Show r THE C PEOPLES PEIMAEIES 5 the ward caucuses or meetings for 1h selection of delegates to the coming com-ing municipal convention for nominating nomi-nating persons to fill the city offices during tho coming two years will beheld be-held next Monday evening These preliminary meeting jhould be attended at-tended by every person interested in the good government of the city for at primaries the tickets ought tg be practically made up In these all the people have the right to be heard and to take a hand in the selection of persona to guard and look after their interests in the management of the municipal affairs Who shall be mayor aldermen councilors marshal mar-shal assessor collector recorder treasurer etc of Salt Lake ia i of vastly more importance to the residents resi-dents and taxpayers ol the city than who shall be president of the United i Slates or which political party holdJhe greater power in congress So far as any local community is concerned con-cerned it makes very little difference whether Hayes or a Tilden is resident resi-dent or whether the democrats or republicans re-publicans are a majority of the national na-tional legislature but it is of consequence conse-quence whether the local official from mayor down to the most humble policeman are capable and honest or incompetent and dishonest The Fraud in the White House concerns the Salt Lake Oty resident a good deal less than the municipal dogcatcher dog-catcher A livelier interest should betaken be-taken in the local elections and the arrangement of tickets than has been in the past Where everybody leaves the work to be done by somebody else little may be expected it be accomplished accom-plished and the job is very likly to be botched If a taxpayer is dissatisfied dis-satisfied with the alderman or councilors from his ward or displeased with the manner in which the municipal government is administered his duty is to attend tho primaries and there designate and work for the nomination of other men and proclaim against what he considers wrong in the city management manage-ment It happens that election matters mat-ters hero are different from these elsewhere else-where Hero a place on the Peoples tcket ia equivalent to the election of the candidate For this reason the greater concern should bo manifested by the people in the primaries in the selection of delegates to the nominating nomi-nating convention and in giving proper instructions to the ward representative resents tive There never was a time when it stood the people more in band than now to interet themselvaa in the making up of the city government The city is growing rapidly its expenses ex-penses are constantly increasing improvements im-provements that will cost money are required to be made and what is of immediata moment to everybody it looks aa if the city revenue from taxation taxa-tion would necessarily have to be increased in-creased Wise and efficient men possessing honesty integrity and a proper degree of caution are needed in the Council and in all departments of the municipal government The new administration will be called upon to exercise a wise discretion in the expenditure of the public funds to guard against extravagance and at the same time answer so far as possible the large demands that will be made upon it for improvements because of the increasing population growth of the town and the consequent conse-quent new and expensive wants of the place In the selection of nominees nomi-nees for tho various offices the wie dom financiering ability and good judgment of candidates ought to betaken be-taken into consideration more than personal friendships Ohooso men whoso interests are identical with those of the people generally who are individually interested in the proper administrat of the municipal muni-cipal government |