Show bear this in the salt lake tribune lays down a few logical conclusions for the citizens ol of salt lake to consider that have as much force here in provo the tribune wants it understood that if tha cod ticket is elected the sue successful can will go int j office studer obligations to nothing except the whole people of tile tha city no striker can ap approach them ther naud and say 1 I I 1 worked fr fir f r the party al ad through the campaign calip agu I 1 spent my own money I 1 am poor and you ought to help mi ma out no party can next cummer go ga to them and say we gave you yon thesa offis ia yau must muss contribute to our campaign when work is ia to br be d ns ne the question a wiil wid nt not be 13 he or are they all right politically in vae toe cauncil abd tbd struggle will not be to mike partisan partis n points but to do the tha work v ork of the city it if ame s other ticket is elected all this will ba reversed the offices will be recruiting arn cr stations eta tiong for their parta their tim lima 3 will to te distracted from t their heir legitimate work ovey ovey place will OB be filled by bv a pirt partisan isan and ana the question of fitness will ba decided ceci ded not nat so EO much by tha competency of the man employed empl as by lis lia standing in the part parta v and his bis ability as c party pany work r there will lie be expenditures this thid never fails there will be ba expenditures in the bronz places this never fails there will ba hours and days for debate and cross canning in the council for partisan advantages the contrast drawn while striking is none the less true trae in provo pass pasit administrations have been in constant hot ho water over the politics of the mayors appointees and political of this or that question before the council nothing auld come up that was not fraught with suspicion of partisanship for months proto was without an attorney this term batausa the mayors manoes appointee did not happen to be of the right light political persuasion his for theoffice the office ot otherwise berwise his qualifications as an attorney did not enter eater into tha dispute it was all purely political and because the politics of the appointee appIn tee did not happen to conform to tte ideas of the mayors political opponents in in the council the vh els of government were thus blocked now we submit to any business mn that proposition and if he ignot a blinded partisan he will say such method of government is to tue pro progress of abe city but it is ia absolutely foolish from a business standpoint sand point nor is that thai illustration the only one that ou ought 0 ht b ba mentioned in the past improvements haye taken on a partisan character end and even street sprinkling linZ has baa been baen carried on largely us as partisan favors of course it all has baa tended to breed bad feeling in a community that ought to be at peace and which ought apply to municipal affairs strictly business methods the people of provo have seen so many ill effects of partisan control of even this little city and the evils have bean noticed alike in both pa parties r that we believe they are by a big majority prepared to place the city on a nonpartisan basis notwithstanding the zealous efforts of the politicians to thwart the citizens movement |