Show politicians TRYING TO STEAL THE LITTLE CLEAR PROFIT LEFT MINES bait salt lake herald oct SO that gover governor n or B bamberger a mb e arrer com comes e s to the defense of the proposal to write blackmail into the state con in the form of an am amend nd ment to unload the burden of taxa tion on the mining interests should not seem seeni borange Co governor vernor bamberger Is admittedly the father of the proposal and one could hardly ex hect him to deny the child recount tion in its critical hours having di diverged veried the public school system tu to the support of the mine tax proposal the governor is in duty bound to de fend it the passage of the vicious amend ment means much to governor barn bam berger constituting as is it docs does an avenue of escape from haunting pledges two years ago governor bamberger solicited a loan from the state promising returns far in excels of the legal rate in audition to that be he has some taxation promises which have not been fulfilled and cannot be fulfilled unless the mines of the state can ba browbeaten into looting the bill in 1010 1910 governor bamberger railed against ane beauties of a certain rug at the state capitol hinding hinting that this would be replaced with homespun he made the following promise 1 I will reduce your taxes 1 why 0 I 1 could afford to be governor without a salary just for the reduction I 1 will make in my own taxes and the taxes of others domebo ine statehouse record cannot be reconciled to the statement under gov governor anor bamberger the expenses of the state have mounted and mounted the te figures for the first year of the bamberger administration show an increase of 40 over the last year uner GOT gov william spry likewise ahm th assessor on his annual inspection visits hs failed filled to consider he the barn berger promises each tax notice speaks for itself and few of us can reconcile I 1 e the figure to the promise but governor bamberger still pro bobes pobes to make good on the state clent ment if the people will consent to jimmy the constitution he ile will promise anything if it you will help him put over his vicious political schemes the people boeyer ho veyer eyer are not of this mind few of them want a political machine with the constitution the mine tax proposal is contrary to their code of fairness and we do not think the people will stand guard while the governor with an undated board 0 oo 00 equalization loots the treasuries of mining companies the people will protest when their taxes are arbi tarl ly increased as they have been under the present administration but they cannot be a party pirty to any plutocratic luto tuto cratic demand for money which is not the just due of the state |