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Show TAXPAYERS PROTEST Strong: Probability of a Non-Partisan County Ticket, It Will Be Led by Nome of the Heaviest Heav-iest Property-Owners and Most Influential In-fluential Citizens Xo Politic in It, But a Demand for Clean GovernmentThe Gov-ernmentThe Prospect Before It. Some of the heaviest taxpayers - of . Salt Lake, who hava heretofore acted with the Liberal party, are deeply displeased at the results of the Liberal county convention. " They Bay the nominees, with few exceptions, excep-tions, are menwhohaveno interest in the city or county as property-owners and taxpayers and who are therefore not truly representative representa-tive men, and will not be likely to uard tha, interests of the people ot the county a, tiiey should be guarded daring tie next two years, while such great improvement and heavy expenditures are being made. There is strong talk today of a call, to be signed by very prominent men, for an independent, inde-pendent, non-partisan convention of tho taxpayers of Salt Lake county. It is stated that there is no partisan politics In thia movement and that the strongest names on the Liberal and Democratic tickets would ba adopted by the independents, while (tho weak names would be dropped aadflrst-clasa men substituted. The slogan of thi movement would tie "Good government, regardless oi politics." This movemeat would not interfere with anybody's voting for Cannon, Kawlfn or Allen for congress, according to bis iaclilu-tion, iaclilu-tion, but would give the people a chance V elect clean men to county ofSces, Wlro would be responsible., not to a political party, nut to the whole people. It is believed that inch a ticket -sould. sweep the county. , |