Show OWNS OPPOSE proposition to levy a one mill tax for purpose of erecting state building is defeated little interest taken n special elec t on and but few of the ers took the trouble to vote wh ch probably accounts for salt lake city the taxpayers tax papers ot of the state at a special election on june sune 7 voted against the levying of a a I 1 1 mill tax tor for the purpose of erecting a state capitol building the tion was defeated by a majority ol 01 about 2 salt lake county voted in favor of the tax leva lev but almost every other county in the state voted against it one of the principal reasons for the defeat of the proposition was the lack of a strong campaign in favor ot of it in salt lake city only a very small per cent of the taxpayers voted at all throughout the state the toe vote was about 10 per cent of what it was last tall fall A strong factor that mill bated against the proposition to build a new capitol was an active campaign against the move by the people of ogden and weber county less than one fourth of the persons entitled to vote for the capitol went to the polls the earlier returns of the vote cast shows that 4 people voted in fa vor of building the capital while 6 cast their ballots against the proposition |