Show PLATFORM AND resolutions OF THE CITIZENS nonpartisan PARTY we your committee on platform and resolutions respectfully represent and report that WHEREAS political parties and political affiliations in the past have been potent factors in the management and control of american municipalities land and WHEREAS such control has in many instances become a matter of poli cital manipulation and the forster ing of personal interests rather than looking to the highest interests of the people and WHEREAS because of such political manipulation and servitude to personal interests rather than the con of the highest welfare of the people many progressive cities have ha ve adopted the so called Muni municipal cip al plan of government which has for its purpose the elaml elimination nation as far as possible of party politics in order to secure officers of the highest qualifications untrammeled by party creed sect or faction and who will faithfully serve the hig highest liest interests of their constituents and WHEREAS there is a sentiment in in many parts of the country to eliminate party pol politico itice from all municipal elections and I 1 WHEREAS the latest legislature of the state stale of utah enacted numerous laws among which was one directing all cities of the third class to rote on the question of local option and WHEREAS at a special election held in tooele thoele city pursuant to said law the citizens of tooele thoele city by a large age majority regardless of political affiliations voted in favor of local option and WHEREAS we realize in view of the experience other communities in dealing with the liquor question that it is difficult to enforce the law without united and concerted notion a on the part of alt all citizens who believe in the enforcement of law regardless of ofis xe legious association oi or political affiliation and WHEREAS we believe the best results in our city gov government can be obtained by a united and concerted action on the part of all good citizens in the enforcement gi the local localos option r civill as ell ai other laws and ordinances which have for their part purpose iose the he moral sanitary and financial battet betterment of the city regardless of party sect creed or faction and WHEREAS we believe a good clean business government can better be obtained by the nomination nom mation and election of a nonpartisan non partisan ticket THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we nominate i a citizens ticket and la in presenting same for the suffrage fage of the people do hereby pledge that if said ticket is elected and enforcement of the laws and ordinances of the city and particularly those for the moral sanitary and business betterment of the people we further pledge our candidates if elected to fotter foster and encourage any and all enterprises that maybe may be for the improvement of the city we further pledge our our candidates if elected that in the exercise of their appointive power of officers to consider efficiency and integrity rather than party affiliation and that only those will he appointed who will enforce the law and work for the highest good of our C city ty dated and respectfully submitted this day of sept september aber 1911 names to the petition of the citizens nonpartisan non partisan ticket A 0 evans john 1 gillett C Boll schweiler E D horman herman W 11 cavity cassity mahew J A phipps A G gowans cowans john A lindberg john S lee M england J T gollaher joseph M dunn thomas do de la mare andrew gowans L G bowen E H nelson G L england james rowell howell A W lee heber dew john M isgreen charles R mcbride A M nelson C E green L E england john england wilford nelson W G atkin C am M conklin wm C isgreen george williams geo 11 hammond hammonds Ham benjamin L bowen jarnes james dunn R J huntington johhn john W tue tate T ue A L hanks geo L tate aill england L A mcbride 0 jones B H bowen archibald bevan george W kaul 11 cline james gowans philip hugh S gowans W F tate A B Eri england gland |