Show FARCE OF AN ELECTION Just about a year ago one of the Kearns papers in Salt Lake urged that the American par party par y should select two or three men capable of oC conducting the affairs of the city pa pay them a aprice aprice aprice price commensurate with their service servIce sen- sen ice and give the control of the tho city over oyer to them The Tho paper stated that Salt Lake Lako was not being well governed governed governed gov gov- and conceded that there thero was little cause for surprise In that because because because be be- cause the councilmen and city general gen gas eral officers had been picked up anywhere and some of oC the appoint appoint- ive lye officials had secured their place with pulls and nothing better was to be bo expected But it contended that the selection of the dictators would insure the proper control of the tho city It seems fully clear dear that the suggestion sug sug- of ot the tho Kearns paper paver was adopted Certainly a little band of men active in the American party part assumed to issue orders to city officials daIs force officers to resign name their successors and finally pick the candidates for nomination in tho the campaign campaign campaign cam cam- of or 1907 1901 The Tho little band seems i fairly strong for they have now come I out plainly and boasted that appointments appoint appoint- masts ments would have to be bo referred to them and not to the regularly and legally constituted officials of the city This little committee seems stronger strong strong- er than the tho council for when the chief of police named certain men for servIce on the tbt force torce It forced the I Ja i. i i. t council to refuse to confirm the ap ap- ap- ap And the little committee commit commit- tee boasted through its party papers that an any appointments to place on the tho city pa payroll roll would have to be made through tho the city committee This Is not American There have been a good man many reasons for protestIng protestIng protest- protest Ing lag that name on the ground of ot its misuse by the tLe American party But nothing more flagrantly offensive to the spirit of an American state has been seen than this assumption of oC control by an irresponsible and unknown body bod- of ot men Let us look at nt the matter fair fairly Hero Here are arc the tho city elty officials elected b by the people peo pee plo but confessedly confessed unable to transact transact transact trans trans- act the business of oC the people And yet they are allowed to remain in office It Is la a matter of oC record that this little central committee chose the candidates can can- recently elected in Salt Lake the the candidates who will become officials officials of of- on the first of the year car It Is equally clear that the little committee commit commit- tee tea exacted from those candidates a pledge to obey orders The commands of the people do not seem to count Responsibility to o the people is no not considered The officers must be responsible responsible re re- re- re to the little committee Rather an embarrassing confession conCession Isn't It We ve wonder If the people who composed the majority last month like the result of or their voting I If the they do they approve a Vcr very un Un- American condition The They approve a condition where the officers the they elect elec are not the tho real officials where an irresponsible little group of ot men mon die die- tate the naming of candidates the course courso those candidates shall follow when elected and absolutely dictate to the cit city officials what they shall shaH doOf do Of Ol course if It they do like It ft they are curious of taste and they ma may maj expect a continuance of usurpation a continuance of supine abdication a renewal of absolute dictation dictation so so long longas as the ver very American un-American party shall remain in power |