The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-27
loaded. ;, Well rounded up by the New
York Tribune.
SPEAK UP FOR PRoGREssl


to boost for Salt Lake to get III ana
boost with effectiveness. The opposi'
tiop TO the American programme Oh ii"-
,,ro,amcuts The reaetionary feeling
,vhich has always opposed improve
mepts IN this city j. again nrraNeu
aoainst The American party. Ihe party
oc conservation. - which means the
nnrtv of staspatiou and dry rot. Is OUT
amin in its campaign to stop prog
ross and paralyzc the advancement OF
tho city.
Tho American party record stahos 30
the best possible proof OF the Goou
will of the American party to oalt
Lake CITY. and OF it's inestimablc serf-
irc in bohalf of the city. 1t has done
Great work from the time that the an
nolneemcnt of lis victory at the PollS
in November, 1905, vitallzcd the city
and brought new energy to lts strhG
olo for progress and advancement.
From that day q flow Of friendly IN
oulries. visits. and trips of inspection
were made 10 this city. aud the result
was an advance in the fINe years ol
American control here that showed III
the census the growth of scvcnty-four
per cent. being double the growth OF
the State at large and being cHcelied
bv but few cities in the United States.
And the progress of the ten years was
in fact the progress of the five years
Of American control.
The American party has kept up in
noble fashion its vital aud energetic
promise of development for Salt Lake.
II has Transformed the city from coun-
try town TO Il great metropolis. We
have street paving here that is the ad-
lniratiou Of every one who secs 1T. and
we have IT at II cost which is mar
vel TO those who understand such work.
being far less than other cities have paid
for work Of inferior quality We have
an extension OF sidewalks such as could
not have been dreamed of under the
old church administrations, We have
the extension Of the water service, the
Increase III the size OF water mains, the
spreading OF the water system into
newly settled regions. and III all. while
the service has been kept fully up to
the demands of the new settlements,
the cost has been light and the service
first class. The sewer system has also
beer completed. except us to the Ninth
South street sewer. and that is being
arranged for as speedily as the admin"
can get to it.
There is no need 10 90 into cxten-
sive explanations as TO what the Amer
lean party has done for this city; the
evidences of good work arc to be seen
everywhere IT is shown in the best
possible public improvements so as TO
afford the citizens the best possible
service in all directions. and at cost
that is admittedly beyond criticism
And now the conservative element,
that is, the reactionary. mossback ele-
ment. is calling a halt. 1t does not
want this programme of Improvements
to continue. 1t wants the old dead
ness to settle down 80 that the comfort.
able feeling that everything is finished
and that all is Just as ''we' want it
without any change or betterment, shall
once more paraly2e the city. The pro
gressivc citizenship of Salt Lake have
always had this reactionary element tc
tight. There has never been any prog
rcss here in public Improvement that
this conservative element did moi
oppose and cry out against it with the
utmost vehemencc. 1t is the same ole
story, the same old fight. 1t is fight
for Salt Lake as coutrasted with tn,
fight against Salt Lake. The America,
party is/for Salt Lake, and for great
er Salt Lake, The conservative part,
is for calling halt and for as snal
a salt Lake as they can squeeze dowI
TO.
Here is the issue in this campaign
There is no mistakino the clear divis
ion as between the progrcssives apc
the reactionarics and it viii he 10
the progressive citizenship of Salt LAX,
10 decide on November eth wbcthe
or not they will allow the control o
this cltv to pass into hands that viii
choke and paralyze that progress. w
cannot (or one moment think that sucl
is the wish or desire of progressive Sal
Lake. and we look forward 10 the clcc
ton OF November 18th as tho day wbcl
complete yindicaiicD of progress an,
advancement for Salt Lake City will b
dccrced b. its citizenship.
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