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Show MBXKXXXXBXXXMMIMMMIMKjaMMIIMMIIMIM i LIEU U K ilWWyiiii i I msm . i i An Editorial i j Governor Bamberger explained his position on the mining amend- "The suit is against Mr.- Newhouse as well as against the Newhouse ' I ment in Salt Lake Herald, October 29, 1918, and admits the parentage Realty Company. Governor Bamberger was sued by me some time ago j H 1 in a United States tourt in Utah and subsequently in the state court of i . g ofthechild. He said, "Taxpayers and citizens of Utah, should we not de- , New York to enjoin him from further conspiring to betray the interest . j mand for our state what the citizens of other states collect from theirs?" he wag employed to represent and from selling out to the other side. The j s K jj Viz., that those interests reaping the largest profits from property within differences with Mr. Newhouse having been amicably adjusted, the gov- x a. their states pay their just share toward the maintenance of the common- ernor finds himself thwarted in the attempt to play both ends and the 8 j wealth in which the profits are made. . .. i . J ... , ' middle. The following is a quotation from the opinion of Judge Tillman i ! , , ' M ' D. Johnson in the United States district court of Utah in sustaining a v S "As governor of the state I feel it my duty to allay the fears of some . . . . B v . demurrer to the complaint in that action, which has since been amended : , of the opponents of the amendment who seem imbued with , the idea that - ' ' - . : " The theory of the plaintiff 's case seems to be that the contract g j the state administration intends to deal unjustly with the mines. I plan - perfidy and want of good faith upon the ' j to recommend to the 1919 legislature that the amendment be made oper- part of the defendant, Bamberger, that the court, in the interest of g ! ative to the end that metalliferous mines be taxed on the basis of not to good morals, as a matter of public policy should declare it null and S II exceed three times the net proceeds, or profits, plus land holdings, on the void, and enjoin any performance of its terms. This contract undoubt- j I"' ; " valuation of the actual purchase price paid to the government, and the edly is 'unmoral and made secretly and without notice to the plaintiff. H '.. improvements." ;' '.: , ' . . . . " Containing as it does an implication that the defendant, Bamberger, B ' .:7V;;;t;:'V:;' ; .'..''In-.e discussion that followg we propose to use temperate but plain . . , would use his influence as his confidential agent to cause the plain- B v languagerif anr ' tiff to teke a certairi course of action' to the Profit of th defdknt8' . ' "those responsible musVnotcomplairf',if the Umelight of publicity.. unmasks , . is disloyal and reprehensible, but I do not conceive it to be the duty of i S their hollow pretenses. ' a court of equity to assume the province of enforceing ethical stan- j , ' A n , . , ,' ... dards, except insofar as may be necessary to secure the plaintiff in : 5 I! N The governor says he plans to recommend to the 1919 legislature that - jj , his property rights.' . . g , j metalliferous mines be assessed not to exceed three times the net proceeds. m v . H ' ... . : L, ' ' "Governor Bamberger represented my interests in real estate hold- a If it was the intent of the amendment that the legislature, and not the ... ' S H , i. ings in Salt Lake City, consisting of 60 per cent of the stock of the New- B J! board of equalization, should fix the multiple or submultiple, why did not , , . - . t 1 3 . . . ..... u. , , , house company. Instead of representing me and while advising me not to . . u s i fi Governor Bamberger say in his amendment that this multiple should be .. .S II . , ...... x, A , i. . surrender my interest, he sold me out by the extraordinary agreement in a fixed by the legislature? If it was his intention that mines should not - . H , . . . . writing, referred to by Judge Johnson. Now he sues Mr. Newhouse, the M" be taxed at more than three times their net annual proceeds, why did he . , S ,; . v , company, and myself for these services after having taken unto himself S Jj not say so in the proposed amendment? Did he not say in a puulic speech , 4 a m ' . . , A t ii. $50,000 of the purchase money belonging to the Newhouse company, in S B In this state but a few months ago that he proposed to make the mines ( H . ... , '., i . i i.- i i which he at no time had a dollar of interest." m pay four or five times their net proceeds? Which is true his declaration . . . ,( . S ; ,0f a few months ago or his present declaration? , The voters of Utah must not be misled by false promises to destroy S ,S , . . . . , i - the strength of these hills which have played a major portion in upbuild- :B Governor Bamberger is a servant of the state and the people of this Li B . . . . . 1 j . ' . ' . . . , j ing Salt Lake City and the state, and most important of all, they must not ! r. H , . state have a right to inquire into his conduct since he has been honored ' - , m ' m , , .. . t a i ij be induced to establish a precedent that later on will discredit the state ; 3 with such an exalted of f ice and a higher course of conduct is expected , i , 3 . ., . . ' . . and destroy a leading industry. S , from him than from the ordinary man. He wonders that the mining men . , J I g ' view his acts with suspicion and he produces an affidavit man, Mr. Ben- While upon the subject, here are a few questions we 'would like to ask S nion secretary of state, to tell the public how grieved he is over the criti- Governor Bamberger. It has been frequently stated in the press of the . 1 jj cisra of Governor Bamberger, and Mr. Bennion, in a public article, stands state, and so far as we know, not denied, that Governor Bamberger de- 5 ,S sponsor for the integrity of Governor Bamberger - mands as a condition precedent to appointment the undated resignation of S Ui ... Let us compare Governor Bamberger's promises of future conduct. all appointive officers. One newspaper of the state in referring to this 3 ' . with his conduct in the past. According to the records of the United J . - S States District court for the District of Utah, Mr. Samuel Untermeyer of "One of the most damnable pieces of skullduggery that has been cast 5 New York, brought suit against Samuel Bamberger and Samuel New- broadcast is the statement that the governor of Utah requires his em- ' . g - house. In his complaint, Mr. Untermeyer charged that while Governor ploye3 to sign resignations undated so that he may discharge them at any 5 S Bamberger was acting as confidential agent for him he entered into a N moment he sees fit. g secret contract with Samuel Newhouse to betray his principal and it "We plainly take the ground that we do not believe that this is so, S . S should be borne in mind that this contract was entered into after Cover- and we would uke to be ghown It ig too biUer an indictment to g0 un ' T g nor Bamberger had been inaugurated governor of the state. , answered and we'believe that before the campaign has gone very much jj g . The following statement by Mr. Samuel Untermeyer was published further, some of the governor's acute campaigners will refute the state- 5 j in the New York Times of June 8, 1918: ment." , g ,1 unjUJJ W, ISaUU Y7-15 Ira uJ UU. ini : ; JMyiM h I Answer These Questions: j 1 j3 t or is it not a fact that you now have, or have had in your posses- Is it or is it not a fact that you now have, or have had, in your pos- I . sion the written resignation of some, if not all, of the members of the session the written resignation of some, if not all , of the members of th 1 y .'" State Board of Equalization,? . Industrial Commission of Utah? i a Ig Tif or i3 it not a fact that you now have, or have had, in your pos- . . f j S ' ' session the written resignation of some, if not all, of the members of the Is it or is it not a fact that you hold the undated written resignations w . Public Utilities Commission of Utah? of practically every appointive state officer in Utah? . J, 5 m m. uuiiw v h electric road between Salt Lake and . . . ... . ... , . . . ' ' Oden fn which yoJ are an owner, and commonly called the Bamberger A straightforward answer to these questions would go far tow?Vd 3. ' 8 liS ? ?: under the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission, that has proving Governor Bamberger s good faith in his fight to punish the nlin. S g broken all records for raising rates? er's and mining interests of the state. Salt Lake Herald. ' S m ! 5 M fPollticftl Advertispment) . ; S m ; a |