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Show OUR POLICE PR0TECTI0N--THE DEADLOCK. Hdltor Trlbuno -Is It not time for the City Council to do something: whlth will give Sail Lake n police force" Is It possible pos-sible that all of thn individual members of the Council do not auprei late the grav-lt grav-lt of the conditions ixlMlnK' 1 I present In ciur valuable columns what apptar to mo to be a few cogent reasons wh Immediate action should 1 taken Salt I .tike City Is now and will be almost al-most every iIj) durlnu the sear, full nf visitors, stranaers Ihe hotel ro crowded crowd-ed to overllowlnK with men and women, residents of every sei tton ot our countr, traveling to nnd from the Puclllc slope They aitmlr our beautiful clt, praise our good society, ami have words of felicity fer ever) thing they se. except our muddy streets Hut In traveling about our city do they reallte their irll, due to an b-senco b-senco of police discipline and probably pollen protection, b du as well as by night I hoie not Hut uppue harm comes to them what a li .they say anil what will lie the neniltv to ihe city If one Is held up' or has his or her room burglarised will not our Ut corporation l responsible for the damage? Could not I certain ilnmnnea be secured In any of our courts, when It Is so ch" lo prove tho demoralization of our police forte, due to tho fart thai some of Its most efficient member have been removed und the Chief, aliliouRh the in Hon has not t been confirmed b the City Council has also lieen displaced trom his jiosltlon and ha proclaimed that he will soon retire And why this condltlm of arfalrs? ttc-caiwe ttc-caiwe there ore men who ill not believe the Miyor should remove ihe Chief of Po. lice fnr tho good or Hie service" Are men elected lo the c lt Council to do their own Individual will to carry out their Individual ireUrences or serve the people who pay the nixes who pui alt s-tlarie an 1 whoso property Is levied umm for tribute I have listened patlcntlv to the ' reasons rea-sons kIvcu by tome members of the City Council for refusing to concur In Miyor Thompson's removal of Chief Illllon, but I can do so no loner They Insist upon sslug Hint It Is a case ot resignation " It Is a plain palpable, case of lemoval and "removal tor Hie goo.) nf tho police service of tt cltv Readers of The Tribune should not he confused they should permit no ono to confound the situation Chief Hilton s resignation hss nothing to do with the case, no more Hum ' tho flowers that bloom In the spring Kor the purpose or having the record of the proceedings whl h led up to this unfortunate deadlock and n demoralised police force tlxetl c irreetly In my mind I spent some time toela looking up Hie proceedings pro-ceedings of tho Cll Council as reported In tho local columns of The Tribune 1 Und In the lusuc of The Tribune of Jtn-uury Jtn-uury 8th last that Ma) ir Thompson ssked (is Is usual In such Instances) the lis Council to approve liU action In removing Chief Hilton "lor the good or the police servlee or the clt. No hint had been alven that Chief Hilton Intended to le-slgn, le-slgn, nltlmuKh he knew and had for some lime known that hi sorvhes weie not sutlsfaciorj to the people The ran, iei of the Mayor was i ferrcd lo th c ommlttoe on Fire and Pillce The c inmlltee of the Council lm I not then been appointed although of course tho action or the Major and his request could und prnperlj should have lieen Immediately ncieil upon b tho Council as a IkhI It vvus not necessar to wait tor tho selection of committees In tho Issue of The Trlburo of Thurs-dav Thurs-dav l'ebruarv wli nearly n month later, I find Chief Hilton emoted In nn Interview as savlnt, I lwll resign m ottlce. but 1 will lake mv own lime for It vou eoiild not hlro ni to renililn in this department (or iho ntxl tw leiir- Ac Ibe sulnc time 1 don t propose to tellrv under tire What I mean hi that Is thai 1 have my reputation in treserve Hist Is all I have lolt .11.1 I cannot afford lo go out under a elouel The sutini repott further Mited Hint Chief Hilton would not Inillclto Just when he would send In hi reslmiHtlon, but the lmircsloii was left that he would tako this uillon (resign Just u soon as tho removal o( bheels Jamie und Drown was Ihialll settled" And runner the same report A member or the Police committee ha I Chief lllltoi, coininunicutlou la Ids puckel al tha mteting Juuur ihl 1 have as tire full) as possible read the reports nf the silisequeiit -ice tings of the Council and committee upon the same 1 subject, unci nnd charges of bud faith oi the putt of Hilton or his reprwonlutlva for not bunding In to Ihe Cu Council his reslguailoi