| OCR Text |
Show -165with an appalling deficit in finances. charged with robbing the municipal A $350,000 progress. alleged, was taxpayers and then pointing overdraft" nglaring When asked by forced to pay 6 per cent interest was Bransford the not he knew of the overdraft of or on city which overdraft could not the amount of work done. whether The "Amerikearns" on to party record of a accounts of possibly was some be excused by Intermountain-Republican the city funds, and that city all the overdraft monies, Mayor replied: No, I didn't know it; in fact I know very little about the finances of the city, but I assure you that if I am so for tunate as to be elected this fall, a year from now I will know all about the financial condition of the city.25 The Republican charged that if the American Party was allowed to remain in power the overdraft after another administration would approximate $600,000.26 Another and by charge hurled the News involved a at the Americans much talked about by report the on Republican the financial condition of the city which had been voted by the American majority in the council and for which been $6,000 some paid to professional auditors. with the city auditor, Republican called it for the was not When the published, publication of the and do it now," demanded the Republican Republican wrote, "every day that costs the American had in expenses report as was had been report. organ. finally filed promised. The fake that report On October 17 the report is withheld from the people Party one-hundred votes." At the 1907 city convention of the American Party the prin- |
