Show MINORITY representation the question of allowing minority representation resen tation to fill the vacancy in the of the third ward now being agitated by some of the members of the city council is both and unfair to the people we are firm believers in the doctrine that the majority should rule had the peoples party been defeated at the polls and the liberal ticket elected who imagines for one moment that the liberals would have offered the people one the very smallest it is not their way of doing things ve are well aware that to offset this doctrine we will be referred to the recent action of salt lake city in allowing minority representation in its council in reply we would state that its condition is entirely different to ours there the liberal or gentile element contribute jaredy to the revenue of the city besides being influential in point of mem bersand it was magnanimous of the peoples party to make such a proposition to the minority but even then the peoples elected representatives in the city council did not assume this prerogative the proposition was submitted to a regular convention of the peoples party and adopted this was prior to the municipal election and when the people went to the polls they had the opportunity port unity of saying whether they would permit of minority representation or not the returns of that election said they would and the people themselves were responsible for the adoption of thia liberal policy in our situation things are different before the last municipal election in provo the question was mooted in th peoples party municipal convention by one of the delegates but the assembled delegates were evidently unfavorable to the proposition as it failed to receive scarcely any support it was reasonably argued then that the liberals here were insignificant in point of numbers and contributed but a email moiety to the revenues of the city the reasonableness of this argument may be seen from the fact that out of nearly registered votes the liberals have never yet been able to more than fifty votes and that too after most extraordinary tra efforts have been used it is a well known fact that that dimini tiye faction actually contribute less than one seventh of the revenue collected by the city here then the views and wishes of the people in regard to minority representation were declared in a very unmistakable manner and it would be unjust for the present council to now even attempt to defeat those wishes it might be said the people may have changed their opinion since having had time to witness the harmonious workings in the salt lake council if this be so let they themselves it certainly the city council has no authority to go to work and act on the assumption that the people have changed their views if it is the desire of a majority of the present council to fill the present vacancy by appointing a liberal to that position we certainly think they should be discreet enough to allow the people to have a voice in the matter A few days will be lost in so doing but it will after all be the most satisfactory way |