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Show . THE THREE CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR. ' The nomination of a city ticket by the Republicans yesterday, ' completes the line-up of candidates in the local campaign and from now on the triangular fight should be a spirited one. j The American ticket with one or two exceptions is a strong j one,' and it cannot be denied that it has the support of the business element of the city. Mr. Thompson is a man of fine standing and t : general popularity. While there are many who criticise Mr. j Thompson's conduct of municipal affairs during his term as Mayor, ! none has ever questioned his rugged honesty or his sturdy deter-' deter-' mination to be the real Mayor HIMSELF. From what, The Tele-i Tele-i ' gram knows of Mr. Thompson it can safely say that, if elected, .whether he makes a good Mayor or a bad Mayor he will be the real Mayor. Mayor Morris personally is a clever gentleman and an honest official if his record counts for anything. But as Mayor his record is one of political trickery and stage play. He has used the water situation to exploit his political ambitions and in carrying out bis " schemes he has tied up f 1,000,000 of the people's money in a water scheme that wjll result in endless litigation for the city. Unquestionably Mayor Morris rushed forward his half-matured . water plans in order to make a FLASH before election time and that FLASH must be paid for by the taxpayers. As to Chief of Police Lynch his record shows that he has always al-ways been an honest official and he has held numerous offices of trust. But 3Ir. Lynch in the opinion, of some is not of the right caliber for Mayor. However, he made a capable and satisfactory County Assessor and, who can tell, he might make as good a Mayor. ' . And so we have lined up for consideration three candidates for Mayor, all clever, square and honest gentlemen personally. Any one of them would make an honest Mayor, but an honest Mayor is not all. Salt Lake must elect a live,' progressive Mayor this year, a Mayor who will be Mayor for all the people, who will lay aside prejudice pre-judice and feeling and get down to business. We have had enough of this "scrapping" and hair-pulling. Unfortunate Un-fortunate issues have developed here just as they will elsewhere. But when issues that affect the growth, of the city confront us they should be settled and settled once for all not next year, but y NOW. - ( ; The people should settle things this fall and then get down to j business again. . , |