The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-02
IN THE PARK.
The Fight Over the County Seat-It Won't Go
to the Park.

The Fight Over the County Seat-It Won't Go
to the Park.
PARK CRY, Aug. Especial correspon-
dence of THE HERALD. Nowhere in the
great battle arena of next Monday will a
harder fight be waged than here in Summit
county. The question at issue is not so
much the county offiCia ;, nor the two mem
bers of the legislatl re, who are as certain
be Liberals as in Box Elder they are GER
tain to be People; the fight will centre on
this problem-shall the county seat, which
has been located at Coalville ever since
Summit was county, be allowed to remain
there, or shall it be transferred to this
booming centre of mining prosperity and
Liberalism. If the transfer is made, of
course it means new courthouse in the
Park; the setting here of the county court;
the keeping of the records, and the location
here of the county jail-which might be an
advantage The red hot anti-Mormon ele-
ment of the Liberal party all want the
change made; so, also, naturally, does that
certain branch of the Liberal party which
owns the Park town lots-the change
would mean a good thing for them.
But it is an open secret that the solid big
men in the camp, the mine and mill owners
the men who are truly Liberal but who are
willing to admit that such things as hon
esty and business cupacity are to be found
among the Peoples party-that these, or
many of them, look upon the idea of a
change with disfavor. They state bluntly
to the red flag Liberals that if the county
seat is brought here it means using the
revenues of the county for the next two
years erecting the necessary buildings and
the wasting of all the money the county
now has invested in buildings in Coalville.
Then they rightly urge that the Park is
only cafion city-prosperous now, it is
true, but not the place for a permanent
county seat. The Mormon part of the
county too is bound to grow, and the Park
might recede The lapse of a few years
might then see the proposition brought up
again and the majority might be strong
enough on the Peoples side to take the
county seat back to Coalville again, when
all the Park buildings would be wasted.
With these arguments and this big iuf1u-
ence against the change it doesn't look
probable that the CoalvilleiteS will be dis
turbed. Even If the Park were solid for
the change it is doubtful whether it could
be carried In 1887 the total vote cast in
Summit county was |, 402; of these only I'D
were cast in the Park. So it may be
doubted whether the necessary two thirds
majority could be secured. OF course it
must be figured that the Park vote has in
creased since then, but hardly enough it is
thought to make the two-thirds. But Mon
day will tell the tale.
One meets THE HERALD here in all the
principal stores, news stands, at the mine
offices and the popular hostelric of mine
host Simon. The people take immensely
in its enlarged form, and its specials are
greatly appreciated by Democrats. l meet
many who say II hate your local politics,
friend, but Pm with you on the national
side, and d--n you. you're printing the
best paper in the Rocky mountains to-
dayn