THE LOGAN CITY PLATFORM tile democratic party of logon Logan 0 1 in in convention assembled makes the following LAIte statement of facts facia and principles pl c s to the citizens citizen voters and taxpayers of this municipality 1 that public otrice office is ft a public trust and public affairs should ile 10 administered upon tile the same strict principles of integrity and economy that characterize correct methods of private business 2 that the affairs of this in ing city demand abilia ability 1 and ski for their sato sale and profitable man inan amment 0 U 3 that the present city admi administration nis I 1 lacks ac k 8 these qualifications ficat I 1 oils a and nd has measurably lost the co confidence nal nfl and respect of the people of logan 0 it has been partisan weak undignified and ii ae 4 it has bas committed egregious and childish ehilda h blunders it lias has expended public revenues as a means of party benefit it lias has shown favo favoritism favorites ni in tile the employment of laboring men aud and has unfairly distributed public employment in an effort to and perpetuate itself in power it has given to art an enlightened public sentiment by a paltry and hesitating matia management manag ment of public problems it has shown itself unworthy in respect of 0 general ability to conduct the affairs of this city or adequately to represent its people in the eyes of the world as the public officers 0 of f tl aliis educational centre of utah atso its officers ci have posed before the people as frien friends ds of the working ra men inen by paying in certain cases higher wages L out of the public funds in ful fulfillment fill of pledges 0 given for votes before election than the wages they individually paid out of their own funds 5 0 wo we demand economy economy and retrenchment trench ment in every department of the public service we are in favor of giving 0 labor to the unemployed without regard 0 to politics or religion 0 paying paving a fair lays days wages for a fair days labor arid and making public improvements as far and as fast as the cites revenues will permit without iner increasing easing the taxes of the pe people olle we condemn the republican method of attempting in to bribe taxpayers tax pa payers vers out of the their ir own tax money by a promise of public employment at unusual wages in return for votes 6 wo We demand honesty and ability as the first qualifications for public office and we condemn the republican pu alican practice of purchasing 0 votes by the promise of office 7 the city police has been unnecessarily expensive and woefully inefficient lacking in force and in the of public duty vice and petty lawlessness have not been properly repressed 8 we are arc in favor of an improved fire file department fully able to protect to 1 et oia ali property of the taxpayers of 0 the city and pledge ourselves to the fhe su support aport of such an org organization 9 the present ad ministration lias has eA exhausted hausted the public revenues and has reached the limit of the borrowing capacity of the city leaving to the next administration nn an empty treasury a heavily bonded city icv mortgaged a ed revenues ree revenues and an Ih completed water system wo we favor the earl early y completion of the water system iu aa fast as the revenues of the city will permit without overburdening 0 the people wi with ill taxes we denounce the efforts of any persons or party to bellor 7 grant away to private individuals or corporations any control of f tile the water rater system ot of tho the city 10 we congratulate our city on its numerous numero usand and excellent educational institutions the agricultural tur ld F collep college 0 the rr bigham 0 young college the now new jersey academy and our excellent public schools school and we pledge ourselves to the their ir maintenance and support we favor tha union of the university of utah with the agricultural college and tho location of betl 1 in logan 0 city for the encouragement of these institutions we pwe pw alc plc dge e ourselves to ther the firm repression of all forms of immorally and vice 1 1 wo no invite tho support tind to cooperation opar alion of all good C citizens atiz ans for the accomplishment of these ends