Show EFFICIENCY IN N OFFICE By J. J P. P May lIay In our county count papers last week appeared an article b by County Super Superintendent of or Schools Schools' W. W v. v A. A Paxton which advised the voter OLer to to be on his guard against the cry Vote a straight ticket He concludes there Is much danger in the error efforts s of political workers to induce the tho voter 10 to follow tolloW a party part standard to back backe the e party of his choice lint Mr Paxton advises the voter should select select se- se lect the candidates which he be bei belIeves believes be- be i lh es are best best- and make make party secondary to efficiency This seems seem's seems to be very good ad advice Ce and often I Umes times independent action scratching I khe the he ballot is commendable In Duchesne count county however with wila county tickets by just t tw two vo parties selected with considerable le deliberation delibera- delibera deliberation deliberation delibera delibera- tion tion every candidate well known n honest good citizens no 1 political rings Brings dominating this advice seems better beUer suited for special Ial w work rk or for some personal reasons held by our county superintendent than I I because of any just cause of warning Ithe I the voter What candidate on either eith eith- er cr ticket is not fit for the job Which man or woman wom-an selected would be the bad investment Mr 11 Paxton must have had bad some cause or justification justification justi justi- for Issuing such a warning Our county ticket is safe either sIde side Republican Republican and anti Democratic The They compare very favorably Not I one ono Is unfit or unqualified and not one has any raft and wrong as a motive Not Kot one will was f if elected elect elect- ed be a discredit to his party so w o far as we can tell I am glad to state this as m ray my honest belief although I Iam Iam am chairman lor or on one of the parties lUr Paxton's warning evidently has some personal or special motive He is employed by our county school board which board la Is sel selected by special election and amI in the thc most non non-i non political manner possible Hence he is removed ed from practical poll poli politics tics as far as possible and tl to keep the schools and especially its officers om- om cers tors out but of politics When the head executive officer of f our schools takes such a decided tt to Mil ti 11 in county ty issues such p aT yarning warning as Ds was published last week we have a n. right to wonder what- what are arc 1 his is reasons I I I j He says S 'S that about ono one one t tnt tenth 1 of th the voters oters the politicians control the ninety per pel c cent nt I Assuming that Mr Paxton has alas given given given en approximately the right relative figures fi ve ve re are justified in asking him a very ery Imp important question i via viz I Why have you OU published your our advice advice ad ad- vice just before election We Ye ma may further inquire as the leading educator edu edu- cator cater in our county count why have you not prepared a series of articles during durIng during dur dur- ing the last year ear or during the last six months or just one or two good stories exhorting the voters ro to take more in interest terest in their precinct I primaries You sa say that about nine I tenths of the people vote blind blindly Your article infers practically says that one tenth of the people make the appointments for the others to ratify And then Mr Paxton concludes concludes concludes con con- that the citizen must select h his s choice of c candidates regard Ss of f party part and by doing this we would better have better government Let us us consider his his conclusions in view of the above Our government government government govern govern- ment with all all its weaknesses is the is-the the best government on earth or that history records It t is a n. government by parties Parties demand organization organ organ- i just as schools demand this this requisite Science all rational activities ac- ac activities activities ac ac- could make little progress progress without classification analysis and organization This is the prime de- de desideratum de de- sid of education that is t to teach each people to ir intelligently classify classiC analyze and to organize School superintendents should and many do regard this as their principal work Classification analysis and organization are the forces with which men have accumulated knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge and from these our great gov gov- gov ha has grown Analysis comparison comparison com com- parison pads classification and organization organization ti tion l are key ker words in all human progress If r but mt 10 per cent c cent nt or orth oi or th the p people take personal interest in their primaries primaries primaries maries the only places where more than 5 per cent may co coso so then Ulen the ninety per cent indicates that our I school schools school have not done a a very vory big wark work in the last last fifty years ars Even with all the force that politically po active citizens ma may exert only about I fifty per cent of our our national national electorate electorate elec elec- vote Our western states have Ye a higher ratio The fundamental fundamental fundamental funda funda- mental unit of government is the e precinct or district where tai the voter votes Just as our government t tI ma may be no better and no worse than tha n I the average rage citizen a party may mar b bOn be beOn beOn e On Last Pa Page e. e |