Show oLmay lair PRICE t ti FIVE I CENTS i SENATE PASSES GALVESTON BilLS SMITH CITY COUNCIL COUNCH j Opposition to Commission Form of Municipal Government Falls Flat and Measures Go Through Unanimously Unanimously Unanimously I in Upper Body INDORSED AS A PURELY BUSINESS PROPOSITION Effort to Delay Action Defeated President Love Supplements Arguments and O Outside Solons Bow to Salt f. f I Lake Members t After a hard hUld fight between tho the Salt Lake count county members rs and the senators sena sena- senators I tors from tho Limo outside the cli city commission com corn mission billy passed the tho Monday cornI I afternoon The Thc fourteen bills provide a new form orm of or city government co for rOl Salt Lake Lali modeled after the fatuous famous administration of but hut the do not in iii any wa way affect any of ot the the theother I other cities of the Mate The bills I were Introduced b by Senator Sinator Benner X Smith and and 2nd ho he led lell tho the fight for tor their heh pa passage seo Althou Although h there e was a spirited scrap over the measures when the first bill was called there was no opposition when the theote vote vole was taken for each one of or the Salt Lake senators Senator spoke in favor favol of or the bill and it jt was argued from every corn corner r of oC the chamber that It If Salt Lake wanted the change chance others should not hot oppose It It The opposition then dwindled away lW Senators John Y Smith mith Rn band Sc Seely 1 end anti Clegg 1 were undoubtedly against the measure Three of or them spoke sloke In opposition to tn I JI It and auth tried to have final vote delayed until Thursday President S S. II II IL Love Lo Soft left th the chair long enough to indorse tho the bill and L oppose delay Senator er X Smith after aftel explaining the bills bills' Cou fought ht for an Immediate vote Vot an ant and Senators Lawrence Park an and Wil Wil- spoke In favor ol of ot It and anol sola sak I they wanted it Ito although Mr tro Williams S qualified by Ia he be believed It was wa wasa S a n. Vh When n the Silt Salt Lake Lak 0 delegation had bath shown Its hand hanal tim tho opposition fell Cen flat and there was a no Ur vote tc I II In Ip explaining the bills Senator Den Ben ncr ner X Smith ned arraigned tho plesent t system of city government anti and 11 lie made no direct charge chaloge n against th the lii present city council In a n general wa sa he lie Impugned the Int Integrity of ot the present pres pros ent hOd body assailed the tho plan of or Its Us organization or 01 oi questioned the honesty honest and anc and efficiency of ot the tho administration and amid I Wound un up by s that lint Salt Lake has not had a 0 righteous el city government So In Inthe inthe r the he last fifteen feen years During the time arraignment of tho the present pres pres- eat ent nt form Comma of el city government three city councilman councIlmen Black Black Mulvey h f and rat 1 sat at Inside the thc rail ril Other cf city officials an and attaches appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap here and there In tho time audi audi- ence What w was s rl regarded as a coincidence was as the tact fact that hat the arraignment of the methods of ot the present council an and councils of ot the past was made In the thc Mat same chamber where scores of oC deals whereby the taxpayer has been dou dOll ero crossed ble-crossed sed and otherwise otherwise other other- wise b by paid servants have been consummated It I was In this same ame chamber that thousands of or dollars dol doJ- lars larl of or public money have been frit frittered rl- rl nt- nt u n away lI by careless officials and the fact that lawmakers who sat st there JIN UN co of or the tho whole state stale started teul the tile laying o or the foundation for fOl or helter better cf city government go was n an exemplification ex ex- at the time axiom that charity charit char it I ity begins at home Business Principle In all al the time argument for tor the bill bJ there ran the strain of oC business prin ciple That Thal Galveston had imad passed the experimental st stage Je and had found then the n new w form of oC cl city government effective tire tive t 1 that Washington anti and ane Memphis had tried It i with wih wholesome success and that other othor cities of the time United States were fast tast falling Into line were not advanced as a arguments applicable to Salt Lake The father of oC the thc bill billand billand bi and hl his colleagues from rom Salt Sal Lake Lako county set tet forth prominently the fact that three expensive men can cn better I manage a than fifteen cheap ones amid and that business principles ples applied to Salt Si Lake under the tho new flew PW bill would bring about a better beth r form of oC city government As soon as ns the thc first bl bill known a a. a No o 34 had been lIten read rend Senator Ras- Ras hand band opposed It i on the ground that ho lu he did not think It tt suggested an adequate ado ade artt- artt quate Improvement Improvement The proposed board of ot trustees Is elected b by tho the people said sM Senator Smith of or Salt Sai Lake Tho They Thoy are aro re responsible pon- pon sible to all al the people This plan of or city government Is essentially better than nn any an other