Show TIlE TIB DEn oJ OF 01 J i entertaining to t see sel co a aman's amans amans aman's amans aman's H It I Is never mans man's defeat And AncI In the tho surrender tho tile worst worl to Thompson of Mayor elements clements of or th the lie council counci his forced submission to tho the Irresponsible clique which has taken possession of tho ho city there is Js much to cause regret of or ever every citizen on iii the lie part PalL In the lie first place It Is a misfortune In lii a material wa way Mr li Thompson Is a man of property and auth one ono has uris demonstrated b by accumulating who iho ll biting lating that lint ho lie pO I business ability The rhe interests o of tile the ell city would therefore naturally be his In- In crests Hc lie would not willingly hermit permit per her could injuriously which mit au art any course couise affect tho lie clr city since to that thai extent It would Injure himself If it J he lie allowed himself at the thc beginning of or his administration to be bo driven b by bylie the lie headlong crowd which ha hind had seized tho lie ef city there have later later been licen evidences evi evI- deuces dences of a changed chans-cd attitude on his part part Ho lie 10 has opposed more morl than one one of the thc councils council's counci's wrong movements It I Ima ma may have been a n lute lato conversion but It was ono one which offered some somo hope to the thc taxpayers of or tho the city And Antl there thele was In It an implied promise that In future he could be depended i on to stand as a t stone wall wal between the lie city and the thc assaults of the thc grabbers grab grab- bers bess who com compose o tho lie majority of oC the thc council councI But In the fight for paving contracts It has been clell clearly proven that Mayor Thompson Is not strong stong enough Ho He has been met and antl overcome over over- come The Tho struggle le has been brief and sharp but but It has illustrated u as few things else could have done the lie political superiority of or the thc councilmen and anti Mr Ir Moran their manager manas Against As that combination Mayor Thompson has been helpless Ho lie 10 could make no headway and he could not even prevent t their clr mal making headway head head- way ivay against him So that ho has been driven out of or town while they complete the capture of tho the streets and devote the treasury to the uses of or the plotters plotters The overwhelming of the mayor is h unfortunate because of matters maters aside from Crom tho the paving contracts Having proven to him that hc lie was well wel within with with- wih- wih in iii their power the council counci will wi now nov move with less hesitation than bo- bo fore fore I Instead o 01 considering whether thc they shall haJ con consult tho ho mayor b rc deciding on a certain lawless or Improper Im Jm- proper course courte they will wi now laugh h at nt un any hindrance hc lie could make and will wI drive c right over him And t the he e end of that wicked process Is easy to see sec A mayor maor even if he were o of the thc sort uninfluenced b by motives mo mo- tives tive of avarice anti and greed will vili wi meet defeat two or three times at the hands of or his council counci and then will wi fall fal Into line lne witH the thc looters as gracefully s as ashe ashe he hc mn may It I Is the lie fault of or human nature na na- ture turc maybe hut but It is the wa way of or orthe the the thc world Beginning Inning with wih a n good resolve resol and effecting at first some seine Influence over ove his council counci he lie con comes cs by process of repealed drubbing to look ook at the lie cit city as they look at 11 1 It and then the looting becomes easier casle That la Is the he sadness of the thc present sit sit sit- With a mayor maor who ho can not and a coun council l n Jorl which will vl not take care of the city's Interests Salt Sal I Lake ke Is In an unfortunate a way Indeed |