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Show AN APPEAL TO THE VOTERS OF UTAH Business Men of This City, Through the Weber Club, Pledge Themselves Them-selves to Save the Taxpayers of Utah From an Additional Addi-tional Mortgage Upon Their Property. OGDEN WILL BID AGAINST SALT LAKE For the Privilege of Gaining the Benefits Which Flow to the Capital of a State, and the Citizens of This City Will Seek an Amendment Amend-ment to the Constitution, Making It Possible for the People of Utah to Accept Ogden's Offer. offers to erect a capitol of imposing 6ize and beauty. Measure this proposal as against that which Salt Lake has to offer and vote accordingly. 'At a meeting of the board of directors direc-tors of the Weber club of this city, the following appeal to the voters of Utah wa3 ordered published: "To the voters of the Stato of Utah: 'if the Bite of the Stato Capitol be definitely fixed in Ogden, th Weber club hereby plodges this city, to subscribe sub-scribe a quarter of a million dollars towards to-wards the erection of a capitol building. build-ing. "A. R. HEYWOOD, President. "I. Ij. REYNOLDS. Secretary." The business men and other property proper-ty holders of Ogden take the position that If Salt Lake desires to remain the capital city of Utah, that city" must build the capitol out of the subscriptions subscrip-tions of Its huslneslSnen and property proper-ty holders, or, failing in this, the capital cap-ital 6hould go to Rome other city in Utah which is willing to prove equal lo the occasion by expending $250,-000 $250,-000 or more for a structure in which tbe Btate offices and tho archives of government may be located. What Ogden is prepared and. willing to do, Salt Lake should do or relinquish relin-quish Its right to be known as lh3 capital of this state. Ufnh property holders are sufficiently sufficient-ly burdened with taxes lo feel any additional ad-ditional tax to be a distressing load and they will rebel at the Idea of weighting themselves down with greater great-er burdens In order that one city in the state may bo embellished with marble halls, and glittering domes, and go on reaping an Immense benefit as the seat of government, without. In a commensurate degree, offering something to the state. Ogden hereby bids for the capital. This city urges the voters, at the election elec-tion on June 8, to vote down the proposed pro-posed tax of one mill each year for fifteen years for the purpose of raising rais-ing funds for the construction of a Ftnte capitol, and that instead the voters petition the next legislature to prepare a constitutional amendment, removing the capital to Ogden, with the understanding that Ogden build a capitol to cost not less tban $250,000; that this be done, unless Salt Lake, awakening to a sense of a duty neglected, ne-glected, offers to equal or excel Ogden's Og-den's efforts. Th!a Is a business proposition which all voters in Utah should carefully care-fully consider on Its merits. A sim- liar proposition submitted on a pri- j vate deal would receive instant at- i tention. What Is worthy 'of an indt- J vldual's consideration in his personal affairs is equally worthy of the atten- t tion of voters when applied to a question ques-tion of economy In state expenditures. Ogden wants the state capitol and i s f . |