The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-07


ritory is the subject of mutual con-
graduation, and is attributable to the
generous spirit of the people and the
wise school laws enacted by their rep
resentatives. The splendid achieve
ments in our educational field are only
the beginning of that higher education
which must come to this territory, if
the public school system receives that
fostering care in the future which has
been bestowed in the past. This bill
strikes at the school system. 1t robs
the school fund by taking half
mill from the amount now provided for
school purposes. 1t takes $4,000 from
the territorial school fund, and places
the same in the general fund, presum-
ably to meet the payment of boun-
ties.
Il herewith return an act for the
encouragement of silk production and
paying bounties therefor; also, an act
for the encourag cement of the produce
ton of sugar beets and paying boun-
ties therefor; and, also, an act to en-
courage the production of canaigre and
the manufacture of leather in the ter
ritory of Utah, without my approval,
for the following reasons: No provis-
ion whatever has been made for the
payment of bounties provided for in
these acts, and none can be made
without increased taxation.
Even if I approved of the legisla-
ton contemplated in these bills, a
great wrong would be done by giving
my approval, because the institutions
that are so meagerly provided for
would be robbed in order to meet the
payments provided for in these bills
or persons who may engage in enter
prises contemplated thereby would be
misled and deceived because of the
failure to supply the means for the
payment of these bounties.
But, further, I do not believe these
bills can be justified upon principle
The supreme court of the United
States has expressly held that it is
unjust and unlawful to force from the
citizens at large a tax for the benefit
of individuals, and that the IMPOSE
ton of a tax for the purpose
of paying bounties is, in effect,
taking private property without due
process of law. I see no reason why
the other Industries of this territory
should be taxed for the purpose of
supporting the three Industries men
toned in this bill.
Again, by act of Congress, the ter
ritory is prohibited from enacting
special laws. deem these bills repug-
nant to that provision and in conflict
herewith. [ am, sir, very respectful
ly, CALEB w. WEST, Governor"
q. What measure designed to COM
plete the public school system was We
toed by a Democratic governor after
having passed both houses?'' CCate-
chism.)
Ans. "The bill to establish a free
public library system. such as is en-
Joyed by progressive communities.
Reply-lf the governor needs the
smallest word of vindication in the
matter of the public library system
mentioned above, it is sufficiently given
in his veto message, in which he shows
that men We're tramping the country
by thousands in search of work and
food; that we were just entering upon
the harvest of perjury and hard times
soWn by thirty years of the RepuDli-
can policy of contraction; that on all
sides the public clamor gave notice
that men needed bread rather than
books" especially as no money was
available except as drawn from the
schoof fund; even this fund was not
held inviolate by the Republican ma
jority as against the so-called ENTER
prise that would Vaunt itself in the
culture of roofs and worms
% How did our Democratic gov
ernor show that he did not favor equal
privileges to women?" (Catechism
Ans. by vetoing bill which placed
women on all territorial boards
Reply-As to the governors sense of
Justice toward women, he showed his
solioirude for their political welfare
IN signing and forwarding to Congress
a memorial asking for the grant
ing to them of the elective fran
chlse. This alone repelS the insinua-
ton of question %. For answer con-
corning territorial boards, he knew
that the legislation which had been
Incorporated into the federal statutes
disqualified women from voting and
also from holding office And it would
be extremely unWise and improper in
him to ratify any enactment or pro-
cedure that he knew to be illegal And
that he was correct would seem to be
demonstrated fully for Republicans in
the designations of Mrs. Pardee and
Mrs. McVicker from positions to which
they had been nominated by the Re
publican party, for the reason that the
decision of the court Withholding from
the women the right to vote, disouali-
fed them for holding office This ac-
ton Of Republican women, under the
advice of eminent attorneys, is surely
timely answer to the insinuation of
the catechiSm.
The TabIeau.
26. who should be most deeply in
terested in making the new state of
Utah Republican," (Catechism.)
Ans. THE women of Utah, whose
first ballot should be cast for truth.
freedom and prosperity"
RRnlV-A ND nOuy oOp,ac tho ,ororo
tion--the benediction, as it were-the
final word of exhOrtation at the thresh-
old of the civic temple wherein the
duties of citizenship are to be taken I'D
by the w0manly pilgrims of Utah. The
catechism has led them on through the
mazes of party history and doctrine;
and now, with outstretched hands. it
pronounces its final admonition, giving
the women to understand that they
are deeply concerned Gin making the
new state of Utah Republican" But
how? By casting their first ballot ''for
truth, freedom and prosperity" Is there
not some mistake here? When we
started out with this catechism we
found that it had made mistake in
appropriating the ''principles" of
Jefferson-"fre speech and free
press"-and calling those "Republican
principles" and by claiming, too, that
Hamilton and Adams had founded the
Republican party on these principles"
This was a very grave mistake, and
all through the catechism we have
found errors, not Intentional, of course
but Just such errors as even the most
estimable people are led into by sur
rounding influences and the misleading
zeal of partisanship.
Doubtless the most guileless, and at
the same time most glaring mistake OF