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Show THE MATTHEWS CASE IN OGDEN. And so Iho pity commissioners of Ogden havo dared jU: asjt,, tbossassor to attend,' to" 'the business lor jfrbibli iho- people elected him, or lo indicate that' lie didn't mean it when b asked them to' eloct him. Which brings Up a good-si&od proposition. As I iiijdorstoW'JJv thero is no plhfm that the Ogden office suffeHng because the asoss6r is absent. Hia uhtef dtopoty is described as a most capable and dependable man. But If. ho is the assessor, ho should'Tiav n Glecled assessor. 'AntMPtho maiPw'innhig' (hat honor isn't c61i'f lenl'ld run" the oitlce, thWho "vor should hftve asked commission at tho polls. ' The tiling is important because tho Ogden city assessor isn't Iho Only man in Ulah to got elected lo olllco, put in a deputy and then continue con-tinue in devoting" himself as before to tho con- ' duct of his privalo affairs. ''Thero are county I - offices 'whoro tho'chidf don't luiow tho combination combina-tion lo his own official safe, and state officer's who nood introduction to their halracks. Thero aro officors, high and low? where it would be, a joko lo ask for tho Olcetdd and commissioned official. He isn't there. Generally ho is attending attend-ing to his rogular, previous affairs, and leaving the office ho won lo tho care and keeping of others. They may bo as good as ho is. Usually they are bettor. But tho point is that if he didn't moan lo fill the office ho shouldn't have asked for it. And if tho people had known before be-fore the olootion what they know now, thoy wouldn't have elected him. If they had known ho wanted it only for the 6xtra money ho could gel out" of it, over and above hiring of deputies, depu-ties, thoy would havo beaten him, hands down. It is high timo for tho authorities of countios and tho executives of states to call down these absentee landlords, and requiro them to deliver the service thoy pledged to tho peoplo when Ihoy stood for election. |