Show pROMISE AND PERFORMANCE One of or the misfortunes attending the political game is tho the necessity for plat platforms platforms forms which pledge parties to specific performance and cannot be bo evaded when the time for fulfillment of or the promise arrives A case caso In point is the platform of the American Amer can party on which Ezra Thompson and his bouquet of patriots secured office One plank in this platform of promises said The American party opposes the reckless fEckless extravagance of tho the present municipal administration which has necessitated an increase in the tax rate on a people already Just remember that plank and recall the th performance The Tho American party has raised the tho salaries of em in the tho city departments all aU along the tine line it has dissipated city funds as though it had bad an unlimited blink bank ac account account account count it added to the tho contract price of the Big Cottonwood conduit as asa asa asa a reward of ot party service by the con contractor eon tractor it has fostered extravagance established political service and not ef of efficiency efficiency as a basis of employment And it has raised the tax levy If the tho American platform could have been believed it was pledged to economy in tho the administration of or the affairs and if it this pledge was honestly Intended the men who were elected are either knaves or fools and have no regard for their honor They knew they could not increase salaries without an Increase in the tax levy they knew they could not no add to the number of deputies in the various city offices without adding to the te t e of running the affairs they knew they were piling Up tip burdens for the taxpayer every time they raised a sal salary salary salary ary or gave an official additional deputies deputies deputies ties Yet knowing knol g these things facing the certainty oa a deficit even with a raise r lse in the tax levy they went ahead with their theli program program i or of loot l t expecting the people to forgot forget t their promises and overlook their flagrant breach reach of f faith The reason re for this program is ap apparent apparent parent enough the American party wants votes a good many votes it knows no simpler simple way to get them than by providing office for men to whom an office is a sufficient reason for voting as directed Getting votes in this way costs money but it costs the Ameri Amen American American can party comparatively little since It comes out of the taxpayers pockets In of the promise and the per performance performance performance the American party is a I sweet aggregation to talk about patri patriotism patriotism it It offers a fine refuge for principle it Deserves to have havo its powers extended it With such a record behind it one can easily figure what would happen to the county if by any evil fortune it fell feU Into the hands of ot the A J 1 the theT T R Blacks the and Morans of the American party |