The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-26
THE DELINQUENT TAX LIST
RAwLINs STANDS OUT AGAINST
HALL.
Action of the Especial Meeting" Not
Va1idated-Typographical Union
Files a Strong Protest.


attempt yesterday to validate the ac-
ton of Wednesdays Illegally convened
meeting of the board of county COM
mfssioners in voting to irregularly
award the contract for publishing the
delinquent tax list to Warren Fosters
Living Issues. Evidently Commissioner
Rawlins saw the error he had been led
into by his colleague, for he stood out
firmly for a continuation of final and
regular action in the premises until
Chairman Armstrong meets with the
board. Nothing was really accom-
plished by the two commissioners on
Wednesday nor yesterday. The chair
man is expected to return today from
Idaho, and if he arrives in time a, spe-
cial meeting will be called at 2 o'clock
this afternoon to finally determine
whether the lowest responsible news
paper bidding will be awarded the pub
LEGATION of the delinquent tax list.
During yesterdays meeting a very
strong protest against Commissioner
Halls peculiar methods in Warren FNos-
ter's interest was filed by President A.
E. Graham and Secretary H. C. Nc
Donough of Salt Lake Typographical
Union No. 115. The remonstrance is as
follows:
1T having come to our notice that
the contract for publishing the delin-
quent tax list is about to be awarded
to the publisher of Living Issues, we
in behalf of Salt Lake Typographical
Union No. lis, hereby enter our pro-
test against the proposed action for the
following reasons:
81. The said paper is not a newspa-
per Of general circulation.
-. 1t is not published for purposes
Of disseminating general news, but for
political and economic propaganda.
80. Its circulation is in no sense of
the word general one, and probably
does not exceed 500 copies a week
THE prime object of publishing the
delinquent tax list is to give the mat
ter the widest possible circulation, and
this object would be entirely defeated
by doing it in the above named paper.
I'VE also protest against letting the
work by private contract instead of re-
advertising for bids Gf the original
bids were not satisfactory, and giving
all weekly papers the same opportu-
nifty.
I'VE further protest against the pro-
| posed farming Of the mechanical por-
ton of the work to a concern operated
under unfair conditions, as is the case
/ with the Western Newspaper Union,
who do not pair fair wages, and who
work their employees more than the
customary hours
| Manager w. s. Newberry of the
Western Newspaper Union and Warren
/ Foster were present to coach Commits
! sioner Hall, who resorted to every spe-
cious argument and persuasive charm
to induce Commissioner Rawlins to
! vote With him, but the latter was i'm
movable in the determination to defer
action till this afternoon, in order that
a very serious mistake in awarding the
contract might be averted When Com
missioner Hall admitted that in the
! case of inability of the Western News
! paper Union to set the type for Mr.
! Foster, as appears very certain, the
/ copy would be sent to Denver to be set
at that place, thus taking bread and
| butter from the mouths of Salt Lake
workmen, Commissioner Rawlins re-
solved to await Chairman Armstrong;
return before voting on such a mon
strous proposition.
Commissioner Rawlins was inclined
to concur in the logic of the Typo
graphical unions protest. He expressed
grave doubts that publication of the
| delinquent tax list in Living Issues
would be legal. If this should prove
| to be true and in consequence inves-
tors refused to purchase tax titles, the
loss in revenue, Immediately and re-
motely, to the state, county, city and
] WOulQ De a serious
! ter He added that the county could
not afford to bid in, for itself, and as
trustee for the other tax funds, all the
properties sold for delinquency, and
any embarrassment which the proposed
and probably illegal publication would
entail should not be invited by the
board OF county commissioners. Com
| missioner Rawlins expressed the belief
that it would only be fair to give the
daily papers or the emi-weeklies the
privilege of bidding for the notice of
sale ON basis of the publication be-
ing made as often during the ten-day
period as Mr.. Fosters paper would be
issued, say twice, or even three or four
! times. He was of the opinion that as
low or a lower price would be pro-
posed on such a basis. and without
question the results to the county would
be infinitely better, and no legal COM
plications would arise.