a whilo at' least. B Simon Directs the Herald. Tom Kearns no longer has any con- trol of tho Herald. Simon Bamberger has it. B Simon has succeeded in cutting out Kearns, Joo Lippman and tho balanco and has been placed in absolute con- trol of tho paper by W. A. Clark, who has surrendered tho control of tho Herald's policies to Bamberger. That Is why the paper will support tho Democratic ticket this fall; that is why the paper is in favor of tho re- nominatlon of Richard P. Morris for mayor; that is why tho paper no longer opposes tho granting of the franchise to tho Consolidated Light & Power company; that is why Manager Man-ager Igleheart has been to tho management manage-ment of the power company arid informed in-formed it that the paper would no longer fight the granting of a franchise, fran-chise, and that ho was sorry for having hav-ing said anything against them; that is why Hartonsteln and Neuhausen experienced ex-perienced a change of heart and aro now with the light' and power people; that is why a lot of Republican members mem-bers of tho council arc with the franchise; fran-chise; that is why John S. Critchlow Is to bo selected as "purchasing agent," for tho city. Bamberger has been very wily In this affair. Ho has worked, like Cas--:arets, while others slept. He has outgonerallod Kearns and Lippman tnd has alienated tho aifections of the Montana senator from them. Of course Bamberger didn't do all this for his health, or from sheer 'ovo of Democracy. Not any. Did you no.tico that tho new franchise has a clause in It granting "inter-urban roads" tho right to enter town on tho tracks of tho Consolidated? Well, don't yon know that Bamberger is building an "inter-urban" road and wants to get into tho middle of town with his cars? Don't you know that ho is going to, becauso this franchlso is just as good as passed while this matter Is being written? Certainly; it is all fixed. And just so long is ho going to control tho politics pol-itics of this city and tho political policies poli-cies of tho Salt Lake Herald. It is a sort' of tumble to- Manager Igleheart, Igle-heart, to be sure, but Manager Igleheart Igle-heart has a faculty for adjusting himself him-self to all sorts of conditions, so It won't worry him much. Ho will now take instructions from Mr. Bamberger instead of from Lippman. Tho change is not a bad one either. . Among other advantages to bo derived de-rived by Mr. Bamberger, In addition to tho right to bring his inter-urban car3 into Zion on tho tracks of tho Consolidated, will be the selection of his hired man, Critchlow, as "purchasing "purchas-ing agent." Mr. Bamberger, among other things, sells pipe. This city needs pipe and lots of it. This city uses lots of pipe; iron pipe, clay pipe and terra cotta pipe for sewers and water drains. Why should Mr. Critchlow Critch-low go outsldo his own house when buying pipe? Perhaps that is tho reason Tom Black's amendment to tho ordinance was defeated soj swiftly. Who knows? Another advantago derived by Mr. Bamberger Is this, that If any Demo-crat Demo-crat should question his policies, or iny citizen find fault with tho management manage-ment of affairs, Mr. Bamberger can direct all tho batteries of tho Herald to bo pointed at the offender. Tho big guns in tho forwnrd turret, called tho local room, and tho one pounders from tho department, by courtesy yclept editorial, will all bo turned loose. Sometimes they will bo double-shotted double-shotted with shells, old nails and things and at others with suavo expressions, ex-pressions, becauso Mr. Bamberger knows how to use soft soap when tho tlmo Is ripe. And you can bet your life that nothing tlono by tho inter-urban inter-urban linos owned by Mr. Bamberger, or tho lines owned by tho Consolidated, Consolidat-ed, or of tho lights furnished by tho Consolidated will be criticised from this tlmo on. This franchlso granted differs very little from tho one finally asked for by tho company and defeated by tho Republican Re-publican grafters in tho council, who seemed to have desired to wait until Bamberger could get his "inter-urban" affa!r3 arranged. It Isn't a. bad franchise fran-chise for tho pcoplo cither, but it looks as if tho matter had been hold up until