Show odden POLITICS for the benefit ot our THE STANDARD rives a little history of ogden politics which every voter should become familiar with in 1590 the liberal had control of the city administration and at the election in the spring ot 1891 the people turned the liberals down and elected a ticket with W II 11 as mayor this nonpar non par tian administration carried things with uch a baeb haca hat it bonded the city of ogden to its full limit and left a floating debt in addition and so extravagant waa this non partisan administration anat the people of ogdan notwithstanding the fact that the liberal party had cone oat of existence in almost every other city in the territory triumphantly placed the last remnant ot the old liberal party in power again with R 0 lundy aa mayor owing to the fact that the liberal baity was dy bog and that the ogden election was that last victory there was no longer a party behind the then city administration the found the city bonded to it its full limit but rot that fact they kept up the extravagant expenditure outlined by the nonpartisan non partisan administration so that in one year this last liberal rule ran the floating debt up to the legislature passed a law ousting thia liberal administration from office the people were bow in dead earnest they wanted no more officials without a party at their back eo that in the fall of 1893 the and republican parties put up their tickets and te people selected the best men from the two tickets and the following city council was selected I 1 L blaik wm parrell john wat ion W F adams G B adams H H spencer john Iid cock A E fa ibson joseph harrop and howard carpenter appointed the gentlemen comprising this city council were the first to be elected in on pure party alices this council had of floating debt as a legacy left by the nonpartisan non partisan and liberal rule with the city running be eliod year this partisan council at once reduced the expenses of our city and so well did they conduct ho biye that when they turned he city over to the present city council he debt ass reduced to about having paid all the expenses 0 the city and of the nonpartisan KON PARTISAN DEBT the present city council consists of he following gentlemen all elected on be republican and democratic tickets dr E M conroy I 1 M ard hill G W jones bishop jamea taylor M L jonesie Jon esIL 0 S P ash and T E browning thia council starlei in with a debt of about left over by the last city council which bad come down to them from the non partisan counce coun cl the present council is strictly partisan and like the council before that is a body of politics up to the present time they have paid about of the old nonpartisan KON PARTISAN debt paid all the expenses and reduced tho floating debt and in addition re deuced the peoples taxes one tenth in the name of common benee why is a nonpartisan non partisan election demanded in den with ibe record 0 our partisan parti ean before as a people eay we want a reform administration what do you want to reform the methods of alie alst two city councils what can you derogatory deroza tory of the present and last city council of ogdan there a nothing bat for their li end economy it there is to be a nonpartisan non partisan election then us elect the present city mayor recorder fr and councilmen oh but here the goldbon Gold boj republicans kick and eay we are tho oil nonpartisan non partisan fellows thit is it exactly the gold boss want the they cannot get them on a gold buz ticket hence they wanto sneak la on a non partisan deal kot this year gentlemen there brea few gentlemen who advocate nonpartisan non partisan chip from a pure and elnah motive but the great the nonpartisan non partisan people are the gold bug no THE wants it dl j understood that in opp oan this movement TUB does not bind itself to the cadee of any party THE ia strictly independent and will support the beet men dominated but we want a political party back of each nominee for office we doubt very much it the people livine in olden today will ever consent to another KON partisan election in this city the preveat citizens cit izena of ogden have a half dollar debt hanging over their city as a reminder of the fiill aud last successful non parlieen election |