Show from the 3 THE TWO PARTIES shall the beeady wio policy which has marked the acts of our inn officers the past and invest another par lylia ing a new policy and new men with alo management 0 our affairs will the material welfare of our city bo retarded by supporting and reinstating the old or enhanced by ourselves and our interests into the control of the new Is it wisdom to ili acard at a critical moment prudent and faithful servants whose leies leavo been characterized by aej sagacity and tal talo o up with others who profess a now way of promoting our welfare but are untried except in theory did any good ever come of an attempt to swap horses in the middle of the will the ascendancy of lie liberal party make ogden city more prosperous and more happy than she would bo if the government were left with the peoples party these are alie questions of they squarely confront the citizens of orden and they will have to be publicly answered in a few days by the voters in the manner provided by law tor the answering of all questions which affect the common weal since the last election great cli angea have been witnessed in the junction city it is admitted that last ear real estate increased on an average one hundred per cent in value it Is stated that within the last three months property in some localities has increased an additional fifty per cent within the next three it will in all make another climb men of foresight leave begun to realize that the advantages here possessed the growth and importance of the city are assured it requires no prophetic eye it needs no over san guine mind to assist business men to see that alie broad foundations of a metropolis are laid and that commerce litre must find a favorite seat our position has become better known and the infallible result above referred to has followed the knowledge As we become detill better known more won gerful results still will follow no one is BO absurd as to claim that the business improvement in lie last two years was owing to the fact that alie liberals nearly carried alie last election we have tried to show and ever body of sense must I 1 cable to see that local politics had little to do with it yet we frequently hear the boast eliat real prosperity will commence only w hen there comes a change in abo government of the city the claim is as absurd as the oilier would te ogden cannot but thrive under any government so long aa it is not absolutely corrupt the peoples party do not pretend that they mada alie boom alie liberals cannot de dare that they alone can maintain it po far as business from the outside i concerned therefore a change control could cause little permanent or material difference but this is merely one of the points involved in alie contest and is alluded to in reply to the statement eliat should alie liberal ticket win he value ot property w immediately jump up fifty or a hundred wr cent in farther answer it may be said atiat apart from alie natural and commercial advantages which ogden possesses one fact has undoubtedly imparted much security and confidence to moneyed men from abroad this is that taxes are and always have been low it lias been a cardinal principle wibb the party in power eliat these burdens be of the lightest possible character the cites aunda have been frugally handled there have been DO high salaries to pay and no losses through waste or extravagance to the men who have within the twelvemonth brought their thousands and acores of tho uganda of doll lira here he importance of this allowing cannot be estimated they appreciate the security which the cautious conservative course of past municipal authorities enables our city to offer and the proverbial timidity of capital has in a great measure been overcome As the day draws near for the biennial election the interest in the issues to be decided deepens there are radical differences and no voter to the polls undecided as to alie course he desires to see pursued great energy is being shown on both sides and vigorous campaign work is being done in the midst of it all a gratifying feature is that personalities seem by mutual consent to have been eliminated |