The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-21
PORTLAND FAIR
BILL Is PASSED
senate Votes Additional Appropria.
ton of 10000.
ART BILL GOES THROUGH
PROVIDES EXPENDITURE OF
MONEY FOR PICTURES.

opposition 70 an Increased appropria-
tion for the Portland exposition com
mission resolved itself into a question
OF whether the state would derive
greater benefit from a fire exhibit at
Portland or from Increased allowances
Tor state institutions. particularly the
University of Utah. during the debate
over Hollingsworth's bill No. AZ. in the
senate Yesterday. The bill was at
length passed by vote of 10 to 6. the
lheup being: Ayes-Bennion. Callister.
hollingsworth. Johnson. Larsen. Law
renee, Mckay, Park, Williams Love
Says-Barber, Clegg, Gardner. Loose,
Rasband, Walton. -Bamberger.
Lewis
The bill. which provides an additional
appropriation of $40 600. making a total
OF $4,000 for the commission. came IN
on third reading. a special order
Immediately following the reading OF
the bill Rasband offered an amendment
giving the appropriation of $4,000 to
the University OF Utah instead of to the
Portland commission. There was no
second and he then moved to strike out
the enacting clause. Walton seconded
this and the mill was on.
Urges Needs of University.
The debate continued for a long
time. Rasband said he was for Utah.
all right.
Last year" he said, I'VE spent $50
oO9 or $4,000 to help st. Louis. and
snail we this year spend $50. 900 more to
help Portland? I don't believe this will
do any particular good to the state of
Utah" .-.
In the course of his speech. during
which he urged the needs of the uni
versity. Rasband referred to reports
ne had heard" of the affairs of the St.
Louis commission.
When Rasband sat down Johnson. a
member of the st. Louis commission.
Immediately took the floor and spoke
earnestly for some minutes He said
ne believed it was A mistake TO saw an
exhibit of this kind would do Utah no
good.
And I don't believe the St. I.ouis
commission spent the money for the
oeneht of Missouri, but for the benefit
OF Utah. he said. so far as insinua-
lions as to affairs of the commission
are concerned. joint committee Of
the senate and house has reported that
the money was expended honora bly, -
lie closed by urging the appropria-
bin 'N0
kiesel Will Stand For Any Deficit.
Callister inquired if there was any
iikellhood of shortage in the case of
'tie foIlldIu commission HOllipOc-
worth explained that the bill made :,
dehcit impossible and added that = 7
hlesel. one of the commission. had
carefully studied the situation and de-
cared that $4,000 would be enough.
Further than that" continued Hol-
Hngsworth, Mr.. Kiesel has given his
assurance that he personally will nav
any shortage that may exist if the
amount asked for here is appropriated. =
Rasband at length withdrew his mo-
hon 10 strike out the enacting clause
ielnarklng Sarcastically -'if one-haIf
hat the papers say is true the
awards at St Louis did not SO much
depend on merit. but on how much
was paid for them.
Barber then offered to amend the nil
bN reducing the additional appropt-ia
ton to $4,000, making a total of So
VVe. Gardner favored this. saving he
would have preferred cut Of SIC. OOe
rms amendment failed. Gardner.
Loose. Rasband, Walton and Barber
voting for it.
After Callister had secured a uDani-
nous vote in favor of an amendment
providing that after the close of the
-air the concentrating mill be given to
the University of Utah and the re-
manning. exhibits TO the D. A & M. So
clety, The bill was placed on its pas
sage, carrying by the vote given above.
Art Bill Is Slipped through.
Senator Williams bill CNo. 40, Great