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Show i Vote For The Capital ry-iHE people of Utah aYe called upon to go to J the polls next Tuesday and vote yes or no on the proposition to amend the constitu- lion so that by a petty increase in taxation the , beginning of the building of a state capitol can be I made, and as lapidly as possible, completed. There is no doubt about the need of fie capi-. capi-. tol. There is no debate on that question. Next i the cost provided in the way designated, would not work a hardship on any property owner in the v state. The practical benefit that would result is not .questioned.. " i The only objection that has so far been urged, aa-"-- is Chat it is to be located at Salt Lake, and that ' objection merely gives voice to the feeling which some people in this state entertain toward this - city. And they cannot give a reasonable reason "X fdiMheir spite to save their lives. The one urged is that Salt Lake is always ask- . " ing something from the state. That has no foun dation in fact, for measured by the taxes paid, the state outside of this city has been debtor to this city for years'. And if -the capitol is voted tor, Salt Lake will bear much more than half the cost, and when completed the structure will H not belong to this city, but to this state. Every qounty sends its representatives i here, and when - they come they will have their places in that same structure of right for it will be state's property. The above is the practical side of the question. There is another side to it. When built it will I occupy one of the most commanding sites In Utah. No other state in the Union will have anything to compare with it. If built on enlightened lines, it will be one of the most striking structures in all this world, and will be such an advertisement for Utah as no other state can boast. But there is yet another side to the question. The young men of this state need just such an object lesson, and those from the country need it more than those in this city. When one of them aspires to become a mem- ? her of the legislature or governor, one of his first thoughts will be that if successful he will have an official home in that structure, and that will spur him to greater endeavor to be worthy of the place. And when built the capitol must fill the ideas of those whose homss are in Utah. It nnrt ' be worthy tne state and the age. ? , And when any candid man looks upon the matter from nil points of view, it seems to us L that the vote for it must be practically unanimous. |