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Show HAVE YOU CONFIDENCE IN THE NON-PARTISAN COMM IT T E E? Some Suspicious Set at Rest. The Story of -) The Movement " Who Is back ' or tho Non-l'nulsan mocment4 What la tho object of, these men In working for tho Non-l'artlsnn Non-l'artlsnn candidates? The voters of Logan who tins asking ask-ing these questions deserve n straight-forward straight-forward answer. Ann nn answer Is easily given. Tho ten men whoso names appear as tho Citizen's Non-Partisan Committee Commit-tee woto chosen by tho chairman of the open mass meeting ot ci'leiia which nominated tho Non-1'arttsan candidates, In obedience to tho formal action of that meeting. Rut It Is necessary to go n little intther biicli. After tho action of tha last leg lulature In providing a commission form of government for Login, mmiy cltlciiH felt that tho spirit of the lnw ought to be enrried out and thai, tho candidates for the ofrices of commissioner commis-sioner should bo brought forward by some means other than regular party action, that being the object of Iho law. Two or three of our citizens n particular who had been considering the matter, lelt that unless somnrhlng were cli no to nwaken public i'r4 cm. and oicuio candidates who would be ro-iiv'e)iuiHvi' of tho whole city, the right men vould not come forwwl of their own accord. So, acting on tholr own initiative, theso men nsked u dozen doz-en or fifteen prominent men ot Lognn members of both political parties and ''itorestod in the 'Avelfure and projj'tta of the city, to meet together and consider con-sider how somo good men could bo persuaded to become candidates for t'io city otficps. These men met and, nfier nddlng a doyen more to th committee com-mittee to get further coiuwcl, decided that tho best way to carry out tho rplrit of the law and secure ;ood candidates can-didates who would Lo worthy representatives repre-sentatives of the- people wns to put tho wholo matter up to the peonla themselves In a mass meeting. Tho signatures of upwards of 100 representative repre-sentative citizens of all political faith) were quickly secured calling upon tho citizens to meet In Nlbley Hall In accordance ac-cordance with tho-plan and name tho men they wanted to have In offico. The mooting wns held( as has been lecorded In tho papers, nnd was at-(tended at-(tended by from 150 to 200 citizens, JThe meeting decided upon Its own method of procedure, which wns to )n e each - person wrlto on a ballot the names of four men ho would like to havo In the city ofrices; the names thus presented woro to bo posted on iL'blnakboaid and then be ballotted-on until a majority united on somo ono man for each office. In accordance with that method over eighty names were nt first presented, and from them nftir many ballots, candidates were Relucted. Since none or tho men thus selected had been consulted on the matter and It wns not known whether they would consent to become be-come cnndldates, tho meeting then authorized au-thorized tho chairman to appoint a committee or ten to secure the signature signa-ture necessary to tho candidates petitions pe-titions nnd to fill nny vacancies thnt might occur If those mimed were un- 1 able to run for tho ofrices. After con- II Bultatlon, the chairman appointed tho committee authorized, striving to make It as representative ns posslhlo in every sonso of the word, so that it might have the confidence of every Logan citizen. TheBo uro tho names so appointed; Fred W. Crockett, CM. ltarris, A. G. Lundstrom, J. H. Shop-aid, Shop-aid, fleo. P. Thatcher, J. W. Morrcll, D C. Uudge, T. LeRoy Cordon, N. M. Hansen, Lon J, Hnddpck. It will bo ' noted that they arc mcii of both political po-litical parties; bankers, professional men, nnd various kinds or business men; men, In a "word heavily interested inter-ested In all sldeB ofoLogan's material weirare, and theretorc anxious ,to seo In orrice commissioners who would be able nnd willing to manage Logan "a important civic affairs in a sound and progressive way. These men aro on tho committee, then, not of their own desire, but In response to ,the. lnvlta tlou of tho citizens, only four out of tho ten having been concerned lu tho Informal gatherings thnt proceeded tho mass meeting. The object of tliese men In working b for the non-part'san candidates can F he stated In oven more, djrect trms. Thny me anxious to havo Ihe spirit ot tho legislature's law carried out and the city election removed fiom partisan control, and have been reaOy to muUo the personal sacrifices necessary ne-cessary to bring thnt about when cal led upon by tho citizens to do so. Thoy as well as otheis, havo recognized recog-nized the blighting efrcct on tho m.i-teilal m.i-teilal prosperity ot Logun that tho partisan bickerings of the past havo ontnllcd, and wish to do their pmt to bring In n better state of affairs, 'I hey nil maintain their loyalty to their own M party principles nnd believe that tho jJMX truest loyalty consists In helping to HB keep those panics fiom dragging 3fl their high psinclples In the dirt or fl petty party strirr wliere no real prln H ciples. "Is involvod. They bollevo Ihnt B inc.. I'honhl he cnoson ns city ofticers fl who will lo responsible not to nnv H party or clique, but to tho people B alone, nnd that tliorc-rore evory erfort fl to bring in such a Non-1'artlsan gov I ernment should bo made. Thus It Is B that theso men, who aro held togcth B er simply by tho cojnmon desire for fl nn efficient city administration nnd fl wish for nothing further, nro ready to I give tholr time to the cause and ni- fl peal to the voters or Logan to rally fl tolhe-suppoit ot-n movement that B carries with It tho only sound guar- B nntce of good government. B |