Show who are the tricksters Trick the democrats of provo prove or at least some efthem have decided ou on putting a ticket in the field this year that is their great american privilege and it may gratify some of the office seekers to have their names at least mentioned for public positions position 3 but while they cling to their partisanship they have no right to cry out that the citizens movement is led or fostered by tricksters trick the policy of taking national politics les out of municipal elections and government has been before the country now for two years or more and the best men of our ago favor it they say that better results can be attained by a purely business administration than by a political and we believe that is true leading men in provo have followed this discussion in the magazines and have become ardent advocates of partisan elections in cities they have discussed the question on the streets ifor for a year or more and both democrats and republicans have agreed that partisan governa nt was pretty much of a failure see how the wheels of government were clogged at provo for weeks on merely a political wrangle over the appointees but feeling was engendered all to no purpose and naturally the progress of the city was retarded finally it came to til the e city campaign this year democrats drew up papers favoring a nonpartisan non partisan election and set them in circulation some then wanted an cx expression of the party publicly before favoring a nonpartisan non partisan call and three attempts were made to get the out but they came not still a call is madej made as before stated for tow nv 2 ai ana the cry is raised that the citizens movement has been discovered to be nothing more mere than a trick it is a very silly excuse indeed and one that will not win with the people of provo they will put up a citizens ticket and elect it in spite of the politicians |