The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-22

fort he made from that time on to
XIII 1t. Mr.. Nye, Mr.. Raddatz, Mr..
/ Beard and Mr. Monson all urged the
necessity of the section to the bill. Mr..
Lewis stated that the bill was of no
avail without section 20, and to defeat
a vote upon it moved to recommit un-
der the original agreement. He gave
| way to an amendment to increase the
line which might be imposed upon
mine owners for violation of the pro-
| visions of the bill, when Ehe motion
TO commit prevailed.
II. B. No. 43, the vote to kill which
was reconsidered the day before, was
sent to the judiciary committee to be
remodeled.
FROM THE SENATE.
I Messages from the senate notified
/ the house of the passage of S. B. No.
/ 70, relating to the heritable rights of
| the issue of polygamous marriages. and
/ ). B. No. 70, relating to the duties of
state officers, and that the senate had
/ refused to concur in some of the house
amendments to S. B. No 46, which
was passed Thursday, defining the
duties Of the attorney general. A con-
/ ference committee was requested and
Messrs. Nye, CTitchlow and Lewis
| were appointed.
The speaker signed senate bills 5,
the libel bill, and 81, defining the duties
of county prosecuting attorneys; also
H. B, No 101 confirming probate pow
ers on district courts.
a resolution by Mr.. Robinson, pro
viding that no new bills be allowed to
be introduced after March II without
unanimous consent, received no sec
ond.
ONE BILL PASSED.
On third reading H. B. No. SO re-
ceived final action of the house, the
roll call recording no opposition votes
The bill provides extending the powers
of clerks of district courts to permit
them TO hear testimony and enter or
ders in certain cases of decedents,
minors, insane persons, etc, whCsa
there is a recess of the court or the
judge is absent.
II. b. No. % was laid over until
Monday for minor corrections.
FARMERS AND LAWYERS DIS
AGREE.
H B. No. lis. authorizing the organ
on the calender. Innocent and unas-
Stunning as it apparently was, it occu-
pied the whole Of the rest of the day
and then did not get to a vote. The
bill as reported back from committee
authorized and required the board Of
trustees of the agricultural college to
hold farmers Institutes once each year
in every county in the state. Mr..
CritchloW inquired of the chairman OF
the committee just what purpose was
intended to be served by the bill. That
gentleman, Mr.. CaZier, explained that
the holding of the institutes was in
tended to enhghten farmers and farm
er youth in all the ideas of farming,
theoretically and otherwise. He spoke
at considerable length and was fol-
lowed by Mr.. CritchloW who was at q.
loss to know just how such eminent
agriculturalists as w. S. Mccormick,
president Of the board of trustees and
several other members of the board
who were not known to be practical
farmers, would go about teaching
farmers their business Mr. Monson
thereupon offered an amendment to
place the holding of the institutes in
the hands of the faculty of the agricuI-
tural college instead OF the board of
trustees. Mr.. CritchloWs remarks
had created considerable amusement
Which caused Mr.. Cazier to again ad-
dress the chair He thought it was
quite apparent that the gentlemen
from Salt Lake were opposed to any
thing in the form of legislation for the
farmers. He referred somewhat bit
terly to the advocacy of Mr.. Critchlow
and others of the Salt Lake delegation,
OF the bill passed the day previously
prohibiting the pooling of corporations
or individuals, which he had held was
a blow at the farmers. This tickled
the rlslhilities of the ardent support
ers OF that measure who INDUCED in
soto voce witticisms among them
selves, when Mr.. Murdoch arose to crit
icise the levity of a Certain class" of
the members, as he termed it. The
expense of holding the institutes how
IL Was TO be borne, etc, had been one
81 tne reasons urged against the bill
Whlch contained no provision therefor
Mr. Murdoch accordingly offered an
amendment appropriating 81, 900 for the
purpose. Mr. Nebe1er of Salt Lake
felt injured at the attitude of the on
ponents of the bill whom it
chanced were largely of the
legal fraternity, and whom he
tLougnl were poking fun at the meas
ure. He deprecated such conduct ~,
ne moor and then proceeded to saw /
lildt ne and some of his colleagues
VINO had been reared ON the farm had I
not the advantage of a technical sC71,-
cation, owing to which fact thew yeI,a
not entrely conVerSant with some of /
the judicial measures which had passed
out nevertheless had deferred 70
the superior understanding of the To-
gal contingent ON such matters and I
had voted for them He therefore
the opposition of these gentle
men 10 this particular measure which
they IN turn could not be expected ia
comprehend as fully as did the farmer
element was not only ill-advised but
came with poor grace in view of the
circumstances he had just related. He
thought that while the bill might NOT
be as nicely worded as it might have
oeen If drawn by the judiciary com
mlttee, still it covered the ground, was
What the farmers wanted, and if
should be allowed to pass.
Mr.. Gibson thought the bill was not
Is well constructed as it might be and
aYored having it remodeled. AS
'lde issue, the gentleman thought the
professors of the college, instead of
the farmers might learn to
augment their knowledge by them
selves going to work on a farm.
Mr.. Critchlow replied to the criti-
,lsns OF the legal gentlemen made bv
Mr.. Nebeker. The Slight relaxation
he did not consider an Indication that
hey opposed the bill. It was not nv
nerriment they sought to kill meas
Ire. Instead, when they really OBJ
posed bill they did so in earnest
argument. In any event, he was NOT
sure the bill was a proper measure to
)aSs. He was not sure it was NOT
lass legislation as the state did not
'ear the expense of educating anv
'ther particular class of people. He
vas in favor Of anything within rea-