Show the principle at 1 slake 8 SOKE say there is no principle in the municipal election this year it seems to us there is much principle in it the leading issue is aon partisan municipal control vs partisan rule the latter has been tried to the sorrow of many people of utah parties can he be so easily con trolled strolled by politicians and men rewarded for their political work rather than on merit j that no wonder men become politicians tor for spoils and singular as it may seem after a man is elected as a partisan and makes mistakes mistake or is maliciously mean in office his party simply repudiates him and goes on as before claiming no responsibility for his misdeeds mayor glendinning GIen dinning has been thus repudiated by his party in salt lake no wonder that under ander such a system president woodruff should feel discouraged with parti partisan ean rule and advise the people to put only good men in office but utah is ia no exception to corruption in local government it is a common thing n all the barge large cities of the chuu country uy under the garb of politics combines and cliques are formed for the spoils of office and men are elected who have the interest of their own pocketbooks pocket books more more than that of the people at heart the result is the sale of valuable franchises or boodle and the farming 11 out of public interests for private gain the taxpayers tax payers are made to support in office ft a lot of public parasites as it were and public indebtedness is increased american municipal politics have thus become a reproach all over the world and where cities in europe run rna on strictly business methods are self supporting in this country the municipal taxes have gone on increasing from year to year now there is a cry against par partisan alqan conti control 01 of cities two years ago tammany in new york the greatest political machine perhaps that the world lias baz ever witnessed ne seed was defeated by a nonpartisan non partisan movement and a reform was there inaugurated that has swept to all parts of the country the same principles only in a less aggravated degree are at stake in provo the people are asked to say whether national politics foreign to our municipal affairs shall continue to cause came etnie among the people and bold sway eway at the court house or 01 whether the affairs of the city corporation sha 1 l be conducted in a purely businesslike manner the same as in private corporations personally the various candidates have the in interests inie rests of the city at heart but different policies are proposed the politicians if successful will put the partisan partis san spoils system into practice and provo will with time become as bad as any other city under partisan cn cantral troi the citizens candidate if elen elected ted will only consider the best interests of the public regardless of politics voters of provo which do you prefer consider the question well and vote according to your bezat beat judgment on election day |