Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-08
Make Strong Party Claims. Dis
credit Democrats and Roast
Americans.
WHAT THEIR PLATFORM IS.
The Different PlanlSs Submitted 10 The
Convention at the salt Palace
This Afternoon.

ton at the Salt Palace this AFTERNOON
are as follows:
Your committee on resolutions re-
spectfully report az follows.
We. the Republicans Of salt Lake
county, In convention assembled DO
declare and affirm ne follows.
We re-alfirm our approval Of tho
Republican state platform. formulate
ed and adopted by our state conVen-
ton In Salt Lake City, Utah. on Sept
20. 1905.
We endorse the successful Repub-
lican administration OF our county al.
fairs and believe that every voter and
Tux payer within the borders OF our
fair and prosperous county Is inter-
ested in an honest, efficient, economic
al and business like administration or
our county revenues and maintain that
tho paramount issue for the citizens
Of this county to consider Is the coll
lection and expenditure OF their pub
lie monies.
The question of taxation is always
a vital one and can be made light
or heavy burden according to the
amount OF public monies collected and
the wisdom which is exercised IN their
expenditure and We submit for most
serious and thoughtful consideration
OF every property holder within our
country, the following facts:
In the last seven years In Salt Lake
City three political parties have been
In power. viz, the Republican party, for
four years; the Democratic party for
two years and the American party
for practically one year. We cali to the
attention of taxpayers that during the
four years OF Republican control the
city tax levy averaged but Sla mills;
that during the two years OF Democra-
tic control 1t averaged l0h mills, and
that In the one year OF American con-
troll 1t is IL mills; that the average as
sessed property valuation during the
four years OF Republican control was
approximately 100000; that tho aver
age assessed property valuation dur
ing the Democratic control was S9,O0Q,-
600; and that this year of American
control the assessed property valuation
Is 900. In other words, the at
tention of the taxpayer Is called to the
startling and important fact that under
Democratic control with an increased
property valuation of approximately
s5,000,000, the tax rate was increased
two mills, that under American party
control with an increased property
valuation over the assessed value OF
property during Republican control of
S,0O0.eOO, the tax levy was increased 3Is
mills.
We also call attention to the fact
that the claim OF the Democratic par
ty and the American party that the
reason for the increased tax levy and
expenses during their control to-wit,
the public Improvement carried on by
them, Is not true. These facts are, and
the records show il. that during the
years OF Republican control more street
paving. and sewerlng was done than
under either the. Democratic or AM
erican administrations. 1t was during
Republican control that the streets
OF South Temple and Second South were
paved TO the two railroad depots and
thus far not q single block OF paving
within the city OF Salt Lake has been
completed by the American city admin
iStration.
We call attention Of the taxpayers to
the fact that the permanent fixed en-
pioyes OF. the City OF Salt Lake during
the last year have been increased over
80 in number, that clerkship. foreman
ship and other positions have been
created and filled when no necessity for
their creations existed.
we remind taxpayers that the Amer
lean party council, OF Salt Lake City,
mas determined to pay $3.50 to the con-
tractors who paved Second South street
in defiance of the fact that a Repub-
lican council, Republican board Of pub
lie works, Republican city attorney and
Republican mayor ezra Thompson)
and Republican city engineer H. C.
kelsey investigated this claim and re-
Jected 1t as one which the city was
under no legal nor moral obligation to
pay, and confirmed In this position by
American party administration
We submit these few incontestable
facts to the voters Of Salt Lake county
they are part of your public records,
and in the face of the same the Amer
lean party announce that they will give
to this county the same kind OF adj
ministratlon that they have given to
Salt Lake City, in other words, they
tel the people IN plain words that with
an Increased property assessment they
will Increase the tax levy and with
no greater public Improvements than
In preceding years and no increased
work they will increase the county pay
roll 30 TO 40 per cent. Are the tax
payers OF this county prepared 10 ac-
cept this kind of an administration?
Under the present city Republican
county administration there has been
the county. We pledge the Republican
party TO continuation OF the same.
The main highways throughout the
county have been lighted With cleo
tricity by the present county adminis-
tration and We favor the continuance
and extension OF this lighting system
so far as the revenues OF the county
will permit.
A large part of the taxes Of this
county are derived frtom small prop
erty owners and the policy Of our
county administration should not aim
as will compel the mortgaging or con-
flscatlon of the peoples homes and
property by increased levies and there
by paralizing industry and enterprise.
but through increased assessment vail
uations on new wealth and new prop
erty derive sufficient funds to carry on
the county government and gradually
reducing the rate OF tax levy which