Show A DEMOCRATS APPEAL Favors Bond Issue and Denounces Any Show of Partisanship Editor Tribune As my party paper the Herald has for what appears to he a partisan purpose chosen to oppose the Issuing of bonds for the improvement improve-ment of the wntor supply of the city if you will permit mo tho use of your columns I would like to make some answer to It The attempt to drag partisan fooling Into such important Question Is to ho deplored as tile problem of the water supply affects all classes alike I is n matter that should rise above partisanship sanship and ho is not a safe adviser or counselor who at this time would advocate It The securing of a sufficient supply of good water is absolutely necessary I is needed to protect tlH health of time people to relieve their domestic r lcvo lhel wants and to add to their comfort and happiness happi-ness and it Is a very smallminded and penurious Individual who would con c-on aecouut of cost and a politician oC a fry low order who would oppose in order to put his political opponenta In as it Is termed a hole Consider the matter followlaxpny elf For a partisan advantage SL paper pa-per professing to be J leader in its party par-ty deliberately opposes a bond Issue that time Republican majority may be compelled to levy compeled a grievous heavy tax and If forced to do so as one of time Democratic committee said to mo wo will by l doing HO kill the Ucpubll can ticket In this county this fall and control all time oflicoo al the ofcc Think of It Compel an administration to levy a n heavy tax that some men may got a few fat county ofllces No thought Is given to the working men owning little homos no thought of the widows with little pieces of property In which they lind u homo they must bo heavily taxed that tho great Democratic party may gobble I a few ollccp secure a partisan advan tage How much broad and butter will It give to worklngtnen widows and poor families If every county olllce Is illled by1 u Democrat I the party Is a friend of the people as I have alwayp unilerstQQilt It has In this day alwaXf city Upon this question fallen into th handd of falsq loaders 0 S I I As a Democrat T honor the Republican f Republi-can members of tho Council and the Democratic members Messrs Tudclen ham Hartonatoln and Bold that t In this hour of Limo citys need they have been broadminded enough to rise to the occasion and so far aa thiS Republican can majority Is concerned it has my cordial support In this performance of n grcilt public duly With viitor becoming be-coming scardor every your with n water wa-ter famine threatening us this Is not I the day nor the hour for the politician it Is the time for UIP citizen who has Ihls citys welfare at heart to bo heard I AH one who for years has suffered I from the want of a HuMlclent supply In my district I protest against this I degrading exhibition of partisanship I I a Democratic paper and chairmen I of committees have no regard for our I comfort and convenience In this wtitor then lot l us as voters act for ourselves nnd I earnestly appeal to my follow Democrats to vote for bonds that the citys water supply may improved 1 see It stated in the Herald that tho Republican majority has made a threat that if bonds are not voted they will levy a heavy tax I havo read the pro recdlngs of the Council shire it organ iacd I and I haw noticed n constant purpose to make theso Improvements I and a final accompllnhment of Its plans so far as tho Council could do so by its vote and I fall to romOmbor rending rend-ing or hearing of any throat On the contrary It la I to my notion showing the highest respect 1 for the people1 thai it lays thc matter before them and asks their confidence to permit a bond issue 1 and relieve time Council o the duty of raining the money by taxation There la I no throat that I can see pave in the mind of lIme partisan who discovered It FellowDemocrats let us be fair The Republican Council members wore elected on a pledge of increased water supply Tho paper that supported thorn The Tribune wrote editorial after editorial making these pledges the people clotted thorn on this Issue and In taking stops 10 Improve males they are carrying out the promises I made They could do nothing less and It seems to mo It would take n very large microscope to discover oven the semblance of a threat Vote fellowDemocrats and taxpayers taxpay-ers on Monday for bonds vote for your comfort vote for your citys interests for once relegate the politician and partisan to the rear roarDEMOCRAT Fourth Precinct Salt Lake City July 12th |