Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-09

Tho first set speech WAS that Of BEN
Mon Of Yernal Tie opened Immediate
ly after the preliminary talks which
brought the question before the sem
ate. He said; 1T seems TO me that no
proper reason can be advanced against
the principles demanding this lnvcstl-
cation, This question has been agi-
tatlng us for 20 years, II has con-
Aumed long hours IN this senate. Ten
years ago the proposition carried by a
narrow majority IN the constitutional
convention. Many men now In this
room were there and spoke eloquenlly
against the separate maintenance or
these schools | do not refer 70 Presi-
dent Kerr. but q prominent resident
OF Cache county said TO me just the
other day, ! agree withot the lnstltu-
tions ought 10 be consolidated, ] say
II WIS a great mistake 10 build them
apart, but the state has committed IT,
self and an you can do now IL 70
ray 10 one institution. you take THIS
inoney-al we can spare you, and get
along with II the best you can ana TO
the other you take this other bit OF
money and You get along with II tho
best you can.
II do not agree with HIM We CAN
DO something with IT, but we have got
10 g0 down 10 the bottom to remove
that etone from the foundation Of the
state, TO 20 back and start over
II do not say the demand OF tho
Agricultural college for S2SO'OOO thls
year Is unjust II n Is TO live II VIII
need this much, and N II needs this
much how much more will Il need IN
two years from now What ought II
10 be Ia a few years hence2
senator Barber my friend whom
respect, objects to this amendment on
the grounds that he docs not want II
IN his report. He has no monopoly on
that report We endorse his plan Tor a
commission OF Investigators We al
so want this matter 10 be submitted 70
the people Is he afraid to have u
go before the people2 TO put j OF I'LL
1906 or 1908 is but to prolong the ago
ny for the fight would drag on our
only purpose In offering this amendment
Is to ADOPT the major part OF the Bar
her report, with this clause In addl-
ton
WILLIAMS FOR AMENDMENT
senator Williams, chairman OF the
appropriations committee, got me MOOT
after Bennion and went into the mn
ancial side Of g.. "Our revenue, ne
declared, 'Is insufficient TO support even
one institution OF first class quality,
| am Informed that there are now %
graduates Of the salt Lake High school
abroad trying to get an education, be-
cause they are not Invited by the work
offered at the University OF Utah.
He favored consolidation In the hope
OF bringing Utah boys up at home While
they are getting their education
MCKAY IN OPPOSITION.
senator McKay's speech was long and
fun OF feeling for the men OF the soil
and for the work ON irrigation and AZ
rlculture. He spoke OF his long lie
I'm Utah. and Of the fact that he had
four sons and four daughters VINO were
qettlng or had already got their educa-
tion IN Utah. He said he had lobby
lists I'm his own home, for his two
oldest boys were graduates OF the utah
University and had pleaded with MN
TO support that institution and not go
back on It. He had two younger boys
whom ne wished, however, TO send to
the Agricultural college, where they
would learn not 10 be afraid of work,
and not to be made ashamed OF agri-
cultural life. He wanted them TO grad
uate able to handle any problem OF lr-
rlgatlon on farming or OF engineering
and he wanted the Agricultural college
10 be able to teach them all Of that"
BARBER ONCE AGAIN.
Senator Barber was brought to his
feet for a second speech by the re-
marks OF Mckay. lie depored the fact
that an incorrect impression had gone
out that the Agricultural college al
ready had the money II was asking
The power to grant II money was with
the Legislature, he declared, and how
ever little It could AFFORD to give, that
college wanted that little, and wanted
TO stay alive on IT,
At the end Of his speech the motion
90 adjourn was carried,