| Show w 5 Is 4 NECESSARY affe C of tourists ats annually visit city a and nd they listen with sym ly and wonder to the tale of its iding ding and building up to recent ars when they a are re told of the march founders made over wilderness and the form or of of its beginning in I 1 adobe tort fort a chousa thousand nd miles and bog nearest civilized set settlement tl ement horn the from resulting expansion aits as rapid arrival of hosts boats of refugees and e when they axe are informed of leal arlY in which it was governed the manner first few decades of its existe are filled with admiration they good sen sense e and other rand the of the m men en who created it lilies ties were surveyed and parcelled par celled ands ds settlers under just and to the regulations streets were lasome improved homes were and out it orchards were planted and cultivated costly irrl tens ns were were constructed public ton works erected and public im were flings were made the city grew to emenas ions and was remarkably proportions portions sa pt barring a 11 governed and we well ful debt the city seldom or tos 9 floating dollar a owed er of the cites growth tie e period to covered the years of referred re berred poverty and distress of its deepest during which the years tints grants often seemed greater than burdens bear yet strange to say could taxes are not now city of dis as a cause tiered them even when to of the city geny in inhabitants habitants poor that they lacked so yere were of life probably it necessaries unanimous testimony of a be the original settlers of this the any nar of could be live in it as still who I 1 that hat they never felt ten together taxation in the days of bur burdens dens of and lack of penury i greatest erea test and necessaries as they 9 co comforts since their property was s teleet them valuable toned ed to be val valuation very bation of the proper assessed 9 coar compared oared with the num a this city makes it appear of its inhabitants city yet since it be 6 a wealthy inhabitants have its ie wealthy burdens of taxation caned ed under the dill did when required to tuy they never out of the reve tain a government assessed kalua I 1 from L an derived W the present tenth a as s high as oagot not a astonishing d difference ference if 11 tefie aw why hy this irrefutable is aas easy y and answer ism in mu municipal affa affairs irs did un until after appearance make I 1 its ibi city became rich years th this is city was gov forty or r nonpartisan partisan san plan duram ended o on the non 0 office sought imn all those years the man main not the man the office and not pelt pelf nor power the motive that inspired men to K me and disch discharge arge the duties and abilities of office during much time there was a law on the book of the territory making liable to a fine of a hundred tor for refusing an to which he might be elected or appointed of course it was unconstitutional but it none the less reflected the public sentiment under such a regime men in power adjusted the burdens of government to the conditions of the people their own salaries were low and often their services were rendered gratis their anxiety in behalf of the people was sincere their patriotism was genuine and above all their integrity was incorruptible no jobs were put through the city council in no department of the city government was there ever found a taint of bribery nor an odor of corruption honesty and economy were rigidly maintained and the existence of such a creature as the ward heeler was not dreamed of then came a time when the inhabitants of the city were divided almost equally on party lines and a determined political battle was fought the result was a triumph of and the consequences that have flowed from that result are too fresh in the memories of the citizens generall yand have been too often and too deeply impressed upon the minds of the taxpayers to need recalling here suf lice it to say that property owners never knew what the burdens of government were until after the advent of we are told that Is indispensable to good government and the highest welfare of the citizens that without it the people would be oppressed and robbed of their liberties that it prevents corruption and dishonesty among officeholders office holders and that it is absolutely necessary to the growth and prosperity of a city or a state but the history of the state of utah and of the city which is its capital is a complete and overwhelming refutation of all these assertions the experience the actual and distressing experience of the people of this city the most convincing proof and process within reach of the human mind barring divine revelation demonstrates on that has been its bane and that when the partisan rules the taxpayer mourns but sometimes the human mind becomes so tenacious in its adherence to error that logic reason and even experience are insufficient sufficient to convince or change it do the men and women who are to do the voting in this city tomorrow possess minds of this character the news thinks not with a good deal of confidence the news anticipates that the count of the vote alter after tomorrows balloting will disclose the fact that a sufficient number of the people of this city have had their eyes opened to the evils of partisan control of municipal affairs to prevent its continuance |
