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m. H Vol. 4; No. 21. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, FEBRUARY 4, 1905. Pkicis S Cents j j JIM . I An $8,000 Steal Discovered I The bounty frauds tho exposure of H which caused considerable of a sensa- H tlon a month or so ago are not tho B only frauds which have been perpe- B trated on tho state In tho not very B distant past. Ten days or two weeka B a a steal mountlnS to about $8000 B was discovered in conection .with the B Utah World's fair commission. The il reporters of tho daily papers dug up B the crookedness and tho details there H of but the kind of dallies we are af 11 flicted with in this state being run for B the purpose of hoodwinking and help B ins to "cece the public instead of B protecting it, would not publish the B facts but on tl10 contrary joined in B tQe scheme to hush the matter up. B Tho legislature of 1893 made a 11b B eral appropriation in order that the B 6tato should be properly represented B &t the big exposition at St. Louis. The B management of tho Utah exhibit and B the disbursement of tne fund created B by the legislature was placed in tho H hands of a commission. When the B fair closed and the accounts were H mado up it was found thero was a de li licit of about $10,000 and tho present J legislature was asked to make an ap H proprlation to cover the deficit and H pay the outstanding bills. Tho com H mltteo of tho legislature to which the j bill was referred mado a pretty search- kg investigation with a view of dis H covering how the original appropria- tlon had been spent and how there camo to bo so large a deficit. Thej j result so far of tho inquiry has been to establish tho fact that tho fnamo of Bx-Gov. H. M. Wells, chairman of ! the World's fair commission, had been forged to warrants amounting to something like $8000, which money had been drawn from tho fund and not used for any purposes connected with I the exhibit, in fact that tho cash had Eone into tho pocket of some indlvld- al, presumably the person who com- mlted the forgery. The forged war- rants were dug up and when shown to Gov. Wells ho without hesitation Pronounced them forgeries in so far as bis name was concerned. Tho for If Series It js said are quite evident. An effort was mado to have Gov. Wells "eep quiet and not say that his I Damo hnrt been forged. Of course the BflBBaJliM!!WV luriti .I..., 4, effort was not in the least degree successful. State Senator Willis Johnson has in his possession one of tho forged warrants for $2100 and al though great efforts aro being mado to hush tho matter up it Is expected there will bo something doing pretty soon. It is not possible that tho legis lature will make an appropriation to cover a deficit created by forgery and theft. Those who aro most deeply In terested In tho affair being kept from the public and that tho guilty party or parties be not prosecuted havo influ ential friends who it is believed will make good the money stolon. Threats havo already been mado to place the wholo affair in tho hands of tho coun ty attorney, but so far it has not of ficially been brought to tho notice of that officer. This plan of covering up fraud and compounding folonles has gone too far in this state already. This thing should be exposed and the guilty parties prosecuted. Tho mem bers of tho commission should seo to that. It is their duty to tho state and to tho people, besides they owo It to themselves as to a certain extent they aro all under a cloud until tho guilt is fastened on tho guilty one. If it Is not brought to tho county at torney wo believe that official ought to take it up of his own volition. Tho public is entitled to bo informed of ev erything connected with this affair. Glossing over and covering up has a bad effect in every way. Turn on the light and let tho people know what their servants aro doing. Moroncharges havo been filod against Jones, Davies and others who aro accused of defrauding tho public' In tho matter of bounty on tho skins of wild animal" Conspiracy to de fraud is tho l st accusation they will' havo to face. It is very proba ble that tho stato will refuse to pay tho fraudulent warrants issued al though they bo in tho hands of Inno cent holders. Tho theory Is that tho stato Is neither legally nor morally bound to pay those warrants, but that tho holders of them may recover from tho county clerks or their bonds men. Even if tho county clerk him self was Innocent of anything worse than carelessness he, It is