Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-15


took one out OF cna-gei ouo alter ID |
had been deposited should bp con. /
domned a8 itlon anu severely |
punished, rem cred infamous aud DO |
forever deprived Ui the elective frnu. |
chlsc. by Fucu conduct man proved !
that ho Wss,au enemy TO tho principles
OF fcli.Fuvefnmeut nuu unworthy 10
be entrusted with the right To The |
elective franchise.
In forming a constitution % would !
he ncceHsafy 90 draw all reasonable !
iuicreuuus from the lessons Of the past,
the observations OF the present aud tha !
prospect % the future. ia forming
such an instrument the convention
ahsuld fise above passion au1 prejudice
IN relation 90 capital aud lAb0r, p0huus
or religion Or any other subject.
ArIORSEY suIHERLAEu's ErFORr
The next paper was uy Attorney
George sutherland, tine fuUltC. tfoatau
by him bUing "rhe u8lugtl1u, tcuuro
aud comp uaatiUu OF the juIlC.aty.n
Tho speaker Ubfurved that without ON
honest capable aud independent Judi.
uiufy no state could long maintain its
dignity and ruHpouiHbility among the
people Oi tho earth, Proceeding 90
disuuts TIE question how tue judges Oi
tho now Sht1uf Utah sh0uli Uc sUlCC
c1, by appointment or election, ME
Sutherland favored tho appointyc
metb0l. To put man on the beach
who looked 10 popular OF party favor
iUr tc.uluCtiUut nu snld, destroyed hIB
Independence 60 ~ large extent BE be
never no honest aud hlgh-mludtI,
uuc0usclCugly it might be- 60 himEsii
uis decisions were Influenced to-
frequently by popular or pafty ClamUr
% HniuHt law AMI Justice. Through tht
medium OF contributions 10 tue cam
paign iuu1 the Judicial Uiticc became BE-
commodity Of barter Hu 0 sale; the man
who was tue most active iu party work
anu furnished tne largest contribution
for his paftJ's EXPENSE having the
beet chance OF securing nomination
Aul election, some OF lho mUst I'm.
p0ftaut cases that came before the
courts wufo election CasBH, where par.
tlzAn fuuilug often became extremely
bitter La such matter no mere
politician who owed his Office Go
party could bB trusted % DO exact ami
ovuu-hauded Justice between he Up'
plsiug liugant, aud they insisted,
Ihuts. orc, with much ruafJnt that our
Judges should keep outOi active politics
Whiln on tho bench. Under the
appoiutivr Hystem there wa ordinarily
lees PROBABILITY VI q Judge being selected
b tCbufU ~ ms political standing,
The speaker said nothing was 10 do.
strucuvc Of the Independence OF the
| Judiciary AMI 10 conducive ~ tho Pre-
duOtlUn OF "p0Or judge" aa tn1U
/ terms. The term OF the n.si pflus
! Judges should not be- shorter than ten
/ yeaTs anu that Of tho appellate Judges
/ longer The best plan, indeed, after
| Oh, WAS that OF appointing Judges
| ilf lie, or during good behavior ln
/ that case the 5iFht should DO reserved
/ 10 the legislature 90 remove any Judge
| by q tw0.thirds vote, aud the people
/ would thus be amply protected agailBt
/ corruption or Incompetence.
As 10 compensation the judges, iu
his opinion, should rcCeiva NJ lensi
5000 Iur aunum aud there
should BIO provision that
tue amount could not be reduced dur
ing the term OF the judge. An adj,
anu intelligent Judge could readily
save tho Increased amount OF hil
salary by the Increased dispatch o.
business aud tho certainty o uis deCls
ions. No lawyer Oi sufficient learning
and ability 10 serve the stale viii
credit upon the bench could afford @,
give ~ his privAt- business Tor let
than $1,000 porannum.
| Win Wise provisions Ia our cous,i
tuition upon those matters, the bus
material which the bar oil the stat,
affords could DO had and "a judiciary
established that would command "a,
respect ana confidence Of the people.
JUDGE SMITHS PAPER.
"a System of State Revenue Is
Indirect Taxation" was tho suffice
dealt with ia an able paper by Juugj
IA. w. smith. He saiu the question o
state revenue or state taxation was Il
the ordinary citizen the mUit import
ant feature Of state government ant
ia the work OF forming the organic luV
Of the new State OF Utah. rho con
ventiOu soon 90 assemble would hHvl
no more important matter 20 uCa
with. 10 was pointed out that thl
present rate OF direct taxation was high
er than the people would continue Il
pay withOutBefiOuB dlsCOutcnLauu tua
the revenue from the present sybtun
was wholly inadequate 20 the require
ments OF this Territorial government
10 say nothing OF the expense iuCidou
to slate government. The HpeAke
suggested that Instead Of following tn
old beaten trail by simply providing
for tho required Increase Of revenue by
tho levy OF Increased direct taxes
tho Constitutional Convention
should lOIk ABOUT Tor Otuv
available sources OF revenue tha
might Ur seized upon le.iiimatuiy TO
this purpose. He himself believed TIM
a systom could bU devised " whereby al
, revenue Tor state expenditures Nigh
I be obtained by Indirect taxation with
| out wrong or upptcssIOu 90 anyone.
There would purhnua bo no objection
by any reasonable man 10 the ufup1
, sliuu 90 tax tine net product Of mluta
Z | Their property was exempt from taA
alton, and that those which were lrD
duolng net income should contribute
reasonable part OF 10 20 tho ftAto wa
eDtneuuy fair. The state take
In tho nature Of lIUens
or dtaluiB 10 an manufacturers OF 10
. t0AIUAutH was not unusual aul needed
no defense. lho professional On 40
i lawyers ani physioauB especially
lived 10y their wits aud not th'u
. muscles, enjoyed more houOrs an,
, profits Of government pfOpOrionali.
, IMAM ull ali other Glasses OF cilI2ens o
u Inc state, ana he thought II bu, JUS
4 that they pay . reasonable professions
lax direct 30 the state government
. Tho suit tax on Civu cases ana I'M
revenue from uues ami Tor oi'uto
, should certainly u0 provided iur'
b Railroad anu mining corporation
be- zeal. ..N| as j.. q ID o