Show THE LOGAN CITY PLATFORM FLAMM tile the democratic party or logan in in convention a sombud makes tile following statement of facts f acta and principled prin ea ples to the citizens citizen voters and taxpayers of this municipality 1 that public office is a public trust and public affairs bo administered upon the same earno strict principles of integrity and economy characterize correct methods of private litlE business iness 2 that thai the affairs of this y ino ing g city demand ability and ski for their sato and pro profitable bitable management U 3 that the present c city ity administration lacks these qualifications and has measurably lost loal the confidence and respect of the people of loga logon n I 1 it t has hag been partisan aleak undignified and 1 4 I it has committed e egregious regious and childish blunders it has expended public revenues as a means of pa party arty benefit it has shown favoritism in the employment of labeling men and has bas unfairly distributed public employment in an all effort to and perpetuate itself in power it has given offense to an enlightened public sentiment by a paltry and hesitating 0 management manag 0 ment 01 of public problems it has shown itself unworthy in respect of gen gell cral ability to conduct the affairs of this city or adequately to represent its people in the eyes of the world as the public officers of tl this lis educational centre of butali ers have posed before the people as friends of the working men by paying in certain cases higher bilier wages out of the ahr public funds in fulfillment of pledges given for votes before election than the alie wages 0 they 1111 individually paid out of their own funds 5 we demand economy and retrenchment trench ment in every department of the public service we are in favor of civi giving it 0 labor to the unemployed without regard to politics or reli religion ion paying a fair days wages for a fair lays days labor and makin making 1 public improvements as far and as fast ae the cites revenues will bill permit without increasing the taxes of tho the people we condemn i the republican method of attempting to bribe taxpayers tax payers out of their own tax money by a promise of public employment at unusual wages 0 in return for votes 6 we demand honesty and ability y as the first qualifications for public office and we condemn the republican practice of purchasing 0 votes by the pron iise of office 7 tile the city police has been unnecessarily expensive and woefully inefficient lacking in force and in the performance of public duty vitic vice and petty lawlessness have lave I 1 not been properly repressed 8 we are in in favor of an improved firo fire department fully able to protect tile the property of the taxpayers of the city and pledge ourselves to the support of such an organization di 9 the present administration has exhausted the public revenues and has reached the limit of the borrowing rapacity capacity of the city leaving to the next administration a au 1 3 empty treasury a heavily bonded city mortgaged n 0 revenues and an inc water system wo N e favor the early completion of ol 01 the water system as fast as the revenues of the city will permit without overburdening the people with irith taxes we denounce the efforts of any persons or party to sell or grant aw away ay to private individuals or corporations any control of the water system of the city 10 wo we con congratulate 0 our city on its i numerous mi nerous and excellent educational I 1 institutions tile the A agricultural kicul college az tile the Bri frigham 0 orham young college tile new jersey academy and our excellent public schools and wo we pledge ourselves to their n maintenance and support we f favor aver tha alia union of the university of utah with tile the agricultural 0 college and tle alie location of both in ca logan city for the encouragement of these institutions wo we pledge ourselves to the alie hrin firm repression of all forms of immorally ralty and vice i wo we incite the support and cooperation of all good citizens for the accomplishment of these ends |