The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-24
TIE WARD CONVENTIONS.

THE HERALD expects all Democratic vot-
ers in the city will attend the conventions
in their respective municipal wards on
Tuesday evening. 1t is important that
they should go there end actively partic-
pate in the selection OF men TO represent
them in the council during the coming
term. Whether or not the nominees shall
be elected, it is highly important that good
men shall be designated as an earnest ana
guarantee CT what the Democracy want TO
do, ana would do if they had the power.
And with a splendid ticket containing only
the names of able and irreproachable men
in whom everybody has confidence,
why may we not in confidence
look for victory in February!
Two years of the toughest rule
with which any reputable city was ever
afflicted have Disguised great many citi-
zens who have lately been calling out loud
ly for change. Property-owners realize
how terrible has been the infection and
what severe blow has been struck TO the
reputation and prosperity of the city,by the
awful misrule which has been upon it.
For two years good people have lived in
constant terror, afraid to so upon the
streets after nightfsll, and being under the
necessity of carefully boiling and barring
their doors and windows against the toughs
and the lawless element enticed hither by
! the lax and incompetent administration of
the law. Not only have people been unsafe
in the matter of their persons, but their
property has excited the greed Of the city
hall crowd, which has raised the taxes 400
per cent, and spent two million dollars of
the peoples money, for which little or
nothing in return can be exhibited. II
ever municipality were cursed with ircom-
potency and corruption in administration.
! Salt Lake has been so afflicted during the
past two years.
| To-day the outlook for the city is indeed
gloomy, unless the people shall go to their
own rescue. The corporation indebted
ness has almost reached the limit allowed
! by law, so that the interest charge here.
| after will consume a considerable portion
of the revenue and make taxes necessarily
high. Contracts have been entered into
| and improvements undertaken which viii
involve vast sums of money to be paid by
people whose property has been greatly de
preciated in value by the extravaganza auC
misrule of the retiring administration
The ablest and best men in the community
would have difficulty during the coming
term in preventing a collapse in the city
government without increasing the taxes
beyond the point of endurance by the OBJ
pressed people.
The situation is grave in the extreme
but it will become worse unless the people
rally to the relief. The party now in con
troll is seeking to perpetuate its power. The
same old bosses are manipulating things
employing the same old dlsreputablt
methods, and using the same old materia
with which to do battle Corruption il
the handspring of it all. The primaries
lust held tell the story Of who is managin.
and give notice that the misrule of the pas
will be continued if those in control Of III,
Liberal party can have their way. 1t il
for the honest voters; for the men VIII,
own property and who want to live il
peace and safety to say whether or not tn,
city has been long enough afflicted
whether or net the town has been brough
close enough to the brink Of ruin. We be
lieve they will speak out on election day
and drive the corporations enemies to tn
, rear The way to induce tn
decent people to Go this is TO
, the Democrats to nominate to offic
men whose honesty, integrity an
ability are conceded, and in whom all vii
feel confidence. There are plenty of sue