Show WHY THE DODGE THE ISSUE Pita Iho hired workers of the tho are taking great pains to toll tell the tho peo pIe that promised to buy the tho when elected mayor the first yenta ago ngo Now ow such statements arc mIsleading The facts are as follows follos In the year car 1901 the Republican party nominated William for the office of mayor and the Re platform said We favor se sc curing the waterworks by tion That meant that a jUr jury of O Ogden den I citIzens should bo be called into court to heal testimony on the cost of oC building the s system stem and that whatever the 1 Jur jury fixed as the price the court would I decree that the waterworks company I should sell at I Nearly ocr every Democrat and lawyer lawer In Ogden at that Um time UmI I saId that the tho water system could be condemned and bought In that wa way Mr Glasmann belIeved the tho attorneys had examined the matter and th that t it could be done and in a speech I In the Opera house hous Mr Glasmann i iI isaid I said that lint ninety da days s after the ho con i proceedings started the city or would own the water waterworks works Now that Is the promise Mr r Glasmann ever made He tried In good faith to carr carry out that plan hut another promise ho he made was I to stop the useless and expensive gatlon over the waterworks Up to that hint time It was said lIke 1110 had been expended In water waterworks waterworks works litigation The Tho peoples money moner was beIng squandered In law suits Huits When therefore Mr 11 1 s was elected mayor he with the city ator allor hey ney looked up tile the law and became doubtful about being able to condemn without an act or of the legislature au an cIties to condemn water waterworks works Under the old law tile the cIties were authorized to lo condemn W water waterworks works but when the State aw were revised tile the rl right ht to o condemn was omitted The Tho present laws authorize cities to Lo condemn water and water rights but bitt not existing But Bul to bo be sure about the matter he elt city coun council elI cil at the r request quest of oC the tho ma mayor or for Cor a written opinion from Crom uie lie follow ollow lug hiS attorneys s T D Johnson J A W V Agee T 1 D Murphy and George Georgo Me Mc McCormick Cormick and one of them for or of oC the tho opinion that thal the city could condemn the waterworks stated I j I i i I that under tinder the thou then existing state law it the lie cI city y had no rIght to condemn Doll an existing waterworks system used usell for the lie same purpose the city Intended to use the system rIte fhe decision of the supreme court of oC the United States plainly said the I authority from Crom the state must intuit be direct and specific and that no ito right to Lo condemn under underlie lie tho rights of the tho law las or of eminent do would lie he Therefore Mayor instead or of plunging tho he OIL cil Into a suit suil thai thal would go to the lie C of lie tho United States Slates and Cost col the tho city thou thousands I II I sands of dollars only to lose paid I Ij for Cor s fees and receIved Demo Democratic cratic and opinions that the waterworks could not be con under I the lie Utah laws MiS If 1 then lion appeared he forc foie the lie se session slon of oC the lie utah legis lature lattire ho he was able ablo to have a bill hili passed in the 1001 house to lo Permit Ogden to condemn the lie water s system hut tit In the tho stat senate the bill was wasI I defeated on a tie tic voto oto one or of the own owners ers CIS or of the tho then lien a member of lie tho state senate defeating tho ho bill billIt I It Ii will bo be seen whatever promIse Mr h mod made Was made mado lifter I I practically oer every Democratic and Ro Re I publican attorney hind had advised him It could coul bl he dono clono and was only ed cd Crom rout realization because the lie stalo In laws ws forbid If M MiS Glasmann promised t con clemn lie he dill did cor that could be bedone bedone done to keep lie promise President raft faCt vas In ArIzona and Now No Mexico last week and to get statehood for hoSe thoo and ho he was as answered that the tho same Immo promise hart had been boen made mado before and failed of and the tho President replied Well of course a man cannot do I any more than promise and try to carry It out I do think that t you may have havo had In times pact rca rea reason son to complain because of promises made that not fulfilled I dont know I am not sufficiently arced In Inthe Inthe the and lid therefore perhaps you have a right to distrust me mc but here I have tried to tell the tho truth tried to carry out such an aa I have made mOlde Hero Is III the whole thing Ina In a nut r shell Ditl Mr tr try to earn carry carryout I out the promise of h l platform If H lie he did ld h Ito ld al that a 1 rC reasonable mutt man could commIt expect So well wore vere the tho people of OGden convInced Ott on this or r that tho I Mr In llO 1008 hr bY the biggest majoritY ever given a mayor of oC Og i tien I 5 nut But why Xh do do the rc r people bring ill 1111 that 1 Th Ihy y this thia Ill iii In their paid advertisement In tile the Examiner They have their workers It into ho s ears Why lust hist to lo o the people front Crom tile Issue of tho ho campaign The issue is 18 Brewers for fot the what was nine ars ago ugo The Tho people re reelected Mr 11 oil his waterworks record Wh De Be Because cause I he said saith Mr 11 Glasmann dId dIdI riGht In not nol saddling a tremendous I mortgage on homes of oC nil all the thc pee peele I pie le of oC Ogden |