Show KEEP SALARIES DOWN and do not multiply officers by appointing needless deputies the salt lake tribune has the following to aay in ita issue speaking of and seconding the pro teat against high salaries for public officials the enquirer says it understands der stands the sheriffs office and county clerks office in that county are increasing their force and all officers are now to be paid salaries undoubtedly there is a general tendency to multiply offices and th enquirer is right when it believe the increased public business by reason of statehood will warrant this increase in public offices wo should say not and there will be a very indignant lot of taxpayer all over this state unless a halt is called in these schemes of increasing the public burdens to private advantage the officeholders office holders apparently need to be told as the fact is that the offices they hold were not created for their benefit nor for the benefit of any individual official or otherwise but for the orderly and economical transaction of public business and that this is the only excuse for their when the public cannot longer have its business transacted on this basis it will have to sweep aside all the harpies and try some bettor plan the enquirer is informed that ed L jonee county clerk of this county is kicking lustily today because of the publication last evening by this paper of the editorial article above referred to by the tribune and bay that h has appointed no deputy yet that hia changing of office quarters in not putting the county to ona cent of additional expense it is current rumor that he is about to appoint a deputy it he does not do BO and does all the work of his office himself he will not come under censure of the taxpayers of the county the majority of whom believe that one man can do all the work and that it is needless to create another office and another salary for th county to pay by appointing a deputy sheriff brown has already appointed and installed an offida deputy in the person of ed knowlden and it is said that tom fowler is to be supplied with a sit on the sheriffs already large force of deputies all these deputies will have to be paid salaries additional to the sheriffs salary does the criminal business of utah county demand this or can the work be done well by a smaller force of efficient effi cent officers the enquirers convictions lead it to answer the farat interrogatives with no and the latter with yea |