Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-30
IL CITIZENS COMBINE.

The daily apologlst for corruption
and crime is alarmed. 1t fears that
mala administration of the affairs "
this city by It's officials win serve to
unite all decent citizens for self-de-
Tense az the next municipal election.
II endeavors 10 prejudice any such
movement by one of Its crafty insnu-
ations that THE hierarchs'' probably
viii combine both wings ot their POI
litica activities and order Joint
ticket etc.
To anyone not wllfully blind to
truth. such thruSts at Hierarchy
that has no existence, are ms am using
as the valiant exploits OF Don QutXote
and his famous attendant Sancho
Panza. There is no hierarchy and
the Church leaders rs such are not
Interested in politics local or national.
They are adhcring. as they always
have done. to the excellent Mormon
motto: Mind your own business
Nor is the Church as a church organ
iyation Interested in politics. But
Church members whatever their
ecclesiastical position mag be. il they
are American citizens are very much
Interested in the political issues that
arise from timo to time, as are all
good American citizens, be thoy Nor
mons" Catholics. LutheTans, Jews or
what not. And they have a right to
be Interested in the affairs of the
country and the onlnunities in which
they live They have not only the
right to interest themselves in the
ELECTION Of good officials but 1t is
their duty 10 do so. So much for the
idiOtic sibbertsh about ''hlerarchs'
and their political wings"
But the lntmation that citizens
ticket may possibly be put into the
Geld in the fall has but too much In
its favor, The present administration
has proved It's utter unworthtness of
public confidence Under 1t crime OF
various hues and colors have flourish
ed as newer before in the history Of
the City, openly and deiianty most
Of the time and more or less secretly
all the time Public money has been
squandered, with nothing but a deficit
Ia show fog II. And these days unobs
have been permitted to assault muir
derously. unoifending citizens, ia fun
view OF poIics Officers, while men
that should be respon slble to the pub
lie for the maintenance OF order, have
made exhibitions OF themselves as par
ficipes crlmlnis in dlSgraceful riots.
II the City cannot be redeemed from
the tentaces that have been wound
around IT, by any other means than
combination of respectable business
men and other responsible citizens,
regardless OF ereed or party affiliations
on national issues, no one can be sur
prlsed III that means is Tesorted to. Ii
had to be done once before. when the
City WIS In the hands OF sons OF lSelial
who openly and shamelessly advocated
the establishment OF dens OF lniquty
as the most efficient means of draw
Ing the youth away from the pure
faith ~ their fathers. 1t would not
be strange if history were TO be re.
peated-
This city wll not attain It's full de-
Velopment until scarlet vice and crime
are suppressed as much IA possible
and it, public affairs are administered
by competent, responsible rncn, who
accept office as a public trust and not
as the legitimate 'spols" Of q cam
faign on SANDER and vIlihcation Of
/ fcials who are no better than pirates
/ have no legitimate place in an Amerl-
| can community II the citizens should
combine, they would do so, moi at the
be hest Of any hierarchy but for pro-
| lection and good government.