The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-30
SPRY RECORDS
FINAL PLEA FOR
STATE CAPITOL
Governor Declares Pending Is
sue Is Free of Partisan
ship and Politics.
LOCATION OF CAPITOL
IS DEFINITELY SETTLED
-,cuREs SUBMITTED SHOWING
GAIT LAKES PROPORTION OF
THE TOTAL ASSESSMENT.

corsrnor William Spry yesterday
--. our to the press the following
-+.tsuent with respect to the approach
no election on the proposition to in
'-sssa the state levy l mill to provide
for state capitol;
aOn Tune S there viii be submitted TO
cha neouIe of the state a question which
u -srs-1 as one Of the most vital bust
49, imuortance-ShaH the state pro-
.se5 10 erect a capitol building?
..Thp question IS one into which par
.ss,DehfD does not enter, in which poll
r..s {s not a factor and into which fac
-ao1aHsm should not be injected. 1t is
strictly and solely a business PROPOSE
tien submitted to the states stockhOld-
ars-the property OWners-inVolVing
question as TO whether they desire TO
1ortinua 10 transact the affairs of state
as tenants In common with the local
..orenmeuts OF salt Lake City and
county and numerous owners of Salt
lake business blocks, at enormous
yearly rentals-with meager and abso-
iutelv Inadequate accommodations; or
whether. in keeping with the practice of
other states of the Union, they will pro-
of state government, for the Gignified
ana expeditions transaction or the
states business.
The action in a certain quarter for
the removal Of the state capitol at this
tine is irrelevant, unjust and unfair.
The location of the capitol of Utah is
definitely and finally settled.
Section of the Enabling Act of July
ls 1Sgt, provides: That upon the ad-
mission Of the said state CUtah) to the
Union, III accordance with the provi-
si0us OF this act. one hundred sections
Of the unappropriated lands within the
said state, 10 be selected and located
I'm subdivisions as provided in section
Of this act, shall be, and are hereby,
granted 20 said state for the purpose Of
erecting public buildings at the capital
OF said state, when permanently located,
for legislative, executive and judicial
purposes
Location Is Fixed.
The question of the location of the
state capitol was exhaustiveIy discussed
in the constitutional convention, and
was definitely and finally settled under
the provisions OF section OF article Is
Of the cOnsti tutiOn. which permanently
located the seat of government at Salt
Lake City.
Section ] of article % of the constf-
tuition further provides; All lands of
the state that have been, or may here
after be granted to the state by con-
gress, and all lands acGIired by gift,
g-ant or devise, from a ~ person or
corporation, or that may be otherwise
acquired, are hereby accepted, and de-
cared 20 be the public lands of the
state. and shall be held in trust for the
people, 90 be disposed of as may be pro-
uded by law, for the respective pur-
poses for which they have been or may
De granted, donated, devised or other
wise acquired The constitutional con-
'enuon fixed the capitol site perma-
hehtly at salt Lake City. Doing this.
they complied with the condition of the
land grant of the enabling act and al
ready the state has selected of the $1,000
acres granted by congress 81, 736 acres.
By Way of Comparison.
The argument that Salt Lake county
EXHIBITS a voraciOus disposition in the
matter or appropriations at the hands
Of The legislature is without foundation
oI truth As a matter of information 1
may state eliminating the assessed
valuation of railroads, telegraph. tele-
phone, express and car companies and
htl proceeds Of mines, the total as
sesSel valuation Of the state, outside of
eaIt Lake county, was, in round fig
ufes' $'-.2l6,339; while Salt Lake coun-
" was assessed on its real estate, i'm
ttolements and personal property, ex-
ulslVe Of railroad property, etc, ap-
fortunately S5L4s5.O23. or about 63 per
1sI- as much as the entire state. outside
Vi SAN Lake county.
uh Ike comparative statement,
--s next largest county in point of as
-1sNlenI paid on a basis Of about 10
=. -elJ on the entire assessed Yalua-
49, 49, OF the state, and Notwithstanding
49, ldcJ this same county received ap-
+-oAlIlately IS per cent OF the total ap-
i -,...-ion by the legislature for state
institutions
,, he fact is that a legislature, COM
- % men representing every sec
s;-.VL the state, familiar with the con-
~. az under which the state conducts
BUSINESS. posted Thoroughly on the
rs1-i. Conqltlon OF the state and her
5sg~l. u5eIled the time opportune for n
csni..,7 move toward the erection Of a
~ Dlildlng. A careful fnvestiga-
f-- A7--sAA0 VI law the ne
dities OF the situation and the con-
h. ~ ~ lne states finances resulted
a. enactment OF four measures. IN
ma, '''e provisions of which the state
h. ~ Win great expedition. proceed
sir.5 eecomplishment OF the end de-
srbs-,. Chaer the plan formulated the
am .- could not be carried out with
cor,i zen OF the several measures be-
pao,is law and the burden to the
re-i,S vas lightly distributed over A
isr5,T.l. OF fifteen years. Certainly the
l,rrs- 80 ure was fully convinced of the
caSit.I necessity for the erection of a
lending Toward Capitalization.
rs, tne United States government IS
ho,s...y making provisions for tbs
n.iris,ts oI the postoffices and its adj
STAR. 'felVe officers in the various
POSING a L.. modern. convenient and i'm
The -SsulIdlngs. This is Significant
trsI,s.o2eaern tendency is toward cen
Ines ~ ln the management Of an
Of ~ business. The administration
rolres a .lirs of the state of T1tah in.
szaetl,- i. handling of business along
o same lines that are en-