The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-24
Commission Will Recommend
It's Consolidation With
State University.
Would Abandon Buildings at Logan
and Leave There Only an Ex-
perimental Farm.

effort TO embron him in local contro-
versy.
Must Amend Constitution.
To change the location OF the agri-
cultural college an amendment to the
state constitution is necessary. Sec
ton 4 of article 10 Of the state consti-
tuition distinctly ratifes the location
by the territorial legislature of the col
iege at Logan. That section is as fol-
lows.
The location and establishment by
existing laws of the University OF Utah
and the Agricultural college are here
by confirmed, and all the rights. immu-
mites, franchises and endowments here
t6fore granted or conferred. are hereby
peTpetuated unto said university and
agricultural college respectively"
The legislature Of 1888 provided that
TIE agricultural college should he 10
cated in Cache county at d point to be
selected by the trustees. Logan was
thus selected. The same act provided
that the leading object Of the college
should be to teach such branches Of
learning as are related to agriculture
and the mechanical arts. and such 9TH
er scientific and classical studies az
shall promote the liberal and practical
education Of the Industrial classes in
the several pursuits ana professions Of
life
Another section act provided that
THE course of instruction shall embrace
the English language and literature.
mathematics, civil engineering. agl'i-
CT Ural, chemistry. animal and vega-
table anatomy and physiology, tie vet
Urinary art chronology. geology and
such other natural sciences as may be
prescribed. technology. political. rural
ara household economy, horticulture.
moral philosophy. history. bookkeeping
and especially the appljca.ioB- Of So
enCe and the mechanical arts 10 practi-
cal agriculture in the field
Cutler Breaks His Pledge.
BY favorfng consolidation Governor
Cutler is breaking a pledge which he
made in the last state campaign. When
he was Contesting with Heber N Wells
and J. T. Hammond for the nomination
for governor G. V. Anderson. a Salt
Lake politician. was sent to Cache
county to do missionary work I'm his
behalf After spending some time there
Anderson came back and reported 10
the machine leaders that Mr. Cutler
would have to go squarely on record
IS friend Of the agricultural college
if he wanted to carry Cache county.
Upon receipt of this advice the Smoot
leaders, il is said, had AIT. Cutler write
d l6tleF DIOCldlullnS MS friendship for
the college in the strongest possible
terms This letter Anderson carried
back to Cache county with him and
showed around generally It was eff
caceous in getting the Cache delegates
that nominated Cutler. The original
letter is said to be in existence still.
and it is likely to become a lively cam
paign document.
Howell Betrays Cache County.
Congressman Joseph Howell lives in
Cache county, and at first he was in
clined to oppose the plan Of his asso-
ciates i'm the SmoOt machine to wreck
the agricultural college Now how
ever. he has abandoned the fight and
surrendered horse. foot and dragons.
He is convinced that his hope for the
future lies with the machine. and he
is willing that the SmoOt crowd shall
do anything TO anybody so long as they
don't do II TO him. He is making no
further Protest against the dismantling
of the college.