that has been devised le Tho The difference Is great and It I Is 18 called cled radical for tOI that reason renson The govern govern govern- merit of ot the tho city Is taken out out out-or of th the hands of or the man many and amid placed In the hands of ot the few tew but It I is 18 no centralization cen cen- cen- cen of oC power powel because the power still rests with wih the people For n a Square Deal nl I am Rm not afraid of the voice of ot the people If It I the they arc are given I a square Juare deal lIeal you OU will Wm find them nearly always right One Otto great difference now Is that politics pol poli tics enters into It i and the people people- donot do donot 0 not get got a square show The offices are arc so 80 arranged that there Is too much trading Councilmen arc paid salaries I Iso so small that they cant can't live on them If I tho they depend upon their salaries and amI nothing else eUe choe tho they cant can't exist and the time result I is iii that the te they look to something else Then they supply them themselves out of or the tle city funds unde For fifteen years I 1 have watched the tho workings of time the council in Salt Sal Lake The hc majority of tIme tho govern govern- ing lug bod body Is hi made macic mAre up of ot men who judging from citizenship and property Interests cannot have hava tho the welfare of ot city at nt heart If IC I t they r should should- ex ox 1 tX trL a tm ant waste waite on no half hair n ti I In iii n mone money If it It I was va charged against them the they could not nol repay I one fiftIeth of a Q mill mH on 01 what whit Uey Lh I. I spent pent spen They are not responsible hiki Ik citizens and big taxpayers A aset t of or Good Gooel The principle of 0 the tho thing Is II Dint ot of f a business corporation busine Tho The ors or's report at the time end ml of ot 1905 showed that hat that In property and other things Salt g Lake had assets valued at Another nother asset Is that lint of good mont nent clean streets and ant the lie enforce enforce- mont ment of ot laws You YuU Jaws cannot that hat in jn money II It I comes t 16 to your OUI very cry s an and amid affects your enjoyment of or life In rn 1905 the tho el city collected In genin 1 h ral eral al taxes about abul two and armul n a quarter j It was I wai nearly all nil spent Up UI rl to o and antI Including tho the nt pre present year 2 there here hn has been leen n ii bonded Indebtedness YeW of You Yomi will wJ find when the new report I is hO made that the el city ha lies lies' hl spent two and a quarter millions milon lit In and antl that was spoilt spent for tor th the the- H Cot Cottonwood onwood conduit spent and awl the extension of ot the thc sewer system That Is the sort sott o of a business Ol corporation cot cor co you ou are arc art dealing with Noone No Noone o one can question the tue right to do bu business busi busl- l- l j neA ness in a fL businesslike wa vay o When hen ward polIties politics enters Into municipal municipal mu mu- affairs every politician bins lias t to pay political debts and usually l by useless and antl unnecessary ary employment Do big bIb corporations run their buH- buH u c lne memos s In iii that thal way 10 No They hey r m tIm Un- i pIn play first class M mon men and anul pa living i. i wa wages e anti dont don't haw have a n bon board ot of ff l d'- d' Y t e i C rectors who UVo ILVo on 0 50 to n a n mo month t i ald lu Object Object I This Thisby tc b hos hc I by every Jucu Thoro hn has been een 10 I federation or an body nf lit 01 any hoty nt to t this Chile bill I have havo by everybody on time lie streets f f I loss s of or politics or om creed the they Izidors It I with Whit their helm thel whole sou Thoi are 11 f no rio objections J except from funt tho word ward politicians They Thoy sa say a It If we wo puss s pu the bill bill- bill It it will trill cut oil rr bl 1 wJ c r thick their living Thoy rhoy are aloe Incompetent to Jill 1111 11 good jobs amal they 1 l It l unc The newspapers have Indorsed ho 14 mo movement not uti an Ul a pat J r but as a purely purey business proposition lu L. L The Salt Lake Lkc Herald the Democratic organ of ot the state has JI Indorsed th e In JI a U long hong editorial They hep R say the lie argument Is Js based haved on principles v The Tue Mountain Inter Before anything else U time the official organ orlan of the time Republican party of oC the tho stale W of 01 Utah Utah has has indorsed od the lie Gahe Galveston ton idea dea as a business proposition There rholo i could bo be lIr no politics in it i for Cor the tho that hat two papers PIS of or opposite political faith alth have unqualifiedly Indorsed ft n Senator Smith read an aim al editorial corn com mending the bill bU wh which ch appeared in inThe 10 S The Tho Republican February 4 Tho The movement mo J Is not that list of or any faction of ot any ring or 01 of ot any clique and ond Salt Sal wants It 1 passed at d. d e- e I Oll I eA As to the lie Iu general scope of oC Clio 10 lie Y 1 J measure there a was not Hot a dissenting J vOice In committee With lh one i Ion Hon those two committees composIng compos compos- I T f Ing In a majority of oC thil this bod body l J It I The Thc only one ono who objected to lo 01 h I J t bill bi was wa the gentleman from Ogden y and h he objected on the ground Ogen 1 r fIt f- f It i did not apply to cities of ot the tho second T Tand and third claw class a as mu well icell as a time tho tw t The I mayor of Logan came caine to Jl me per bier penally and requested ted that cities of oC the tho l j. j s second cond and thIrd classes be he Included Tv J J. 