Show NEW STATE 51 A TE CAPITOL UP TO THE TE VOTERS Governor Issues Statement Condemns Suggestion Suggest on forthe forthe for forthe the Removal of 0 the Capital Governor William Spry on Saturday issued a statement with reference to the election to be held on the proposition to provide for the erection of a state capitol which is to be held heldon on June 8 Attention is called to the fact that the question is one into which factionalism should 1 not be he allowed to enter and the suggestion ln made de in iu certain quarters for the removal of the capital is characterized as unjust and unfair The statement Is as follows On Or June 8 S there thero will be submitted to tc I tho ho people Of df r the tho state a question I which I regard as ono one of or most vital business Importance Shall the tire proceed to erect a capitol building I Tho The question is ono one Into which partisanship par does dots not enter ih itt which politics is not a factor and Into int which factionalism should not be bo injected It Is strictly an and ana solely a business proposition submitted to the tho stator state stockholders the stockholders the property owners owners- Involving In a question as to whether they desire to continue to transact th the affairs of or state stale aa as tenants tenants-in- common rommon with the tire local governments of or Salt Snit Lake City and Cour County and numerous numerous numer numer- ous ens owners of or Salt Lake business sl blocks at enormous y yearly arly rentals rentals- with meager meag-er and absolutely inadequate accommodations or whether In keeping keep keep- ing with the tho practice of ot the tho other othor states of or the tho Union thc they will provide quarters for the various branches of or state government government gov gov- O for foi the dl dignified and arid cx l 1 transaction of the states state's bU busi business I. I ness The Tue agitation In a certain quarter r I I Ifor for the removal remo of or the lie lit hi atte to capital at this time Is irrelevant and unfair un un- un fair rail The location of tin thi capital of Utah Is definitely and finally settled I I ro l for Cur Section 7 of ot tho the l Enabling act ael of or July 16 1894 1891 pro l provides eH That upon tho LIre admission of or the said ald state Utah to o tire the in with the tho I provisions plo of oC this act one hundred sections of or th the lands within the tho state to bo ho selected and md located in fn subdivisions as provided In n Section G C ot of thIs art act shall shah be un anul I Ire nr hereby b granted t tv t said state for or purpose of or erecting tn t. t rl t C W yr kt o tor 0 r HJ 1 Ii I i 11 question lon the ottlie tho location of or th the th to tl Rte C capital 08 vely ly UH- UH i eun-i cu Ml pd in tho the constitutional l convention c arid 1 wax definitely arid finally settled d under inder the provisions pro ot 01 Section No 2 I of oC Article No o. o 1 10 of or the Constitution which permanently tire locates locates the tho seat of or government at Salt Lake City Section 1 of or Article 22 of or the tho Constitution further provides All 11 lands ands of or the state havo have been en or may hereafter be granted to the state stale by Congress and all lands acquired b. b gift gift- grant irant or device from an any p rs H or 01 corporation or that may be otherwise acquired required are arc hereby accepted and und declared de ule clarell to be the public lands lands' of of the state stale and shall bo be held In trust for forthe tho the people to be disposed of ot as may Y maybe maybo be bo provided pro by law for tho the respective c purposes for which the they have ha been or ormay ormay ormay may Mo lie granted gl donated devised or otherwise acquired Tho The constitutional convention fixed the capitol site permanently per per- I at Salt Lako Lake Doing this the they complied compiled with th tho th condition of f the tho land grant o of the tho Enabling act t. an and already the state has selected of oC the lie acres granted b by Congress i acres False nt IN Is NaIled The argument that Salt Lake Lako county exhibits a voracious disposition In the rhe matter of or appropriations at tho the hands of Dr tho the legislature Is without foundation rounda- rounda Lion tion of ot truth As a n mutter matter of Information Lion tion I may that eliminating tIc the assessed valuation of or railroads telegraph tele tele- graph telephone express and car companies companies com corn and net proceeds of ot mines the tire total assessed valuation of DC the state of or Salt Lake Lako county was In fn round figures while Salt Sail Lake county count was as assessed on its real estate state Improvements and personal 1 I prop property crt exclusive of or railroad prop proP proP- erty