The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-03

at the morning session yesterday. Tn;
first work done was the rejection of the
bill offered by Munson providing for the
establishment of an agricultural college
the same being the bill which it was pro-
posed to substitute for the code title
The subject was referred to the COM
mittee on education, which reported adj
versely on the same, and the report was
adopted.
Under the second reading of bills the
act to tax gift iegacies was read second
time as was also senate bill SO, the act
authorizing cities and towns to incur
bonded Indebtedness. This last bill was
passed, without debate, on suspension
of the rules.
Shoots bill providing for an omnibus
board to control all state institutions.
was read second time, and Mr.. Game OBJ
1ecting, the same was postponed until
the afternoon session. in order to give him
2 chance TO familiarize himself with its
provisions.
The bill to cause all convict-made goods
to be branded was called up by Whitaker.
who asked that it be passed. He said 1t
was a measure which would injure no
one and would protect the product of free
labor against convist-made goods. 1t
gave the customer the chance of discern
ment as to the class OF goods he was
buying. On the passage of the bill Mon
son voted no, but changed and gave
notice of a reconsideration. which caused
Whitaker to ask why members were so
anxious to defeat everything which was
in the interest of labor. he was willing,
when defeated. TO let ii go at that. but
there are members VINO change their votes
and give notice Of reconsideration, in
order that they may lobby around and
defeat good measures.
Kenner's resolution. providing for a
recess in order that the members might
attend the birthday celebration of Presi-
dent Woodruff, was laid upon the table,
the necessity for the passage of the same
having passed.
a whole lot of messages from the house
were received, one of which was one
announcing the~passage of the land COM
mission bill with amendments The
senate concurred in a portion of the
amendment and declined TO concur in the
others. and Evans. Hamer and Snow were
appointed a conference committee.
Smoot, Snow and Rideout were ap
pointed a conference committee on house
bill co. the act authorizing the distribu-
ton of the IMPORTS of the supreme court
OF the territoty of Utah.
The secretary of state reported hav-
ing filed the bill passed over the veto of
the governor in his office-the act au-
thorizing boards of education to submit
TO the electors the proposition to incur
Indebtedness in addition to the school
taxes for the current year.
He also called attention to the fact
that several articles used by the state
on hand for disposal which was referred
to the committee on state affairs.
Senate bill 5S was passed and the senate
During the afternoon the code bill
passed to third reading, and will be sent
to the house today.
and discussed
OMNIBUS BOARD.
The most important measure of the
session outside the code. passed the senate
yesterday, the same being a bill intro
duced by the committee on public in
situations at the Monday session
Here it may not be out of order to
state that extended allusion to this
measure was contemplated in The Herald
yesterday but by some manner the copy
was misplaced and the same failed to
appear The title of the measure reads:
IAN act to provide for the government
and control of the Agricultural college
of Utah the Utah School for the Blind.
the Utah State School for the Deaf and
Dumb. the Deseret Agricultural and
Manufacturing society. the State In
dustrial School the State Insane Asy-
lum. the State Prison. and the University
of Utah. by board of control of state
pointment and duties and compensation
Of members of the board.
1t is an extremely important bill and
quite lengthy. The text of the same
will be found in another column.
When the measure came uD for action |
in the afternoon Snow incurred Of Mr. |
Smoot why all the members selected for /
the governing board were taken from /
Salt Lake, Weber. Utah and Cache, to |
which the gentleman addressed replied /
that inasmuch as the institutions sought (
to be governed were all located in the (
counties alluded to, It was deemed wise 1
on the part of the members of the com /
mittee TO have the members. of the board /
taken from those counties. Mr. Snoot /
added that he presumed the bill creating /
a branch of the normal school in Beaver /
or iron counties would pass ana become a /
Law. and in that event he thought one of |
the members would be selected from the /
county so favored.
TO abolish the chancellor and board CT /
regents of the university. and receiving /
an afili native reply. said he was opposed /
10 that plan. as it was an unhea-d of
1T is not unheard of in Michigan. where
a law. similar TO this bill, obtains re-
piled NJ Smoot
Continuing his argument against the
bill. Mr. Game said he was opposed to
dangerous to entrust the control of all
the state institutions in the hands of one
board. To begin with, the salary attach
ing to the position of members was only
81 per dav and the class OF men who will
seek such responsibilities at such a COM
pensation are not the desirable kind for
the place. There are men like w. S. Nc
Ccrnick. who can take places of this
kind where the service rendered does not
need TO be constant. for the salary which
attaches. because Il will just about pay
their expenses. But patriotic motives in
spire them and they do not work for the
money there Is in it.
Then. too. the powers given the board
are too autocratic It has authority I'M
der the bill. to discharge and remove all
officers and employees. The bill was too
sweeping in its provisions. 1t IS IN
Democratic and un-Republican. and ought
not pass. The speaker believed ii to be
taking step backward in the direction
of the days when congress sought TO
govern Utah with a board.
However. he presumed everything had
bean fixed and that this county and that
county would get 2 man or two-their
pro rata of appointments While his pro
test might rot amount to anything still
he should make it and would vote agains
the bill
Snow said he was not satisfied with the
measure or convinced that il was a good
one He could not see that it lessened ex-
pense. as all the boards now employed :
of one, that governing the Ae-'cpl1ral !
college. He was not convinced that con- {
ditions would be bettAced for no COM :
plants We're heard at this time.
Besides these reasons the bill deprived 4 :
other localities of their representa- tons
in these Institutions. He was opposed to
the bill.
Mr.. Smoot prefaced his speech in sup
port of the measure by an objection to the /
remarks OF Mr. Game. to the effect that /
D sop had been thrown out to the :
supporters of the bill. v
Mr.. Caine-By that expression, senator,
did not mean the committee.
Smoot-Who did you mean? I
Caine-Well, the provisions are in the 5
esll. n
smoot-Then you did mean the COM t
njttee. n
Continuing. Mr.. Smoot said there were n
2 men on the boards controlling the in {
;titutions of this state. 1t is proposed to
'educe them TO nine. Senator Game says s
men cannot be got for 81 per day: that b
he men we want cannot be obtained for Il
hat figure. He believed the senator him