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Show "UTAH COUNTY'S FINANCIAL RECORD' Under tho nboyo head tho Enqulrnr of last Wednesday Issues a most mls leading and unfair statement. Unfair, not becauso tho figures aro Incorrect, but becuusc the Inference nro unfairly drawn. Tho statement rcforrcd to Is nn nllegud compaiison between our present financial condition and that of '81)8. In tlio amimehconiditt' it might be well for us to nk why llio Enquirer should select 1803 instead of some other year which moro nearly approaches prcsont conditions. Wo wish to say that the. present Indebtedness ofjthe county given nsllC.OOOls an Item carried over from tho days of territorial rule, originally $20,000, roducod during the present administration 93000, and that no part of the indebtedness was contracted con-tracted by tho present Democratic rtd-inlnlstlat'on. rtd-inlnlstlat'on. The EnqulNr Vtates that revonuo has Increased since 180.'); true, since under Statehood all fees formerly going to tho officers now goes Into'tho county treasury. Tho Enquirer states that salaries hayo increased sltico 1803; true, becauso now the cntiro revenue of the officers come from n stated salary while In 1803 tho major part was in fees, which aro now coyered luto the county" treasury. As an example of this changed condition, wo can say that tho fees nnd salary of tho comity recordor in 1803 amounted to nearly 10,0o0, while the salaiy ami entire compousatlou in 1803 Is 31200. Most of the pcoplo of Utah county advocated ad-vocated Statehood, knowing that there must be Increased expenses with new conditions. In 1803 the county attorney attor-ney only bundled county business at a smnll Balitry, now' that ofllcer has tho conduct ot nil the crlmlnnl business, State nnd National, and salary Inttst bo raised commeiiMirnto with services requho.d. Under territorial rule the United States or the territory paid fOr all criminal prosecutions amounting in 1803 to nearly 830,00:), now this ox-ponso ox-ponso must all bo borne hy tho county. As an example of the cau?o of Increased In-creased expenses uuder Statehood wo will say that tho' election expenses ot 1800, to the county, wcro Increased becauso be-causo of Statehood $2,740.41, all of which In 1803 was paid by tho Federal govorumont. Tho civil Jury list in 1807 amounted to $1,205.60, which In 1803 wits not nn exponsc to the county. Tho Enquirer compares road expenditures expendi-tures In 1803 and 1808. Docs tho En-qulror En-qulror forget tho building of the bridge across Provo rlvor In 1803, which fully accounts for tho dlffercnc.;? Roth receipts re-ceipts and oxpetulUn'.'i have necessarily neces-sarily Incroas'id under Statehood and tho people wcro well awaro of such it resultant condition bo fore thoy voted for tho change In point of fact, with tho fco system eliminated, the salaries of comity otllcers aro now lower than they woro In 1803, nnd tho Enquirer and nil tho reading public admit that fact. In tho Ennntrur'a nrt.lcln nf W'dncsday nn attempt is apparently made to cast discredit upon tho board Of county commissioners, yet in Thursday's Thurs-day's issuo tlio sumo paper says: "Messrs. Peory and Uullock havo gamed the conlldonco of the people of tho county during their last term." Thursday's estimate Is doubtless cor-rcot. cor-rcot. Tho Enquirer is simply a bundle bun-dle of polltlcs-rlddcn inconsistencies, nnd- tho recent issues show that Its condition Is dally growing worse, if posslblo, Wo bellevo the people havo confidence in tho conduct of their nflalrs by tho present government, nnd that such spasms ns appeared In Wednesday's Wed-nesday's issuo of the Republican organ will only cement the confidence of tho people, in tholr sorvants represented by tho Douiaoratlc party. |