Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-01
THE BATTLE TOMORROW
CHAIRMAN GAMES CAREFUL ESTIMATE,


Tomorrow's election will determine
who will administer the affairs
affairs of this city for the next two
years, beginning Jan. 1, 1897. Shall
partisanism and the spoils system con-
tinue to obtain, or will retrenchment
and reform be victorious? This ques-
tion is one that the people are pre-
pairing to answer. According to claims
of the chairmen of the Democratic and
Republican parties, each is sure to be
successful. But the contention has
sort of the wish-is- father-to-the-
thought tinge to it, and is not based
upon as careful consideration as that
of Hon. John Y. Game, chairman OF
the Reform Party's campaign commit
zee, and who says:
Having been asked to give my views
m the campaign outlook, can oIly
say that the prospect, FROM our stanu-
point, is most encouraging. From re-
ports received from every part OIL the
city, j feel confident of the election OF
Mr.. Clark and the whole Cltizens
ticket.
The people are now thoroughly in
formed of existing conditions ana real
ize what is at stake In TINS electluil.
w
on the anti partisan theory that the
city government can be administered
better by representatives of the wnole
people than by the tools OF a pohtichl
party. We have not said disp&raglns
things of the candidates on other TICK
cts. nor have we dealt in local fiction
or national or religious prejudice. We
aimed only to put fairly before the peo-
Pile the results of partisan government
IN this city, the need of reform IN
methods OF administration, the adVan-,
tages of non-partisan government ana
the merits of the nominees on the Cltl-
zens' Reform ticket. We felt confident
that a plain understanding OF these
things was all that was necessary TO
insure the success of the Reform move
ment.
The time has been short and our ia
cilities for conducting campaign have
been necessarily limited. with no
party organization behind us ana con-
fronted by two powerful political ma
chimes in the opposition, we found 1t
impossible to enter upon the campaign
upon an equal footing with our ops
ponents. Thanks to the cordial res
ponse of the people. however, partial
organization was built up In one short
week, and for the past ten days we
have been able to meet organized
party tactics with organized reform
work. This was made possible largely
through the energy and devotion OF
the nominees ON the general and
council tickets. without exception
they took hold of the work nobly, and
each Individual has put forth effective
effort in support of the whole ticket. I
never saw candidates work more har-
monlously, earnestly and with such
loyalty to common cause The
Citizens committee, too. has been
power In the good work From
every municipal ward volunteers
have Joined the movement,
and the precinct work has been ate
tended to by citizens who have gem
erously given up time and means for
no other purpose than to promote q
cause which they believed to be right.
Nothing that / can say can sufficient
ly commend the loyalty and devotion
shown by our supporters, among whom
the good ladies' OF the city have borne
most creditable part. 1t is on ac-
count of this unselflsh work that we
are today able to count preponder-
ance of public sentiment on our side
and to predict n Reform victory next
Tuesday. The cause Is good enough to
win of itself. but the people had to he
made acquainted with Its principles In
order to appreciate Its Significance, and
this has been accomplished by the
faithful work referred to.
our cause is just, our candidates are
nl that good public officers need to be
and we confidently look to the people
to put the seal of their approval OF
non-partisanism in city affairs.
Very truly yours,
JOHN II. GAME.
Chairman of the Citizens Reform Com
mittee.