Show FERNSTROM AFTER REFORM LEADERS Presents Presents' Minority Report on Recent Whitewashing by Council Majority INVESTIGATION WAS WAS' FARCE FARCET T v IIo American Parly Leaders I Inaugurated e ii to In Make In Ic Public Ia for Cm Pay Campaign Councilman presented a a. minority report on Iho tho investigation Inv yf Vt the chal charges es against Supervisor Supervisor Super Super- visor J J. J T T. T Raleigh at the meeting mecUm of or the city council last Thu report which h Is brief but to thi th the point reiterates the charges that hint tho tue city has hums been collect collecting as assessments as- as on a ten per cent basis from noun the thc of the department In Jim the main however Mr r. r Fernstrom Fernstrom Fern Fern- strom tho ho Democratic member of the special Investigating committee of or three blows up ill the method by which Mr h Raleigh was Investigated lIe IIo Io charges that lint tho ho two American members mem mem- hers bers of oC the committee Councilmen Mulvoy Mulvey anti and acted as at attorneys at- at tOlne orneys s 's for the defense and conducted conduct conduct- ed tho the farce in an unfair and unusual unusual unusual un un- usual manner In moving tho the adoption adoption tion Lion ot of hits his report Mr l' l Fernstrom said Attorneys for rot Defense The investigation of oC the charges J brought by Mr Jones a discharged cel I street foreman against Mr Mv 11 Raleigh was conducted In a most peculiar manner It was was wasa a court COUlt trial without a a. judge Tho rho majority members of or orthe the conlin committee c con conducted the lie Invest gallon gation and anet acquitted the street supervisor supervisor super super- visor on tho strength of ot their own questions They mIld did not consider Iho tho evidence The American parly party lucid held lucida helda h ld lda a meeting at the police station sofia somo time ago and decided to lovy levy a ten per cent campaign campal 11 assessment on out 11 nil alt city Thus rims was the tho Amen Ameri Amerian can an hierarchy hl started blurted The Tho men who eU did id not t pay wore were given to understand ll that hat the they would woul lose los their theil jo Jobs s When the thc Investigation was waN called caned notices were sent out to alt all the thc men n on the hue payroll o of tho the department ordering them to appear at nt tho tha council cham- cham nor her and lino up for the ho T y ci-y w c to th tho o II r I 1 11 men f we II f. f l t f lm 11 rd 4 t r t t r.- r. U J t l I at nn om ye yg C oit rh k tU f r him him with the statement t that he not hOt note give e a portion of hi his es to the the- campaign fund he c discharged cd I r t him to tell them thorn to go plumb to said salcI Mr i Black lie He told them that lint and ho was not lot fired He lie didn't pay juay JIO cither Ills daddy was too big a man nan man said Councilman J. J t I i JU guess SS that's tho the reason ft referred t to 01 jl d T 1 It n. Tho The was Councilman Blacks Black's ion on I Mr l Black a asked l cd that hint the tho minority minority minor minor- It ity report la lay over a n week as us ho had several receipts he wished to lo present to 10 the tho council Tho minority report sl signed ned by Mr 11 Fornstrom Fernstrom was as follows fol- fol v lows hours 11 Minority Report We Ve the minority members of ot the tho special committee to Investigate ato the lie char charges cs of oC compelling of the city elly to pay Ilay ten en per pcr cont cent of ot their wages to tho ho American party campaign campaign campal cam cam- pal n fund beg heg leave to report that thal the lie committee met and that the Inv In- In v was very peculiarly conducted con con- ducted Time The majority of oC the commit commit- lee acted as attorneys for foi the defense and as a consequence the minority members had hael to appear as prosecuting In ing attorneys One thing was clear clearly established viz Iz tint the disgraceful practice of collecting ten per pel cent from city was inaugurated In the lie early part of oC the tho summer and there Is no doubt that the lie scheme was to collect th the same name from rom month to month and that any anyone ono one refusing to pay jeopardized Ii his Is em employment t. t Since the protest of the Iho minority members of the council and anel anda a general condemnation tJ by the minded fair public the he excuse is mado made that theten the theten ten tout per Iler coot cent was to be bo coll collected for Cor forono or ono onu month only But nuL why this should be e collected M so o early carly to defray campaign campaign cam cum expenses cs they have ha entirely n neglected to explain The only logical conclusion then the is that lint th the raising of tIll the wages wageR of the tue city employee es w was wasa s sa a collusion to take practicably l all nil tho hue money needed for a corruption fund Cund and campaign expenses e out of tho the city elly treasury through the he said raising of or orabe wages abe But Dut thanks thank to tn the flue minority members of or the tho council and anth Iho tho gon- gon eral nubile condemnation of tho the scheme we arc c now Inclined to believe be bo- lieve that the tho original plan has been abandoned It U is necessary to lo keep a close nose watch on un the flue proceedings in the future we do tie hereby r recommend that if au an attempt should bo be made malIc to again collect this thi tithing the vII information us Ui resent i it and give ho suCh Much will effectively stop slop this the hue most unjust and tyrannical system hat was uvas as asef state ot of Utah f e l' l Inaugurated In the tho Other charges charge were incidentally preferred pre pro preferred against the Iho street department t and Its supervisor which were not in any lIlly way complimentary but hut OH as the ity members do not consider them beta part of ot the proceedings we recommend that thai the hue street committee investigate these c charges |