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Show FRANK FRANCIS OUTLINES HIS CANDIDACY FOR MAYOR AND TOUCHES ON A FEW PRINCIPLES Having been waited on by a eom-i imlttee rast evening. Frank Francis, 'editor of the Standard, authorized the I announcement that he Is a candidate I for th office of mayor, and if nomi rated and elected, will give (he best that is in him to the promoting of e'ean government and the making of an efficient city administration. Mr Francis has heen preaching the necessity of calling on government experts ex-perts to give iheir technical advice in KUicilng city impro ements, such as asphalt paving and extensive sewer changes, and, if he were elected, would look in that direction for helpful advice, ad-vice, as the government Is eagerly reaching out to assist in just that way Contractors, too often, dislike too much Hshf thrown on their work, but .public affairs cannot be too thoroughly thorough-ly Illuminated. Mr. Francis also has been an ardent (advocate for years past of a municipal lighting plant, either a distributing system, or both a distributing system and power plant combined, such as the finances of the city might warrant, ; nd what he has seen in central Utah on his late 'trip has confirmed him in his conviction of the benefits to be derived from an electric system. Taxes are creeping higher and higher, high-er, and he says the city, with great J financial credit and resources, should do as would an individual similarly! Mortified, whose expenditures were ex Iceeding his revenues The ndlvldunl .ould take note of his available assets r.nd seek to create out of his credits, more sources of income So wiih Ogden, a city of wealth, at present, possessed of a waterworks which is J piofitable. Other public utilities should h" annexed to relieve the strain of I constantly increasing taxation. On big problems of this kind, the solid men of the community should be con-: con-: ulied by being invited to give their iews. Mr Francis believes in taking the people into his ronfidence. He is for public improvements in Keeping with the demands of me times, and would urge the necessity ol gden. in paving and other advanee-ments, advanee-ments, keeping pace with cities of equal importance, though always mind ful ot the interests of abutting prop i rty owners. He would be unalterably opposed to discrimination In the enforcing en-forcing of the law. Rich and poor would receive tho same treatment He says i he police and fire department should be reorganized, strengthened and, if possible, placed on a civil ser-vice ser-vice basis, so that chiefs of police and fire chiefs, instead of being the products of clever political manipuls tlons, might develop from the ranks of experience and efficiency, as a reward re-ward for faithful service. Mr. Francis never has lent himsolf to machine politics, nor has he bowvd down to clique or class. If he goes info offieo, he will do so without pledges, without claquers or ward-healero. He will be free to select h id of departments purely on merit, without regard to politics or pull. |