The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-16

vote on his section was brought for
ward.
There seemed no disposition to have
debate and Snow moved that Varian
close the discussion. Carried.
Trib. Not All Powerful.
Varian said that if his amendment
had not been misrepresented and mis-
understood he would not have spoken.
He regretted that partisanship had
been injected into the debate and that
the Democrats had found it necessary
to take up supposed challenge.
Roberts had read the utterance of a
paper supposed to be the organ of the
Republican party. whose voice would
determine Republican principles. He
denied this. The paper is not Re-
publican organ. Neither any paper
nor a Republican party could make
his section contrary to any Republi-
can principle.
Bounty Merely an Incident.
His Republicanism dated back
thirty years. 1t has not come through
interested papers or through party
caucuses. He denied that bounty is
an underlying principle of the Repub-
lican party. It is merely an incident
to the great system OF protection.
But if it is believed to be so grated
into the Republican principles as to
become, not an incident, but part Of
the substance itself, then they are
overturning the declaration of the ma
tional party, which should be higher
than the words of any mere news
paper writer. In 1880. the party de-
clared against further subsidies. The
section he proposed was in exact ac-
cordance with that declaration. The
principles underlying this section have
engaged the attention OF the Ameri-
can people for the last thirty years.
With a marked unanImitv the states
have been grating this provision into
their organic law.
Voice of Boomers.
He refer ed to tie expresson or
Goodwin the other day. that he (Var-
lam appeared TO be a delegate at
large He said he was closer down
to the people than some other People.
He was not mistakiug the voice CT
boomers and speculatcrs for the vote
Of the people. They are hot the ousi-
ness men, they are MT the laborers.
If the voice Of the people IS to be
heard the ear should be placed nearer
the ground.
1t had been asked, why not trust the
majority? That principle is good, with
matter how large and powerful, can
take the prope-ty CT one Lone citizen
without process of law. The truth Is,
the people distrust themselves Con-
situations are not only 10 declare gen-
eral principles, but 10 contain pro-
hibitions against future mistakes.
They distrust the majority, because
sometimes majorities, in the ex-
ercise of their powers, are tyrann-cal.
Taught BY Distress and Bitterness.
People have right to use their own
as they will in private life, but he de-
MED the right in public life; no party
asserts the doctrine; none will, except
the tyrant. Why have the people put
in the prohibitions against the use of
this power? Is it because they have
been taught by the distresses and bit
ternesses of the past? He did not
care to speak of the Pacific railroads.
They were built almost wholly as a
war measure; but there are states
whose, history is calculated to make
Utah ponder long over the gravity of
the situation. Kansas was caught in
a vortex Of speculation and the people
were persuaded to vote away the
money of the state for years to come
TO aid great enterprises. Disappointed
in their expectations the people of the
tax-ridden state are going down into
poverty, if not want, and farmers by
the hundreds are gathering up what
they can save from the sheriff and the
tax-gatherer and are leaving the
state, with its records of mistakes and
corruption. In one county the COM
missioners serve in the Jail, because
of the terrible condition which makes
it dangerous to levy taxes to pay a
bonded Indebtedness.
selves.
Does this not indicate that the peo-
pie must be protected against them
selves? How are they persuaded to
give their votes to such schemes? A
truly great railroad scheme does not
need to have bonds from cities and
counties. Before the people know any
thing about it the experts are put to
work and the question is determined
not from the standpoint Of bonds. but
on business question. The only idea
is, will it pay?
With the boomer, projection is a diff
ferent thing. He has nothing but his
wit and his ability. He sees two
cities which think railroads would be
great public benefit. He does not
know that the whole question has
been figured out for years by the rail-
road experts. He does not look at
this. He goes down to the legislature.
Behind him are the men who have
loaded up on real estate and are
hanging on by their eye teeth He is
supported by those who are interested
in hurry-skurry way. The people
are worked up over the scheme. The |
whole matter is worked up and figured |
out until the people, in their enthu-
siasm, carry it with a hurrah.
RondS Must Re Paid
Before a tie may be cut. before a
rail may be laid, hundreds of thou
sands of dollars may be voted away. |
The people are not always right in
times of excitement. The bonds have !
gone into the market and have been
sold. They must be paid whether the /
railroad is built or not. If it is built |
it may go into the hands of receivers, /
and then receivers certificates have |
precedence over bonds. Today one /
quarter of the railroads of the coun- |
try, representing 10000 miles and ST. |
500, 600 900 capital, are insolvent. and /
the people are themselves oppressed by |
the tax-devouring bonds which have |
been voted to these institutions.
PiIfering From Posterity.
What is the object of a state gov
eminent? Is it to acquire property or |
to make men rich? Or is it to build |
up the race of humanity? Are you |
willing to reach down and pilfer from |
the pockets of posterity the result of /
their thrift? Will you lay a lien on
their posterity? You should not lay /
such a burden upon them. It Is bet
ter that the. people make haste
growth. There are things connected |
with this financial mis-legiSla lion (