Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-09
overwhelming Majority Rs Recorded
BY Those Opposing the
Project.
RIG FIGHT is WAGED in OGDEN !.
second city iii the State Rolls Up Vote
.68s2 OF / ,1se Against "a for In
crease OF the Tax.

,rhe state capitol building OF Utah,
fonndsd on the hope, ambition and
ride Of the state, was sent gllmmer-
IL ike d castle in air vest erday when.
dc project to increase the taxes one
bill 10 provide s2,0OO,000 to construct
4 was decisively defeated by the tax.
nayers. Although the entire vote has
not been counted, II stands about two
IL ono against the proposition. Weber
ca,,nty took the lead In rolling up a
majority against IT and was vas closely
followed by the counties in the north
and south While every precinct in
Sail Lake county was favorable by q
,naio,.itv. the lack of interest was
fatal to the plan.
less than fifth of the voters in
sail Lake county went to the polls
yesterday, and the defeat is partly
attributed to this. In Ogden a larger
percentage of the voters went to the
piolis than in salt Lake. There was an
organized effort on the part of Ogden
citizens to defeat the measure for
The people Of thatscity are still In hope
81 having the capitol building there.
Two IN YES" COLUMN.
The only towns outside OF Salt Lake
that gave n majority. for the propo-
sition we're Park City and Lehi. In the
4 mining camp there were 81 for the
The vote wos 81 for and 20 against IT..
mic vote iii Salt Lake City was 2,b32
for 1t and 2S7 against It. In Ogden
lie vote stood 1876 againstNit and "a
for it. This is the largest majority
against the proposition. In the south.
ern counties the vote ran approximate
I N about 8 to i against 1t.
In salt Lake all the political parties
favored the building of q capitol.
Many3of the party leaders offered their
assistance, but no campaign vas be-
gan or the proposition might have
heen won inya weeks work before
election. ~, S
THE GOVERNORS STATEMENT.
Governor William Spry, who had
nursed the proposition from the begin
Ming was greatly disappointed when
The returns began TO indicate the re-
suit OF the propositions. When asked
for a statement he said:
"I do not wish to discuss the mat
Ter at this time further than to en-
press my great disappointment ut the
result regret that the people of
Utah did not see their way clear TO
vote for the building OF a state cap
j IDOL at this time. l am afraid they
made
IL needed am sorry the proposition
failed, but the people have spoken, and
Ne will have to abide by the election
The result of the election, however,
1can not help but regard as a. sorry s''l,l'
misfortune,
.one thing I wish to say, however ',i
and that is that ! appreciate more
than / can express the loyal support
the proposition has been given by the
papers of Salt Lake City. They nave
been wide awake to the needs of the
capitol building, and they have done
allthat Was possible to make the peo-
pie see where their interests and the
interests OF the state were centered in
this matter. wish to thank them al
most heartily.
The new law passed by the last leg
stature requiring the Judges to make
immediate returns of the vote TO th ne
county clerk SO that the Information
might be easily obtained proved Of litsle
effect. 1t appears that the Judges re-
teIved no Instructions of the law and
some OF the results have not yet been
received.
THE VOTE IN SALT, LAKE.
The vote in Salt Lake City and
cfnlnty was as follows: 4S9S v 5sl, s55