The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-10-14

tablirhes a dangerous precedent UNI
warranted in justice aud equity.
As instances of the lu;onip ','nty
of the Democratic administration at
Washington, we point TO rhe war
tax recently repealed for campaign
purposes, the extreme cxtravaSance
of THE protested parry Of economy
and the unexcusable failure to pre-
pare during a time whoa the void
is at war and we are issuing threats
and ultimatums with every breath.
They ask What would you have
done" We answer them by pointing
to the record of the Republican par
ty during fifty years of constructive
and beneficial administration.
We pledge our Legislative candi-
dates when elected, to vote for and
assist in passing a strict and effec-
tive state wide prohibition law and
we bespeak for all candidates nomi-
mated by this convention their loyal
support of the prohibition law and
their untiring efforts in its enforce
ment.
We pledge our delegates to the
State Legislature to a conservative
policy of legislative reform AMI
with the end in view of saving the
State of Utah several thousand dol
lars each year, we pledge our dele
gates to work for the enaction of
law that will combine the Offices
of district attorney and county at
torney SO that the work OF these Of
fees may be under one hoad.
Taxation is the most important
matter confronting the people of
Utah at the present lime.
We believe that equalization
throughout the state cannot be ar
| rived at until State Board OF Eq-
ualization or a state Tax Commits
sion is elected by toe p-upie, giv-
ing the commission general supervi-
sion over county assessors with tae
power to prescribe rules of opera
ton, to insist on uniform methccs
of assessments, to exact standards
of efficiency which will insure eff
cient work together with such 9TH
er powers as may be deemed right
and proper. We pledge our repre-
senatives to the legislature If elect
ed to work for the passage of such
legislation.
To us it appears reasonable and
consistent that men who have the
right and power to pass on 100000
600 of the peoples property ana
who are absolute in the assessm@pt
of over one-fourth OF the proper.
or the State, and who can raise or
lower the valuations Of The other
three fourths at will, should be
elected by the people.
| We condemn the unbusinesslike
and inequitable work Of the Dem
ocratic County Assessor and County
Commissioners in assessing and In
grading the property of this county
and we especially denounce their
unwarranted raise in the assess.
ment of farm lands and homes, thus
increasing materially the taxes OF
the individual tax payer.
We deplore the narrow partisan
action of the present county commits
sioners in increasing their own sal
aries and the salaries of the othei
Democratic office holders in each,
county and at same time lower thu
salary of the one Republican otlic,
holder in Cache County. without
hearing. so that such officer viii
now receive little more than hal
the salary the same officer receives
in Box Elder County and other couB
ties smaller in size, than each
County.
We promise for our nominee
|. when elected, honest, efficient an,
business like administration of tn
county affairs.