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Show 1 1 "ok gpiitics and Things & lyj "HE importance of candldatos and if campaign issues seems to have ml i blinded the people of Utah to the Bl I fact that there are several very inv l portant constitutional amendments to I I be voted upon In a .little more than HI two weeks from today. Any tamper- Hi ing with the constitution cannot be Hf safely regarded as a trivial matter, B for it is by no means that. It is se- H rious business. The state has adver- H t tlsed the amendments throughout the H state, but the amendments are not K sufficiently explanatory that the ordi- H nary layman may understand. Of The proposed amendment to Sec- Hk tion IX of Article XI is one that de- W serves widespread support from men mm- and women of every party in the HuJ state. This section provides that sen- Wmf ators and representatives may be paid H eight dollars a day, instead of four I as at present, and ten cents a mile to the capital. The state canot expect lawmakers to come from a remote county to Salt Lake, work through HP sixty days of the legislative session, H pay expenses in the city and have any H loose change left on a pittance of four H dollars a day. Imagine paying $25 a H week for lawmakers. Cheap service M is usually the result. The state should H double the pay and make temptation H , all the easier to withstand and at H , the same time compel 'better service H than a four-dollar-a-day man can givo. m The answer is: Elect bight-dollar-a-day H men. It should then be up to the H members of the legislature to vote for H a law knocking out all passes and H other perquisites that fall to a law- H make every two years. Hj Another amendment or importance Hj is the proposed change of Section HI XVII of Article VII. This is made H necessary because the state now has Hl a fund of money pretty constantly on K hand; and if this amendment carries, Hj the stato will get the privilege of lend- Hr ing that money in perfect safety, and Hf getting the Interest it earns. Atpres- Hn ent there is no .provision by which the state treasurer or any other officer H dares lend the state money. All he H can legally do is to keep it safely, and B he has to givo a mighty big bond to H make that Iceeping sure. This amend- pB ment should be approved. H The next, the proposed amendment H to Section I, Article XI, providing a H means by which the boundaries of H present counties' may be changed, B looks safe enough. No county can be H cut up unless the people of the por- V tion affected by the cut vote by a ma- K jority in favor of the move. H The fourth, proposing amendment Hf a Section II of Article XIII, and the Hfl flfth, Section III "of Article XIII, both Hj! relate to a betterment of the taxing Hl power and process of the state. With- WmWl out doubt, they should be approved by ' Bj the people. Utah is not alone in hay- Bj Your automobile is waiting for you. B! Purdue's Automobiles and Taxlcabs. Bj Anywhere at Any Time. BH Phone for Rates. Bi Phone: Wasatfch 5 or 1598. Ing a bad, a cumbersome and a foolish fool-ish tax law. But it is among the bad. States in many parts of the country have escaped their like bad estate by the very process now before our own (people. They have amended their constitution. con-stitution. We should do likewise. Two other sections pertain to taxation, tax-ation, affecting the stato board of equalization. They are the product of the work of the commission on taxation taxa-tion and revenue, and are vouched for by the Governor and members of the last legislature who put the amendment amend-ment before the people. Yet another amendment, relating to the taxation of mines, will be discussed in another department at a later date. Jake Turner, one of the livest wires in the Progressive party, is the new county chairman, succeeding O. C. Nelson, who has .been drafted by the state committee to spread the gospel out over the state. Nelson is a capital cap-ital campaigner, and there are few better orators among the younger set in the state. Much of the work that has been done by the voluntary organization organ-ization in this county was done by Turner. He is assisted by Charles D. Rooklidge, as secretary of the committee, com-mittee, who has done a whole lot of effectivo work. Harry Joseph's weapons against , Jake Johnson are now reduced to one the vote. He will be permitted to vote howsoever he pleases on the con-gresisonal con-gresisonal matter, for the court says there is no other way by which Harry can hope to force Johnson oil the tioket. The fight made by Joseph was taken into Judge Lewis' court on n writ of injunction to prevent the secretary sec-retary of state from certifying the name on the ballot. Judge Lewis held that it was none of his affair, and Joseph was knocked out. John Do you know what Mr. Taft will say when he enters the White House on the morning of the fourth of next March? Doe No. What will he say? John Good morning, President Roosevelt! One of the surest indications of the confidence of the Republican campaign cam-paign managers in Utah is found in the report that certain members of the federal bunch are to take the stump next week In the Interests of the Republican state ticket. It is said, upon highest authority, that these federal fed-eral orators will take pains to deny certain stories which others have been cruel and thoughtless enough to oharge were created and circulated from the federal building. Among the stories which the federal bunch Daniel Webstors and Patrick Henrys will deny is one that emanated from a mysterious source last summer to the effect that Governor Spry is a bffneflclary of the interest on sate funds. The Interest manifested at this late hour by certain beneficiaries of the executive and judicial branches of our government is by no means voluntary. It is strongly hinted that their lack of Interest in the campaign heretofore was made the subject of correspondence correspond-ence between Utah and the national Republican committee, with the result that word has returned here (not through the state committee) urging upon the federal bunch that there are a number of Republican Issues and candidates worthy of support, even if they were not of federal' bunch selection. selec-tion. The effect of this message was to arouse the federal bunch to the dire necessity for their activity. Politicians Pol-iticians having noted the failure of the party organ, controlled by the bunch, to utter a syllable in support of the Republican state administration are now wondering If the Republican party par-ty can stand the loss in votes that must follow the action to be taken by the said bunch. |