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Show SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, DECEMBER 31, 1904. Vol. 4; No. 17. Price 5 Cents the earth plan of the secret coterie. Vote Bonds No Truth shall have been published the question of the adoption of the water proposition as submitted to the taxpayers by a coterie of the council In conjunction with the mayor will have been passed upon. Truth sees no reason for a of Its attlude In change Before an other Issue of op-positi- on ' ' to the plan as offered, a plan which we believe is certain to result in Immense financial loss to the city, In many vexations and costly lawsuits, and what Is worse, put the water sup--. ply of the city where it will be forIf there was any ever in jeopardy. a wild, plan we might see some good in It. but sift as you will, digest the reasons of this secret coterie who are the godfathers of the reason on earth for such ed a V I one conclusion can be arrived at, that it was conceived in scheme, and only the dark, was only brought into the light of day when it could no longer ear be concealed, and has all the marks of graft. Its Leading 8poncers. Let us look at the leading sponsors, those who stand up and vouch for a plan 3 $ ij. t that not one of them would invest a dollar of his private funds In. First comes the mayor of Salt Lake City, who as mayor is as complete a failure as any man who ever filled the office, and who is seeking for prest- ige to secure a re-electi- Second, comes Frank J. Hewlett, who has a continuous and an abiding political bee in his pocket and who in the secrecy of his orange ciddr s groves nurses the fond hope that the people of Salt Lake when they come to pick out the next mayor will rise as one man and direct at pointing Frank, say: "Thou art the man. Third comes Fernstrom, who wants to add another White Leghorn cockerel to the collection of four presentto him by some loving admirer npon his last election to the council ed a man who er scheme has advocated scheme aftby which the city has lost financially, who has put the city to more trouble and loss over water than any man who ever sat in the council, who was the direct cause of the, city losing its right to the Jordan river power plant, who has been a constant obstructionist to every effort he himself did not father. Fourth comes Mr. Richards. He can statement that the "In while he is honest, he is the lawyer In jne case, and It is no Injustice to him 2J nay, that lawyers are always after iees. The plan of the council is so mIsse complex with so many details 1 hitherto unheard of agreement, comVote Bonds No. pelled to defend the title of the farmers against all other claimants. The Taxpayers vote "Bonds No, and , upon lie mayor and council givproposed contract amounts simply to a in this: The farmers become the absolute ing straight business proposition, which there will be no room for graft, masters of the city. Their will is the lawyer endorses the plan. He no chance for vexations and costly law, and the municipality is only a lawsuits, no depending upon the ele- slave with nothing at all to say. Now would not be human if he did not. Last comes Mr. Doremus. He en- ments. Do not vote away our last this Is not common sense. Fair dorses it, of course he does. His job hope of water upon a scheme that de- minded men would never consent to such a deal. The only reasonable conas state engineer is in the sere and pends for its existence upon contracts hundred with several clusion is that the promoters of the yellow leaf and he has been selected unjust farmers. scheme are either so ignorant that as consulting engineer if the scheme Common Sense. they cannot understand the question, goes through. Endorse it, why bless or so and interested from a you, of course he does. He endorses On the eve of the bond election, selfishprejudiced will not. that standpoint it all over. Truth only asks of the taxpayers that Use common sense andthey vote as you At the Commercial club Mr. George they apply common sense principles of on a would in such raised question M. Cannon and Mr. Love endorsed the to the question at issue. judgment vour private business. plan. These eminent citizens of ForIt is the intention of the city council Then there is the pumping plant est Dale, who are not residents of Salt to have the taxpayers exhaust the of side the question. It is advocated Lake City, are in favor of it. We have in furtherance by men who bonding capacity citys claim that they have not the slightest doubt but what they of a so ambiguous and uncertain plan would endorse a water scheme for Pat- that even its strongest supporters can passed sleepless nights looking after citys interests. But they have agonia. They have their endorse- not bolster it up on common sense the never offered any evidence in support ments laying around loose ready for lines. of that claim. One does not have to use. But the endorsement that will Truth has in this and previous issues be an expert to understand that a count, and which is necessary is that gone fully into the proposition, showsystem is infinitely superior to of the taxpayer, the man upon whose the inconsistencies and un- gravity clearly ing a pumping plant. However, the back will be laid the million