Show Can the Commercial Club Solve the Municipal Problem as Set Forth By an Onlooker i Editor Utah Now that the fall election is history and the result is as it satisfactory or depending on the viewpoint of the it may not be amiss to consider one or two questions as to what the future holds for Salt Lake in a political It is an important for the of the has dared to be a frontier trading post and stands a sister to the metropolitan centers both east and west of 1 Superior to many which outclass her numerically several times because of her relation to the vast and wealthy tributary territory around The Utopian dream that public business can be run as carefully and economically as private business can seems a far distant but still there is no reason why a nearer approach to this greatly desired condition can not be made than the present state of municipal affairs leads us to believe The first step toward this end must be the abandonment of national politics in relation to local affairs and a wise and thoughtful consideration of the actual needs of city And equally or more a careful selection of men to look after these The so-called party has proven itself wholly incapable of this arid no wonder need be expressed misrepresentation and bigotry are not very good foundation stones on which to build any staple can not expect the aims of those actuated by such motives to be liberal or The party was founded along these disgruntled thwarted blackest ingratitude and despicable hypocrisy were its can be expected of It has heralded itself as a modern but instead of walling up the angry waters of the political Red Sea and leading us through dry it has tried to rush us on headlong to ignominy and Its avowed purpose has been to rule or and if it rules it will surely end in and yet it has defeated the Republicans and Demo- I and at the last election the hybrid Citizens' points to only one and a clear recognition of this thing is requisite if it be not again Its success does not indicate its own great strength it indicates the appalling weakness of the field opposed to Here is the key to the whole and until the defense rallies more conditions' will riot When we consider all that was at it is surprising to think of the weakness of both the Citizens' and Republican tickets of last and not only their initial lack of but also the half-hearted campaign that they They really defeated themselves before the battle my original proposition must be borne in that the best interests of the city can not be as long as national politics are dragged into local The majority of the people wish to defeat the yet how do they do By dividing themselves into two devoting much time to fighting each cutting their strength in While they are at like the the monkey and the the monkey has eaten the There is only one way to accomplish the defeat of the party now in and that is to present a united put only one ticket in the and let that be a strong pushed for all it is Whenever this suggestion has been made the seeing and everlasting have out the bugaboo of and have actually frightened a great many level headed voters with their you they means Liberals and People's and we'll cut down the plum tree if you do not give not only the but all of the This is all folly present conditions are in some respects worse than were the old but no fear need be felt of other the old or the new if the be handled perhaps no city of five times he size of Salt Lake has' at its ead such a aggressive and organization as is in the Salt Lake Commer-ial It has worked so hard nd boosted so energetically and insistently that the growth of Sit Lake has become a national Wherever financial invests are found there is an eye And this Feat growth has been in spite St because the At the last election a reat deal of capital was made at of the last few years' development by the iter using every every every lying falsehood to acken and misrepresent Salt ake and after trying in ery underhanded way to drive away from advertising that here is a ral and spiritual cesspool to be more than a Utah's good friend out Bet- the famous story of d we killed the by wing Betty out entirely and P shouting from the house killed the It was me that killed the Betty was kicked out of the back door and told to cut the wood while our valiant gentleman of leisure told in glowing terms of what he had done to the Whether he fooled any one is but at any rate the majority of the people know who did the The phenomenal growth of Salt Lake is not due to any one but to a happy combination of conditions which make it so it just can't be kept And in the very forefront stands the Commercial of which every citizen should be should support it and tell it now and then that we are proud of it and appreciate its And why can we not find a solution of our difficulties in this selfsame Why would it not be possible for it as a body of men with the best interests of the city at heart to we're tired of misrepresentation and of indecent and we propose to put a stop to But In the simplest possible Let the Commercial club put a business men's ticket in the field and let every member support that Place the best men on this' and let the best business interests of the city be If this was done there would be no need of either political or citizens' as every need would be Of there would be an party in the but it would stand up like so many only to be bowled over by the all-powerful Commercial Club backed by every true friend of the There are difficulties in the that is selfishness dies and members of both national parties will be found to There are other obstacles to be of but that only adds The Commercial club as a body is hunting for obstacles to overcome when they stand in the way of the advancement of Utah as a and Salt Lake as one unit of that And the party is an in the only real one which today blocks the way to in Why not kick it into the middle of Adam's first THE Temperance and faith and devotion are in themselves perhaps as laudable as any other but those which make a man popular and are in all the good ties that render us beneficial to each |