The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-01
THE CAPITOL ARGUMENT.

The locality argument which has
| been started, as cover under which
to oppose the amendment Of the con
stltution which will allow Of the pro
viding OF funds for building a State
capitol, is merely n cloak under which
to oppose the amendment There is no
merit, whatever, in any such PROPOSE
tion as this, and it is hard to concede
the sincerity of those who urge it,.
If any person wishes to oppose the
amendment, it is, Of course, his or her
! undoubted right To do so. and to vote
| against the proposition, But ii is not
| fair, it is moi candid, and il is not
manly, 10 disguise opposition to this
amendment under the pretenses of To-
cal public spirit or of locality hatred
| toward Salt Lake; for this is not n
Salt Lake proposition. 1t is PROPOSE
| tiou for the whole State. 1t was voted
for by the Legislature, comprising Sen
ators and Representatives from the
| whole Of Utah.
There was no opposition in the Leg
islature to the passage Of tho rcsolu.
ton, proposing 10 amend the constitu-
ton. and there is no reason why there
should be any opposition 10 il from
thc taxpayers of this State; for it is
a good proposition, n business PROPOSE
tion, fully Of as much good to the peo-
pie of the State, outside of Salt Lake
City, as to the inhabitants of this city;
in fact, more so, because the residents
here know where easily TO find the diff
ferent departments of the State gov
crnment, and lose no time in going TO
the proper places TO transact their busi-
ness. This is not the case, however,
with those who come to the city from
other parts Of the State on public bust
ness. They lose valuable time, and are
put TO considerable trouble and incon.
venience, by reason of the scattered
locations of the different departments
of the State government. Whereas, if
we had a State capitol, people from
all over the State could go there di-
rect, transact their business, and get
home at the earliest possible time.
Raising the question as to where the
purpose at this time, because the To-
cation of the State capitol is already
fixed by the State constitution in Salt
Lake: and this talk of building a cap
itol structure anywhere else is abso~
lutelv out Of the question. Those who
are springing that vagary know that. |
and they spring it for no other purpose
except to hide their hostility to Salt |
Lake and to the proposed amendment |
to the constitution which will allow
Of the building Of the needed capitol !
structure.
But those who are good friends of |
the State will pay no heed to this |!
evasive and obstructive clamor. Still. |
if there are those who think there is
any merit in their proposition, that |
the State capitol should be built in
one or another place, outside of Salt |
Lake, lei them all vote "yes' on the |
amendment proposed, and then let them |
propose their locality argument after
wards. when the amendment is carried. |
That will be a test of their good faith.
Let the different localities all vote |
Eyes on the understanding that the !
capitol structure is to be built in any |
one of score of places in Utah. and |
if the amendment is adopted. thrash out |
the merit Of their claim later on. The
main thing is TO vote "yes' on the |
amendment, avoiding all negative |
schemes. and then put in locality claims |
after the proposed amendment is car
ricd