dollar fairness that are essential elements pumping plant will of course afford poload, who will have to struggle of the whole scheme. sitions for a few men who may have a through all the coming years to meet There is ample evidence of a desire mill and a fondness for drawing comthe interest and finally strain to pay on the part of he council to cover up fortable with salaries effort. Use little the principal. the bad features. If these men were common sense, add to it the opinion Money Will Disappear. working with the sole thought of of disinterested experts who are comIf the taxpayer is ready to vote to the city, would they not be petent to pass judgment, and you will spend $500,000 when it will disappear willing to have their plans thoroughly in the twinkling of an eye into empty probed? Would they not be happy to confess that the proposed plan has features that certainly ought to air, with nothing left to mark its dis- have the opinions of those who have many condemn it to Intelligent voters. appearance but the unredeemed prom- devoted much study to the water quesises of the secret coterie who are tion? Is not this plain horse sense? Water Can be Bought. pushing the scheme, then the thing But, instead, they raise the cry that As has been shown, water enough to will go, but if after careful considera- those who urge the defeat of their pet tion the taxpayer will say, We will scheme are enemies of the citys pro- last the city for years to come can be not vote for a scheme like this, we gress. The fact remains that the bought outright for less than it is prowant something beside broken prom- heaviest taxpayers and the most public posed to pay for an Indefinite and unWhat the city ises, one sided, valueless contracts spirited citizens are not in' the ranks just exchange toright there will be no buys belongs it; with farmers and a mass of uncertain- of those who purpose to saddle an adclaim for excessive damages attached. ties for our money, it will not go. ditional burden of debt upon the city Use common sense and choose between Are the taxpayers of this city going without knowing what they will reto vote a million of dollars for noth- ceive In return. They are using com- the wild fancies of men who have demonstrated their incompetency and ing, with the absolute certainty that mon sense. They have no axes to their desire to force through their when the money is spent there will be grind by standing in with any faction scheme or whether no, and the plan of nothing left on hand but a conduit? of the administration. outright at less cost such water In the light of the Parleys canyon The man who drew the proposed buying as the city really is in need of. water troubles, the contracts with the contract between the city and the Consider whether the council can farmers, so far as the city is concerned farmers of Big Cottonwood has not assert it is acting for the are not worth the paper they will be revealed his identity. That is prob- truly welfarethat when the statement ispublic his reputawritten on. well as for him; ably just sued to the voters contradicts that There is no justification for the tion as a fair minded attorney woul-- made by the mayor in his annual rescheme as presented, no necessity for suffer much should he become genport upon the water question. In the conthe foolish altogether erally known as its author. Councilreport facts and figures were tracts. The city can buy water, buy man Fernstrom and the mayor were annual in offered proof, in the address on the it direct and own it. Then if Utah both asked by members of the Real now before the public the bold plan lake shrinks, or a dry season comes, Estate association who drew this con- and unfair statements are left to stand there will be no fear coming upon the tract, but both of them pleaded ignor- unsupported. city of another Parley's canyon raid.a ance. Let us be fair. Let us work for Salt If a straight buy is made it can be Not Explained. Lakes advancement, but let us do it Objections a powgravity system, with no need of to principles. Vote down the The council and the water commit- on business proer plant and a pumping plant bond issue, and when a comproposed vide innumerable jobs for council-men- s tee have never made any refutation mon sense plan of adding to the citys proposed pets. The city engineer talks of the objection that thea claim water supply is presented to you, supupthe farmers glibly of the power, that can be gener- contract gives indefi- port it heartily and vigorously. ated for this and for that. What does on the city for damages for an The foolish insistence of the city may Salt Lake want power for? It simply nite period. Year after yearsothey in its attempt to coerce administration long-awants water to run into the city, and sue and collect judgment, after year the taxpayers into sustaining a milit can get that without all the expen- the city has a dollar. Year of this lion dollar bond Issue to further a sive circumlocution this going around the city is. by the terms that to yer in the case, the fat pickings ooming up in the future is a constant n? tream of financial Christmas It is not, to be wondered at that in-s- ii Wednesday one-side- d - h t bene-fittin- g l one-side- d s y 1 4 r $ V . & MMfti |