The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-30
THE PLAN TO ROB SALT LAKE.

In tho local election here this year,
! so far as Salt Lake City is concerned,
the following shameful scheme and llan
of confiscation adopted by the "Repub-
licau'' party is a predominant issue.
Here is what that party declared in it's
county platform adopted on Tuesday,
September %, 1905:
We favor the enactment OF a fire ana
police commission law for cities OF the
first class. and we pledge the nominees
OF this convention for the Legislature to
work 10 that end
Now, the adoption of this plank was
no snap Judgment 1t was not sprung
upon the convention without warnioG,
aud was not railroaded through without
understanding. After the convention
had proceeded well along in its work
and had made some OF it's nomIuc tions,
those proceedings were arrested for the
purpose OF allowing the introduction Of
further planks in the platform addi-
tional to those that had been adopted.
Among those additional planks the one
above quoted figures prominently. II
was only after long and spirited de-
bate that the convention determined 10
stop in it's work for the purpose Of tax
ing up this plundering scheme. After
some discussion, and on the persuasion
OF the leaders Of the convention. how
ever, the convention stopped, ioo,. up
the platform question again, aad put IN
this plank, The purpose is plain. The
scheme is to take awav from the people
&c ,b,s ,i,, he yontrp1 Of af +hp
most important departments OF the mua
nicipal government, and to rob the tax"
payers of Salt Lake City OF property
that can be valued only by the tens Of
thousands of dollars. and divertiug it 90
the control of q commission appointed
by the Governor. Thus Salt Lake City
would be deprived of its legitimate
voice in the work, use, and control OF
its police and fire departments, while
the property appcrtaining 10 those de-
partments would be dishonesty con.
hscated by the State.
II is quite true that the Constitution
of the State absolutely forbids the Co.
ing of anything of this kind. But what
is a Constitution TO these law defers
with their own will and in
tcrest3 1t is absolutely idle 10 talk 10
people like that about law or Coustitu
ton. They override both at will and
while il is practically certain that tie
courts would declare any such law
the trouble, delay, and
anarchy that would ensue upon the ell
of such q measure would be
strongly detrimental TO the interests Of
the people of Salt Lake City and to the
protection of business and other prop
erty against fire.
The way TO kill this sort OF pluader-
ing campaign tactics and 10 thwart the i
robbing conspirators is TO vote down |
heir whole legislative ticket, and show |
10 the State at large that while there |
nay be an utter disregard of morals |
md Of law in certain vicious political
,lques in Salt Lake City, the people |
;hiehv interested will not stand to be |
-obbed either of their property or of i
heir right of jurisdiction and control |
)ver their own affairs.
IL bchooves every resident. and espc-
,ially every taxpayer of Salt Lake City, !
o get out on next Tuesday and enter
IN emphatic protest against this scheme
# robbery, by voting for the American
,ary candidates fortthe Legislature, in
,rder to fix the stamp OF disapproval
ipon the robbery and the wrong which |
he Republican campaign MANAGERS
ire seeking TO infict upon Salt Lake
And while these voters arc about it,
hey had better vote the whole Amerl-
,an ticket-straight