At a meeting of tho i ouncll on lu sdtiy night, l'ebruio IJih I -more Hum e n ontli after the JUors removal of e i ler Illllon It I reported lhat the On I sent In Ills ' resignation 1 through louiicilmiiu Robinson and tha i r. port colllln i a by lng Unit it was wr!ttcoii leu In th afternoon of thut ' du five vveiks sflei the Council hud be. ii apprise I of hi remuvul b Muvor I'humi son and the request by the lull r thut Hie urn mil lie confirmed And (Hither (Hi-ther the ii ott state, tl.at the reslgnu-tlun reslgnu-tlun vvus to be effective when the t'lil, l , ciuor was appultucd ami had quallllee' Ant .mi alter all thu, members of tho (.It) Council ca tew of them) snv It la n reslgiiullo i and chut Jl.oor Thompson should nominate a auceasaor ' before the resignation Ir accepted!'' I not tuts an iwtoundlnc tute nt affair af-fair to be treated by h body of men elected and sworn lu protect und sub. serve the Interest of Ih voter and tux-paseis tux-paseis Ha e these wen who re standing stand-ing In the mi of an efflolsnt udmlnl-tritlen udmlnl-tritlen of ihr urtulre of the city the right to toliiw their awn wishes unlj In piotrctlnii in oil er from removal when nearb if not ill of them have sail to me thai Hilton in not competent, and I not a satlafui tor i (fleer? If these men tire determined lo dictate the uppnim nn ins a welt as to perform ihelr unionised function of confirming the i!ajor: uppointmenl, why did the not ralirv thu Major' action In removing Hilton mil then leluaj lo confirm hi appointments till he nominated the man they srtni to want I venture tho assertion asser-tion that there hHS never been a lad or Ctiuntllmcn Uklalators or other tontlrm-tiih' tontlrm-tiih' oranUatou to assume saoh a position posi-tion Ihe Mu or mm thai there Is m precedent lequblng him, rroin courtesy or othiiwiae, to nominate when he re- me lb grams lhat he should and would inevi nomlnuted a successor had the tlilrf if rollce leslgned lu rue I Hut Is thin i man in ull this brou 1 land that vtmill l ,.. po stultillid hlmseK as to I i i it I wli n In rerne ed a mm1 v 1 u i I 1 wli t In Ide li I rma t in I d Chi f Htl ton lhat h en ild nt i - uef th Mj ci riomr n v g him? How ell 1 h nmc us the l f rmatl u Hal he i ll not oc crmovc 1 I have heard trmnj men Democrats ns well as Republicans say tne wit not In politics nf the future soon forget tne record- of tho past two months mat iiiblli dut must stand nbo e persons! preference and ulterior motive but ror mvseir I only hope that the Council win proceed nt once to ratlf the action of the .Mnor In removing Hilton und then wrestle with the nomination or nominations nomina-tions he m m ike 1 am willing to for-get for-get the deadlock the past and the lack of protection to our citizens snd tnelr Interests and the strangers within our gstes Soon the Klks will hold their annual an-nual heie aid our city will be filled to the limits with visitors We shsll need sn efficient pntleo force, our own iieorle and their propero nnd that of our visitors must be protected Then will come Slate and cnuntj political convention of all the inlltlcsl parties and big meeting or ull kinds Lt s have peace and let s stop making aa exhibition or ourselves. A TA.P U Ell Sslt take, March trlh The Tribune give snace to the above with pleasure The communication wa written by one of the best-known a-d most spirited eltlxen. a man deeply deep-ly Interested In the preient an I Hitur or Salt Lake City The writer present pre-sent some of hi rtatemenf' with a bit of nsperlt) and some of his statement state-ment ma) be regarded a- home thrust yet who are they amongst " who do not know that with Immaterial exception, all that he )s Is true? Ce-taln It Is lhat the statement are based upon fact, and the necessity f"r some action by the Council to give t' city an elliclent police force 1 not overstated A time has come when a full realisation rea-lisation of th situation respecting Salt Lake Clt) s police force should lie had Public service should come to the rront as tne nrsi connaeraiiuii If It has been the purpose only to defeat de-feat the removal of Chief Hilton for nn) reason whatsoever, that desire has been fully recorded It is conceded by nil that ( hlet Hilton retention Is out of tho question, even though he deelred to remain I.t us then have u new chief anl a reorganisation of the force When that Is iftcomplishcd It la to be hoped that all that lias oc-curred oc-curred ln thla connection will be forgotten, for-gotten, that no ill will ma) 1h harbored, har-bored, and that In our prosperity we shall hnve peace and good will It Is time that personul considerations should be cast aside |