The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-21
THE LOCAL SITUATION
AS SEEN BY A PROM
|NENT REPUBLICAN
Gives History Of the Parly's Action. Endorses
Citizens NOn-Partisan Movement

Many reports are being circulated
'as to the attitude of the Citizens" to
ward the Republican party, the mos,
common of which Is the statement
that Certain nominees on the Citizens
ticket who are Republicans are fight
ing the regular party ticket and organ
iSation. Let us see.
The Republican party through its
representatives in the last state leg.
islature enacted the present municipal
election law. providing for direct pri.
maries and for bipartisan election
OF municipal officers, and the law
was approved by Republican COVER.
nor.
Early in the present campaign the
county chairman of the Republican
party In this county and other prom.
inent Republicans openly advocated a
rOn-partisan election and urged those
same, nominees on the Citizens tick
ct TO get their names on the primary
ballot, and further at a meeting held
IN the county chairmans office, which
was attended by u number of proml-
nent Republicans, among whom we're
the present mayor and Republican
members of the city council. sug
gestion acted upon that in all prob
ability citizens ticket would be
put in the field and that The party as
such had better keep out of IT,
Acting upon that suggestion aud in
accordance with the letter aud spirit
oI the law number of Republicans
Joined with other citizens of the city
who were tired Of political chickering's
in the municipal affairs OF the city,
and put the present Citizens ticket in
the field Other Republicans actlnE
upon the slIno suggestion haze 80.
cured the requisite number Of sign.
e7s to their petitions. and have placed
their names upon the official ballot:
believing i'm the theory and spirit Cr
the law. and believing hat The Re
publican party Of this city would
stand by the .pcion of It's pHrty rep
resentatives
Subsequently party convention
was called, and Republican ticket
nominated, and n that convention It
was openly STAGED by the Same coun
~ chairman, that all good Ecp15ii
cans would be expected to suppurr t.
What grossly unfair and an Nmrri.
can position to take! TO induCG men
who have spent years building no The
party to join IN q nom altisaG move.
maut' in accordance With the spirit
and intent Of party legislation, and
then to place those men In the atti.
tude OF fighting the Republican party,
and call upon all WHO had taken part
in nominating the citizens ticket to
prove traitors TO that cause and the
men who in good faith had taken the
Republican party and its representa-
tives here at their word.
II Is openly admitted that the Re
publican party managers are not act
ing in good faith in this matter. and it
is urged in extenuation that the De.
mocratic party forced the Republicans
TO put a party ticket in the field, by
the nomination OF a straight Demo.
cratic ticket,
How futile and without merit sGch
excuses! The Democratic party By It's
acts declared itself opposed to non
PARTISAN management of municipal af.
fairs. and il is urged that necessarily
the Republican party should do like
wise and violate its own pledges made
to the people through the enactment
of the Des Moines law, and repudiate
its own party members who have TAX.