The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-12

! lest in tine conduct Of their private af-
| fairs. why then we should all Join in
! q petition to have cur city charter re-
| volSedr the city declared q, reserv ION
and am agent. sent here to handle its
| savage tribes.
The Tribune cannot point to a single
! city in the United States where all that
it says can be done by a nom partisan
| government in this city has been done
by a nom partisan city government 1t
may cite Seth Lows adTnirlistrattc in
Brooklyn and Colonel strong's- in New
York and even the one in this city,
still it's example would not bear cut it's
assertion.
# it is said that candidates for the
various offices cannot be selected from
tl1ose Who are adherents of one Ct the
rational parties whose characters woa d
be a guarantee that. il elected. they
would firmly live up to the expecta-
tons Of their constituents. the answer
is that our civilization and system of
party government are a failure. and we
ought TO find out the fact as speedily as
possible
If enough men, in this city, cannot be
selected from either the Democratic or
Republican party to fin the various Of
fees, who, when named, Will carry in
slant conviction that the city's affairs
VIII, in their hands, be absolutely safe,
and that they viii be administered with
that wisdom, prudence, economy and
integrity that high-minded men mani
fest in the conduct of their own af-
fairs, why then we should all join in
a petition to have our city charter re-
voked, the city declared a reservation
and an agent sent here to handle its
savage tribes.
No one doubts that such a non-par-
tisan ticket as our contemporary de-
scrfbes could easily be named in this
city. but no one who has any faith in
the American system of party govern
nlent doubts for a single moment that
ticket in every way supplying the
qualifications that our contemporary
points out can be named by either the
Democratic or Republican party. The
administration of the affairs Of this
city is an no sense any more of a,
business proposition dhan is the admin
istration of the affairs of this county.
And are not the Democratic officials of
Salt Lake county giving it a business
Ike administration in every respect?
Expenses have been reduced something
like DO per cent below what tGley were
under the Republican administration
that the Tribune never tired Of praising
and commencing to the people as a
model of all the virtues. If the Demo-
Gratis can give the county such an adj
ministration as they are NOW giving it,
what is to prevent them giving the
city the same kind of an adgninistra-
tion?
The arguments that apply to non
partisans(hip in municipal affairs apply
to on-partisanship in county and state
affairs equally as Well. If mayors and
city councillors and other municipal of
fcers can be elected as non pa17tisans,
Why cannot governors. secretaries of
| state, supreme and district judges and
all others. save the congressman and
members Of the legislature. who really
decide what line of policy the state
shall pursue. and Who elect United
States senators that vote On the policy
of the general government, be elected as
/ -partisans?
If nun-p artisanship is good in munich
pal affairs, it is good in county and
state affairs. On the other hand, if
party government is essential in state
and county affairs. it is likewise essen
5i5I i'm CIV 5ffairS IF Marty Sr1Uar71r1e11t
is a failure in city affairs, it is a failure
| in state affairs. 1t should also be
| borne in mind that the failure of a
party is not the failure of party govern
mert