Show TENDENCY TO laty ANY citizen of the territory who 0 has carefully watched the proceedings ot of the present session of the legislature will en an having his bia attention directed to the tact fact readily perceive that members have shown a disposition to depart from the old landmarks of economy and frugality which have hitherto governed the assembly the fiscal policy heretofore pursued by that body has signalized signalizes utah among all the states and territories of the union as the only oaly one without a public debt and as having lower taxes than au any other perhaps a time has come for a surrender of her pride in having no public pubic debt perhaps a juncture of stairs affairs to in tile the history of the territory lass has been reached when it Is wise and justifiable to issue bonds forthe purpose of providing to needed public institutions perhaps er the element of I 1 ustice justice which is contained in the argument that poster ity should pay a portion of the cost of the public improvements which will be lublic ima handed I 1 ed down to them hem should be permitted to outweigh all objections to the borrowing of money it all this be ranted granted it will only prove what every busi business neos man knows to be true that when he reaches a co con c which requires that he should borrow money it becomes doubly necessary tor for him to avoid prodigality prodigality but the proposition to bond bon the territory which has already passed the house seems to have had bad the opposite effect upon at least some of the members of the AA assembly toey they show a disposition to be more lavish with public funds than we belt believe eve they would be were it not th atthe territory is apparently about to create a public debt their course in this regard viewed from the stand point of a shrewd and honest financier looking to ills his own interests n honor appears anomalous and top baca sla sl stent tent r appropriations aggregating aak large sum have already been made practically agreed to by ahe t he and there exists a pressing for other the of which have not been fixed ti which will toot foot up to a con consider siderA sum and yet propositions to ton A large amounts to a number of ach and enterprises never before su ted to the assembly as having a c upon the public tre treasury mury bave reported upon favorably by co chai I 1 lees ees and are being supported by mi bers it seems as if boom taly some other influence were leading leadin solons into a tendency ta quite diverse from the safe pcs hitherto adopted by the Leg legislate islat appropriations which are act I 1 demanded by public which will be disbot disbursed sed by bublic wo for the general yowl q ot of course coarse to be made i there rests upon every mem the assembly a binding obliga tl guard the public treasury with tellisene telli tell gence igene e fidelity and sterna principle which he be would desire s vant to display to whom he be a confide bis big own purse pum axes are of 1 vi duala duals corporations or classes a ab not be permitted to be g ground r aund f public expense no statesman t e am ever be a party to transactions of character 1 1 |