The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-18
SUFFRAGE IS
SURE TO WIN.
Continued from page -

Snow. Washington, 81; Squires, Sail
| Lake, IA; WINS, Washington, "a
Kearns. Summit. 65: Kerr. Cache, u
Kerr, Cache, 81.
Petitions for Incorporation of the
woman suffrage article in the consti-
tuition were presented by Chidester
signed by 81 names, and by Boyer. 2O7
Barney Quinn Appears.
Squires asked unanimous consent
to read letter that he had received
from Bingham friend and consritu-
ent bearing on the separate submits
sion petition presented by himself. His
request being granted he read as fol
lows:
Dear sir-Enclosed find some more
names Hope you will be able to con-
vince those fellows down there that
the insertion of that clause will damn
either or both parties.-Yours etc,
B. d. QUINN.
The reading of the letter brought
up memories of the blank petition of
Low, of Cache, and Evans, of Weber,
was on his feet in an instant, with d
motion that the letter be returned TO
Squires. The vote was heavily in
favor of this motion.
Article on Mines and Mining.
Kearns, chairman Of the committee
on mines and mining, reported the
following article on that subject and
it takes it's place on the calendar Of
the committee of The whole;
Section There shall be established
and maintained the Office OF inspector
of coal mines. the dulies ana salaries
of which shall be prescribed Ey law.
III ho ha al ,1i caoa
the governor shall, with the advice
and consent of the senate, appoint
thereto a person proven in the man
ner provided by law u be competent
and practical, whose term Of office
shall be two years.
Sec. 2-The legislature shall pro-
vide by law for enforcing safe Gevel-
opment, ventilation and working of
all coal mines operated in this state.
Sec. 3-The necessary use of lands
for rights of way for tunnels, fumes.
pipes, bitches, roads, tramways or
dumps for the drainage or working of
mines, as a means to the development
of the mineral resources IF the state,
is hereby declared public use. and
subject to the control and regulation
Of the state.
There was a contest between the cal
endars of the convention and COM
mittee of the whole, but the latter won.
and Cannon had the satisfaction of
again being leader Of the house.
The Question of Cash.
Evans. of Utah. moved that there be
a reconsideration of the action of the
day before on the accounts and ex-
penditures. recommending that the
s4,1SS remaining of the 100000 be held
in reserve and that members be not
paid for the rest of the session. The
reconsideration carried by vote of IS
to IA. Evans moved a rejection of the
report, but in the absence
of Lund the motion was laid on the
table.
At 1920 the convention went into
committee of the whole, and Evans.
of Utah. was called to the chair.
Tax on Mortgages.
Chidcster moved that section of the
article on revenue and taxation be
out. 1t reads as follows:
"A tax on mortgages secured on
either real or personal property Shall
never be levied unless a reduction
equal to the amount of such mortgage
shall be made in the assessed value of
the property covered thereby"
WINS Great Speech.
WINS said if the motion had not been
made by another he himself would have
made it. He said if the provision were
allowed to go into the constitution it
would be as disastrous to the new
state as the characterization of silver
had been to the United States. No sys-
tenn of taxation is entirely just. The
best system is that which reaches all
property except that which is used for
charitable purposes No exception
should be made to this rule. In the new
ha OF
twice as much as it has been in the
territory.
Endeavoring to Shift Burdens.
In 1892 the first onslaught was made
by the moneyed men in this territory
Ever since the organization of this
government the money brokers, the
"a pitalists, have. by one thing and an
,ther, endeavored to shift the burdens
If government from their shoulders on
o the shoulders of others. The result i.
# the exemption of mortgages means
he exemption Of money. He knew
nen in his own county with money
enough to retire from business who do
lot pay a cent of taxes. In one of the
outlying counties alone 100000 had |
,een stricken from the assessment |
oil
He took no faith in the argument |
hat the provision in the article pro-
-ided a deduction from the property |
md a taxation of mortgages. He con-
ended that there would be no change |
n the present law. because a change
would not make an increase in the rev.
nue.. Therefore. money would still be |
eft exempt from its proper burdens.
No Double Taxation.
He argued against the exemptions of |
he money of the trust companies,
Which operate throughout the territory
nd charge high rates of interest They /
hould have their property taxed. 1t
ad been said lions Savings Bank and
rust company lends its money to
'uild homes and it will be unjust to
ak homes. However. he denied this.
he company pays dividends from the
proceeds of its mortgages. The home
uilder who has the money with which
0 build his home gets no more benefit
rom it than the man who borrows
money to build his. If one were taxed
ne other should. More than that money
, generally borrowed for speculative
imposes. Is it Just that man should
e exempt from taxation on his home IL
e mortgages that home and sends his
Money away into other surrounding
tates? These are only some of the
buses. Nothing so arrogant on the part
f the money power as this provision
had been placed
n the constitution of any other state.
Cannon Slightly Roasted.
He attacked Cannon's position on the
lortgage question, saying the latter
ad stumped the county for the re-
cal of that exemption law. When the
oeaker went into committee he found
was generally conceded that the
alifornia provision should be placed
the constitution. But the boomers
ad met and threatened to raise inter-