| Show PERNICIOUS BILL t tJ J TIVE BILL to change the 4 date of holding J municipal m n J nt t more IDOre properly be deno d fb t pro prolong p o long lone for one e year the present malodorous of Salt e City It n is l with ith no idea of being beng discourteous to Mr 61 that The Herald makes this statement for the erie tyro itt la would not Dot accept the ingenuous explanation that Mr Hewlett Helett eV J remarkable re bit bl t of o legislation from his own consciousness So tar Car as the Salt members of the legislature art re io no diagram of the bills bUls purpose will he needed It carries It purpose P on Its fa fee e to be plainly read by all who are at a ail l familiar with the situation of ot Salt Lake i atre s affairs a There are those hower r 1 who ar al unacquainted with h the performances antI and failures of 4 f performance pf the present pre city tj ad d ministration Mulch the t bill Iq to legislate into lato Gift longer than th tbt people desu t These members will tn hae bae to vote ote on the p ure and it is ig but fair they should understand precisely the circum circumstances stances which hi have hae led to the introduction c et this bill bUl Tl Tle ei t Republican officer eIS of Halt Lake entered pledged privately and publicly to many m ny things that the majority of the said by votes ey desired Aboe e all tbt promised a business a administration Their il pledges still remain unredeemed and the business s atI has baa been heen of such a sort that it jt is doubtful if any l man would now employ an any of the th lot Int to operate te a peanut stand nd administration In a word has bu been so incapable that iy honest Republican in the th elty ac acquainted with the drift of public ImbUe opinion and willing HUng to speak peak out OU admits th thIe le must bt a complete sweep SEep of the present ent pre Republican officers ot cers if that party is to stand any chau challee e of winning the city election next n fall fJ l And these are the men Mr Hewlett is i endeavoring to CoPt upon the of Salt SaU Lake for r As to the question of economy involved the plea Ito comes omea IU grace from an any lumber of the r house or r admirer r of the Salt Lake L ke administration The ost of a I election is not excessive ex r rIt It can be re borne if it results in securing competent officials who will spend their tim and energies and talents ithe service servi e of city The ques que question tion of the proper time for holding g municipal elections elect Ini l been threshed I out in previous legislatures res and invariably it has bee i ie t danger l ser lurks in n holding hem m with county c and state elections en partisan feeling too often blinds the judgment and men aTe are elected not t because of their merits and fitness but because they are on the party that may win The Hewlett He bill should be beaten bea ten It ti i partisan in its purpose purpose ltd and if enacted into law its effects would be pernicious The men meri who fr framed It desire not the tb benefit b of ot Salt Lake or any other cit but bitt simply to con the of Salt Lake in office Thy aye seeking to accomplish by bt legislative craft what they know they cannot effect in a Republican contention and at the polls Ua |
