The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-12
salt LAKE
TER MEASURE
Be Senate Defeats Commits
sion Bill, 8 to 8.
WILLIAMS LEADS TIE ATTACK
FOURTEEN COUNCILMEN PAY
ONLY s13AOs IN TAXES.
WILLIAMS LEADS TIE ATTACK

SAT- Lakes water commission bin
was killed Ia the state senate yester-
day by vote of 20 @. Senator W.
N. Williams led the hght against the
measure and succeeded in comprising
Us death. Had the bin IS. b. 1S9) re-
ceiFed only one more vote it would
have passed and gone 10 the house. Ana
attempt win be- made today 10 have
The measure reconsidered. but If that
falls, the water situation In Salt Lake
VIII De left where IL was last sum-
mer when the agitation was begun
which resulted Ga the creation of the
eonmisaon bin by the Commercial
club. Following IS the vote b. which
me bil failed of passage.
Years Bamberger. Barber Barnes,
Lawrence. Lewis, Love, Sherman,
Whitmore Allison
Nays-Bennion. Gardner, johnson.
@ u Larsen, H. s. Larsen, Loose,
Mckay Murdoch. Williams.
Senator III. S. Love led the fight for
the measure. and made "a strenuous
speech in its support arraigning FOUR
teen of the city councils fifteen mem
nars as "a band OF nom taxpayers.
Last summer the city of Salr Lake
was in desperate straits f0r lack or
water" said he ".lhe city council and
the mayog found Do impossible 90 agree
ON measures of relief. The Commercial
club called a mass meeting by which
g committee of nifty was appointed 90
formulate "a measure or relief. A bin
mas prepared and presented 90 the
ieEislaturc ANA not one word of critic
eism or obiecticr was made 90 10 until
after the bin was reported upon the
noor of the senate. Then the mem
hefs OF the city council. never able 90
agree before on anything uot even on
The confirmation of $40 clerical ape
poutmert rose as one man and fought
-Four Pay No Taxes.
~WIh AN due respect 90 the coun-
cilmen. some OF whom are my friends
and some 0s whom I admire. they are
not the mcI of this community who
rre entitled 90 the highest considera-
ton hy this legislature -Four OF the
c1uu men pay no taxes whatever.
The wives OF TWO of the four do pay
some taxes. however. and those two
are 5rlhobIy entitled 20 the benefit Of
the double. Ten of the remainder pay
altogether q total of Sl3fOS in taxes.
just thins of it / am not much uf
a property owner and yet I pay over
tU0-thirds as much in taxes as the
records show 10 bee paid oy fourteen
members of the city council And one
o. the mountaineering members IS
chairman of the councils water COM
mittee
~When the commission idea was first
propoGnd-l DO was suggested thai the
cOmmIs siDnrrs bee appointed by the
mayor OF course the council objected
GU that Then che bin was made 10
provide Tor election or the commission
by The necpie. Instantly that was de-
noauced as Democrats couspira
ID d H.H. Hr #HHH =
fin NE hands of the governor, % be
COMMENCED by this senate AS 10 the
cousIA 0naHty os this measure, I
have stemitt-d tkati controversy 90 t-e
fsn of-Bie,sQC ELLIS q Ellis, who
veu me an aFurs1n -thet IL is
sIletiy withia tha constitution
Insult and Slap.
Senator Williams then launched into
Dis attack on the measure.
ID ann SATISFIED this Is not a Drouer
bin so eeast into law said he. The
city council has been working for years
ON plans Tor the Improvement OF the
water supply. They have followed this
ln0veme2. faithfully and carefully for
years. IL is an insult and a slap ID
attempt 90 take this from their COR
trol when they have been working on il
for SO long.
Just because a few people happen 20
i
,it,. .o,,r.i. 4. ,,o rsssoD MN, the conn
IN -bo,,Ig D., ,-,bbe8 ,f his i1sf mowers
T'et fte cifigone -, ~ The nrirosrias an
-ro,. ..-.. .liss.fis.is5 Won, r9r,f made
~. reIte,.e Sol T.sI,s Citv' fs In eucb
49, 49,. A. I,e- ~ On h., tbs sfare in
r--ler Il. 80 81 men fo -1nduct its af-
80. ,,
senator rombarrsr nenparsd q few
rnesfIors M senator yVuiiams
..r, ,o,, ramaD,ber wien Colonel
Holmes Tudee powers Yourself and
,ovsalf 4na,t hours toeetber framing
fba water commission bIl and prepar-
no be- ln sha-a fl be enacted bv Inc
isel-i- mn. p, ta asked
~ves sirr
ga. +bet ti,,a 91d Won moi ezpress
80. Z. ,,.royai III tbe biug"
*, sir"
-tf,fT ,or ,,+ r,.,-i,in,fa in fromiu..
s....
.f.-
.rts ,o ,-. MALI. ,bia.fia,s 90
az OBJ
..-ee = mad. obfs-rians to the whole
tiln
0orfrodie-e Williams.