Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-26
ilembers Of the Senate Wrestling
With Important Measures Now
Before Them.
SHORT SESSION HELD TODAY
Appropriation Bill Being Considered
lis Likely 10 Cause Much
Debate.

ICOUlO WHO ANUN W lA~AlltAtNhN tHf''''f''''
OF the senate and acquire the impress
sion that the lawmakers are an idlo
body. wll have a decided change to
make in their opinion wnen the COM
nittees now wrestling with difficult
measures give over their reports Tor
the senato as a whole TO discuss The
present lull is considered one Of quiet
preparation for as strenuous % session
az the Legislature has yet known.
To-day, while the session Itself wos
brief, the senate chamber was filled
with senators from carly morning Ihe
committee rooms were crowded with
groups Of committees sitting on yeXlng
problems, and in the senate chamber
men discussed vital problems Of state
with fellow legislators or with people
not Of the state officials. especially IN
terested IN proposed legislation
The partisan board bin is one OF those
that are steering IN the direction or q
hurricane of debate, and close Dehlnu
N are the proposed appropriations Tor
stnte Institutions, enCh or which lS APP
plying Tor twice what the state can give
II and each Of which Us wanting 70
atop its neighbor from getting a lead
I'm the matter OF worldly wealth
REVENUE FAR TOO LITTLE
independent OF an minor matters
and incidental appropriations lthlGn ars
demanding attention every day, sdlu
senate. Bennion OF the committee or
epproprat lions today "the demand Tor
money exceeds the states total income
hy over 100000 ana when II comes 10
trimming down, we can hardly JOCK TOT
anything but friction A., q.
The fight on appropriations WIZ u
nppears be largely centered between
The Agricultural college pnd the INV
yerslty OF Utah. The fight has not YET
broken loose I'm the open but me ue-
mand OF the Agricultural college Tor W.
much money as the University asks
md especially tho demand for as large
an appropriation for gymnasium, WIZ
be serious problems, In the minds OF
most senators, to properly al. udichte.
Senator Gardner Is strongly opposed
10 any duplication In function OF the
two schools. He wants the Logan IN
stitution to be purely an agricultural
college with experiment stations ana
manual training departments FUR
ihermore he would have the prepara-
tory department freed from the unl-
versity Of Utah and the money Il taxes
70 maintain II spent In fostering the
growth of high schools over the state.
II Ii probable that "A resolution In
troducod two years ago and dropped,
providing Tor the bringing Of the TWO
schools under one board of control
viii be again taken up ot this session
FOR the purpose OF making the two coll
leges work In harmony In their currl-
oulum,
BOUNTY LAW AGAIN.
While the bounty frauds have not
been lively topic of conversation for a
few days, talk on new measure was
revived today Informally before the
session. Senator Walton said bounty
frauds were an old story with him, lie
had once hired boys TO Kill squirrels on
his ranch az 3 cents per head, the evil
dence OF death to consist Of the tail
lie discovered soon that his ranch was
overrun with bobtalled squirrels and
on looking Il mp he found the boys
were catching the squirrels and turn
Ing thcm loose 20 grow new tails after
cutting off their visible supply,
Senator Gardner Is an old hunter,
Who SAYS he has killed every animal on
the bounty list except bear utah is
A
"and / regard almost every claim for
bounty on bears. mountain Hons. lynx
aud wild cats TO be fictitious and fraud
uent When the lazy was passed we
never thrOught claims on these kinds
OF skins would amount "a anything"
A plea OF Senator HolingsWorth is TO
provide q bounty for coyotes, and have
the county shouffs pass upon the vac
ldity Of Che skins then issue war;
rant. which the county commissioners
would audit and pay the counties 20
recover from the state each quarter
two. thIrds or the whole amount Of the
claim,
Opinion on "a now bounty law IN far
from united and n appears that It will
pass only after one ~ the signal fights
Of the session.
NO SHELTER FIGHT
When the Legislature first met II
'yas thought that the shelters would
preciptate @ big Eight. But prlm-
nent senator said today that the ques-
tion would probably never come up,
ms he had learned q was the Intention
OF the protesting land owners TO Tight
for redress under the present laws,
and not 10 try 10 secure new ones
TO ADMINISTER Oats"
The wave of conflict bearing down
upon the legislature nearly broke over
the senate today when the house Jour
nal arrived showing that body 10 be
passing upon Senator Beunion's bin
to authorize county recorders TO adj
minister OATS instead of uaths which
the senators wished the recorders 10
deal with.