Show I I It METHODSAMI METHODS I I 1 e I t On the part of the Democratic brethren 1 11 i 1 breth-ren who have any regard for the Jewel I I ot consistency ve eipect tl hear no 1i I 1 more faultfinding with the tnctmds I I pursued by the nonptrtlsan citizens I committee In the nomination of A l I municipal I ticket They hid lrO con ventlon yesterday beginning oon i after ten oclock In the morning nnd I continuIng with 11 Couple of recesses tlnlll towards one oclocl thin I morningand It wa II daly I If any delegate hail anything II lta I I to siy and did not may It It was i his own fault There were apparently 1 I very few however who were guilty I of thin onl1lonon the contrary It I I I I see med 11 great part of the time an If I I they were all talking at once As was Inevitable In all such gatherings a select t I se-lect few did the business whIle the I 11 I 1 I I others uproariously followed their I J more clever leaders and gleefully 1 Imagined they were doing U all As j I Opposed to the calm reasonable rOil I I I servative consideration of the proP ran pro-P ged candidates and the ctreful scrutiny I scru-tiny of their qualifications which have I il I characterized the proceedings of the S I nonpartisan committee that convention t 4 I I I conven-tion yesterday offered a molt Insnic l 1 I 1 f tle contrast Vfe sincerely wish I j every thoughtful I citizen of Salt Lake I J I i of whatsoever party or bllef coilll I i I I have been preent < on the 1c t I 11 caslon livery believer In flood 11 i I I 11 efficient government nnd the selection I se-lection of candidate soely because be-cause of fitness for the offices to bo filled every sufferer from the malad I I i ministration of municipal affair from ij which the present revolt has grown Ij ould have had his eyes opened to tho I I causes of many of his woes and would I I I boo seen how absurdly vain III I the I hope that with such procedure there can be any prospect ot adequate relief I I Then there was the caliber of the men I who wore mot In evidence as doing the most of the talking and manlpulat Ing and the close comblllon by 1 vvnkii the will of the select trio or quartet of slatemakers put their 1 program through I Talk about all the I people being represented and the Intention In-tention to have the best man win InN In-N each casevvhY If said best man did I I not happen to be on the slate of the I I dictators ho was cent whirling down to I defeat In a manner which must have been very edifying to him and his sanguine friends til an Illustration of how the politicians mg matters I I BUI1 with those who like that sort of thing tho convention was probably I just such a thing as they like It must be aa < that there was an nbund l < nee of good nature a cmlng feeling I of exultation that for once every delegate I dele-gate had n right to shout as much nnd for as many people no lIe I pleased > No one will claim for the fiffalr tiny evidence of mature 1 ma-ture thought In selecting I nominees nomi-nees yet some pretty good names I were suggested fr one time or In I other Of course nil the good men Mere not nominated some of tile best were rejected Those who were chosen bovr Appeared 10 receive nt last II full measure of favor and doubtless every one present at the breakup felt that a good dajs work had been pretty I pret-ty well done The Neus may later hive something I I some-thing to MY by way 01 comp LrIon ot the various candidates thus tar put forward for the peoples suffrage The I voters have n right 10 be Informed 01 i I the relative qualifications and record of those whom they are asked to sup i I port and jet IIP71 they may riot now or have ever seen 111 Is the duty Ii of press nnd peaket to point out tu I the humblest citizen os well as i to the highest what the nd of the munlrl Il I pallty arc nod which candidates judged by their lives no leas than hy I their pledges > ar best fitted to be I entrusted with the responsibilities of oftlce It will bo proper to show will I 11 j this candidate or that has done for tile fMIowcltlzona either In public Calm city or as on Individual In the say of an honest and successful life n clem I 1 I method of ljiwlnm and a high exam i pie of pntrt Mt i itlzinshlp I U will bi proper to uftffit th tt not In fair word I 7 nI i t t and gild I rl pn ml mo a but In hard I clos I ollnlln to alaU und a reputation there fIr Lie 11 as for brcdtl Intg rity and Ili x mindedn as must the r 1 J Rouldbe I of M U t tod and v gh dIn I d-In all this there nc a lie I I II nothing ollnVo nothing pergonall 1 I I olhlnl aorlmun am Plain common I I i I flrnsa argument appealing to the tax posers Conviv t tin and Judgment l 19 what the people Want Just now Unless wo greatly mistake their temper The times are too rot rlou for coquetting with And placing Brave responsibilities I upon the merely food fellows whom I some people admire for their amlablll I ty fits companion or their magnetism I with the hurrah Imys Other elements I ele-ments of strength will be needed t > > rescue the city Shot Its residents from tha crisis that cannot be long deferred Unless I a wllt and radical change shall come Devotion to all Its Interests abiolatn nnd unquestioned Identity with It both 1 In sorrow and In welfare stern courage tu weeding out Us I official evils and guarding Its treasury rind Us good name these are the attributes at-tributes which must be sought for In the Incumbents of Its offices Meantime the more we ree ot other people and things the more earnest and conscientious are we in commendIng commend-Ing the mothe the methods and the men with which the nonpartisan movement Is I now launched Into the arena of public discussion |