Show KEEP UI WITH THE TIlE PROCESSION Most Americans we Americans we mean it Il in the larger not In the local sens sense who sense who who have studied d the trend of oC affairs arrah realize that there i Is a better way for tho the government of f cities than that which has been the rule in the past An Antho And tho they am aro taking as mu much h of the temptation temptation temptation temp temp- temp temp- tation awa away r from front tho the politicians who abuse the public through public o offices of of- flees In twenty states slate there are laws providing providing pro pro- viding for a b board ard of police or fire firo control control or or both and the boards aio UIO appointed from both political parties and aro are charged with duties duties' without having tho the obligation of oC carrying local elections Impressed upon them Thu Tho plan has been found to work well It stands lA the test zest or tho the com courts COUlt is It pr provides a fair and antI honest police 1 service to the people at t t the minimum of cost anti and without the Interference of that of Ahat arm of oC the public power In th the control of elections for fOl either cither party It has Illmon demonstrated the wisdom of or its plan idan anti and the people who have tried It would not abandon It H it In Salt s. I Lake ake there are far fal too man many temptations for Cor a venal venol control of the police Take Talo the conditions as thu they y actually exist here A J chief of oC police is named at the behest of oC the tho mal mai mail above all others in town who needs favors from the police That same mme man comes near landing chief of detectives de tie- le- le wh who In less Jess than a year m is in jail jail ch charged with complicity In a 1 ten thousand dollar robbe robbery robbery havIng having boon been arrested while a fugitive from justice The police department so controlled so-controlled Is s employed b by the power that IlI dictates Its ts management when the thc day of or deetion dee dee- tion Uon conies omes It devotes tho the time of officers paid by tile the people to the base uses of dragooning the of the city and anti compelling mans mans' of them to Illegally register with the tho avowed purpose of later male ll them vote Illegally Illegal Bogus gambling came ram 1 are protected protect d by the he police anti and strangers strangers strangers stran stran- gers who are aie robbed are call called d suckers suck suc ers rs from Scotland by the newspaper cr exponent of or the gang ganS' that directs the police All II Is Is bad for COI the h Cl city It ft is unfair to the f public The Ther should hP d h. h be bt required e lu le to to render a falth a-falth- cutt 19 J vand and should l t be bere re U f t the assistance of ot disreputable ble menThe men The he better beter way Is to have a 0 police polee board provided b by the law v of the state nominated b by the governor from both the political parties partes and left lef free to attend to to Its Is actual duties duties with rewards reward for or good service sel and certain dismissal for Cor bad service Utah had such a board at ono one time and its Is only weakness was In the wording wording word word- ing of the statute which gave gave the appointing power to the mayor In Instead Instead instead In- In stead of vesting It In the governor himself Profiting b by that error and by the tho recent experience of or other states Utah should draw and enact a I perfectly satisfactory law for tho control control control con con- of the police In the he Interest or orthe orthe ortho the tho people instead of against their interest Interest And it Is reasonably exp expected that the c coming session of the legislature will wi provide such a statute and take the police of ot Salt Sal Lake out of or the time h hands |