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Show r II. C. IIICKH - editor EHEBQSlUEDHQRIA LPA GE NeOOhFTd3f0iy''0t"Utalr county- has -- held up a small envelope which evidently eon tained a speech made by Senator Smoo in the SenafeT This paper did notcall now, as we wanted to see just how many Democratic senators jmd representatives would - send out speeches to this paper in one week. During that time we have collected enough ' Democratic speeches, sent out in franked en- velopes, to keep the ordinary reader busy, if he -read --constantly, untiDafter-theprc5cnt.:yeaTa.icwJnorg facts which will show up tha methn. g ods of doing business for the two periods has gone down in history December 1st, 1913, and June 1st, 1914. Voters outside of this office have brought in office this the. to franked In the claim ending December 1, 1913, are speeches enough makeror teat charge included items not lawfully chargeable to ihese "past week' to keep-th- e against Reed Smoot reading steadily until time accounts, which total $371.50. --The original" election. next for the presidential charge made by Utah, county against the several taxing districts for proportion of salaries Apparently the Democrats of this state are of franked to use the the envelope opposed only aggregated $3,468.50,. while, the correct charge when it contains Republican addresses. These for this period is $3,097,00. are Democratic senators and representatives Statement No. 1 gives the orfginal charge to .. certainly making thebest possible use ofthem,. each taxing district, together with the amount and we are not quite - convinced - that even . whiek should have been chargedZEThe column-Jam- es II. Moyle would vote to do away with containing excess charges shows the amounts the method used by- - congressmen inkeej)ing should be refunded by io the people of the nation informed on what they in some While the several taxing districts. are doingand vaying in. Washington. Furtherinstances these amounts are very small, yet the more, the Democrats forget thar the present is of somfi importance. aggregate, $371-5administration is not engaged in the business StatcmentNm 1 , quarter endin g Dec, 1, . of --cutting down the expense of running the 1913. government, They get very .nervous when that.. -- Original Correct-Exce- ss. $100,000,000,00 war tax is shown up and the . Charge.. Charge. Charge- facts concerning the present Democratic adminState and State istration which is lh e most extravagant in the 1.. $ 969.84 $ 866.00 $103.84 . .School. "history of the nation. 5.24 4.67 37 ' State Bounty Senator Smoot was chairman of the printCounty and County ing committee for a short time and saved the ... Schools j,jFJSwlA2934 6 1,154.65 138-5nation $5OO,66d.0d'er numon its printing' 433.01 386.65 Provo City bills. No Democrat had ever suggested' this . 26.50 220.95 Provo City Schools, 247.45 curtailment in that- - great department until 9.44 88.14 78.70 1 Springville City . . Senator Smoot kad made the changes necessary "77133 "9.27 86.60 Spanish Fork City lo bring about the saving. When our Demo.69 5.73 642 Salem Town cratic opponent made the charge against Sena- 84.13 10.09 9452 Payson City tor .Smoot it certainly demonstrated that he 1393- - 1.68 15.63 11 Santaquin City was very much uninformed on" the economies 107.64 96.ll 11.53" Lehj ..City. of theDemocratlcparty.' "American'Fork "City -- O 0- 0 V ehd--4n- H ? - --- J i I 1 i i -- Utah-courdy- 4 i i 0 i - t 4 i f 2 f -- r t- - - v- 1 14 ms T- -- 66Af50LT3 SENATOR SMOOTS TRIUMPH v 7 Only a few years ago the Democrats of Utah were howling that were it not for the legist lative vote on senator" instead of popular vote, . Senator Reed Smoot would never be able to Hia nf.lilallhack of him. would Democrat tell it, to hear a candidacy Statement Senator Smoot has be out of the question. been home only a wreek. Thursday night he Whenever the time comes in the conduct of was tendered the greatest reception fiver given the business affairs in Utah county for the ofto a son of Utah. Fully 5000 people attended ficers to make false statements in order to - - and shook hands with the. Senator. Members of make Jtappear that they, are running their ofall parties complimented him upon his won fices cheaper than other. men have run' them' him their derful record and pledged support jn previous administrations, then it is time to this fall. expose the whole deal. The present county of-- Fridaynight Senator Smoot came to Provo . ficers have not been playing fair with the pub-an- d Ha for lhe records show many attempts to force from the time be left the car until the end of the great rally" he received, as the people the state and the school districts' to" pay the an The ovation. one salaries of assistants. The present efficiency glorious know, great Columbia Theatre was graced with the largest administration ot the court house has resorted crowd that has ever been' Inside the' building lo this very thing.- - According to law the talar- - -and hundreds of people, were- - turned away ies paid lo assessors and .treasurers assistants between the county and state for d are Saturday night he went to Bingham and was greeted by the largest crowd '"th,'haT "the'cbllect'idh 'df tlf e'sr"Thrpresent! "adminis--even assembled for a political rally in that tration saw an 'opportumty to make a s little lift off the stated so put in claims for assistants mining jmmp. He was applauded time and time again.