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Show . city Government, letTerson City Tribune. Numerous magazine articles have lately been published which tend to show that the overnmcnt of large cities is gem rally or i upt to a certain extent and that bad men hre too often elected to office. There is not lunch news in this information, but it calls o mind the fact that if resident:) of large I ties would pay a little more attention to Inch matters the cities would be governed Hi ore creditably. There are always more H enough honest voters in any city to Hjitnumbcr to class complained of with such H i p lamentation , Hliut it is urged thai a large per conl of the 1 Ator element in large cities will not, become . Kmiueutly Identified with city politics, cHause the demand of bummer politicians, Hilworkers and hoodlums generally Is iHVusting. This is probably tho truth in u,Hy cases; but do such citi.ens deserve ..j lBpathy when the remedy from the evil is h'Heir own hands? 11 they were power!.--. H ion would be di'fireiit, but at aHJ city election they could go to the poll. :,Hj by their votes exclude the very clc-laHjt clc-laHjt from power against which they eom- Vjk 1 h of the matter is. too many men in Ha large cities have no ambition beyond Hji nicy. While they ire se iking ti 3 Hi 111. ir wealth, the political para . c.HJiciiing themselves in the offices. The i Hb s - man grumbles aud complain to the pftHmhout the men holding city olliees, and jvtHmwilt not go to a convention aud help Hym the nomination of gud men. While It i(HS be regretted that bad men secure city offl(HHwilh entirely too much regularity, the niorHsf.e. table element is not entitled to a K Hv ' mpathy. |