Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-21
GOOD OLD DAYS NO MORE.
Then Non Served The Public Faith.
fully For Small Pay


Llt0r DsscrCt NeWG
As a citizen and taxpayer 1 have
been FOR years noticing the changes
which have taken place DO tho govern
mental aud financial afais o' eur
Territory, and ! have boon .gd 20 bee
Iioye that our present financial c0ndi-
Sion ia duo very largely Go O. lack OF
proper consideration ON iIepsr. OF the
people la One selection OF tlt mrmb.u
Of our LegisIatur,a,eui tauurlaas wu
have selected 60 600 thr various city
county and territorial rni.s.
Those whom va aU..I,I Bro Che
various cities aud c1uuuo8 90 hi. ihr
offices Tor many yrau aNrr tle nu.
settlement ot tBc Territory were farm
eB ard muohan.cr, ar their sousi ano
they wcro Ina sympHthy with tlo pgg-
pie, and laboicI faithfully and vol iu
tho interests % tho .tgpIa. They
secuted Tor their compensation core
tluufatiUn C0mWrrHHfalu with tuD
earnings Of the common people. They
were tatiEhuu and faithfully Hls'
charged the duties 0i ihe yuflHus Offices
thCy were selected o. 400 fuT rearIg-
able rrmuuufati0u,auu dIl 900. iatIiHat
10 have office was 10 iaiten on tlH
hard earnings OF tho common people.
~ result uo one was rcehlug .AIcfi
but when men wUto selected 90 f.i 300
olico iu the piu of the people, az s
matter Of honor they accepted the
position offered Aui didohaIgud Gao
duiles thereof honestly anu oIliCiel.
tiuualy. Tho Uiilcu Fought tbr unui
the man did not seek the Office. lbo
Flsult was that city, county auI terri.
t0finl taxes wofo low, the Cltigs were
OUT VI debt the counties out a. debit
she Territory out OF debit
But nfur awhile change came.
The wise ana good men who had made
n residence In this Territory uUHaiu|u;
the Pioneers whoihnd DO wisely organ
lied tho Territory aud hnd uuuutu1 tho
good and wholesome laws which had
kept "a out OF debt anu yet had opened
up our canyons, bridgcd our riveru,
built our funds, brought cut tho noun
tain streams for ifrgatlng purp1sts,
opening up this whole section uf g.uu.
Try for settlements, aud ni tho came
time kept the red man at lay-ih0su
great men began 10 wonr cut anu leave
tho responsibility Of continuing tue
structure thCy had erected 20 Tho care
u those who should follow after them.
The result has been that our Logic
latuTuB began 10 be filled with men
who had hllud various local 8illrrB "a
their respective cities Aud counties aud
who had begun 90 seek 0hlcr. Ihry
wanted higher salariCs and more fcef;
aud when once they had the log.sIa.
tive power iu their hands thuy used
that power % build up their own iu- !
iufcata ana dlhrrFard0d the Interests of |
tho people. Ia order thai they might |
receive more fees aud higher salaries, |
thn taxes Of the people mudt bB iu- |
oreassd,un they Increased thum. They |
inside thu cnictH very desirable and |
from that umo on our taxes have
steadily increased aud IN thu rnmt
ratio Oluct-auUkoTH have multiplied ,uu.
til today 90 get oilico mans 20 get a
"fat thing" anu 10 fleece tho common
people.
~ has now reached a paHs when
oiilce holders who work from siz 90
eight hours q day thinK they should
receive from 500 90 500 pee month,
while tho lnboring man H. glad 90 gbl |
$50 per moath. There are but few, 10 !
any Of those ofliCa.holdrH, such Us
county clerks, hs6uas3rH, collectors, ~. !
oofdora, etc, who have the experience !
or ability Of the common farmer; and !
yet they demand and expect moro
salary than the farmer can realize from
his own labor anu tho Capial hu haa |
Invested In his farm aud machinery.
A girl from one Of our district schools,
whore she decides 20 call herself q |
teacher and 20 Into a school, rxp8cls |
more per annum than che Wel.-'l.do /
farmer ~ there DO any uuual eau gunl- |
ICE from his farm. Whom "a ON wa |
presented In our la6t Legislature 90 cut |
down tho fees Of county officers o. |
voice went up against lt Rom il0su |
OilceEi throughout the Territory.
notice thnt the Bar ASSOCIATION Of |
Utah In their Judiciary department III |
the Consultation Of Utah, provide that |
tue district Judges shall receive Lol !
lees lhan $1,000 por nuuum each, |
which ~ Just about the earnings OF ton |
good solid farmers On thoir farms. |
That same kind Of legislative enact. /
ment has already plunged the Terri.
tory anu almost every county ana CITY |
Into debt aud has cold many home
iof taxes. WIN the people vote 90 sua.
N"AA NANA u COMMUNION MhINA VIII
provide for burdens which Ero need
lees anu which they viii bo unable 30
bynfg
The people dgliru statehood and thry
want q Constitution which win NOS |
compel future legislature O. rob tHu
peoples uud % DO my humble opinion |
that 10 there Boz "a foundation Hla' m tla i
Constitution Tor tho oppression OIL Ono
people unnecessarily, lun people Wu |
not adopt o., and they should uaf. They
should wake up 90 their own lulrIus,-, |
anu look well into tau gJutuutU uf tUo !
proposed Constitution uuH Protect .urir /
rights while they ugu. tlu llrr
should luauguwtg o. plan ai It,rguui-
meat which would mako Us possible l3r
ua 90 irHr ourselves lFJm bondage boo
every department %. our gDyoFumru. /
u lughl lore ia o.. HuHI rIu4uu tua. |
70 10 entitled TO ten t,mua tho teuuugr-
alton al nu 0Eflluliu.Hl OK mechanical !
oducaloui Chen wy 900 muaus ItJ us
send our Hgus 90 mo 'lW 0sBaos uy mr
score that We mry uu al.u tH supply
Tue demand uHu have our W..., done
Tor consideration C.uH.alpul WIKI
that paid i0g other sgtylga.
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