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Show SHOULD THE PEOPLE CRITICISE? An apologist for thc eii administration says the people should go to sleep and let the commissioners run the city in their own way. without criticism or an accounting. When Rip Van Winkle awoke after bib long sleep, even his faithful dog did not know him. If the people of Ogden were to follow fol-low the advice of a soporific, when they came out of the mental haze they would neither know their "dawg" nor their city. This standpat theory of government, which tolerates no watchfulness watch-fulness on thc part of the people as to the stewardship of public officials, has given to our cities that which has scandalized over half the city administrations of this country. We have no quarrel with our city officials. They, no doubt, are doing their best, but their judgment may be at fault and they may make mistakes Whenever they fall short in their duties, every citizen is obliged to register a protest and to demand a change. The commissioners themselves should welcome public criticism as a guide to a successful, satisfactory, capable administration of public affairs |