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Show STRAIGHT TALK ' - The police question continues to occupy the entire time and attention of the mayor, the city commission and of everybody interested. In this one respect, w have yet to see any improvement whatever over the former administration. We feel forced to say this, much to our chagrin. The people expect the city commissioners, and especially the commissioner of public safety, to grapple with the police problems confronting them and to solve these problems, not tomorrow or next week or next summer, but now. The policy of indecision, already so flagrantly manifested mani-fested in this respect, is disgusting to say the least, and is rapidly creating a situation where-a where-a self-respecting person, however competent or deserving of consideration he might be, would hesitate before allowing his name to be considered consid-ered for the position of chief of police. This has already happened in two instances, and men who value their good name and standing in the community are no longer to be questioned for refusing re-fusing to enter the premises. The chances now for a man to make good in this position have ' been largely discounted, due to this policy of in decision. The commissioner of public safety owes a duty to himself, and to whoever will become his chief of police, to act promptly in this matter. Each day lost in taking decisive action of some sort will result in still further demoralizing the department and in inviting the critics to further extend their efforts, if such a thing were possible. This paper took a stand squarely behind the mayor and a majority of the city commission before be-fore election and it still stands behind them. Its patience, however, like that of the great majority of the thinking public, is rapidly becoming exhausted, ex-hausted, and with all due respect for the serious problems which face the commission and the time it takes to consider them carefully, we urge immediate action of such a nature as will result in the thorough reorganization of the police po-lice department. The gall displayed by William R. ("Spinach") Wallace in his candidacy for the governorship is ' more apparent with each day's political develop ments. The last piece of work was his recommendation recommen-dation to Congressman Mays to withdraw his support from J. J. Banks, for postmaster at Spanish Span-ish Fork. Banks, who is a life-long Democrat and deserving of the position, is treated like a 3tep-- 3tep-- child because of the sudden whim of ".Spinach" Wallace, though he is given to such acts. j,i , What the people of Spanish Fork think of him, ' is about the same as the good people of iCache county think of him after his throw-down of A. J. Barber of Logan and -what the people of Weber think of him after his shabby treatment of iS. S 'Smith of Ogden. And these are not the only voters who have an idea of the calibre of Mr. Wallace. It would ibe interesting to get an expression from men all over the state as to how they regard his candidacy after his subtle personal abuse of men and his whispered insinuations regarding them. He is a fine little talker is the spinach grower, and the funny part of it is that he is evidently under the impression that his chatter does not carry. One of his most amusing stunts of late is his effort to get in the good graces of the new federal fed-eral bunch most of whom he tried to knife .preceding .pre-ceding their appointments. Judging from the rumbles that oven at this early date are distinctly audible, the state fight next fall Is going to be the greatest little free-for-all ever witnessed in Utah. And that means 1 that It -will 'be a hummer for Utah is aioted for the white heat of its city, county and state campaigns. cam-paigns. I ... The various factions of every party have all "j inaugurated a campaign of preparedness and the bitterest kind of a Ibattle has already begun. Whoever Who-ever wins it will know that they have been in a regular fight and unless some of the factions are harmonized preceding the conflict the wounds will be too deep to heal. We note that the candidates for ranking police officer are Herbert Leichter and Hugh Glenn. If it comes down to a decision as to who put the rank in ranking when they were police officers, it would probably be a dead heat between the two, and if any evidence is needed regarding the courage cour-age of either of the aspirants, wei believe that hahi been proved by both in becoming1 candidates for tha position. If it doesn't show courage It shows supreme nerve in view of their records while serving serv-ing in the police department. Our old friend the Betterment League, which at one time displayed so much activity in interfering inter-fering with the affairs of the city and which we imagined, and hoped was dead and buried, came to life during the week and held a meeting to discuss dis-cuss the possibilities of having an ordinance introduced in-troduced providing a city censorship for the moving mov-ing picture houses. That is a new line of thought for the long haired gentlemen and the short haired ladies comprising com-prising tlie organization and probably is just the beginning of another campaign to see if they cannot can-not extend their influence to curb, not only the personal liberties of the population, but also provide pro-vide a means to annoy those who are providing Salt Lakers with excellent entertainment. Breaking out in a new place is the favorite indoor in-door sport of the Betterment League, and the members of the city commission would do well to pay no attention whatever to anything the representatives repre-sentatives of this organization suggest. This city needs a censor for its moving picture shows just as much as a maltese kitten needs half a dozen tails, and the thing to do with these meddlers is to sit upon them effectively In the beginning. They wouldn't know real evil if they met it face to face They have never accomplished a particle of gooa through their misguided efforts and should not ibo considered as a factor of any importance what ever in civic affairs. The appointment of Dr. C. N. Ray to succeed Dr. Snyder as county physician is a well deserved promotion. Dr. Snyder has raised the department to a high degree of efficiency ,and Dr. Ray has been closely associated with him in this work. The appointment has met with general approval. It is understood that all next year's models of Ford cars will have self-starters. Ford is reportea to have taken all the cranks with him on the Oscar Twice. And only a few have returned. Seattle Argus. |