Show g lcharles 11 charles crane on mu yta wa graft i charles drane crane formerly foi foit merly nerl of but of late a resident bof 0 as salt alt luke city will be re Y 4 merob ered as a successful finan 6 cier cier and it a leading politician on oil tile the side of republicanism but k later leaving that political par y ty joined himself him self with the th I 1 democrats and again litter later join joh ed tile the salt lake lak e anti mormon party calling themselves at mexicans me ricans this party has for sometime had control of til the e muni municipal dept affairs of salt lake J and according to almost daily reports their financial manibu lations have been so bad that it reminds us of the proverb s when tho the wicked rule the people mourn and it appears I 1 that mr crane is now oue one of ja the mourners not a silent one 5 y f for oi th eliat atis is not his nature its as w r will be seen from the following which we clip from the herald charles crane a main street property owner yesterday filed with the city recorder a most emphatic protest against the resurfacing of main street with asp asphalt haft B among other things he de cl clars ars th that a t lie he beli believe evee that some CK of the members of the council B are securing rake off from P J moran on oil all paving contracts and are indirectly in the employ of that gentleman he also calls attention to the deplorable condition of the fi fl nances bances of ane city says that several members of the council have shown themselves I 1 detent to administer their 0 own wn business affairs and believes r that the pres present t ent administration fi is dishonest and corrupt t 4 TEXT OF TORRID LETTER lt here is the letter in full kt 11 have just received notice from your honorable body of 1 the intention to pave main L street on which street I 1 am a r v small owner from south tem r pie to fourth south street v 1 I desire to protest against this paving at this time for the following reasons first because it is unnecessary uncalled for and a useless expenditure of our menns means for which hot bot a single property w owner will receive one cent of benefit beni fit nor vill ill it increase the ia value of properly pro peny second because the pres r r ly ent pavement was once paid for by the abutting abutting 9 property owners tand and I 1 believe the city cannot a gaill ain conla compel el them to pay for i t L must come coine from the general genera fund f third because the prea ell financial ancial in conditions owing to the reckless mismanagement of this and previous councils wild not permit pekin it of the 1 f a doll dollar ar more than is feces sary nary to conduct the cites affair fourth the funds have hav tiow now been over overdrawn d raw 11 if UK of statements of the herald art are correct and I 1 believe they aie something thing over fifth the debt of the city is ib now over and oui au annual interest over an amount so staggering that it should cause many daily taxpayers to pause protest and demand a halt on further expenditures outside the absolute necessities of tile the city sixth because prudence and good business acumen would suggest economy under these financial circumstances se seventh veil tb because taxes are now so high that intending in investors are driven from the city and owing to th the e reckless expenditures of this and a ous council they are going r to increase in instead stead of diminish eighth Eight li because many mem mein bers of the present council are I 1 believe absolutely ent to judiciously expend the money of the taxpayers ninth because you have sold nearly every piece of pro perty once owned by the city arid and are now on the verge of bankruptcy FAILURE IN PRIVATE BUSINESS tenth because several m members em of the present city council have been failures in their own private business wherein a few faw thousand dollars were involved hence I 1 do not believe they are competent to administer t the lie affairs of a great corporation wherein hundreds of thousands of dollars aru artl involved eleventh because in ill turning over these unnecessary uncalled for and expensive contracts to mr moran I 1 believe some soine of the present council secure a rake off that is id I 1 I alieve they are indirectly in the employ of this gentleman arid and from tile the public applause and demonstrations on last sunday morning when rev elmer I 1 goshen so clearly exposed the mendacity and moral delinquency of some of the present council I 1 am led to believe I 1 that hat i is s the opinion of the gen eral public twel twelfth fth because when the fiory atory of salt lill lake 0 city shall be written I 1 believe it will show I 1 lie most stupendous mendacity dishonesty bribery and corrupt inn 1011 of city officials 18 that hat has ver cursed any in municipality uil ici 11 his ili s republic thirteenth because the pr an ailt council coul cil iii aa tile the last will ome splendid exceptions ill an t absolutely incompetent and ignorant of city df affairs fairs illiterate and unread iti in municipal duties ind tiff affairs airs and as 1 l lie 1 herald ao aptly put it has debauched the public business entrenched graft behind the cy cry of 11 patrio iaru is mid and obscured A the real con editions of the cit cites y as finances that it may promote the private fortunes of a few interested politic 7 tans lans for these and other grave reasons I 1 protest against tins this useless and unnecessary eapen deture respectfully CHARLES CRANE |