Show THE GALVESTON DILL BILl Whatever tho name may racy be he gentlemen gentlemen gentle genUe- men of or the legislature arc are looking with care at the tile bill bUl providing for fot a better method of ot city government And thatis that thatis is a good sign Xo No man should defend a present custom because it Is a a. custom Thero should 1 bo be a better batter reason than that thaC No 10 man nan should oppose a a. new method It Is now One should bo careful careful careful care care- ful to mako make no law involving obligation obligation obligation obliga obliga- tion or 01 affecting the interests of tho people without reasonable ground for tor forthe forthe 1 the tho expectation that the action will prove a an advantage In the present case all men will admit city governments cost more mor than they ther should The Tho degree of ot s service is 15 s small and the quality is defective defective- when measured by the cost coet to the tho people So that the tile old wa way so seems seem emu open to objection And the ne new plan looks looke plausible on an paper In addition however howe ono one does not have o to depend entirely on tho tile theory of or tho the plan It has been tried in iii a a number of or other other cities clUes It is not entirely perfect but the general scheme of work is found good Wo We o see no reason to believe e tho the plan tried at Galveston and later In Ito Improved Improved Improved Im Im- proved form Corm nt at Des Moines olnes and found helpful in both cases would not bo oo successful In Salt Lake Tho The old oM method Is open to objection Of or course courso with the Kearns party in n power tho the established system has been made as all bad as possible I If tho the party in power had been tr trying to prove the tho necessity o of tho Des Moines plan It would probably have havo followed Just tho tile course observed ed in the post past three years ears And although this exhibit is hardly fair tair to the old bid method wo cro still think that method is inherently de do- do It Is a hopeful sign that the members mem mem- bers of ot both House and Senate are giving gl close study to the tho plan lIan proposed proposed pro pro- posed for tor tho tile government of the tho larger larg larg- er or cities of ot Utah |