The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-09
To Unite Elections.

In the afternoon Crane offered the
following substitute for section IA:
after the adoption of this constitu-
ton. all general elections for state.
district. county. precinct. municipal,
school and judicial officers. shall be
held on the Tuesday next following the
first Monday in November in each
year. Special elections may be held as
provided by law. The terms of all Off
GERS elected at any general election
shall commence on the first Monday
in January next following the date of
their election The legislature may
provide for elections of municipal and
school officers.
Crane said his proposition would
work an immense saving of money.
besides giving the people a rest every
other year. He did not see the benefit
that would be derived from the sepa-
ration as politics could not be kept out
Thurman said it was very important
that school and judicial officers should
be carefully selected. He did not want
to go to too great expense. but the
present system is good.
Politics in school Elections.
Crane-Have we not now a separa-
ton of the school and general cleo
tons?
Thurman-Yes.
Crane-Have not politics always
crept in and wont they stay in for
ever?
Thurman-No. but they would be If
your amendment carried.
Thurman continued that in Provo il
had not been found hard to agree on
a non-partisan election. Where school
elections are held with the general
elections he had seen politics extended
even to school teachers.
casI he no a rnlifi0id n
People could vote for whoever they
wanted at a general election.
Roberts said a separation was need
ed or the excitement of the general
election would so overshadow the
school and judicial elections as to pre-
vent proper consideration of these sub
iects. Then it might not be desirable
TO have all terms of two years.
Lambert wanted economy. He said
this was the cry from all parts of the
territory.
Buys wanted school elections held in
July SO that the school ARRANGEMENTS
could not be disarranged.
Impossible to Keep Ont.
James said it was impossible to keep
politics out of judicial and school cleo
tions. The country is governed by two
dominant parties and they cannot come
together. He cited the late school cleo
Heybourne believed in separation of
school and judicial elections.
Evans, of Utah, said he was III
favor of Cranes substitute. II was
in the interest of economy. Munich
pal elections should be held WITH gem
eral elections. That would IL in the
interest of harmony. 1t would lie I'M
possible to make municipal elections
non-partisan.
Thoresen, of Cache offered an
amendment which made it absolutely
necessary to separate municipal and
school elections and giving the legls-
lature power to fix the day. This
was killed.
President Smith Flies.
President Smith had had a fore
taste of the storm. He saw evidences
Of a squall coming. Hastily calling
Varian to the chair, with the excuse
that he had suddenly been called
away, he fed and returned a minute
later. Then came deluge of amend /
ments and substitutes ringing the
changes on the subject in a dozen diff |
ferent ways, from all sides. Varian,
good parliamentarian that he is, got
mixed once or twice. Finally, when |
the debris had been cleared away, |