The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-13

CrS IN return for the cOurteSleS extend
! ed to him by all the members. Il say
God bless YOU concluded the presi-
dent. May you return in safety TO
your homes. find your families well
and your business prospecting"
SEEEY CREATES A LAUGH.
Then big, good natured Seely forced
his way to the front and created a
laugh by thanking the president for
rot calling him to order while he was
making his speech.
sEAMAN'S SALLY.
Seaman then offered the following,
which made another laugh:
c. c. R. No 104- Whereas, The poll
cal education Of the people has in the
past and will be in the future of vast
Importance, therefore be it
Resolved BY the Thir-y-first Legis-
lative Assembly of the Territory of
Utah, that Mr. Charles Crane is hereby
requested to issue a second edition of
his Nuggets of Truth" e,nbellished
with the portraits of the leading Re
publicans of this Assembly, together
with character sketches of each and
their grand achievements in the inter-
ests Of the people during this session
of the Legislature
GOOD BYE.
Then came the handshalings and
good Dyes, and the members separated
with the best of feeling all around
House.
The members of the lower body came
to time about 10 a. M, and it was not
long before the Republicans went into
caucus to settle the fate of the legis-
lation that was coming up. They re-
NAMED in caucus for some time and
the session was quite stormy When
they came out it was soon learned that
the programme was to adjourn in order
to put the Democratic governor in a
hole. Sears remarked ''the Democratic
governor has tried to put us in a hole,
but he is likely to find himself in one"
A PLAN.
rms information regarding the eau
Gus determination Of the Republicans
showed movements that threatened to
Interfere with the plan that had been
evolved whereby the university was
to be removed TO Logan for a few
years until it was settled whether the
experiment would prove a success, the
school for the deaf and blind was 20
be removed to Ogden and the reform
school put in the military academy
and the wing of the capitol building
was TO be built.
That this plan was to be carried out,
If not interfered with, was a foregone
conclusion. because thirteen members
OF the House and seven of the Council
mad agreed upon it. However, the
party lash had been used mercilesslv
IN the caucus and all the Republicans
had been compelled to fall into line
with the will of their leaders. and so
II was recognized that something des-
perate must be done or the plan would
be defeated
After wait of an hour the members
sauntered' for lunch. At about /
CLOCK, the messenger from the COVER
nor appeared and was cheered because
ne brought the long looked for docu-
ments. He was compelled to await the
return OF the speaker and members.
however, and his messages were not
delivered for an hour after they were
ready.
FIRST BLOOD.
At p. m, Speaker Emery came into
the hall and, with determination in his
/ eye, assumed the chair The members
We're all in their seats, The clerks at
the desks and a large audience in the
lobby
The message TO the Council 1etoing
the revenue bill, to take half a mill
away from the schools and use it for
general purposes, was first read. This
was received with silence.
APPROPRIATIONS,
The following message from the Gov
ernor was read
I have this day approved and filed
with the secretary of Utah territory an
act making appropriations for general
purposes. There are many objections
which can be urged against the meas
ure, and which have appealed to me
strongly as reasons why [ should with
hold my approval, but 1 have been re-
luctant, faulty as the bill is, to return
1T unapproVed. 1t is my purpose to in
Vlte your attention to a prominent fea-
ture of the bill, and suggest that in
dealing with this matter a great in
Justice has been done. 1 refer to the
matter Of appropriations for the gen
eral territorial institutions, and partic-
ularly to the University of Utah.
Our educational system is founded
upon the theory that the university
stands at its head and center 1t is
the summit to which all avenues in
our school system tend. From its Dor-
tails come the teachers VINO perform
isuch important functions in the grow
ling state.
This bill deals unfairly with this
most important institution. It seems to
me that $40, 900 cannot maintain it for
the ensuing two years. The report of
the chancellor and board of regents of
the university would indicate that the
leading educational institution must
close and go down in defeat unless this
Legislature provides an additional sum
for its maintenance and support. | de-
sire to fully impress you with the dan
ger now threatening our university. 1t
would be an ineffable dirgrace to permit
its doors to be closed. What answer
can be made to our sons and daughters
seeking higher educational walks if we
permit the keystone to fall from the
GROWING arch of our public school sys-
tenn?
7 earnestly call your attention to the
report above alluded to, with the hope
that, even at this late hour, you will
not fail in what l conceive your duty
impels you to do; and that you will
make further provisions for the safety
and perpetuity Of the University Of
Utah.
What I have said regarding the in
adequacy of appropriation for this i'll
stitution applies with much force to
the other public institutions of the ter
ritory. 1t is d serious. if not an alarm
ing. condition confronting them, and it
is with no bright hope we may look to
their future with this appropriation bill
as the rock of their safety.
Il am not unmindful of the fact that
it is contended that the revenue Of
the territory is sufficient for public
purposes and that is assigned as q
reason for reducing the needful and
imperative demands of public institu-
tons. At the same time, by the pas
sage of several bills now before me
awaiting my action, it is undertaken to
squander the public money as bounties
to a few individuals, without regard to
the interest OF welfare of the masses of