Show democratic ticket democrats of utah county were unfortunate this year in their factional fights they probably went into the convention a little too sanguine of success at the polls next november which led men to believe a nomination equal to an election and therefore they worked harder for nominations than they otherwise would have done those out of office had a some what better chance than those in of flee fice and the result is some quite radical changes we fear mistakes have been made in turning down efficient officers under an apparent combine ments mortn and south of the county seat simply ruled the convention and provo men were badly treated the turning down of sheriff brown will cause many regrets he is well liked as an officer and though we are bis a opponents in politics we must be frank enough to say eay that he has made m n admirable record hia work on the pelican point murder cases stands out prominently to his credit without a parallel in the history of utah crime marshal storrs of springville Spring ville nominated as successor to sheriff brown appears to be popular also with the party and he is well spoken of as an officer but his labors as marshal of a small town necessarily give him limited experience irwill it will take him a long time before the gets the criminal ropes as well in hand as sheriff brown has them in fact it is much in the nature of an experiment to make inake the han hange proposed if there be any office in the county that merits continuation from term to term it is that of a peace officer so well ig ie this fact recognized that in large cities both in this country and europe chiefs of police hold their positions for life another able officer that it seems to us should have merited recognition was clerk jones he has qualified himself because of a misfortune in life for clerical work and he got the county clerkship at a time when it involved an immense amount of labor A newspaperman can realize pretty well what the change from territorial to state government means being thrown in contact with public affairs it was a huge task to take the old court records and begin new tyl under tinder statehood then a change in in government has necessitated new systems throughout in the clerks office clerk jones has inaugurated the changes ata at a cost of much mental worry and considerable midnight t oil just as lie he gets everything in successful borki working ng order after one short term in office his hia party requests his retirements it hardly looks fair but such is the cold irony of political life but while the offices office 9 in provo are thus radically changed the commissioners from outside the county seat with one exception are retained mr reynolds the retiring member I 1 is the ablest of the present board his successor if the democrats are elected will be a lehi man without former experience in county affairs the legislative ticket was the result of a trade and while some of the men named are able citizens it could have been improved had the convention not been tied up by a combine the more capable members will find it a burden to carry the weak ones especially in the light in which their nominations are viewed it will always be said that a trade secured them the positions and it would not surprise its asto to eee considerable scratching at the polls |