Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-11
THEY TALK OF THE VETO.
Opinions of the Lcgislators-How
IL Will Affect the Courts, the
Asylum and other In
terests.

The death OF the general appropriation
bill yesterday produced widespread sem
sation, which had not died out to-day.
Those who feel it most keenly are the
courts and the Territorial Insane Asylum,
and gentlemen interested in these two
important premises were deeply affected
| by the news OF the Governors veto. The
legislators themselves regarded the issue
as desperate crisis, and it will not be
the least surprising ii there are number
OF resolutions introduced during the last
agonies OF the session that will in part re-
leve the members Of their pent-up wrath.
w. w. Ritter, Speaker OF the House,
said to-day that he considered the veto
ing OF the appropriation bill a crisis OF
the most disastrous kind, and one which
would sadly clog the wheels OF the local
government. There could be nothing
done, he said, to effect compromise
with the Governor, because his demands
involve a procedure which is in direct
conflict with established law. Gin my
opinion, !" said he, there will be no effort
made towards reconciliation"
Representative West regarded the
death OF the appropriation bill as dire
calamity upon the community, and par
ticularly upon the courts. He took it for
granted that there would be no alterna-
tive but the rejection OF all Territorial
cases by the courts, which coul d no longer
afford to prosecute criminals without
financial aid. This would result unavod-
ably in the turning loose in society
OF host of depraved and
| I.,,, ,,tf,, al nj
would properly be in the penitentiary
for the courts cannot do otherwise than
bail all such individuals out indefinitely
in the absence OF funds from which to
pay Jurors and witness fees and other ex.
penses. AS for the Utah Asylum, dom
see what they can do short of turning the
patients, one and all, out into the streets
for besides the means necessary to con
duct the institution within the future, the
100000, for past expenses, falls to the
ground with the general appropriation
bill. / can see nothing but distress fo
these institutions.
Judge Shurtliff, member of the Council
from Weber county, did not believe any
thing would be done by the Council il
the matter of compromising with tin
Governor by confirming his nominees TO
Treasurer, Auditor, and Superintendent
OF Public Schools. There was no meas
ure at present contemplated looking I
that end, SO far as he was aware.
Judge Dusenbery, who is an activ
member of the Asylum Board, could nc
foretell what would be the extent OF tn
hazardous results to the Asylum as
consequence OF the failure of the apprc
priation bill to go through. Their
was no recourse that he knew of b
which the institution could be kept III
but that is a small consideration con-
pared with the untold ruin upon the cour
try generally. Things are positively dis
! organized and annihilated.
Mr.. Mclaughlin, the liberal membt
from Park City, had just presented in tn
House an appropriation bill that suite
l his notion. 1t would pay the officers ar
supernumeries what justly belonged
f them, for they are not responsible
/. to any extent for the actor
l OF the Legislature, and are e.
!. titled to remuneration for their service
1 He had reasons to believe that the bi
f would receive the Governors approval
3 too, although he had no knowledge rs
n the result.
All the members who were approacht
!, on the subject expressed similar sen
!, ments to those given above, the feelir
$ among all of them being that it was
emergency of the most serious charactt