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Show -v I The Governor's Message I Governor Bamberger's mossago to tho legislature Indicates that the administration ad-ministration proposes to stand squarely on tho platform of the democratic dem-ocratic party, which means that a great many radical measures will soon bo In tho mill, running the gauntlet for legislative and exoout-Ire exoout-Ire approval. Thero are a great many commendable commend-able features about tho message His plea for economy and Justlco In tho mattor of taxes Is to tho point, Ills recommendation for tho submission submis-sion of an amendment to placo the taxation of mines at threo times their net proceeds Is just and In ordor, notwithstanding tho defeat of n similar amendment nt the last election. His recommendation for tho repeal of tho cash valuo tax law is In our opinion not a good thing. Wo believe thnt cash values aro tho Burest way to bring about Justlco to all. Of courso oven that Is subject to wholesale juggling, as was evidenced evid-enced In Cacho County last year, but the juggling Is so apparent that It can be seen, which lends liopo to early correction. Ills play on tho stato's deficit of courso Is a llttlo plcco of expected political capital. Of courso tho stato Is over one-half million dollars In arrears In Its gcnernl fund at this date, but tho Stato Land Board has a balanco of over ono and ono-half millions of dollars to tho good, nnd through tho making of a few transfers trans-fers In bookkeeping, as tho present administration will undoubtedly do later on, this deficit will bo wiped away. It was to bo hoped that th Governor Gov-ernor would repudiate tho pernicious "Invisible control" Uiat has held the boards In Salt Lake City for tho past two months, but Instead he gao it his endorsement. In accordance therewith ho approved of' tho proposed pro-posed board of control to hnndlo tho finances or tho state Institutions, samo to consist of threo members, and recommended for careful consideration con-sideration tho pernicious co-called "$ode commission" bill for tho amalgamation amal-gamation of tho oducatlonal boards of tho state, placing them all under ono board of seven members appointed appoint-ed by the Govornor. The Governor bordors on the "Wllsontan" typo In a measure. For Instance ho uses many duo words In his plea for economy nnd against extravagance, and then stands on tho democratic platform and advocates fho passngo of legislation that will carry with It appropriations In excess ex-cess of any thing on tho atatuto books at tho present time. Ho wants to tako the purchasing power out of tho hands of the truf t-ees t-ees of tho Agricultural College, a board that works gratltutlously, and place It In tho hands of three paid appointees. Ho recommends consideration of tho pornlclous "code commission" bill which will abolish tho board of trustees of the Agricultural College and placo It In tho hands of six of his own appointees, with n high salaried commissioner of education. If thero Is. economy In such procedure proced-ure that animal has yet failed to show Itself to tho rank nnd fllo. It may as well bo said now as any tlmo, In fact It had bettor bo said now, that this attempt to consolidate con-solidate tho educational lnteryats along the lines Indicated Is bad. It will not 'NYork for economy, but It wllL work&to tho Interests of certain cer-tain parts of tho stato, nnd to th I detriment of others. It Is to be hoped hop-ed that the Cacho delegation will get busy at onco and kill ofT this proposed pornlclous legislation before be-fore It gets, too good a start. |