Show CITY eni AN Ily HJ M MOOSE Progressives Decide to Keep I Out of Municipal Campaign Campaign Cam Cam- Cam I as a Unit May Indorse Indorse Indorse In In- dorse Certain Can Candidates 1 I By Frank C. C Greene partisanship is not to be bea OPEN a feature o of the municipal campaign as had once been decreed decreed de de- creed for the Progressives have changed hanged their minds mind After having once decided to hold a convention nv nt on at which the thebo party should bo be placed behind Progressive can candidates candi i dates for making a partisan campaign the Progressives decided at their luncheon yesterday to keep out of it itis is as a party According to Chairman H. H W. W Airey however there is still sUll stilla sUlla a 1 possibility that a Progressive league lea ue will be he organized t which will Indorse candidates who square with a a. certain tentative Progressive platform Paucity of candidates was one of the factors actors which Influenced the party In inis Its is decision to change front With every avery indication that Indorsement by bythe bythe the he Progressives of Salt Lake could be to had for the asking by any member of f the party In good standing who looked ed like city commissioner limber timber nobody lobody came forward to ask There was nary a so It became apparent apparent ap ap- parent arent that if the convention plan were carried out it might meet to indorse candidates who did not exist Also there developed at the luncheon yesterday a sentiment against ngo enter enter- entering The commission com cem- ing ng the fight as a party mission form of government under which the city operates is supposedly I nonpartisan There is no provision which bar barn a party from indorsing indorsing- a candidate but the aspirants aspirant's name cannot appear on the ballot as the choice of f that party REASON FOR STAND When When It was previously previous decided that the party fight should be made it was on the ground that Republicans now in power in the city commission have violated the spirit of tho the law aw and built up a Republican municipal ma ma- chine Progressives argued that if they Injected partisanship into the campaign they would be acting only In self Then they changed their minds yesterday The resolution putting the party out of the fight tight was J end by I I. I J. J Starbuck Starbuck Star- Star buck seconded by A. A H. H Parsons and I was adopted with Kit hut two dissenting votes Its text fol follows Resolved That it Is the sense of this meeting that It would be inadvisable isable is- is able for the Progressive party part to take action as a party in the city campaign this fall Previous to the adoption of the resolution resolution resolution reso reso- lution while getting into the game asa as asa asa a party was stilt still being considered the I tentative platform was submitted andI and discussed It was not officially officially- adopted adopt I ed but sentiment of the meeting was strongly In favor of It and it didn't I take an expert guesser to surmise that Progressives will be apt to cast their votes for candidates who subscribe to the principles it sets forth Tho tentative platform follows Preamble Believing that city government Is but municipal housekeeping and that the citizens should declare for certain principles for progressive administration tion In city affairs The Progressive party presents the following as Its declaration for pay administration First A clean efficient honest administration rigid economy lower taxation Second Impartial enforcement of laws and regulations Third Homo Home rule for cities of 10 population and over oyer with a freeholders freeholder's free tree freeholders freeholder's holders holder's charter formulated by its citizens citizens citizens citi citi- zens in convention for such purpose FOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP Fourth Public ownership of public utilities as fast as necessary and the welfare of the citizens demands it I Fifth Strict regulations for guarding the health and prote protecting ting the city against danger from sickness floods and fire Sixth A demand for the recall of ot all officials recalcitrant or unfaithful unfaith unfaith- ful to their duties Seventh A full and consistent loyalty loyalty loyalty loy loy- alty to tho principles of or progressive government and support of state and nation In all aU duties required by a constitutional government of the people Present nt at the luncheon were Brigham Brigham Brigham Brig- Brig ham Clegg F. F W W. Kirkham W W. R. R Continued on pago page 3 CITY ELECTION I ICo Continued Co from page 1 1 i Graham E E. J J. Wills C C. G G. Patterson B B. A A. M r George Holmberg Judge Geor George e F F. Goodwin Mrs Olive Leslie HV II H W. W V Airey Albert N Jarvis A A. H II Lund I I. I J J. Starbuck A A. H H. Parsons Parsons Par Par- sons Judge Frank B B. Scott O 0 O. O CBrown C C. W W. D D. Brown Livingston A A. T 1 Moon Dr Grace Stratton Stratton-Airey Mr Alrey Airey y presided a and d Mr Kirkham acted as secretary in the absence of 1 W. W vV E E. who was detained elsewhere elsewhere else else- where on official business for else I Salt Lake county |