Show THE n COMING ELECTIONS ELE we are shortly to lave have an elce tio nirOn nitOn the tile twelfth day of feb teb arlly to tb the polls to vote borau n T ic ipa I officers to serve this community for two yeara years our citizens are becoming thoughtful and inquisitive on this subject this is natural and this is right it is not only a constitutional but it is their duty to say what kind of men hall shall make laws or city ordinances to which they shall subscribe for the next twenty four months ensuing after the of february 1883 it is the right and duty of those and will exercise thesus the suffrage to know something of the history character standing and moral status of those they elect to fill important positions in this gro grow irva L i ing municipality the offices should seek the men inen to fill them the office seek seekers ars if anyce hn yaw h ave e should be given the I cold shoulder rl they usually lu turn r ou gutic W lo 10 il bo self selfa a aggrandizing randii ing men who will sacrifice the best interests of the community to secure and promote their own selfish elfish aims they turn out usually to be corrupt incompetent timeserving time servi serving g policy men raili we W ado io not want them Ogden City requires for municipal officers men of intelligence experience integrity and virtue men ablo able to mould if it need he be our destiny men who are arc honest who will be trudo t their and n A who will act with fearlessness and candor men who know the history and understand the needs of tho people and anti will labor r faithfully to supply those needs we need men man who will not be bound by rings cliques nor factions eions but blit who are ure men of the whole A people cale men whose whom interests are identified with those of the community in which the they y reside the human buman conditions of either national state stat or municipal welfare gron growth jtb and stability are grounded in intelligence and virtue and we consider whatever is more or leu less than these cometh of evil a f we do not expect cx hect men to be perfect or to be special models for all other r ind in municipalities cities but we do cx ex peet to see men fill those positions who will legislate for the comfort and happiness of the people who place them in position these officers always remembering that they hold their just powers from the consent of the governed who will surely watch the disposition they make of the authority xvi with th which they will bo be invested the interests of our rapidly growing in citraro city are becoming daily too mul ti far bout and important to be entrusted Ir trusted rusted to persons who would either trifled with them or who cannot appreciate their true weight and value in such hands they would give us men of wi temperance sound and mat matured ared judgment men of economy but not of penuriousness mon men of rectitude who are imbued as far as poa pos sible with a sense of justice and a lovo love of equal rights to all we have not been led to these remarks because we nye have any rez re elections ac ions to cast upon past or pr present besent municipal authorities on the c con on arary tm r y we respect r pec e them and at the proper time we expect to have something to say in relation to their administration but our remarks here have been suggested by the critical circumstances which sur roundup roun roud dus duz and the efforts that have been made and will again be made to wrest the city government from those to whom it ri rightfully belongs th the majority who have made it hence no citizen who as far as its lie 13 is known docs does not reflect the M in eleand virtues of the people should ber elected to any of the municipal positions in the gift of the citizens of ogden abroad the people often elect to office unworthy and selfish representatives r i and we believe this to bo be the cause of fio 60 fraud defalcation and general malfeasance in public offices at it the present day thus far we have been able to steer steer clear of these misfortunes and evils let us Coutin uc ile to do ao so by remembering that the price of our our safety is continued vigilance and discernment on monday next neat the instant primaries willbe ft ill bo held in tho various wa wards ads of tb this is ci city ty at ab which i ell delegates will bo elected to attend a convention of the peopled peoples party to be held in the court house in this city fur for the purpose of framing a ticket to be voted for at the election which will be held on the of next month this it will be perceived is a new departure and is made with a view ica to harmonize and facilitate the interests of the peoples party in this matter wo ive liepe all who possesses the franchise and expect to exercise it will familiarize themselves with the details in the tile notice published elsewhere by tho the central committee and be able at the proper time and piece place to act intelligently advisedly not with a view to the admiration of mens persons but their virtues and fitness to fill the positions to which their suffrage may cuorato them |