Show OX ON THEIR SHOWING Th There ro Is a rule of or law a of oC practice b by which the evidence given In behalf of ot a person accused accused evl evi evidence dence procured b by him presented b by him for Cor or his own deren defending and introduced In Introduce Introduced In- In with his own sole approval thai shall bo be strictly construed against him It Is assumed that th he will make the tho best case that can be made It ItIs itIs Is 18 assumed that h he is saying nothing in his own der defense mso by which he Is not willing to be bound If It he can make a a. good case cose at nt all he lie will And ItIs it itis itis is by his own evidence that It is to tobo too bo o made Therefore what he says conceding It to bo be true must stand as his best possible showing The American party parly la is accused of gross extra extravagance In In Its administration tion of the financial affairs of or Salt Lake The 1110 Tribune stands as the one defender of ot the tho American party In Inthe Inthe inthe the city It presents the best bost state stalo of ot facts which the case will permit If It the tho case could bo be made better the Tribune would rould maka It better Therefore There There- fore ore what the Tribune says In defense of the city authorities will be strictly construed No one we think will believe believe behove be be- be- be lieve hove the case Is better than the Tribune Tribune Trib Trib- une makes Ij i. It has been charged that the present present present pres pres- ent city administration the American has spent more moo of ot the peoples people's mone money in the first six months of its official than the last t former city admin admin- spent in the same sam service and In iii the same sarno length th of time Replying Replying Re Re- plying to this the Tribune charge yesterday yes yes- erday ay morning presented the following follow follow- ing lug table of or Its own preparation of its own party part officials officials' figures On hand in general funds 21 Received from January 1 I 1905 to 1 June lune un e 30 3 3 1505 lr C Total Spent from January 1 I 1903 to June 31 30 3 1905 Leaving a n net overdraft of 3 M When Mayor Maor Thompson took possession posses possession pos pos- session ses ion Jan Jail 1 I 1906 he found Cound On hand In gen general funds Received from January 1 to June Julie 3 Total PAIn Spent from nry l 1 l 1911 to June 3 30 1906 Leaving a net overdraft rt of ot This Tills overdraft Is largely made up of or legacies left by Morris and gang which the he American party lartY had to pay pay Making a legitimate overdraft o of 01 J Now we are going to conce concede e that so tar far as ns the they go and for or the pur- pur posts poss of this argument that the figurea figures figures fig fig- ures urea are right But nut We e call to te attention of every man who sho wants to tobo tobe tobo bo be fair fah that the tho Tribune makes no rio good explanation of oC that se enty six seventy six 1 thousand dollars for which it wants cre credit lt It will not do broadly ly to sa say This much Is the fault of the thc former administration herein Wherein Is It to be charged against the former What hat are the Items by which the tho tremendous tremendous tre tre- excess of oC overdraft Is to be hc diminished Will JI nn any one olle be con con- vinced 1 by the bald baM assertion of an Interested party part that so much o of the total Is the lie fault of some one else Not at all The Tho American party parly will have have- to maJ make e a better showing Even Even with the great credit which t the tho Tribune claims the thc present olli- olli d dais ais have spent more than twenty twenty- t two o thousand dollars in excess of oC the tho r record ecord of their thell predecessors In office A And nd until a clearer explanation of the six s thousand is made all willbo will willbe b bo be charged against the lie American c crowd Please to note another thing The rho f former ormer officials were cast out of office l b by 3 the lie public of Salt Lake Cit City be because be- be c cause causo they Im had been false to their t trust rust because they had spent too m much uch money because they had hall been g gro grossly sly extravagant because they had d disregarded the Ithe wishes and the Interests Inter Inter- ests e tJ of or thu the people and und because the they h had ad prove proved themselves unfaithful s servants That was wh why the Morris l party was retired Yet here hore Is the theartY P party artY placed in power h by ly the people i In n the hope of or having reform and on onIt i It its ts own showing showing- It Is costing the city O over ver two twenty-two thousand dollars moreIn more moreIn moren i In n the first si six months of or its life UCe than d did id that unfaithful bunch of or servants who were driven from place b by the lie v votes otes of the people This b by their own showing There is nothing but the lie bald assertion of Interested men meno mento mento t to o support the contention that the present should hould not be charged with the thc entire ninety thousand dol dol- dol- dol lars lana Simply saying Ing that seventy thousand nd dollars of oC It Is caused by bythe bythe bythe the wickedness of a former will not make the tho people believe believe be be- lieve It And Ancl there is still another point which Is b by no means forgotten by bythe bythe bythe the public of or Salt Lake In addition to the great extravagance in expenditure expenditure expendi expendi- ture tune alrea already h made the lie big waste of cash already paid out the present city administration this American officialdom official official- dom which the Tribune is defending has baa bound the city cHy for the tho expenditure oC or an additional seventy thousand dollars dol dol- lar lars lang for Cor the repairs and additions en cn a n. conduit from Big lg Cottonwood canyon canon to tho city city city-a a great sum In addition to the tho price for or which the contract for the conduits conduit's completion had alread already been made AND THERE RE REIS IS NO O WATER VATER WITH WHICH TO SUPPLY THAT CONDUIT This vital lack Jack in the arrangement was vas known when the original contract was made by the tho Morris a stion lion It was even oven better known when the tho present a administration added seventy seventy sev sev- enty thou thousand dollars to the expense ot of the tho bUll building And It Is conceded now even by the he Tribune itself The rue people of oC Salt Lake are by no nc means tools fools They did not drive out of o the Democrats because there was any fixed antipathy to their poll poli tics ties If Ie tho they lied hud given a worth worthy servIce service ice they would have been retained at atthe atthe L the election In 1905 Those officials I composing the Morris I were rejected because of oC their bad bod rec rec- ord because the they had not notcH well cH an and I truly served the tho people who had employed em em- plo ed them In their places were elevated members ot of the American America party not Party not because the people of ot Salt Sal t Lake lako have an any fixed faith In that party part name but because thc they knew there ther was ns need of ot reform and the American candidates promised to give it The They have havo failed most tailed most s to signally to keep keci that promise They have on their own 1 showing cost the city thousands thousand fC o of at dollars more than lImn even the condemned Democratic administration They have spent more moro mone money and given a a. less satisfactory service They have bound tho the city for tor thousands of or dollars of 01 additional expenditure In repairing a n. conduit which Is not yet ct completed and arid which has hns not nol assurance of ot water If Ir it were wore completed AND THEY TIlEY CAN C. ClOT NOT OT G GET El THAT TIIA T WATER YATER WITHOUT TIlE THE EXPENDITURE OF MANY MORE THOUSANDS OF DOL DOL- LARS LAHS What answer can you reasonably l expect the tho people to make mako to this challenge of or bad had officials There I is but one At the next election the people will turn out the Americans oven even as they turned out the Demo Demo- For the lie Americans have been Indicted and on their own o showing they stand tand convicted toda today |