The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-16
EXTRAVAGANZA MUST STOP.
Mr.. ThOreson's Reply to the Trib-
Une's Partisan Attack.
Editor OF The Herald:

To the Editor OF The Herald:
The Tribune editorlaliy comments on the
proposition on Public Corporations. %
which l introduced in the constitutional
convention in this language:
Mr.. Thoreson, OF Cacne, sprung the
Democratic partisan ideA from the
confederate constitution of forb .dd.ng the
people to aid private enter.- rises; ana he
mikes 1t up with other propositions. But
that particular proposition can't win; the
election didn't go that way. And while
We are ABOUT It, we VIII say that this is
the nrst and only diStincIYely partisan
action proposed thus far
Believing this criticism unjust and that
the vast majority of our citizens will ad-
nit the same, l submit to your readers
those portions of my proposition which
were considered by the Tribune 10 be so
uiEstlnecuvely partisan" in its opinion,
and, OF course. in its opinion, very injuri-
Gus TO the welfare of the new state:
Section 2-The legislature shall pass no
social law conferring corporate powers
and uniform in their application, to any
ana all of each class of corporations
within this state.
Sec. 3-No county, city, town or school
district in the state of Utah shall in any
manner create any Indebtedness exceed
ing TWO per centum on the assessed value
OF the taxable property in such county.
city, town or school district as shown 6y
the preceding years general assessment.
Provided. however. that such Corporation
obtaining water supplies or building sew
a.
ness not exceeding four per centum may
be created
Sec. mo debt in the excess of the
revenue for the current year, shall. in
any manner, be created by any CORPORA
ton in this state unless the creation of
Sucn debt Shall have first been approved
by majority vote of the electors there
Sec. 5-All debts, liabilities tax levIes
or assessments created by any corpora ton
IN excess of the provisions of law shall
be void. Nii
Sec. 1.-THE state shall never assume the
debts of any corporation unless such
debts snail have been created to repeI in
Easlon or suppress insurrection or de-
fend the state in war
Sec. S-No public corporation nv vota
OF It's citizens or otherwise shall ever be-
come stakeholder in any Joint stool,
c COZ 1loa or private corporation or asso-
cation or raise money for, or make do
natlons or loan its credit to or in aid IF
any such company. corporation or asso
canon; providing, any public CORPORATION
may contract Indebtedness for wa fer co
ltary and illuminating purposes b1lt sncb
corporation shall own its lust pronortion
OF the property thus credited and raceiI,a
rroin any income arising therefrom its
vested ouiI So IN
Similar provisions are found in several
ooner state constitutions and the tax
are demanding a definite limit IN ana .t o-,
funds. me pdpnc
The unanimous cry is: "cau bo,.,,
on disbursing officers and LET the init
70 when they can go be fixed and CON
nned 10 public necessities only
we nave before us, am sorry to saw
even In our fair state-eect. so many ser,
lous examples of extravagant exnendi-
lures and so much bonded ana not
ponded; PUBLIC Indebtedness that I woIIId
not reel justified in going before the peo-
pie with a constitution in which this evil
was not limited CYL
Does. the Tribune speak for its nartv
the bars should be let down and tbe
gates flung wide OPEN, SO that anv
county. city and town in the new stat
and borrow funds in the name of tbe
people and spend them indiscriyninateIv
for public or private uses for Iuxuries
lieve the party and the faT.naxa er
have come to ''the parting of the wavs'"
l. c. THORESEN.