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Show THE. COMING ,ELECT,ION. Editor ncpuhllcaii 9 V) i'l '. t l)ear'Slivr-lf J nm-not Intruding, nnd ymiSvllgrnntfmejKiihco In your valuable val-uable paper, I will endeavor to pro-sent pro-sent a matter of great Importance to tnxpdyei's and citizefn'or Uitr1 beau-tlfnf-clfy.'as 1 see' It 'through'thV glasses glas-ses that I wear. 1 ntri"Wllllng t6'Con-ctdo t6'Con-ctdo Hint Wo are- not y'6t Yi'hmrcd to see eye to eye, especially ''politically. IloweVer, such a time1 Is'comlng. In a' short time we will h'ave tho privilege ol utilizing, our rhinc-hUe In n non-polltlcal primary election. At least, that; Is the Intention, as Interpreted Inter-preted by the law. How Jar It will be carried out In Logan remains to be seen. If the citizens In general are ns selfish und partisan as ho great unwashed' members' or the Clty' Conn-ill, Conn-ill, thou the non-polltlcal part of the program will be a farce. This city Is a great corporation, and every taxpayer tax-payer Is n stockholder In said 'corpor-atlon. 'corpor-atlon. From now on, Logan City Is going to bo mnnuged by" business men Three, I believe, and If w'e are fortunate fortun-ate enough to elect business men In very deed, then the city will' be run upon n business basis. Wliut is a business man? ' 1 may dlUcr with some men In regal re-gal d to tho Interpretation or the previous pre-vious question. A person or the get rich quick style, no matter' how you get it, is not to my mind, a profitable business man to be trusted by the public, because he Is more or u grafter graft-er than a business man. He cannot be trusted. Ho Is not truthful.' He Is a liar and a deceiver. And whaV education educa-tion nnd true business principles be hns acquired In his earlier life'' he has polluted ,ond turned In 11 channel of robbery anj graft. He steals rrom the uetir fuuiiu 10 ueueui anu nggianuise himself. Such men are u law unto themselves. From all such, when we choose commissioners to manage our city affairs, let us turn nw'tiy'. Watch them. They will be comlng"'around soon shaking hands with you and feeding you graciously on political tarry. Flee rrom them. '' Then wo have another class, that are only consumers In the strictest sense or the term. They never work, they never produce anything by their labor or skill, they walk the streets rrom morning till nigh, and Satan like ,nre continually "'Becking whom they may devour. The never own u dollnr, yet they nro nevuv without with-out money, they borrow rrom Peter to pay Paul. They Jump Into any kind o( a scheme thnt Is presented to them, by the get rich quick growers', ,ano wherever they rind n man or woman who has saved up a tew dollars they hold up such a beautiful picture of their schemes to them, 'and they nro so kind and brotherly that they rieeco their friends and neighbors of their hard earnings, sometimes knowing know-ing rull well that said schemes will bring no returns. This class are also peanut politicians. They will soon bo seen upon our streets buttonholing every ev-ery man they think they hnvu a spark of Influence with, because they wnnt some political pie. '" Wo must shun such, as we 'would the poisonous reptile; they appear to the peoplo as reformers; they come In sheep's clothing, but Inwardly they are poisonous vipers. If wo wnnt to prosper lit our municipal munici-pal affairs, we must seek out good, honorable, truthful and honest business busi-ness men to bundle the city affairs. Ilentemher that the class of men we Want does not go hunting or begging for positions, they are busy, they have always something to do; as a rule they hnvu to bu labored with to get them to nccept a public position. We have several such men. Let us bo wlie, shuii evil and choose that which Is good. Let us say good by to al! peanut politicians. Let all honorable citizens rise up In tho majesty of their citizenship nnd rid the political arena from nil such nnd when tho time comes for us to chose our commissioners, com-missioners, let us choose such mei(, and such only, that we havo Implicit conridonce In; men that we would willingly trust with our own personal nlfalrs. Men that, If wo were engaged In some great financial cntcrinise wp would be willing to engage nt a good salary to manage said enterprise, then and not 'til then will our city pros-por, pros-por, and be nblo to pay off Its.lndobt-edness, Its.lndobt-edness, and make all necessary "lm-pioveinents. "lm-pioveinents. -Then the ofHdal duties of our ..!...... n ,., ...... t.i.wpun it--iii-puuitiiiYi'H win 00 performed per-formed with dignity; no klddlsh squubbln will bo indulged In. rrs tho Democrats hnvo done and tholr dollb-orntlons dollb-orntlons vylll not bo a hiss or a by. word, ns the Ucmocrnts havo forced upon us, llut their actions will bo honorablu nnd dignified, because thoy inre business men and .do not stoop to irtlcipnto m nny low or disgraceful nrj, such ns hns ofttlmes occurred 'nrqong tho low1 grade peanut iolltl-I iolltl-I clans. -1 . ' ; .. Jt remains wjth the. good .pcoplc-oJ. this city, to .cliooae.Xetns bo wise. Let us ponder well" over the situation nnl choose that which Is good, not only forus, bpfirinjl Hat;come nmone us:A lasVnVlfe 6rLhe, shy.eft are ftlrcadr planning' to capture the city, so be on your guard. .. TAXPAYEIL |