The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-23
Rev. NJ. Goshen Deliy,,
Most Interesting
Address. d,
BELIEVES LAWS SHOUIn
BE RlGIDLY ENPO|
Officers Should Do Dut,
Receive Support ol
the Public. i

A good-sized au1ic1ee assemt
the Y. NJ. C. A. auditorium Sur|
tcrnoon to listen to an address
i. !. Goshen, his subject bein~
Measure Of @ Public Officer IN
The speaker said in part IN
ject IS one not to be treated
The hope of our country liss
full, free and intelligent discn.
oar fundamental laws, the nr;
upon which our Government e.
ed The highest aim of any
ment should be to make laws
best interests of and for man 4
Operating under just laws. whicl
enforced, arc ample for the m
of all the people, it is the dutv'
citizen TO elect men 10 Office 81
fearlcssly do their duty in adm
ing the affairs OF public Office
" We must not forget when NJ
our judgment of a public OFF,
difficulties by which he ia ann,
and the lack Of that support Ia
he is entitled. 1t is q dsnperor,
To elect good man to Office
often meets with apparent apssj
Indifference, when il is our n
support him, We are as citizers
TO support our public officers buf
ing so Will say TO those public
that they must do their duty, IN
officer can not or will not do, n
required of him as an official a.
him step down and let another 4
wo will. Let strife be acccntaatl'
the gulf between the cxtreuc|,
and the extremely poor may be h
human blood.
Owned By the People.
"The utilities and the machi,
operate them are the peoples' m
valuable land in n city is in tbe
of the street, and when 2 CITY
is go recreant to its public tn
the rights of the people as to ri
away 20 corporation. trust D,
cate, il is traitor TO the publj
Public otncials must be stropa
their duty aud do it in the int
the public, in doing which thew
titled TO and should receive The
He'd support of the people. Tbl
official should be strong nloralI
ought to be clean, fearless and
The Nation is the sum total
people. If the citizens are weaj
less, irresponsible and immoral,
not last. \ government TO be|
should teach wisdom, protect
and observe good morals, IL b
customary to I'LL a municipal h
a reward for political WORK
rather than for fitness 10 dischS|
duties of the office. This is moi /
to get the most efficient seryio
general thing
AS an illustration OF eficie1
Office. Mr.. Goshen referred 10
stance that happened under The
city administration in Chicago|
Mayor, shortly after his inductj|
othce, IN casting about for an
building inspector, selected al
apparently easy-going Germsl
chanIc. Upon entering upon his|
tne new inspector found n greai
clerks holding down their iobx|
the only work required of them
the eXertion necessary TO draY|
salaries.
Enforced the Law.
He said he might not be in d
month, but during that time he
enforce the law. He taught The
the law and how they must cnfo
or lose their Jobs. The result va
many OF the largest wholesale
lishments, restaurants, etc, wefs
up on account of a failure 70 D.
regulations. This one
forced the law irrespective Of
He did his duty and the city n
cago was the beneficiary.
Rev. Mr. Goshen referred 70 ~ h
ace to this country of the huzdn
thousands of foreigners from ri.
Europe, who are annually lanm1< '
our shores, and said that our lav
crs had done nothing 10 stop q
gate this evil. This class of foreig
he said, were a dangerous, dissa''
class. who upon entering upon
shores should be made 10 updc7
hat there is just one free sehq
This country. Not one of our ser
or Representatives has had the
age 10 advocate such law.
The speaker favored a change
'1ty government, such as is now
contemplated by the Civic leagu
Rev Mr.. Goshen closed in all
oeroration descriptive of this
'ree government, founded upgN
principles embodied in that
document, the Declaration OF
lence, under which charter we
he law We need.