The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-09

there being no contests. Also that eacl
, district be allowed to cast its entire
vote. The report was adopted.
The committee on permanent orgapi
zation and order of business then re,
ported. The temporary organization was
made permanent and the order of bust
ness was recommended AS follows: Nom
inetion of Clerk, Recorder, Treasurer,
Sheriff, Attorney, Auditor, Surveyor,
Assessor, Commissioners, State Sena'
tors, representatives, County commit
tee. The report was adopted.
Prior to the adoption Of the report,
Jake Greenewald moved that the con-
Nention, itself, name the county chair
man, but there was no second.
Quartette Again Heard.
The committee on platform and reso.
lutions not being ready to report, the
quartette sang another campaign song. a
parody on 'SUnder the Shade of the
Old Apple Tree
The committee still being absent, H.
n, Standish moved that the rules be
suspended and that the convention pro
ceed with its business without waiting
for its appearance. It was announced,
however, that the committee was on It's
way to the hall and the motion was
! withdrawn. in the meantime Chairman
| kaighn asked that the convention as
| sist him IN every way possible during
the subsequent deliberations. Chairman
| kaighn also declared that he would
show no favoritism.
at this time a motion prevailed that
nominating speeches be limited to three
| minutes and seconding speeches to two
minutes.
MI %yaa ,,la and
lutlons then appeared and L. .. Lcath.
erwood read the report of the COM
mitee, as follows;
Here Is Platform.
We, the Republicans o: sslt Lake county,
IN convention assembled do declare and
affirm as follows:
We reafirn our approval OF the Republican
State platform, formulated ana adopted by
our State convention in Salt Lake City, Utah,
on September 20, 1906.
We indorse the successful Republican sd.
mlnistration OF our county AFFAIRS anG be-
heyo h.Seyo thet evoTy voter and taxpayer within
county is Interested IN an honest, efficient,
economical and business'like administration
Of Of our county revenues and maintain thqt .S
county to consider is the collection and eX
penditure OF their public moneys,
The question OF taxation is always a vital
one and can be made light or heavy bur.
den according TO the amount OF public moneys
collected and the wisdom which is exercised
sna fnS 20
property holder within our county the tol'
lowing facts
three political parties have been ia power,
VIZ, the Republ: :can party. for tour years;
the Democratic, Tor TWO years, and the Amer
lean purty, for practically one year. We call
10 the attention OF taxpayers that during the |
four years OF Republican control the city |
tax levy averaged but s'5 mills; that during |
the two years OF Democratic control 1t aver. |
aged 1893 mills, and that in the one year OF J
American control 1t is IL mills: that the !
average assessed property valuation during !
the four years of Republican control was
assessed property valuation during the Demo
crstlc contral was $4,000, o00i and that this
year OF American control the assessed prop
erty valuation is s4l,ooo,ooo IN other
words, the attention OF the taxpayers Is called /
to the startling and important fact that un.
der Democratic. control, with an inereesed
600, the tax rate was increased mills, that
under American parry control, with an in.
creased property valuation over the assessed
Of S7,020o,ooo, the tax levy was Increased
We slso csIl atteutiou to the fact that the
claim of the Democratic party and tho
American party that the reason tor the IN"
creased tax levy. and expenses during their
control to-wit, the. public improvement car
-ied on by tRem, is not true; These facts
,re, and the records show it,, that during tile
years OF Republican control more street paw
ng and sswering done than under either
he Democratic or American administrations.
Il was during Republican control that the
streets OF South Temple and Second South
gere pared TO the two, railroad depots, and
he city % Salt Lake has been oompls,ed
~ the American city adminlstrauon.
We call attention OF the taxpayers to- the
act that the permanent GXed employees of
he City OF Salt Lake during the last year
ave been increased ever. thirty in, number,
hat clarkship, forenanship end other posi-.
necessity for their creations existed,
We remind taxpayers that the American ! !
,arty Council OF Salt Lake CITY has deter
'aved Second South street IN defiance OF the :
act that Republican COUNCIL, Republican )
'oa-d Of Public Works. Republican City Al )
orr. and a Republican City Engineer O.. c. :
selsey), investigated This CLAIM and rejected
. as one which the city was under nc, legal
n this position by the Clty Attorney under ,
he present American party administration. :
We submit these few !pcontestable facts
D the voters Of Salt Lake county. They are !
art Of your public records, aud IN the face T
( the same the American party announce {
nal they Will give to this county The same q
. Salt Lake City; in other words. they
I'll the peopl. IN plain words that with an
lcreased property assessment they viii In
rease the tax levy and with no greater pub
c improvements than IN preceding years and Y
o Increased work, they will increase the ]
ounty pay roll 90 TO 40 per cent Are the !
expsyers Of this county prepared to accept
ais kind Of an ADMINISTRATION '
Under the present Republican county !
ADMINISTRATION there has been much improve I
lent in the highways Of the county. We 7
ledge the Republican party 10 continuation 5
I the same. The main highways throughout
le county have been lighted With electricity @
Y toe present county administration. and
e favor the continuance and extension OF =
lls lighting system so far as the revenues
the county will permit.
large part OF the taxes of this county
re derived from small property owners, and
ae policy OF our county administration
lould not be such will compel the mort
aging or confscaC!on Of the people, homes
nd property by increased levies and thereby
aralyZing industry and enterprise. but
trough Increased assessment valuations on
sw wealth and new property derive sufi-
eat funds to carry on the county govern
ept and gradually reduce the rate OF tax
Wy. which WILL have the eject Of placing
le premium oa enterprise Gnd encourage