The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-21
An Editorial for Mr.. Charles Tying.
-FOUR YEARS Of TYING
WILL HELP SALT LAKE
FOR NEXT 25 YEARS
Seeks Connnlissionership for
Service He Can Render, and
Not for Emoluments.
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
MAN.
Owns Property in Every Mu-
nicipal Ward, Consequent
ly Interested in Entire
City's Welfare.
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
MAN.

The people OF Salt Lake should paus
a moment and contemplate their re
i, sponsibility as voters in this forthcom
ing municipal election. Two commits
siouers are to be elected on the Al
OF November. Candidates will be de
termined at tho primary election to bt
held in all municipal wards Tuesday
October 81. Twenty"si1 men have an
nounced their candidacy, and arc ask
ing your support. Some are worthy
and some arc quite the reverse. Only
one or two have proved themselves
1t is for you to lay aside any personal
prejudices and select the two whose
past records prove them to be best
fitted for the work of city COM
missioner,
1t is a singular fact that most of the
candidates now seeking office have sud
denly discovered that they are wonder
fully interested in the great public
questions confronting this community.
No previous acts or expressions of
theirs have manifested any such in
terest; their present activity is merely
feigned for election purposes. Past
records made by these "suddenly in,
terested' gentlemen lead us to the be-
| lief that their present good resolutions,
| claims and promises will quickly vanish
soon after they fail to qualify.
There is one notable exception to the
general run Of candidates, however;
and Salt Lake will be fortunate il he
is elected as one of its commissioners
He is eminently fitted for the office,
and does not seek it for what it pays,
but for the opportunity it presents to
render true and patriotic service, IN a
strictly business sense. This man is
Mr.. Charles Tying.
Mr., Tying stands out couspicuously
among all our citizens as one of the
leading men, most interested in all
meetings Of associations where the
paramount questions Of the smoke nui-
sance, adequate extension of water
mains and sewers, sanitary public mar
kets, paved streets, improvements need
ed on the west side, public Fairgrounds,
civic beauty, conditions affecting the
health Of all the people, etc, have been
advocated and discussed. These are
not new things with Mr.. Tying; the
evidence is recorded in the minute
books Of the various organizations in
the city. Whether elected or not, he
Will continue to advocate and fight for
these much needed improvements.
There is no "east side' or "west
side to the city with Mr.. Tying. He
owns property in every munipical ward,
and therefore can be expected to look
to the interests of every section. No
unfair advantage could be taken by
one part of the town against another
with Mr., Tying as city commissioner.
lie has no intention OF being "ward |
commissioner, but he will be a full. |
sized, full-fledged city commissioner.
Mr.. Tying has no paid workers in |
his campaign for election. He believes
that organized paid workers and the
old-time campaign methods have done
more to debauch civic politics than
any one other thing. If he is elected.
1T will be because he is wanted and
not because any interested clique is
putting up large sums to secure favors
from their candidate when elected.
Mr.. Tying has not made promises 70
anyone that he has not made to the
public through the press. He has
placed himself on record respecting the
things he stands for.
TYING HAS SAID:
1.-The conduct of public affairs
should be in the sole interests of the
public. All appointments to ofiices
should be made because Of fitness and
'ot through family pull The west side
should have all requested improve
nents; more viaducts, more water
mains and sewers, more sidewalk e1.
ensions and better roads. Salt Lake I
must prepare to receive the greatest
benefits from the host Of 1915 tourists
Let IS use our school houses as social
enters We must honestly and eff
iently regulate the saloon-impartiallv
nd with reason. The smoke nuisance :
must be abated. We must have nc.
essibie, sanitary public markets. Paved v
treets are an economic necessity, The
ealth OF all the people demands the
election of garbage throughout the
ity and its disposal by modern and
anitary methods. The entire c;tv
eeds more water and moro sewers
advocate more public Fairgrounds
specially in the sections where tho
oorer classes live.,'
Iyng means Just what he saws.