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Show THE CAMPAIGN IS OPENING. The American party call is out for (he city convention, and the primaries for the election of delegates who will compose that convention, and for tho five ward conventions for the nomination nomina-tion of two Counc.ilmcn each. x It is of tho highest importance that there should be a full turnout of representative rep-resentative citizens at tho primaries; for the lono of the campaign will bo shaped very largely at those primaries. When the citir.ons conic out with enthusiasm en-thusiasm and with whole-hearted interest in-terest in doing the very best, possible thing for tho city, for the inhabitants, and for the party, then alibis well; good nominations are assured of clean candidates, candi-dates, against whom nothing can ,bo said, and for whom volumes might be written. What the American party needs to do at tho present timo is to have the devoted interest of every ono of its voters at the primaries, to tho end that the best possible selections shall be made of delegates, and to tho end that these delegates shall in turn select tho best possible candidates, for nomination, nomi-nation, all along tho lino. The record of the American parly in its almost two years of sorvicc has been both brilliant and of enormous advantage ad-vantage to the city. Tho. vast public improvements undertaken, many of these being finished, testify to tho good business ability and administrative force of the American party officials. The Big Cottonwood conduit was finished; fin-ished; having been taken from a crude, awkward experiment and made a splon-i did engineering aud practical success. The old administration left tho water project with imperfect specifications for a conduit, but no water to run through that conduit. It had been expected that the Ivnudson water right could bo obtained for a song. But after tho conduit was built without any contract for that water, naturally there was difficult- in getting it. The old administration adminis-tration went out of office with a suit pending to condemn that water, with rather indifferent prospocts of success, and with Mr. "Kmtdson asking $100,000 for his right. The American part' took the matter up and after amicable ne gotiations came io a very ;iu iiiimuuuus settlement, with Mr. Ivnudson conveying convey-ing to the city his right for $30,000. This is a distinct and very high achievement achieve-ment in advance of anything done by the former administration, and in the face of the failure of that administration administra-tion to get water to,run through the conduit. The American administration look up a number of the old Morris tag ends in the way of closing out work that had been paid for long before, and not done, and did the work. It paid upwards up-wards of $S0,000 of unpaid obligations obliga-tions left over from the Morris administration, admin-istration, this sum creating the so-called so-called "deficit" which has been so much harped upon by the opposition press. The American party has done an immense im-mense amount of street paving, sower work, sidewalking, of bettering the water service by laying mains and pipes of increased size, b' straightening aud lining the mains and pipes, and in every way adding to the serviceable-ncss, serviceable-ncss, utility, and better deliver' of tho water. It is a record of which the American party is justly proud, and one of which every citizen of Salt Lake ought also to be proud; for it is a good record, a record of honest achievement, businesslike business-like success, and advancement for the city along metropolitan lines that will be of immense service to all of its inhabitants. in-habitants. On this record tho American Ameri-can party is content to go before the people of this city and ask favorable judgment upon its good deeds. J And now what is immediately necessary neces-sary is to push forward still further the good work that has becu done, by the nomination of good, honorable men of business capacity and breadth of mind, progressive mon, those who will enthusiastically push the city onward to a grcatucss for which, the present administration ad-ministration has laid I hp foundations, broad and deep. Tho people everywhere every-where in Salt Lake should take the liveliest live-liest interest in continuing the good work which has been done, and other good work so well begun by tho American Ameri-can parly. To. do lhi3 effectively, the people themselves must take the initial slops. Aud the first step in this direction is, for all to come out lb the primaries in their different election districts, and send up to the ward and the city conventions con-ventions delegations that will be conscientious, con-scientious, united, public-spirited, and-zealous and-zealous in continuing tho good work of the American administration, and insisting in-sisting that the principles for which that party stands shall bo maintained and carried out until thero is no further fur-ther complaint of priestcraft rulo or meddling of high ecclosiasts in the political po-litical and civil affairs of tho people of this city nnd State, and until thoro is an equal enforcement of tho lawn against all, without fear or favor till no special, exempt class of criminals shall be loft in Utah. |