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Show WHAT' WAS DONE. An Interview with the Hon- L- T-Tuttle. T-Tuttle. A representative of the paper calle ! on the Hon. L T. Tuttle Tuefdiy mid received a cordial greeting from lha geutlemar. -Yes," he Slid iu re puis to a query, "we had many waysiu w icb we might have appropriated money, lu both the houre aud council were deter mined to make only such expenditures as were needed. The revenue from all sources only amounts to about $500,fOP. The taxes are very light in I'tah compared com-pared with those levin! in other western states aud territories iu runny instances in-stances not a half and iu someca' s no a quaiter, The treasury we found low and to meet the present expenses of tin govt ru men t aud maintain the jsp i i -. 1 tural college and in'-.aue a-ylum w Ind to have some ready money, oil e -wise everything would come to a stand stili until the taxes were paid in thir fall, o we passed a bill to boud It e territory ter-ritory for 250. 000." "No, we did not believe it good judgment judg-ment to make anv start toward partially building a Capitol building. Not because be-cause there may be a doubt as to w heather heath-er or not Salt Lake n mains the capital, as I believe she will, but the feeling seemed to be we had better wait until we had enough money in hand aud then push it through. Make it a splendid building costing at least half a million dollars." "Yes, we has some sousiderable trouble trou-ble with Governor Thombs. The legislature legis-lature was a hard working, conscien-tions conscien-tions tcdy, snd while the rights of this people are held suspended in niaDy ways tho few we lo have both hooses wanted respected. In rates w had rights the governer wanted to couiprombe but the legislature was rot in the proper pro-per humor. However, I am satisfl. d with what was done. Iu fact we did tho best we could. We believed the people should have some say and they did." "Manti, mnst move up and I believe she will. She has arrived at that point when our advantages must be improved and the present year I expect to see a busy one." ' |