The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-01-29
DEMOCRACY IS A LULU.

Logan democracy, and especially that por.
tion represented by the democratic organ, is Q
genuine mint julep, Ice, red cherry, rye straw
and all-before election. After the votes are
counted and the estrays are Warming the OH.
cial chairs, democracy lattens to last years
birds nest with the bottom out. Before, de.
'mocracy Is 1.-THE only" champion of the pee.
pull" after, democracy Is the champion ignorer
Of the "peepW." Before. democracy Is the
guaranteed regulator Of all civic ills. the most
holy and righteous defender Of civic interests
at all the times and In all places-no politics
then, no displacing competency for nexperi.
ence, no exhibition OF psrtisanship 10 the man.
agement Of the city affairs. Before, democracy
Is all perfection, without streak of yellow;
after, democracy proves about as yellow as they
are made. The democratic pie hunter proves
Just as insistent as any other pie hunter-only
a little more so, and the grand moguls who
have been supported BY the pie hunters prove
just as ready to deliver the pie regardless Of
the genuine worth Of said hunter.
For example-during past republican adj
ministrations the democratic organ has kept
up constant howl about the vile part isanship
manifested everywhere to the disadvantage of
the city's interests, and during the recent cam
paign the public was given 10 understand that
democracy had never fallen to such depths and
would ever remain on the heights. With VIM.
Edwards, the fearless and independent, there
would be no politics played, and q democratic
council would take the city affairs out OF poll.
tics--especially the light plant. Etc etc, etc.
The fact Is, the plant had not been manip.
ulated politically, Is two Of the four members
Of the light committee we're democrats and
competent democrats were employed In oper.
atiug the plant and system. Nevertheless, the
democratic organ ragged and howled and pointed
to democracy As the only combination that
could and would REMOVE the plant from
politics." How have they started TO do this
removing? BY making nou.partisan Electric
Light committee Of four into democratic
committee OF three and ONE republican I!
That is taking the plant out Of politics with
vengeance, but It's after election, Gee?
For the all.perfect democratic party to take
municipal plant from bipartisan manage
ment and place 1t under partisan Management
is pretty good for starter, but another action
OF this allperfect before election) democracy
in power is worthy Of notice Under republican
administration 1.-THE reputed intense partisan.
ship OF which the democratic organ has ever
howled about) competency and the peoples In.
terests we're recognized in such way that the
late c. B. Robbins, democrat, was continued
as lire chief indefinitely. Pie hunters wanted
his r'' 9, but they were turned down be-
cause G. B. Robbins was competent man,
and his democracy made no difference with the
mayor and council. What about the demo.
cratic administrators attitude as to the fire
chief? Has it considered competence or given
way to partisan politics? Is not Lorenzo Ben.
son with years Of general experience and three
years OF active experience as fire chief better
fitted than the young and thoroughly inexper.
fenced man named as fire chief? No man In
Logan will say that he is not; no man In Logan
who knows the recent appointee will say that
he is specially competent or that experience is
likely to give him any special competency for
this work. Yet the democratic adminstra.
tion, composed Of stalwarts from party that
doesn't believe In partisanship manipulation OF
city affairs, removes Mr.. Benson and names the
young man Robbins! So that the city will
have better service? Never once--but that q
republican, may be moved to make place for q
democrat
These things from party the democratic
organ held up as one that would take the man