The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-08

the senate adjourned until O'Clock N
the afternoon. and when il recOnvsned
Senator Hulaniski sprung surprise by
opposing consolidation and particularly a
constitutional amendment. He also took
occasion to disagree with his colleague.
Mr.. Hollingsworth. in the manner i'm
which he was ignoring the voice of his
constituents. He said:
Not Crying Necessity.
I am opposed to amending the eonsti-
tuition unless it is a crying necessity. Ny
colleague, Mr.. Hollingsworth. has ac-
knowlsdged that it is not necessary to
amend the constitution to place the in
stitutions under one board Then why
should we do it? This legislature has the
power TO submit this question to the peo-
pie II II wants to. by means of the ref
ereEdum. Why not do II that way and
not amend the constitution The people
Of Weber county are opposed to CONSOLE
dation and l, as their representative, shall
vote against these bills.
CaIlster for the State.
Senator Thomas c. Callister of Millard
county then asked permission TO define
his position. He spoke eloquently and
with conviction
Il am here" he said Tin the interest
of the state and not merely of Willard
county. l love both institutions. / am
graduate of the university and MY son
is a graduate of the Logan institution.
But the interests of the state demand that
/ take some position and I am in favor
of submitting this matter TO the people
] want to see the high schools prosper
also, and I think it is time that we take
the high schools to the people instead
of making the people come to them. Do
away with the preparatory course of the
university and let the state distribute
these schools in every nook and corner of
the state.
Rasband Also Talks.
: Senator Frederick Rasband of Park CITY
spoke along similar lines. saying that the
question should be submitted to the peo-
pie Let them say" ne said. IF they
tutions. The money is theirs and they
should have the say
The final effort by the opposition was
made by Mr.. Bullen. who spoke for over
an hour in forceful and convincing man
ner. The greater part OF his time he de-
voted to statistics, by which he tried to
show that consolidation is unwise.
Says 1t Is Rider.
He was of the opinion that the provi-
sion made by the measure for high school
maintenance was d rider, tackled on
simply to secures votes.
'I don't believe" he said that the
high schools will ever benefit much from
this. The trouble is that Salt Lake wants
this college. wants to shut the doors of
the Logan school and be alone the center
Scores Commissioners.
In conclusion Senator Bullen took occa-
sion TO score the majority Of the commits
sion which investigated the problem and
reported TO the governor their findings in
favor of consolidation. 1t was in refer
ence to the methods employed by the
majority in securing letters from various
college presidents, giving their views on
consolidation. which were Incorporated in
the ra1orltV report.
1T was the most unprofessional act" he
said ever practised by men in public
life in this state It was a violation of
all rules Of courtesy and justice. Be-
sides one of the letters was garbled to
suit the tastes of the majority
He then read a letter from Dean II. c.
Price of the Ohio Agricultural college, In
which Mr.. Price says: Il do not see how
supposedly honorable men could do such a
thing" Mr.. Bullen said the only expla-
nation was that the sterographer had
made an error. He concluded by saying;
University the invader.
81 want you to understand that the
university is the invader and the agricul-
tural college the defender, defending its
right to exist by all that is just and
right"
1t was the effort Of the Logan states
mans life and he acquitted himself admir-
ably. When he concluded President Love
surrendered the chair to Mr.. Benner Y
Smith and took the floor. He comment
ed or the prejudice which had been arous-
ed over this question.
Mr. Bullen and his friends have ap-
pealed 10 the prejudice OF the AGRICULTURAL
people of the state in this question, and
have gone so far as to endeav0r to boy
Colt the T. c. NJ. l., with which ] am
connected. because / favor consolidation.
He has referred 70 the education of the
clod hoppers and the farmer girls and
told you that nothing could be done for
them at the university.
he then pointed out that the Agricul-
tural college did not encourage agricui-
ture and had only graduated eleven egri-
cultural students from the college de-
partment in thirteen years and only seven
from the preparatory agricultural depart
ment In the same period
he also took the Logan man to task for
saying that Professors Clark and Upham
of this agitation by showing that they
left because Of higher salaries
4 want you gentlemen to make a rec
ord of this, that 7 believe that with con-
solidation the Logan school viii be bet
that Salt Lake is trying to gobble up all
the state Institutions, but / want TO tell
you that by abolishing the university pre-
paratory department il viii lose ten
students. to one BY the Logan school as
result Of consolidation
Mr.. Park Closes.
After few remarks by Mr.. Rasband.
the closing speech for the consolidation
lists was made by Mr. Park.
Nothing has been shown" ne said. ITO
deny my statements Of this morning. that
at the Agricultural college one-sixth OF
the work is of coIleGe grade. and the
other f;ve-sixths high school senator
Huianiski is against q constitutional
don't believe this 10 be true, as we are