The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-06-17
PERSONAL AND CHARACTER
ASSASSIN CAMPAIGNS

In their hungry quest for pie the followers Of
the unterrfed, according to reports from the CAPT
lal and rumors in local circles, are resortng to
personalities and assuming the role Of the charac.
Ter assassin. The latest from the capital is that
the state chairman and national committeeman have
come to the parting Of the ways. The former would
not stand for personal campaigns and refused to
place members of his party in the role Of the char
acter assassin, while the latter is reported as fav
oring the removing Of men from office on account
Of their personal character.
II will be remembered that the admins.
tration gave 1t out that there would be no changes
until existing terms expired except for cause, and
1t was this edict that served to whet the hungry
appeites OF the pie hunter and now that the break
among the big guns at Salt Lake has occurred some
mighty scrambling. and ping up OF cause is ex.
pected.
Locally 1t is rumored that follower of the
hungry crowd, he who received the county endorse.
men for post master of Logan City, has filed papers
OF complaint against the present incumbent and ask.
ed for his removal for cause" We trust that It
is not true and If 1t is predict that the said
asprant will not only fail in heapng disgrace upon
the present incumbent but that he will also fail in
landing the office he is seeking
The Republican admits and wants II well un.
derstood that the Democrats are entitled to all the
spoils, and we would not have complained had the
honorable President of the United States declared
all offices vacant on the fifth day of last March and
filled every of them with Democrats. The Of
fees are theirs. They have waited and toiled and
hungered for them and should be permitted to en-.
joy them, according TO rules prescribed by the sd.
minlstraton. But when the administration PIE.
scrbes rules and the the helm gives out the
way in which they shall be taken IT seems to come
with bad grace for Rspirants to demur to attempt
to break the rule, and to the personal char
acter' route to their selfish purposes.
OF course If there were real cause and a man
in office was to a community such action
would be entirely in order, and in fact that is the
reason for the saving clause in the rule OF the ad
ministration, but in specific instances where men
for purely personal reasons, intoxicated with the
desire for office, attempt to cast aspersion an
honest, honorable, Office holder 1t is not only en-
tirely void Of reason, 1t is foolish.
Any attempt on the part of the Democratic as
pirant who holds the county endorsement to cast
aspersion on the present postmaster of Logan City
will fail. When ii becomes known that such a
campaign is being waged. If such is the intention,
we predict that even among his own followers and
supporters he will be deserted. When the time
comes, under the present rulings, the Democrat
whom Logan wants, in our opinion should have
the post Office and all other Offices at the DISPOSE.
ton of the administration but II should be beneath
the dignity. beneath the integrity, beneath the
hood OF honest aspirant to resort to the con.
temptible method of casting disfavor upon the work
Of honest, capable, oblging Official who has con.
Quoted the Office the complete satisfaction OF all
citizens