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Show CLAIH ACTION H P01ITICSL WE SALT LAKE. Oct. 17 The action of Governor Spry yesterday in sending send-ing a letter to the hoard of county commissioners, sheriff, mayor of Salt Lake City and chief of police, charging charg-ing that the city was infested with criminal characters and asking the county and city officials to co-operate in their rldlance. is bitterly resented re-sented by the municipal authorities, who assort that the IKter was Issued for political purposes. It is pointed out there is no more crime in the cP.y now than there has been for many years. Chief of Police Barlow said today: "The city Is clean. The police department de-partment is efficient. We are doing great work, and this talk that Is going go-ing around Is not because there are any criminals here. It is merely a political subterfuge." the county commissioners today authorized au-thorized Sheriff Sharp to appoint ef deputy sheriffs The charge that the governor's action was for political effect ef-fect is based upon the fact that the city of Salt Lake is politically controlled con-trolled by the American party, while the stato and county are controlled by the Republican organization. The American party has for its professed pro-fessed object the elimination of political po-litical ccntrol by the Mormon church. This year tli o American party is seek-ine seek-ine to extend its control over county affairs as well as municipal and tho political battle being waged is a very strenuous one. |