etc approximately 57 9 03 or about 68 per cent as much macli us S the entire en on- tire Lire state outside of or Salt Lake county On a like comparative statement the next largest county In point of or assessment assessment as as- paid on a basis of about 10 0 per pet cent on the tIre entire assessed valuation valuation tion Lion of the state and notwithstanding I this fact this same Kame county count received ap- ap I ly is 18 per cent of tho the total appropriations by hy the legislature for tor forstate state Institutions The fad fact Is that a legislature composed corn com posed of or men n representing every ry see see- Continued un on J lire Il h 1 NEW STATE CAPITOL UP TO THE VOTERS Continued on Ingo One tion of or tho tiro state familiar with the tho conditions under which tho the state conducts conducts conducts con con- ducts its ita business posted thoroughly on tho the financial conditions of tho the state and her people deemed the tho time opportune opportune op op- for tor a definite move toward tho the erection of or a capitol building A careful careful care care- ful Investigation of ot tho provisions of or law tho the necessities of ot tho the situation and the tho condition of ot tho tiro states state's finances resulted In tho the enactment of or four tour measures under tho the provisions pro of ot which tho the state mn may with great expedition expedition ex ex- proceed to the tho accomplishment of or the end desired Under the plan formulated tho the scheme could not be carried out without each of ot tho several soy sev eral measures becoming law la and tho the burden to the tho people was lightly distributed distributed dis dis- d over a n. period of or fifteen years ears Certainly thE tho legislature was fully tully convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced of the urgent necessity for tor tho the erection of ot a capitol building Trend of elf th be he Time I. Tho Tiro United States government Is rapidly making provision for tor the tho housIng housing housing hous hous- ing of ot the thc and anG Its administrative administrative adminis adminis- officers In irr tho the various states In mo modern ern convenient and imposing buildings This is sl significant Tho The modern tendency s toward centralization tion In the management of ot all lines of ot business Tho The administration of ot the affairs af nt- fairs of ot the Slate of ot Utah ULah Involves tho the handling handling- of ot business along exactly tho same sarno lines JInes that are aro employed In tho the successful directing of or tho the affairs of ot any business institution Under tho the present arrangement this Is an absolute absolute lute lutc Impossibility Beginning with the the- thele le legislature and continuing at nt tho seat scat of ot government and continuing through ever every co nato branch of or state stat government tho the accommodations are aro entirely inadequate Inadequate inadequate quate to tho the growing demands of ot the state The Tho scattered location o of state slate officers cers 11 renders tho the transaction of ot bustI bust busl- I netS floss slow nn and cumbersome and the tho ever eser cr Increasing volume of ot business I transacted mal makes cs It Imperative that proper accommodations be bo afforded for tor forita its ita speedy transaction State Mate tato pride Is a r factor which cannot cannou cannot can can- not nou be e overlooked Our sister states stales man of or theta them less financially ally able t to o i take o tho the construction of or capitol buildings s than Utah ULah now have Imposing Im- Im posing ant and stately buildings Utah has 1101 taken en a n position In to the I fore Cor ranks anks i mn s. s of ot the e progressive younger I Ilat states of or the Union In the tho maintenance of ot which h tho the possession of ot a state slate t pitol is Important I fear teal of or successful contra contra- dic I mal make c the assertion that Utah hai ha IH oni oils of or the most moat commanding and I magnificent capitol sites site to bo be found in the United Slates These grounds have been heen lying Idle while the tho state slate lax at b bren t-n t playing the role of a n tenant of national reputation who h Buse ve been over the capitol site declare t lint It lends Itself most admirably to ml architectural treatment tall has haM varied resources In buildIng building build build- I ing materials ls and I would III like e to see seea a o capitol building constructed of ot home products tv as far tar as and tho the thought lia has occurred that the tho various counties of ot the state could be I x nt d In the tho building each ach b bv by its ape ape- i lal al product Lot Let the tho entire state tato work I r for COl a C I t 1 building |