Show the democratic ticket the democratic ticket put up last saturday S is ia probably as strong as the partisans could make it with only a few left from whom to male make selections personally nothing Z will be said against the ticket for so far as we are concerned we desire that this election shall be purely on principle the issue is clear cut and resolves il itsel elff flinto into a question of which method of government the people of provo prefer they have tried the partisan M method ethod and found republicans were for republicans and democrats for democrats we believe they are now ready for an administration that will serve the whole people with purely business methods devoid of the petty prejudices politics when we talk of business methods in an city government we mean such methods a aa hold sway in other corporations po rations there are mining companies in utah with as much property as aa the total assessed valuation of provo city what would be thought of a private corporation being run on political lines and stockholders stock holders electing officers of the company because they were either democrats or republicans republic public ana ans yet there would be quite as much reason for electing 0 officers of a private corporation on partisan grounds as to do so in a municipal corporation in both instances im if politics held sway sober sensible people would say that it was not business busine bassine ne s methods now that is the issue before the people of provo as we understand ib if the people still desire the partisan method of city government then the democratic ticket contains the names I 1 of about as fairly good men as ag can be found aanon she politicians most of theta them are distinctly of that class rome ome of then them the n like john B milner aulner on the male side and mrs electa BuI bullock lock on the female side being old prole aio nals misa may brown may also be called a professional having been in public service so long iong z jacob evans established his reputation as a politician while in uintah county where he ia hi regarded as a professional fess ional politician he has not been so Bo prominent in provo everybody knows that 31 M C as newell ewell is a politician bician nand and quite a successful one having been able to get most any office heretofore that he went atter alter it R A barney has also played politics considerably while in provo scoring some success locally bus j being beaten in the county convention now inow if the people want politicians in offic ethey can find some thorough on the democratic ticket and if that thab ticket be elected there will bo be no doubt about provo city being run as aa nearly democratic as they are capable of running it and we are not saying the candidates are not capable |