-- - When a few half drunkeh".folloAV; - jil both .the, clerks and recorders offices. ers of Wilson attempted to disturb the meeting Here is Example. he needed but to refer to the double dealing on Miss Dee Holden has been employed in the the Panama Canal tolls questionr to shut them recorders office for a long time," and on April up. The ringleaders sneaked out of the hall 4th of this year the recorder made out a claim while the masses cheered for the Senator. This ' for her salary, as follows; week the triumphs are equal to those of last, 1914. Provo City, Utah, April and neverjn the history of the state waa a Claim of Dee Holden against Utah County-Tman so certain of by the biggest labor 26 days at $1.50 per day, man io Utali. ever a to given majority From March'lst to 31, inclusive a , - .IhefarmersinUtah county as in other of the plawhorse . use made havelong and the driving even been able to blooded animals onJEFfarm, but never in the past 20 years has Utah county been known as a county where horses, were kept .on the range.. However, that has all changed now, according to the present Democratic administration in this county. : There seemstdbT"al?ausefbrthegreat increase in range horses ip this county during the past year. , That causa is the same as that which has caused the increase in farm taxes, a . desire on the part of the present administration to get enough money togethertorurrthe business of the county and to keep the pork barrel well "filled for the favorite sons-- of the Utah county Democracy, i few we are the informed, During past years, Salem Town .there baa heea a .bounty tax of four mills on range horses. This tax Is extra and does not Santaquin Town .. apply to work horses or blooded animals, as they are not on the- range. Last year, accord- 121.95 3.25 American Fork City 125.2(1 .44 16.90 Alpine-Citing.tothe. report made on assessments, Utah' 1.42 county had 95 range horses and 3846 horses 54.54 Pleasant Grove City which are not subject to the 'bounty tax. In .77 29.32 Mapleton Town Provo there are only 36 horses classed in the 2.15 2.21 .06 Goshen. Town work horse J and - blooded horse variet- y- All the rest are being taxed for the bounty. Total $6,533.85 $6,364.46 $169.39 n Mr. Farmer; According to the rate of "Theoriginal charge by Utah county against the several taxing funds for this period totals levied a year ago, the reduction on Jhe taxes of the Knight Woolen Mills resulted in $6,533.85, while the charge which should have been made totals $6,364.46, an excess charge of saving' that company over $600.00 in taxes. $169.39. TabIeNor-- 2 shows the amounts ap- - -- That redurtion is a distinct loss to theQunty ' portioned to each taxing district These Range horses take a higher rate of taxation -- than to the several dis "amounts should others and-- by-fenormous increase in done. this been has not if tricts, already rjmge horses about half of you farmers are - This matter was called to the attention of pajing.the four mills extra on your animals. Do of first officials the . the county you think that you are getting a square days during ' desk on" taxation TrNot "only ' lias the "present"" August of this year. Claims were filed against administration raised your farm and fruit Utah County for the states pqrtion.of these land The all the way from 30 to 100 per cent, but -over pay mental .about th (tilth, of ..Au gu st ,v other taxing funds should have received their they, have now invaded your stables ana your horses mqst be put in as range horses in order of same these the at portion overpayments to raise the deficit, & part of which was caused -- timehy redaction on properties much more able Inasmuch as certain county otficials of to pay than are many of you who must hear Utah county claim that the state was the only the havier burden. taxing district which was overcharged on this Do .. Mr. Farmer: account, and that no cities or school districts, you propose to keep in ofstate-menad-boon fice an administration which will, by its every overcharged,, perhaps theabove act sfrike at youF p6fkethoelr,According' to"'' will serve to enlighten them, or at least their own statement, they have increased the refresh their memories in regard to the matter. taxes in Utah county $35,219.15 and the great- 0 er part of it will be wrung from your pockets. Regarlcss of what they do or which way When you gu to the polls make your vote a -they torn, some people are never benefitted. protest against. the tax holdup you are sufThey dont even get the benefit of the doubt. ' fering. 4hese.saJariestathd the members of a party.tried so hard to AodgeeveraI taxing districts is based on the amount taxes assessed in each taxing-district- . the issues conrrfl are this year. Time and time again they have Statement No. 2 is similar to statement No. denied the very records of county business they 1, except that it covers the period of six months have themselves written, -- "With a series- - of- ending June 1, 1914. " have cover confessions tried .they io negative Statement No 2 : zz up the facts by bringing other properties into - there ports theyJmvegiyeijutjto the public. About a week ago we told how" money had been State and State erroneously charged Jto the sehools of the cOuii- School ty and the Democrats denied that such was the State Bounty case, yet the records show that 'erroneous and County County clerical for been made assistance charges have in the