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Show Published Every Saturday GOODWINS WEEKLY PUBLISHING CO INC. FRANK E. 8CHEF8KI. Editor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Including postage In the United 8tates, Canada and Mexico, $2.50 per year, 11.50 for six months. Subscriptions to all foreign countries, within the Poatai Union. $4.50 per year.. BY Payments should be made payable to The Cltlsen. by Check, Money Order or Registered Letter, . Address all communications to The Cltlsen. t Salt Lake Entered as seeond-claa- s matter, June 21, 1911, at the postofflo 1879. March Aet of under S, the City, Utah, S1 11218 Nees Bldg. Salt Lake City, Utah Phone Wasateh 5409 or LAST REGISTRA TION DA Y There is one more registration day before election, that is next Tuesday, November 1. All those not registered and who are qualified citizens, may register and vote at the general election, Tuesday, November 8. A STERN REBUKE The people had to bow to the political city machine in the primary election, but it showed its strength and there will be a different story to tell in the general election. The members of the city machine, their uncles, aunts, cousins, and their friends rushed to the polls in order to save their jobs and voted solidly for their masters. City owned automobiles rushed from poll to poll until closing time, and the gasoline bill alone must have been a heavy one, not counting the wear and tear on tires and machines. The political machine was well greased. It was predicted that Mayor Neslen would get i i t 15,000, but when he came out with only 9,384 votes, there wTas consternation in his camp. You can imagine how anyone wuuld feel posing as the idol of a city of 150,000 population, and .then only mustering such a small vote with all the energy and money vested in a strong political machine. To us it appears a clear case of defeat for our present mavor. On the other hand, John F. Bowman, with a few volunteer workers, qualified with the substantial vote of 6,325, and W. Allen Howard receiving a large vote, was eliminated for the lack of a powerful political machine. It now appears that Bowman will win by a big majority and the election is practically over except the shouting. Those who predicted that Commissioner T. T. Burton would poll the highest vote are sadly disappointed and his small vote lS'7,348 plainly shows that Burton will take a well earned vacation the first of the year and be retired for the good of the service. Chas. N. Fehr, incumbent, received the highest vote of the commissioners running, leading with 8,137 votes. The two surprises of the election was the big vote cast for John Corless, who qualified, and the big vote given Mrs. J. W. Wolfe, who lacked only a few votes of qualifying. Dod Riter qualified with flying colors in a field of twelve candidates, and while lie is a new man in politics, his friends arc confident that he will be elected November 8. Charles Cottrell, S. W. Tooke, Charles Ross Howard, B. D. Meld, M. L. Cummings and Ed. Crawford, were all well supported by their friends, blit the lack of costly organization work mitigated against them in the race for commissioner, although the people were very liberal in bestowing their votes and plainly indicated that they are in favor of the outs instead of the ins. YET THEY ASK FOR MORE While it is against the principles of good American government to keep men in office for long terms, yet there might be some excuse for holding officials in office if they worked for the interests of the people. But in our city government we have unfortunately had men in office who have never considered the taxpayer. Taxes have rapidly increased and the big expense in supporting political machines, creating a big waste of the taxpayers money, which otherwise would go into improvements, have yearly increased to such an extent that people have been forced into a taxpayers association to hold the officials in check. There is no good reason why there should be a taxpayers association which only adds another expense to the already high cost of government of the people. It is the plain duty of our officials to give the people an economic government, but to this the officials appear to be blind. They ravinously crave to expend large sums of money, and there must be a reason for it. Thus, when legislatures are in session, we find our city dads very actively engaged in trying to put over laws creating new jobs, new expense accounts upon the plea of necessity. The federal government has severely criticised all local governments for their high cost of running, but so far no good has been accomplished. In private business the more a concern can produce, the cheaper the product to the people, but in politics, the more people that settle in a city, the higher the tax rate and the bigger the expenditures per capita. We elect officials and place them in charge of departments, the business of which is entirely foreign to them and they are at a loss what to do. The result is experimental work at big costs and after it has been completed it is of no value to the people. Commissioner T. T. Burton takes self pride in standing on his record, but his record shows a big financial catastrophe. The north Salt Lake drainage canal is an ordinary example of political incompetence. The people were told that this canal was dug to drain certain territory, when, as a matter of fact, the canal cuts right through a natural drain provided by nature. The hot spring lake was to be drained. Go out there and see how much 'water has been drained out of that lake. Mr. Burton, was the real object of this canal to drain that part of the county! Did not this piece of work cost the taxpayers more than three times as much as it should have cost! Is it true that two big damage suits arc pending because of this canal! Is it not true that this canal will cost the people of this city V upwards of $1,000,000 before the final settlement is made! i in H |