Show FEDERAL BUILDINGS We have before pointed out that Congress Con-gress does not vote money for the erection of government buildings in the territories no matter what tho necessities may be and wo have said why this was so Salt Lake city has tried earnestly and honestly many times to induce Congress tomake an appropriation appro-priation for a federal building in this city The very best of arguments have boon presented pre-sented It has been shown that tho government gov-ernment does more business in this city than in many towns in states with double the population while towns of less than half the number resident here have commodious and costly structures erected by tho government It has been demonstrated that the money paid for rent for cramped and inadequate quarters for the federal officials would pay handsome interest on a building which would accommodate all the officials The fact that valuable public records rec-ords are exposed to imminent danger of loss or destruction has been started and it has been urged that a stately building erected owned and occupied by the government gov-ernment would have an excojlent moral effect in the community But no argument was successful although many Congressmen Congress-men have freely admitted that it was wrong to deny the building to the territory and committees have even gone so far as to recommend the requisite appropriation Tho reason for the refusal is found in the fact that government gov-ernment dces not erect buildings in the territories < and the reason it does not is because the territories are without political influence in Congress Their Delegates cannot vote and can give neither party any support They cannot dicker and trade with other Congressmen and the expenditure of cash in a territory does not help the administration or a party On the other hand it is not difficult for the Representative to get an appropriation for his district This fact Was strikingly illustrated in the last Congress The President early announced his opposition to appropriations for public buildincs and vetoed one or two bills for buildings in the south where they were needed Ho held that the extravagant he didnt say they were extravagant howeverappropriations for pensions made economy in other directions necessary neces-sary and that public buildings were a good place at which to economize Nevertheless Neverthe-less we find in the Now York World that the influential Congressmen got building appropriations for their districts Thus CANNON obtained 100000 for a postofflce in his own little town of Danville Mr QUAY got 550000 for a building in his village vil-lage of Beaver Falls Senator INGALLS secured se-cured 8100000 of the plunder for Atchison The California members of the appropriation appropria-tion committees obtained 700000 for their state Wisconsins share was 250000 Mr MCKINLEY secured 100000 for his town of Canton I The World refers to these as only examples I exam-ples of the publicbuilding grab of the late Congress Salt Lake which presented ° the very best of claims for a building could get nothing because Utah has no vote in Congress and none in the electoral college It is possible that Congress may be induced to do something for Utah in this line before the territory is admitted to the union but we doubt it Once a state however and there will be comparatively little trouble in securing what is needed Our votes in Congress and in the electoral college will then be valuable and our Senators and Representatives will be able to bring the i applicants for buildings elsewhere to terms |