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

Reports of conflicting interests in the
management of the state Institutions are
received from time 10 time, and when
they are Investigated by the legislature
! they develop peculiar conditions. The
/ senator from Washington county says 50
per cent of the revenue OF the people goes
10 the support of state institutions This
Is not correct. although about so per
cent does. Then why this unsatisfactory
condition of affairs? Because each board
has a knife al the others throat and the
situation is becoming absolutely con-
| temptible and should cease.
The committee resorts to the theory that
the foremost state in the Union in edu-
cational matters has adopted this plan
and put the control of all her state in
situations in the hands of a board of
reliable business citizens. No one has
ever read of any scandal in connection
with any of the institutions of the state
of Michigan, from whence this bill is
taken. All over il is looked upon as a
model The penal charitable and educa-
above politics. They are lifted out of
the mire of political strife. But ii is I'M
fortunate for US that here is a charge of
this kind which we have to meet and
II should be met and this bill passed.
The object of naming the counties from
which the committee comes has been
stated In the judgment of the speaker
there is a necessity for a board of con-
troll which would handle to the best adj
vantage the business Of each institution
and the vast sums OF money which are
I.
Senators who object have power to say
who the members of this board shall be;
they vote to confirm or reject their selec-
ton.
This board will be non-partisan; it will
lift up the state Institutions and improve
them, and if error is made it will be
the honest error of business judgment and
one party will share equally in the blame
with another.
Mr.. Rideout said he had not given the
bill the consideration il merited, but he
"es not prepared to say it was not a
good bill. He was aWst-e that abuses
had crept into state institutions He was
informed that the president of the agri-
cultural college was also reporter of the
supreme court; that in one place >he re-
celVed $500 per year; in another $1,000; that
recently he asked that his salary as court
reporter be increased, saying il took two
thirds of his time He was supposed to
put in three-thirds at -he college and
here was case where one man evidently
had hve-thirdS of a proposition.
Amendment of the bill then began. Snow
moved 10 strike out the figure nine as
relates to members of the board and in
sert five Rideout amended by making it
seven. Both amendments failed.
Snow then moved to appoint one from
each county and four at large, which
was opposed by Evans. who said when
two were appointed from each county
there were opportunities for consultation.
To this Snow replied that these two
would virtually be in control of all the
affairs and evils existing would be con-
tinued and accelerated.
The amendment lost and Rideout Of
fered another to the effect. that no en-
ployee of any state institution be appoint
ed a member of the board, which pre-
vailed.
The bill then passed. Game and Snow
voting in the negative.
Mr.. Game then explained that he did
not mean to be understood rs saying the
committee had divided the positions
around in order to obtain support for
the bill, which explanation was satisfac-
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