Show THE REMOVAL OF BURBIDGE The announcement that Mayor Brans Bransford rans ransford ford lord has yielded to the enormous pres pros pressure pressure sure brought to bear benr upon him to re remove remove move Captain Burbidge from the police pollee force will cause great regret among a L majority of the people of Salt Lake City For Mayor request that Captain Burbidge hand in his res resignation resIgnation ignation practically amounts am to his re removal removal removal moval no charges chorges have been pre preferred frred against Captain Burbidge cx ex that he ht Is not a member of tho the American party To this heinous offense Captain Bur Burbidge Burbidge Burbidge bidge is probably willing to plead guilty guilt During the eighteen years ears of his service on the force no taint if f scandal has over ever ev r attached to this of oC officer fleer At times when the department has been in a state of chaos because of tho the derelictions of other officers Captain Burbidge has been in no way Involved He has made it a rule ever over since he has been on the force forc to at attend attend tend strictly to the duties for which he lie drew his pay Although a Democrat Captain Bur Burbidge Burbidge Burbidge bidge never neer took any active part In Inthe Inthe Inthe the affairs of at that party He never at attended attended attended tended conventions he never worked at polling places or in primaries At Atall Atall Atall all times and under all circumstances he was was at his lila post of duty and a re review revIew review view of the history of ot the police de do department department shows that there has never been a more faithful or a more atten attentive attentive tive tivo officer It was hoped by b most of Mayor admirers that he fue would be bo firm in his implied intention to re retain retaIn tain tam Captain Burbidge on the force His present attitude is a distinct dis die disappointment dIsappointment appointment and the Herald Is ex ox extremely extremely sorry that he has taken it The removal of Captain Burbidge can only be classed as a move toward the reorganization of the police force on ona ona ona a purely partisan basis Jt jIt It Is distinctly an announcement that only men who are arc active political work workers workers workers ers can hope to secure or retain positions positions positions in fn the tho department The result cannot fail taU to be a decrease in the ef efficiency of the organization o When a police pollee officer is responsible only to a politician when he holds his office by b virtue ot of politics when he Is given to understand that as long as he is a good party man regardless of his value to the tho community he can retain his position disorganization becomes in inevitable Inevitable evitable Politics is always a bad thing in a police pollee or a fire department that it has become becom the governing fac factor factor factor tor in local appointments is most re ro regrettable Many lIany citizens not generally In sym sympathy sympathy pathy path with the American party voted for Mr Branford Bransford last l fall under the Impression that he would not ot submit to dictation from any faction faction clique or r newspaper The fact tact that he has done so may give his party a temporary temporal ary al advantage but it cannot fail fall to tobe tobe tobe be disastrous in fn the end ond not only to his party but to the city |