Mr. Bamberger could provide for himself, and then, when tho Consolidated Con-solidated was In a position whore it could bo forced to make terms, Mr. Bamberger suddenly appears. Had tho tho affair been pleasing to Mr. Bamberger Bam-berger tho franchlso could have been passed weeks ago, becauso was not Mr. Hartenstein in tho council; Mr. Hartonsteln, tho author of tho ordinance ordin-ance creating tho position of "purchasing "pur-chasing agent" for tho city? Ho hold tho key to tho situation, but it was not tlmo for him to act. Nor would it look well to place all tho odium of breaking tho solid eight on his shoulders. shoul-ders. Others had to bo labored with and two more stood ready to vote had they been needed. So here wo have tho spectacle of Mr. Bamberger waiting until tho time is ripe and then forcing tho Consoli dated to accept his terms; give him ' .! ' jfl the right to run cars Into town over j . I its tracks, or clso lot tho franchise !jjj j H It must havo been galling for the M ! I Horald management to go to tho of- rSSj I flco of tho Light & Railway company M j H and tell It that In future tho. Herald Iffl ' H would bo good. That nothing would 'M ', I bo said against tho "hierarchy" from jf I that tlmo on. That tho Horald regret- flf! jfl ted tho late unpleasantness, etc. Tho Jlj I Horald management nto a chunk of ' m I humble pio as big as a cow's foot'. Did j$j j I it gracefully too. '; u fl American Party Plan. jj ! jfl Now thero is something clso that ! jfl will bo information. It is this: At S fl tho present writing tho "American" j j 'j: H party does not intend putting a tlckot f SI fl in tho field. Tho Idea of tho leaders if ; j! j fl is to send delegntes to tho regular Ji ' f j I Republican convention and forco tho if , fl nomination of Lester Freed for mayor ill I fl and J. J. Myors for city recorder. This ft '$ " fl would glvo tho Tribune tho city pat- If j i' fl ronago, provided theso gentlemen were ( '! H elected, and patronage Is what tho r, if fl Tribuno wants. It makes tho Tribuno fl soro to see others gotting all thoso 11 fl juicy ordinances and notices from tho f 'jj fl city when it cannot get anything. Tho j?) 3 fl Tribuno doesn't' care what becomes oC j j fl parties so long as tho Tribuno gets H:fi fl patronage. So a quiet movement is Bill fl on to let all "Americans" go as dole- !fi i fl gates to tho Republican convention fl and forco tho nomination of Freed fji fl and Myors as thoy forced the nomina- Ml fl tion of Knox and Slmondi two years ! j fl ago.- In tho event of nny such action Hill it is posslblo that Morris" w'HUiq elect- j i ! fl ed, becauso such action would allonato fl hundreds of Republican votes. If mat- B f fl tors aro allowed to run as they should, 1 H fl with no crooked work, then Morris i 1 I fl will not bo elected, for tho city is If fl Republican by a largo majority. ft j fl Such gontlo reader is tho political ! if fl situation up to date. Bamberger holds I EM fl tho key to tho Democratic situation I f H and controls tho political destinies of ill tho Hernld until further notice. Tho Bp fl Horald is going to support tho Dem- jff H ocratic tlckot if all goes well and Mor- tfm fl rls is nominated, or any other man $j H whom Bamberger wants. Morris is tfil fl owned and. controlled by Bamborger ' Ijjg H and will do anything Bamberger asks 1ft H him to. Bamberger also has succeed- nm jfl cd in getting enough of the council MM H to do his bidding in tho matter of SJI , H franchises. The "American" party 1 H people are going to try to dictate Re- I H I publican nominations and forco candl- dates upon tho people How do you llko It citizen reader? How do you I llko It, Mr. Taxpayer? Ploaso don't E all speak at onco. J Why Tax Levy Was Increased. I Many people aro wondering why It I Is that there has been an Increaso In tho tax lovy this year. Taxes havo l been rising every year for tho last 4 years. Four years ago our city taxes woro 7.2 mills. Three years ago tho rate was 0 mills. Two years ago tho rato was raised to 10 mills and this year I It Is 11 mills. This too when tho val- ! uatlon of tho city has been Increased ?9,000,000. Tho mayor this year recommended rec-ommended that tho lovy bo 12 mills. Can wo wonder that