different offices1, Now we desire to give Just a little over a week ago one"! the prominent ynnnjT orators of theUtah Denlo cracy stood upon the street corner and openly accused Senator Reed Smoot of using tne .franking privilege of a senator to further his ''interests in' the coming'eleetionr The speaker False oct. ar A Raid on Farm Horses How : the School Districts Fare I That Franking Privilege TUESDAY -- counties f --- --- - 16.46-53.1- 28-5- 2 5 -- .tax--atio- he -- -- , ts . -h- 00 L " o Made tcTStale oo PATRIOTISM AND PARTISANSHIP. Not long ago President Wilson wrote a Democrats have twisted the records to make it letter salaries saying that all patriots should rehiain appealr that they have been reducing on the job in Washington. ' The inference was regardless pf the acknowledged raise in the that the patriotism of any member of Congress monthly payroll in every office in the court If house-they would make false affidavits in v. who got out and.did a little jeampaigning on. the side should he open to suspicion. This one case' do you think they would hesitate to might have been alright, but the' funny part do, it in others?' Evidently they forgot all of it was 4hat the very time the letter was some of about the extra deputies they had in written members of the Presidents own adthe offices during the early part of 1913, when ministrative family, the cabinet officers he had over $500.00 was paid out iu' extra help to appointed were out making partisan camshow the present officials how to start work at paign speeches in Maine. This might have been their new positions. They claim that Ed. Jones make would it appear only another example of the insincerity of the . is not a deputy, for that that the sheriffs office had more assistance present administration, but there is a. more 'and paldotit inorte tnoneythandidhis predeees-.oEsoJu- a serious phase, to , .... With the 'American battleship fleet in for A0?1 salary, mnskbe,, &h ajge,d' other account. These are just a few of the eign waters and a state of war virtually existinconsistencies of the 41 efficiency administraing- the Secretary of the Navy was out ia the one tion, and when they tell you they are' saving" campaign raking the Repubican party-U- p JLnd time and of aide all the other,.! taxes., the lhe Just Jowa other your moneyfor'you day are being raised, do you not have thewright to when; Japan had seized a base between us and the Philippines and the whole diplomatic doubt the truthfulness of their statements! world was wondering what it might mean to America, the one man who might have thrown ONLY A LEAF. light on the- situation. Secretary Bryan, was we" see a leaf fall from a tree do we When up in New York, making a partisan speech. wonder how that leaf can be converted into And more, other members of the Presi- money! a dents cabinet have been or are out on the T ' ' " stump "Hardly I "Tis onlyva leaf. 'appealing for strictest partisanship. 0. K. 7 3P.E.HQUTZ, , the President says membersof Congress there are of season this Yet ,But the at year County Recorder. must countless hillions of leaves falling from trees, forego mingling with the people they repoTK-Vc- . resent to stay in Washington. And for what! and every single leaf Is of value if the human Regardless of this claim, uhieh is on fde brain cares to utilize it. Republicans who have stayed have rendered jR the eourt l0usc, the clerk included ' Miss ' ' These leaves can be in the a into patriotic service in their attempt to defeat an pile swept "jioijen'g saary in his report to the state in back yard, or elsewhere, and 'converted into oppressive and unwarranted tax upon the order to get mPney from the state with which next on use the for a people. If it is unpatriotic for a Congresa- garden compost heap to' pay thctlaim "just ly ehargeahle ta the coan-- . .man home t summon There'is' no teUer;feTtilizerJiow. ot only this claim, hut over twenty others. ty more much offiis for it cabinet unpatriotic the make will string theradishes, They were placed in the statement of apportionment to cers hike over the country lalking partisan-- ' beans, tomatoes md other garden truck spring for December, 1913, and June,1 1914. The in other people campaign! ship touched wand. life as a if into They by magic clerk made a sw'orn affidavit as to the correctoo-will be a constant reminder that even the, dropI ness of the statement which upon investigation1 The bukl header old bach who marries at ping of a leaf is not without its significance, its prov eiLlo.be. false. and jiot chargeable to the ' . commercial value. the age of00 will have a glorious time butoffices sworn to in' the affidavit. ' ' Can You Trimt Them? Convert your leaves into wealth. 'Tis an toning her up the backhand hunting for inis of lo. Mr? hooks and eyes. to visible the way the Voter, a sample J Here, easy thing s . 1 . -- jtwy " pro-rate- o . PERTINENT QUESTIONS. (We Ask. You Answer.) The crying need of the nation today is the continued presence of young men on the where they can be of greater value to the coup- try than in any other walk of life. How afe weTo pretcEtour yuimg-m- en from rushing to the large overcrowded cities? r I1QW ARE WE TO KEEP TILEM 0 THE FARMS? The man who can successfully answer this question will be a public benefactor! J r 4 . . . , ' mv. t o-go -- Spare our ejes! Indications now are that of fashion will soon be wearing short pi tid baIjN with their kneea bare. mm n . , |