claimed, is responsible for the official acts of his deputies. LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP. A measure that Is destined to en counter some of tho most strenuous and determined opposition is IIouso Bill 8i by Hone, which seeks to mnko eight hours a dny's work In nil of tho factories of the stato. Tho sugar and canning factory peoplo will' fight Its passage to tho last ditch and their lobby Is a strong one. It Is pointed out by tho opponents of tho eight-hour measure that the na ture of tho employment In canning and sugar factories Is vitally differ ent from that In tho mines and smel ters whore tho law now provides for an eight-hour day. The fnctorlcaJiave only a short run or JlSHiJAI 12 days. Vot-liiuch" of this factory! nr can bji classed as sklliw una1-- wgo proportion of it ues notrequlro greal exertion, fn tho factories .ofitho Utah Sugar Company, the handalamplvod at unskilled work receive fromJpJ2. to $2.50 por day. Tho canning fat jur ies pay on a "pleco work" ibaIs largely.. "V, "'"', 'ifff Representative Austin, who 5is tho field superintendent of tho Utah Su gar company says that 95 per cent of tho men who work in tho sugar fac tories are farmers, who are accus tomed to, twelve or more hours work por day iu their own business, and who do not deslro any chango from tho present 12 hour rule. Mr. AuBtln fs emphatic in his statement that it would bo absolutely out of tho ques tion for tho company to Increase tho pay so that tho present wago would, be given for an eight-hour day. There Is a ,blll ponding Intromited! by Representative Pantor of Salt Lako which is intended to prevent tho cm- ployment of alien labor In tho statbv Jch a measure does not socm to bo suited to Utah's, needs, according to tho opinions of the leaders both in thq Snate and House. Tho native popu lation is not groat enough to afford, means of dovcloplng the state's re sources. Few Indeed aro tho able, bodied men who aro Idle In tho west; unless they want to bo Idle, and for much of tho rough and hard labor it is almost impossible to find others than aliens. St & ' Growing out of tho Carbon county strikes troubles of last year is House Bill No. 10, by Austin, which makes i 1 i I 5 . t it a mlsdomonnor by threats of force, ' or violence to seek to prevent any I ono from entering into tho employ of j ' f any company or corporation. Tho gen- j J oral sentiment is that this measure i will pass. ', J & FIvo citizens of Spanish Fork pro- jL sentcd a memorial to tho loglslaturo 1 I iu which they undertook to toll tho -' ! lawmakers Just how almost every I I 1 branch of tho stato government should i ' I bo conducted. As ono of their strong- 1 ost pleas was for economy, supple- J , 1 mented with tho statement Hint somo ,' ! m stato officers' snlarlos woro too high, jj 1 tho houso economized by declining to '' i print tho memorial In tho journal. j , 1 f I If every objection mado by Itopro- 6 H Hontanvo .losupn woro mado a pnrt of , I tho record only a competent stcno- w graphcr could keep the score. 1 f Representative Simons of Utah , R county did a foolish thing in seeking ill to nlr a personal grlovanco ngalnst a ' I t defeated candidate while- speaking to ' ' iffi a question of porsonal prlvllogo. Tho ii j houso has enough to do without lis- ' I toning to speeches that havo no boar- j I lug upon proposed legislation. r ' I i I Km Gcorgo Hanson, vlio Is ono of Wo- jj I her county's most Influential lobbicsts, I has spent considerable tlmo with tho fill ombers of both houses this week. 111 Roberts of Cacho is working hard 1 ( I on a bill which ho says will mako j. ft good roads in Utah. Mr. Roborts , j i w does not claim to bo working in tho , I i interests of auto owners. Ho bellovos ' L that tho former will bo tho chief jfl gainer by Improved highways. i I l' I Sentiment is very much divided on . j 9 Joseph's bill which provides for tho , j H uniting of Salt Lako City and county ' ra under ono government. But somo ot ' j ' 1 tho strongest men In tho houso aro ' 1 firmly convinced of tho merits of this j 1 plan and tho measuro will bo pushed j 9 with both earnestness and ability. j' I v5 1 Austin of Utah county Is not foci- 1 I ing well over tho statements of tho I nj Wasatch Wavo regarding his bill l M which provides for tho setting asldo Jfl of Strawberry valley as a Btato park. M Tho Wavo declared that tho valloy possesses nono of tho natural ad- M vantages for a park. Mr. Austin af- i fl firms that the Strawberry valley Is 1 1 ill LI ; m m ' m lJ ... -iij