rents aro high for both business and resldonco property proper-ty when tho owners havo to pay over 1 per cent to tho city for taxes and over throo per cent for city, county and state, to say nothing of repairs and Insuranco, special taxes, water rates, etc? Hardly. Do you know why this rato has beon raised? It Is because every department of tho city Is crowded with dead timber; s with "extra" men If you please, whoso principal duty It Is to loaf around the offices and on tho various Jobs and draw pay and voto next November. It Is becauso this administration wants to porpetuat'o itsolf In power and to that end wants to keep ovcry man employed It can got a job for. It Is becauso tho administration do-sires do-sires to ralso a cry that It Is "Improving "Improv-ing tho city;" that It has "solved tho water problem;" that It " has laid miles and miles of sidewalks" and has paved many streets. In ovorv department of this city li government thoro Is a lot of useless I material, kept thoro for tho solo pur-11 pur-11 poso of having votes In cold storage I I when tho timo conies for election. H: Tho city recorder's ofllco Is full of I . them. Tho recorder himself does no K work, save on council nights, whon for ; nppearanco's sake, ho shows up to H'l read tho record and look wise. A clt-H'j clt-H'j izon going to tho ofllco during tho H'l day for Information cannot get it, un-HI un-HI loss perchance Miss McDonald Is dls-Hijj dls-Hijj ongaged, becauso tho balanco of the Hjl bunch do not remember or do not caro to. Go Into that ofllco ovory day In Hi tho year and you will find tho deputy HI or tho clerks busily engaged In what? HI Reading tho morning newspapers In H'i tho forenoon or tho evening nowspa-HI nowspa-HI pors In tho afternoon. Take tho bal-HJH bal-HJH anco of tho departments, with few ox-lu ox-lu . .coptlons, and tho samo condition pro-Hi pro-Hi vails. HJ1 Ono competent man with a steno- Hjl graphor, such as is employed by tho Htt recorder and a bright clerk can do HJjj every bit of tho work In tho city ro- HJI corder's ofllco and havo time to throw II stones at tho sparrows. HJB Tho health department is loaded Hj t with Inspectors of this and Inspectors HJ of that. And while tho condition of HJ tho city is fairly good ns regards HJ health it is a mater of public notoriety HJj that this condition of affairs regarding HJ garbage and filth is bad and that woro HJl it not for tho willingness of tho pcoplo HJJ themselves affairs hero would bo In- HJ tolorablo. Tho Waterworks department is Hi overrun with parasites and tho street HJ department is no bettor. Tho mayor Hi howovor, is after tho scalp of Supor- HJ lntendent of Water Works Hlnes bo- HJ cause ho is not scrvilo enough to Tho city court has clerks so thick HJj that they step on ono another. HJl Tho salary list Is what Is keeping HH tho city poor. Tho oxcess of men cm- HJ ployed is what raises tho taxes to 11 HJ mills and would havo raised it to 12 HJ had tho mayor had his way. HJi Now whon it comes to tho matter HJ of sldowalk extensions, it is tho pco- HHj plo and not tho city administration HI who deserve the credit. Tho side- Hh walks aro paid for by special taxes; (ho city putting In tho cross walks only. But tho argument is going to bo mado that tho administration Is making mak-ing great Improvements and will con-tlnuo con-tlnuo to mako more if perpetuated. Tho plea that It Is doing something for tho laboring man is going to bo shouted from tho housetops. The Hor-aid Hor-aid Is going to repeat again what Mayor May-or MorrlB has done for the people. From now on every department Is going to bo loaded down with men. They aro going to bo put on in every department where places can bo possibly pos-sibly made. And a man who has declared de-clared against Morris for mayor will stand no more show of getting a job and holding ono than a snow ball in perdition. What do you think of tho prospect Mr. Property Owner? Cogitate a bit on tho matter when you lino up In front of Treasurer Carbls' window to pay your taxes. What do you think of it Mr. Man who pays rent? Debate tho subject a bit whon your landlord sorves tho notice of a ralso In your rato. Isn't it about .timo there was a chango of measures in this bailiwick? |