Show FROM BAD BID TO WORSE 11 one correspondent at least falio is not lot proud of the liberal record editors tun STANDARD TUB STANDARD is 18 the representative paper ol 01 ogden it has protected and p promoted the best interests of ogden and of her people of every political cal belief in ita its columns we always look for a full and free discus discussion alon of every question that affects the welfare and prosperity of this community if any political or financial scheme is proposed it is discussed by TUB tur STANDARD it is analyzed and dissected and the conclusions of lozie re alting are found to be correct we naturally look to TUB STANDARD for a popular expression of the wi will I 1 of the people no matter how much we may differ as individuals in the domain of belief or mere opinion we are all agreda agreed tb that a t under our form of government the people alethe are the sovereign power this h is accepted by all as a theory but seldom carried out practically the basis of our free institutions is 3 popular representation or primarily individual representation individual independence in politics should be the doctrine of every good citizen of this republic old parties long in power become corrupt so do new one sometimes judging by our own experience to guar guard ri against this political corruption each individual should be independent enough to purify the political fountain so far as be Is concerned if it the fountain is pure puro the stream will bear witness to the purity of its source the writer is a liberal pronounced and uncompromising on the question of politics as re it existed heretofore in ogden he ile believed that the peoples party was dominated and controlled by the theocracy that on one mans word was law in a community or a territory under the rule of the peoples party party 1 he 1 0 believes it a dangerous do doctrine alne f for 0 r the members of any church to ito band together in a political capacity it Is disastrous alike like to t the he members of a church and to those who oppose thorn them if the members of the church outnumber their opponents in a community comm commini uniT y the in minority minority are doomed to political politics sla slavery V II 11 I 1 the reverse is the case the members of the church can never hope to rise above the common mon w walks alks of life how many ale presidents of the united states would have ever risen to the highest office in the gift of the people it if they had bad watched for the votes of the members of the churches to which th they ey respectively adhered and h bat at would have bave been the political death of those whose names were n not ot enrolled on the records ef so some m e church registry 7 well some of us opposed the peoples party because w believed the basis bd of political structure was and is false we affiliated with the liberal paty because we believed it right to stamp out the doctrine that a church may run a party we cried down the d doctrine oct ine of priestly rule in tem temporal oral matters we protested test e d against sectarianism in t tha lis pub public all ic schools against a church abs absorbing abing all the substance of the people and against many other doctrines sustained and upheld by the peoples party we have forced many an unwilling concession from the I 1 party arty that has BO so many years held undisputed supremacy here bere and yet after nes nearly all our demands have been c conceded once 12 dandee and we leave achieved a eplen splendid did victory we are confronted even in our own ranks with evils as mons monstrous irons and corrupting as those w we D sought ht t to destroy the manipulations of the liberal political machine ia Is a disgrace to the name of liberal notice is given that primaries will be held at certain places at certain times for certain purposes we call at the said place at the said time for the purpose of depositing a ballot that has already been prepared for us and like good liberals we are sup supposed eed to accept things thing sas as they haneen have been fixed tor for us and ask no questions ions they call it a primary prim ry questions but guest ut the name is a misnamed mis namer it IS is a secondary the jurima primary ry bad had convened before the time a stated th the ticket was made up at the club in committee or in the saloon of course the rank and file the time even if they had the inclination to dive into the hidden mysteries of the previous primary we are not supposed to know the men who have done yeoman service and are deserving donel 0 of recognition and preferment at the hands of the party the very doctrine we fought BO so persistently to overthrow when hen practiced by the priesthood we are now having practiced iced onus on us by our own officious leaders rs as if we as american citizens were not capable of selecting our own representatives at ht our own p primaries r im fee not there ne need e d b be e no mistake about the word primary nor the purpose of it in a political sense it is for or th the individual in members embers of a party arty to come together and have a free re 0 fulland full and complete discussion as to 0 their private views and to select the lie men of their choice to represent them and do their bidding but says one yon do not have to vole vote the ticket we prepared get one of your own ill 1 Is that an intelligent answer let ev every er y man get a ticket of his own and w what h t is the result confusion 1 what we want is intelligent and united action with the common consent which can only be had bad by holding a primary as a primary not pe condary T then t en the administration of public affairs affair has that been the voice of ta the is people Is everybody every body satisfied eatie fied with the result what has bas been done to involve the people in debt everything been an expense 7 offices have been created ednee salaries laries have been doubled for certain officials it has been a lavi lavish a h expenditure oi of money no economy bills paid or promised ed to be paid by by a draft that nt draw regardless ol 01 whether the bills were right or wrong franchises gran granted ted taxes trebled public improvements started without regard to consequences and all working the greatest hardships on the people the machine has run wild ild itis like an engine without a governor or a sh chip P W without phout a rudder the people are on board a vessel th that a t has been tossed by a terrific storm and as the calm has come just before lion select t they ay must lake take their hearings a and nd select a captain and a crew tb that at will r ill man the ship of ogdena city government with unerring skill and w with ith a determination to guide her safely and smoothly across the high beai real to prosperity and fame |