Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-07
VOTE FOR THE CAPITOL.

tioflal Convention IN 1870, siie H1S4sf,i''5
4 Of fixing Il state Capital for uta ian re-
ceivcd much consideration and was me
subject of many hours of discussion.
a That body of men decided on SAT Lake Lake
Civ as the Capital of Utah. D'scussioii
was had as to the advisabii1ty OF P i't.
ny in the Constitution provision tf1aI
RIO Legislature or the State could not
under five years, as the minimum MN ailu
tan years as the naximum, MAKE any
appropriations for the serectioI' q q
Il state Capitol. The reasons advanced
4 FIJI, his provision were sound; tho con-
ia vention feeling that 81 young state, as
surning the debts OF territorial gov
crnmepti should not blindly proceed
y Ia erect Il state capitol. especially as
il would take some years TO develop
a flis exact needs of the commonwealth
tn3the matter of accommodations ana and y I
few years would indicate the financial
3s$48abilitp OF The people to proceed in this
work Ten years was the maximum
fine urged for such n constitutional
proptson: but five years was deemed
y4the majority as more than sum
cient to demonstrate the doubtful Ia
II Sues. The ultimate result OF the sdelib-
pratipns of the convention was the con-
& t.lIlsie,tl to 8trustSto the Judgment OF the
Legislature themselves in providing
for d State Capitol. And 50 the Con
stitution was adopted.
Thirteen years have passed since the
holding of that ton. The State
has grown and prospored during that At
period as during no other Ike period
Ii her history. During all these years
the state government has heen con
Quoted from the City and County build
Ing. and the State has played the role
Dc tenant to the City and County gov
ernnents of Salt Lake city and county
and numerous landlords of Salt Lake
city During this period the volume.
pf business transacted by the State has
steadily increased; departments of adj
ADMINISTRATION have been 9ad led, and each
year state officers have been compelled
to seek office quartersiin different parts
lpf the city, many OF them remote from
The central government. The result has
been that the transaction of business!
has been halnpered and delayed. Es-
pecially is this true with relation to
4 people from the outside counties who
visit Salt Lake City to transact bust
ness with the State. These parties I'M
4 iyilriably visit the City and County
building for the transaction OF their
1 " business and in many instances are
compelled to buffet about the city I'M
an endeayor to locate the departments
with which they wish to- transact bus
Ne lness. M
The business of every department.
Of state is so closely allied that good
business Judgment demands a central
4 government, where a man who has
matters to transact may proceed to the
completion of his GRAND without stray
lng~nll over the city. 4lSl XIII
With the growing volume of business
transacted the accommodations orig
inally secured in the City and County
building have now. become inadequate
and in every department there is a cry !.
Ing demand for more room for the COM
Portable and expeditions handling Of.
the daily routine of work. The Lesis-7
laturc during its biennial meetings Is
lacking in ADEQUATE accommodations;
The Supreme Court, the highest tribu-5
nal of the state, is CHARTERED in rooms
tartoo small for the proper, and dighi-l
fed transaction ,of its business; the
Secretary Of State is literally crowded
but of working ROOM by The vast ae-.
cu,nuation of records, documents.
relics. souvenirs, etc, ally OF which
Should be filed away inS the arr;
chires of a stale building The
Attorney Genera, Whose duties require
his presence att he City and County
building. practically y. every day Of the
Week, is located in the business district,
because there is no available room in
the City and County building for him;
.he insurance commissioner, The state
q veterinarian, the state board of health,
The. state OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES state fair,
.he5state chemist, the state board of
sheep commissioners, the adjutant gen
sial and other officers are unable to
Ind Recommendations at the building,
With the growing volume of business
lone by the State. the business of salt
Lake City and County is Increasing
and the time is not far distant when
these governments will require addi-
:ianal room for the transaction Of
their business and the state will be
compelled to Tacate, or scatter other
officers of its government to remote
locations. So that, sooner or later. the
State will be required to make other
arrangements and when that day
zones, unless early provision is made
Tor the accommodation OF her officers,
The embarrassment to the state admins
,stlation can only be guessed.
The building5of a State capitol is not
matter of experiment; It's a matter
of necessity Practically every State in
n the Union has proceeded to build Its
sssn home. Utah has a magnificent
and grant for this purpose: the Legis-
ature has passed measures which make
he building Of a capitol at an early
late a most simple matter; and the
burden TO the people is Light and dis
:ribeted over a period of lo years.
Certainly no more opportune coca
sion viii present itself for the people to