The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21

is evident.
A meeting was held on Wednesday
last at which the state central COM
mittee of the party was organized with
the following personnel:
Chairman-William G.. Sharp.
Vice Chairman-Lewis S. Hills.
Secretary Treasurer-Chaurcey +.
Overfield.
The other members of the committee
are Eugene H. Lewis and Judge Charies
c. Dey.
Hon. Farley L. Williams was selected
as national committeeman.
The objects of the organization are
set out as being the ''aiding and Sc
curing the necessary and proper re-
forms in our currency system, and IN
furthering the principles of Democracy
as enunciated in the platform Oh the
Indianapolis convention.
DUTY ON LEAD.
Mining men, especially those inter-
ested in the lead industry, are all agog
over the action of some parties IN TINS
CITY in relation to a tariff on lead ores
and a petition to congress for legisla-
ton of that kind, which has been IN
circulation for some time in this city
and state.
1t will be remembered that when the
Dingley bill was in course OF construc-
ton there was an effort made TO nave
the duty on lead ores fixed at " cents
but the same was defeated ana a much
lower figure secured. rms was uue
mainly to the efforts of the Kansas
Citv Snelter men. who want Mexican
ores allowed to come in with as little
dutv as possible so they can WORK
cheaply. no matter what the cost may
be to the home industry in the mount
aims.
A few days ago it was discovered
that some one was circulating pen
ton in which congress was asked 10
fix a duty on lead ores OF cent oilly.
II was discovered, too, that great
MANY mad signed the, document, ana
there was a commotion. 1t would never
do TO ask the congress to nix only
duty of / cent per pound, Tor thdI
would he right in line with the eastern
smeIter men and would be ruineus TO
the lead miners of the west 30 lieI
was concert of action among Inc
lead mine owners and their aoheleii: -
and so united were the eHorts ll.;,t !,
was but a short time ere the petllloli
was withdrawn.
W & Mccormick had signed the Pc
triton hut when he discovered the real
nurport. he withdrew his name w: 7.
lanes was asked to sign, but AFTER
reading refused to do so. SeVeral
others of greater or Lesser prominence
attached their names.Ic but nave slioe
withdrawn. IN n
nosition to know that the petition was
directly in the interests of Omaha ana
Kansas City smelling concerns
II anpears that the lead trust Is III
this position: They have tarllI Vi
SH cents on pipe, shot and in tact all
manufactured lead, and 2 cents on
sheet lead. By getting low ra.e III
ores they would be enabled ~ ma
enormous profits and this petlIlon n1s
a duty of only cent per poui4u *o the
have created the impression that tIl ne
miners wanted no more, and as al
rates are usually chopped little, II
would have followed that the readlng
Of the same by the committee on ways
ond means would have resulted clSdS-
tro11slv to the people in this section.
There was considerable suipii3
manifested that such a-petltlon shoolu
have been circulated and much reJolc-
ing when it was learned tha' INC
had been withdrawn.
If is expected that within a snort
time a petition asking that the uuly
he fixed at ~ cents will be clrcuidteu
and forwarded.
QUILL NEBEKER GOES HOME
President Nebeker, of the state SEN
ate, has gone to ms hlcn coui.tS =, q
and will load cattle at Evanston III
few DAYS for the Chicago market Ere
Leaving he stated to a Herald man
that Notwithstanding the Jibes anu
ieers of some of the Republican party
organs. he was proud of the WORK
which had been done by the Deiio-
cratic state legislature.
The opposition, said Gun, s1
we have met and done nothing IN the
eo DAYS which we have been in session.
They seem to forget that we have com
piled and repassed all the laws Wnlcn
have been in existence in Titan LOT ~
wears: or rather that we have compiled
and repassed all the good laws, ieaV-
ing the old to go where they shoulu
have gone long ago, to the waste pas
ket. 1t is true there was code COM
mission at work on the revision year
and that the same was all READY Ioi
us when we got to it, but when IL Is
considered that the state of Iowa
called a 80 day session for the purpose
of revising it's laws and for no olheI
purpose, it will be seen at a glance
this last session of ours was mot so
bad after all. We have kept up Win
business and have passed several I'M
portant measures in addition TO the
code.
1.-The irrigation law as passed ana
the act creating a state engineer are
measures of Importance to the IaTIl-
ers and will be appreciated by all. Inc
act creating the reservoir reserve was
one which means a, great deal Tor the
reclamation of the arid lands OF the
state and the railroad bill. as passed.
means much in the way of encourag-
ing building of lines. Some say we
were too generous with the roads; tnat
they will take an undue advantage OF
the state under the provisions OF the
bill, but they seem to forget that the
law can be repealed by any succeed
ing legislature the moment it becomes
oppressive, if it ever should.
There is a great deal being said
about a million dollar legislature,
and all that sort of thing l would like
to call attention to the fact that this
legislature had to make up the de-
ficiencies of the last Republican leg
islature and that had they done their
duty, our appropriation might have
been much less. AS it was we fell far
short of a million. And besides while
the last session appropriated for a
year, minus the deficiencies, this had
to make those up and provide for the
next two years. Economy was practiced
in every department. No one knows
that better than the state officers
themselves. There was no large sala-
ries voted any one; no heavy expen-
ditures. The appropriations all go to
the maintenance of the state institu-
tons; for the government itself And
when it is remembered that the money
which we have voted goes out for the
support of the institutions of the state
to be expended by Republicans under