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A of or the Cache Cadi Com Corn f club makes the tho same request 7 and it I would seem from that that Ul titer they are rc familiar with the government In tim tu I Continued on Page Eight Eight SENATE PASSES GALVESTON B BILL LL Continued From Page C One One lh their h own cities clUes and nurl want relief The Tile Merchants Merchants' association of or O Ogden Ogdon on makes males n a similar request request Tile Tho The originator of ot the tIle plan In Ill Salt Sl federation Business Bust Busi Lake I is the tho Civic no ness s and ani professional men without re respect 10 re- re sp Rp ct to creed or 01 party arty have In Indorsed the the measure m asure It I It may be true as n the senator from Summit county count has said sid that It would be bc easier casler to bribe the few but It I will wm also bo be be easier to hang the few rew than it will wi tile the many The TIle bill bi Interests Salt l Lake surel surely Senator John Y Smith said sll ho hadn't given ghen the bill bi the consideration he would woul like to give it f. f and he ho said sll that It if Salt Lake Lale people wanted I it It their wishes should be accod acceded d to It I is a great chan change e. e he lie said sla and should be given iven free discussion lie Ito nes s said jd the bill hihi bi offered no advantage over the present condition of ot affairs His flis ils argument nt was along tile the lines of ot postponement post post- Better HeUer Men CI In 11 Galveston tolG tol G new government came as the result of a catastrophe phe pile said sall Senator John Jolla Y and ana for tor that reason found bettor better beter men than breach usual to step into the Do you want yant Salt Sal Lake to wait wai for tor a a flood or an earthquake before It I gets good government asked Senator Sun Sen ator Smith and the tile laugh was on the tho banker from Lehi Lehl Senator Holn Hollingsworth favored the tile hills bills and l' l road read Hl some somo argument from Galveston city officials to show that the law had been effective th re Butts luBS In Senator Bullen Dulen attacked It as n being revolutionary and wholly wrong He lIe le sid said the Salt Sait Sl Lake senators laid str stress ss bill affected only on oil 01 the fact that the bi Salt Si Lake and that the outside senators sonn- sonn sena sona- tors tons should keep their han hands s off ot As Salt Lie Is a part of or the state taLo he lie said sId the country senators would act aeta affected affected af nt- af- af as the they thought best whether it i a Salt SRI take Lake alone alono or not It If this lull bill bl Is wanted by the people peo peo- plo pie of Salt LJ Lake e. e I J want vant to know IL it Nothing will wJ be lost by by- letting It go over for tor or a n time I If U bears on the tile face tace of or it n a absolutism and destroys a good wholesome minority I have not lot been made to see that the abuses will vill wf bo ho corrected I move that the bill billbe billbe bU be postponed till ti Thursday ay at 3 Senator spoke In lon to the motion saying that th the movement lon was not new In Salt SaIl Lake that hat It hn had been discussed for or three or 01 r four our years and that tho the people were more or 01 less les ta familiar lar with wih it He ic said he found no opposition to I it Senator Miller favored acting on ho tho bill bl at once an and President Love tool took the tile floor foor In support of ot the meas- meas ure mo rc President l Love Imo Si Speaks 4 This is not a 0 new measure for fol Salt Sal alt I Lake alte county he lie said mitt This bill bi ill was introduced four tour years oars ago ao but ut did not get out of committee When Then the lie plan was presented at the tIle Commercial cub banquet by Mr Stephens before the tile greatest aggregation gation baton atlon of or business men that ever evem gathered gath- gath ered in Utah It I was as unanimously In- In The co constitution u left ler it I Corthe for Cor forthe the he legislature to determine what whal form orm of oC government o tile the cities cites should have ave The business p people of or Salt Sal Ial ake e are arc crying out against tile the present present pres- pres ent nt form orm of oC government and this I Ithe is Is the ic 1 kind o of administration that they they vant vaut Tue Tho Cun funds s of or the city have hose been heen een frittered away for ears r and apil a 1 n IEs Itis IE- IE Is s high t o the citizens s are aro o taking action I l' l am ain that fully tuly nine nine- tenths of or the time people In Indorse tile tho- thO plan Ian Senators Park and Williams In an- an slyer ivor to Senator John Jolla Y Smiths Smith's question queston ques- ques tion ton on favored ored fa the bill bm and Senator Bullen Builen Dulen withdrew his motion moton for lor post post- pon ment When the vote was tal taken en on the bill bi ill there were sixteen ayes Senators Brinkerhoff and were absent absent |