The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-01
Special 10 The Tribune.

Speclal Inc lrlDunes
OGDEN. May S1.-Anent the recent
movement started by the Weber club and
leading citizens of ogden to obtain r. re-
moval OF the capital of the state to this
city. the offer OF the Weber club to guar
antee the subscription OF $500, 900 and the
proposal by several citizens to donate
handsome sites for the capitol building
should the capital be moved here. Fred
j. KieseI. one of the city's prominent citl-
zens. has written card 10 a local after
noon paper, in which he characterizes the
offers OF the Weber club and several cIti-
zens as hot air" and announcing his In
tention of voting yes" at the special
election on June s. when the question of
leyying one-miil tax for the erection of
state capitol will be decided
Mr. kiesel says that Salt Lake is the
proper place for the state capital, and
intimatcS that the effort of Ogden's
citizens TO obtain 1t is unfair.
Mr., kiescl's communication follows.
Hits From Shoulder.
Let rs reason together There will
be an election on the Sth OF June, by a
vote Of yes or no TO determine If We
NUM- Tor fifteen years. for the purpose of
building the capitol for the state OF Utah
at Salt Lake City, which city is fixed as
the seat OF government by the constitu-
ton.
Two thirds of the legislatures vote
Is required To authorize an election for
amending the constitution. There are
siNty-three members in the legislature.
Considerably more than two thirds OF the
members are from Salt Lake county and
south OF il. 1t is fair TO assume that
tWo-ih!rdS of vote cannot be obtained
TO authorize an election for amending or
changing the constitution for the pur-
pose OF removing the capital TO ogden.
The dignity of the state Of Utah de-
mands that We have capitol. All the
other states have capitols except Utah.
The legislature meets in the City and
Is liable 10 he denied that privilege when
ever the city and county need II for
themselves. As it is, the rooms assigned
To the legislature lack every facility,
having no committee rooms, and in a
joint session being entirely inadequate
81 understand the offices OF state Of
paid above 1000 annually Every state
in the Union was asked 10 pay for its
capitol. Why should this be an eXcep-
ton? The capitol will have to be built
less afford TO build capitol than other
states?
obtaining the Deaf and Blind school,
which was given lis by the constitution
nj the same time when the seat of gov
frDment was determined for Salt Lake
CITY. Why should Ogden oppose Salt
Lake City in obtaining that which was
decrecd TO that city when the constitu-
lion was framed is it Just; is it fair?
ogden, first. knows she cannot get
the capital; secondly, it cannot raise
onc-half =. million for that purpose. il
goes without saying that all this opposi-
tlon tender is hot air. and is unworthy
OF OgGcu. and an Injustice To onr sister
city. by whose kind offices We obtained
for Ogden another public institution.
AT present tho state of Utah has no
home for its legislature nor for its state
officers. At some time NC must have a
capitol Why not commence to have "
FOR il at some time. Why not now We
can afford il now just as Well as later
Don't let us act the dog in the manGer
Quit fooling. ! shall vote yes. Re
spcctfullv FRED j. lIESEL."