The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-07
HEBER WELLS
Why lie Should Be
Mayor.
HIS MANLY ADDRESS
And His Familiarity with the
Requirements
OF THIS BEAUTIFUL INLAND CITY
lie Believes that the Condition of a Territory
Is One OF Yassalage Relic OF
Colonial Bondage.

nosl Oh GOOD Republicans. Time was-and
only few short months ago-tbat our
meetings and especially those in the vari-
Gus precincts. might have been easily held
IN street car; now when eur cohorts as
SemDle there Is scarcely building in the
Guy large enough to contain u.s. This
should, and does give US Joy 1t shows
1nat INQUEST effort to establish here in this
oenlghted city the principles of true Re-
/ puDllcanlsm are being appreciated by an
intelligent people and that slowly but
surely the leaven is working that VIII re-
deem our city from the misrule of LIBERAL
ism ana place her in the procession of pro-
gress, abreast of Omaha, Denver. Los
! angeles and Portland. Indeed, why should
we not be In advance of all these citiesl
| Have we not more natural advantages than
any OF them! In the hills surrounding US
a wealth OF hidden treasures waiting onIv
I 10 De uncovered, 10 sparkle and make theiS
hnders rich. In the valleys rich and fruit.
iul SOL, some of 1t already titled Oy thrifty
J farmers, but great yawniug tracts still
waiting to be irrigated and cultivated and
forced 10 yield lis abb ndance for the sup
port OF happy homes. Under the soil of
our valleys great surging volcanoes of gas
waiting TO be utilized for power, light and
heating. a great lake by our slde-ar
once the wonder and admiration of the
world-waiting for afflicted and decrepis
fasteners and dyspeptlc foreign lords tc
come, camp upon her white beach, and to
oathe IN her magic waters and be healed
waiting also, stralning her sparkling ewes
Tor the summer resort, girls With their
launty hats and bright ribbons, and the
sturdy oarsmen with their swift canoes
In the heart OF our city acres of unoccu-
pied land waiting for good people TO come
and settle upon it and help to build I'D
/ glorious commonwealth, and lastly, only
/ block removed, a city hall waiting for
republican administration to assume the
reins of government and transform ths
picture into great, tbrCbbing, surging in
| ter-mountain metropolis
1t Is quite usual, | believe, and perhaps
proper, for candidates who are nominated
to Office, no matter whether they expect to
DE elected or not, to define their position
! with reGard to the issues Of the campaign
and to assert their policy for the future.
! In the first place let me say | am proud
OF the honor OF being your candidate-tha
/ nrsJ HepunhCRu nominee for mayor Of
/ Salt Lake City. To me this is a distinction
perhaps not merited, but none the less
| sincerely appreciated. l love this city. for
the reason, greater than all others, that
VAS born in it, L have watched the vari-
| Gus stages of its development from a little
village TO a great mid land city with all the
| fOndness of native son.
| will tell you some of the things that wa
| Republicans viii do when we take our
seats, and that we would like to see done
l "ASIACA VIC bdh6 lAtul Ut not a Dill Is
| pending before the Legislature which, il
passed, will make Of our city what il
/ termed IN the bill city of the ''metropol-
| ltan Glass;" and the city's present powers
| and Importance will thereby be very
| greatly extended all of which is very de-
sirabLe. One of the features of this bill
! is that the city shall be redlstricted. / am
| impressed that this division into new dis
/ tricts may be done in either of two ways
! either with reference TO population and
| compaCtness, which is the honest and con-
sequently tue Republican way, or it may
! be done with reference to politics and con-
/ sequentiy the un-ReDublican way. Let
| the redistriCtlng be carefully and iu-
diciously arranged and no attempt at ger
| rymandering.
| The Republican party is the party OF
| progress and 1t will therefore be its es-
peclal care to push all public improvements
as rapidly as possible waterworks to all
inhabited parts of the city, sewerage
throughout the thickly settled portions.
street. pavements in the business centre
and macadamlzed roads in all Travelled dis
tricts
| But let not any local Improvement be
made and paid for out of the general fund.
Let local tax be levied upon the property
benefited and let it not be said by citizens
of the First ward that they are being taxed
TO death to build Taterworks for dry
bench boomers.
| The Republicans in the city council will
see to it that the rate per cent for general
taxation is kept as low as possible consist
ent with good and progressive government
yet will endeavor TO calculate the citv'S
needs well enough to insure that city bonds
may not have to De sold TO defray the CON
singeDt expenses of the city. Let US hope
moreover, the Republican assessor and coll
| lector Of taxes will be paid proper salary
for his services and not q percentage Of
/ the as
In this way equivalent to giving the as
SCISSOR a bonus to Cypress the people
AS Republicans believe in America for
| Americans, so will the Republican CITY
council believe in Salt Lake for Salt
Lakers. ana so far as possible they will
see 10 IL that home materials are used in
public work, and that first, last and always
home work shall 90 TO the folks al home
The street pavements ought to be made OF
U tab stOne-it is better than any other
and of Utah asphalt, the sidewalks OF Utah
cement and the work be done by contract
to the lowest resi- onsible bidder, IL being
always an uuwritten law that all other
conditions being equal, the home contractor
should be given the preference. l con-
ceive this TO be part of the Republican
principle of protection, and believe that
SUCH an example, If set by the municipal
government, would be followed by citizens,
and its influence felt for the DEVELOPMENT
OF home industries and the consumption Of
home products, so that in time that coveted
attainment of self-sustenance would be
reached, so necessary to permanent pros-
perity and financial Independence. To IL
| lustrate my idea l am informed there is a
| small lead pipe works in cur city that
turns out very good article. Let this
/ pipe be used in connection with the water
works.
| A very desirable article of brick is man.
ufaotured here. Let it be given the prefer
| ence in the city and county buiIding-in
case that edifce should ever emerge above
| the foundation.
| The Republicans are on the side of law
and order. Speaking for myself I believe
| the LIQUOR traffic cannot be better re-
strained and regulated than by high H.
cense and rigorous restrictions, as the law
now provides, but in the name OF human
! ity and responsibility and common deceucy
let that law be enforced. Saloons should
be closed up on the Sabbath day and the
ordinance for the suppression OF ambling,
prostitution, theatrical dives, opium smok-
ing and all kindred lawlessness aud vice
should be vigorously enforced.
| am inclined to the belief that for raa-
sons all his own my Liberal CO nominee will
not have much TO say on the subject.
These are some Of the things the Republic
cans are going to do in this city-if nos
! now, as the william says in the play s'tha
time will come"
There is one thing that ought to be i'm
pressed on the minds of our voters, and that
is if they are sincere in their belief of their
| Republican doctrine, let them vote the Re-
publican ticket, let no Democratic wolf in
sleeps clothing come to you and by cum
ming sophistry convince you that this time
or at any time, it will be proper for you to
| vote the wrong ticket We are bOmbar