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Show GIVE THE TAXPAYERS A CHANCE I Before election the political parties I who are striving for supremacy ul- 8 most invariably make "big talks" (j about the extravagance of those in (j power and with all the appearances of I honesty and sincerity .pledge them-n them-n selves to economize and reform. The present city administration Is no ex- I I ception to the rule. It's press organ and individual claquers denounced, . j both before and after the election, and ! with a great deal of justice, too, the ! extravagance and maladministration of those who preceded them in office, j They promised sweeping reforms, j their organ told of the excrescences which the new peoplo had cut off im- i mediately after they had assumed of- flco and of the delectiblo way the af-j fairs of the city would in the futuro i be conducted. I i 'All this appears to havo been more clap trap to deceive tho public. In I the matter of economy or anything in j that direction, tho present municipal administration has already demon j ' s'trated that it is a failure. Extrava gant and wasteful as the former city , j government was this one gives un-' I mistakablo evidences of being worse, i Expenses are being increased In every ! direction without any reason except to provldo lucrative places for tho friends of tho administration. Tho f employes of the city havo been made j to exceed in numbers those over be- j . foro employed at thts season of tho I year, whilo the clerical forces have i either been Increased without cause . or aro in process of being increased, i Additional "help" has been "secured" or Is being applied for in nearly all tho departments without any extra worlc to do. The city health officer has been given an assistant, who will do all the work, the duties of his chief ! being reduced to merely drawing, his salary. Tho city auditor has app'lfed for and no doubt will bo given an extra ex-tra clerk. Tho rocqrder wants a clerk '.' for the Juvenile court, whoso duties. . can bo performed lri'abo'ut two hours a-week, but who wlll'draw'n salary on a full timo schedule. So' it 'goes through all the departments. The taxpayers tax-payers are already overburdened, but whereas their former masters " havo i J chastized them with whips their present pres-ent masters chastlz9 them with scor- I pious, and why shouldn't they when the taxpayer Is so foolish as to bo deceived de-ceived by every fake party and foolish cry that comes along. Give the taxpayer tax-payer a chance. Yes, give lilm a chance, but the chances are ho won't seize tho chance. Taxes are already .ruinously high, but if those who pay tho taxes want it that way, by al! means let them havo it. Tho "American" party is laying its plans for tho election next fall. They will make a supremo effort to capture the connty offices,' for tho money thero is in them and will also direct their strength to elect as many members to the legislature as possible for tho especial benefit of ex-Senator Kcarns who is very anxious to havo tho prefix, pre-fix, of ex, eliminated. They aro now calculating oh carrying Salt Lake. Wo-ber Wo-ber and Summit counties and enough others to give them at least eighteen members, which would enable them to control tho caucus of either tho Republicans Re-publicans or Democrats, whichever may be In tho majority in the legislature. legisla-ture. Having control of the municipal munici-pal government thoy, with tho methods meth-ods they employ, will havo a big leverage lever-age in this county in tho next election. elec-tion. Every department in the city Is being be-ing filled with henchmen of tho "American" "Am-erican" party who aro expected to and' doubtless will use tho prestigo and Influence In-fluence of the offices they hold In furtherance fur-therance of Mr. Kcarns' ambition and the success of tho "American" party. Tho policy of tho present city administration Is to fill .every position from street sweeper up with men who can bo depended upon to work to that end. Tho'mayor has had little to say regarding tho personnel of his appointments. ap-pointments. Tho city commltteo of th 6' American" party considers, tho clalms 'of applicants for places and nifakcsk,?lts,-wishes known to tho mayor who 'so for has not dared to do other-wiso'tha'n other-wiso'tha'n bo guided by tho "recommendations" "recom-mendations" of .the commltteo. A number 'dl " tho" appointment's tho mayor jnado wero directly contrary to his own inclinations, notably in tho caso of tho firo chief. Tho mayor has mado a feeble romonstrnnco in tho caso of superintendent of waterworks. His idea, and from tho point of view of the best interest of tho city it is a very correct idea, is to keep Mr. Hincs In -that position, becauso ho is moro competent to fill it than any other man in tho city, but tho "American" city commlteo thinks Mr. Hincs is not completely enough imbued with the sp'frlt of tho "American" party and for that reason tho committee is urging urg-ing tho removal of Mr. HInes and tho appointment of another person. It is generally believed that although Mr. Hincs Is holding on by tho grace of the mayor ho will bo removed. |