The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-26
BILL In INTEREST
OF A CANDIDATE
Charge Made by President ALI
son During Senate Debate.
FOR NEW SALT LAKE JUDGE
MEASURE PASSED WITHOUT
BEING AMENDED.

am informed that this bill was
1 originally drawn for the benefit of a
candidate for judge of the district
court, man entirely unworthy for the
POSITION declared President Allison Of
the state senate yesterday, interrupting
debate on senate bill 81, providing Tor
an extra district judge in Salt Lake
county. This representation was made
to me by leading members OF the bar
association and 1 was asked to make
a statement to the senate. 1 have
every reason to believe that the intro
ducer of the bill (Senator Lawrence)
is entirely innocent of intention to
foster any such purpose, and 1 merely
make the statement so that the sem
ate may safeguard the measure against
any possible personal use.
Later President Allison voted for the
bill in its original form, saying he was
convinced that, as framed, it could not
be misused to the personal advantage
of an individual candidate He de-
clined to reveal the name of the attor-
ney 10 whom he had reference.
7 have heard some talk of the same
nature" declared Senator Lawrence,
referring to President AllisOns re-
marks. $50 far as am concerned. I
am willing to trust the state execu-
tive, who is empowered to appoint the
additional judge pending an election,
to name the right kind of a person"
An attempt was made to have the
bill amended so as to require the ap-
pointment to be made before the end
of the legislative session. but the
amendment was voted down on the
ground that its adoption would imply
the governor could not be trusted to
q n int
Politics Crops Out.
During the debate the real reason
for the suppression of the bill sep
arating TOOele and Summit counties
from the Salt Lake judicial district
came to light. With the two outside
counties the Salt Lake district is Re
publican, while alone it might be car
ried by the Democrats. Having that
in mind. the Republican majority on
the Judiciary committee reported
against the measure. Senator Law
directed at Senator Barnes, Demo-
crat.
There was ample remedy for this
Salt Lake district congestion in the
bill which Topped off the outside cOun-
ties" declared Barnes.
Us the senator aware of the political
significance, the political purpose, back
renee.
Il was not" replied Barnes.
rs not the senator aware that if
TOOele and Summit counties were sep
arated from Salt Lake the district
might be Declocratic?"
Senator Barnes made a hard fight
on the extra judge bill on various
grounds.
1T is common gossip among attOr-
neys that the Salt Lake judges are
not attending to their business as are
the rural judges" declared Barnes.
There is no reason why the state
as a whole should be called upon to
pay the extra expense occasioned by
lack of executive ability on the part of
Salt Lake judges. The entire state
only had three judges prior to state
hood. while there are ten district
judges to do the same work today, to
say nothing of the city court judges,
who are judges Of record. The Judge
of the Second district tries half as
many cases as do the three judges of
the Salt Lake district
The rOllcau on the final passage Of
the bill showed all the senators voting
for it except Barber, Barnes and Whit
more.