Show A plain talk to the voters of county in conformity with tho the declaration of independence in which the signers of that great announcement to tho the colonies assert that these colonies is is and of right ought to bo be free they say that a decent regard for tile the opinions of mankind pro prompts them to state their reasons for leaving the mother country and establishing on the shores of america a free aud and independent government this we think was a wise and politic measure as the explanation they gave containing mighty reasons was universally approved by all justice loving people no matter under what government govern they lived taking our wise forefathers actions for ox example amplo t we will state our reasons to tho the voters of uintah county why wo we bethink think there should be a change in tle the administration of our county affairs As all of our old time residents will remember our county was organized and its first election held in au august 1 1880 almost every man mail in it was inexperienced but they took hold of the affairs with a will and to tho the best of their judgment and transacted tho the business of the county to the satisfaction of tile the majority of the people from that time to the present this county has boon cursed with ignorant and worthless officials occasionally the monotony was broken by a competent man being elected but for ton ten years the business of the count county y has boon been with a fow few exceptions trusted in to people who wore bogent and wholly to fill the positions to which they were elected the causes of their failure was not lot dishonesty or a desire to oppress the people but a sheer lack of business ability and competency it makes no difference how honest a man may bo be if he does not know how to do a certain thing thin ho he cannot do it as well as a man who does this rule holds good in all matters of business the world over to illustrate a man who knows nothing about bookkeeping book keeping goes to a mor merchant marchant chant and tolls him ho he wants a job to keep his books for him the merchant asks him of course are you a good bookkeeper book keeper ho he answers him no I 1 do not know anything about it but I 1 think I 1 can get along with them sono way and I 1 will try it anyhow he takes the job and makes a |