Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-12
Parks Bill Receives Its Quietus
In the House After Long
Debate.
REJECTED BY VOTE OF 2o-24.
Hottest Fight of the Session Centers
On This Mcasurc--Some OF the
Incidents Of the Day.

There WILL be no consolidation OF
the Agricultural college with tho UNI
verslty of Utah. at least nor CURING
the next four years. The mouse az
11i2c last night, by vote OF "a ayes
10 20 NAYS. absent and NOT voting none,
rejected senate bill Ill, by Park
which was the measure on which II
was decided the fight should center,
providing for the consolidation OF the
two institutions.
The hottest teht OF the session CEN
tered on this measure The senate had
passed it by bare TWO tnlrus Vote
which IL was necessary to obtain in
order TO submit The proposition of the
amendment of the constitution 20 tho
people. The strongest lobby that was
ever present in the halls OF legislation
IN this state, both for and against the
measure has been working morning,
noon and night IN the interest OF the
particular faction 10 which they be-
ionged. SO numerous did these par
tfsans become in fact that Speaker
J0seph yesterday introduced a bin 10
punish employees OF certain public in
stituticns for pernicious activity In no-
litical affairs meaning the lobby OF
the college and OF the university.
OPENING GUN.
The pyrotechnics began at o'clock
Yesterday afternoon. at which time
s. B, III had been set as the special
order Of the day. Prof. John NJ. Mills,
who had remained In his seat with
very little to say during 90 days OF an
embarrassing grind on routine mat
tiers. now appeared as the star re-
splendent OF the consolidation sky.
With stacks of facts and figures piled
before him on his desk, to which he
referred with Ihe utmost facility and
Nf,. a,A.
ed to lay before the house the rea~
sons why the institutions OF higher
learning in this state should be united,
He had Just begun his argument
when he was called to order by the
opposition ON the time limit. which
was three minutes, ON motion the
time for each member who wished To
speak WAS extended to 80 minutes,
and the professor continued.
MIR. Mills quoted from the speech OF
the present president OF agricultural
college. delivered AT the time of the
holding OF the state constitutional con-
ventlon when he strongly favored the
union OF the college with the univer-
slty and presented statistics showing
the conditions existing In states where
such union was In force, He ended with
an eloquent plea for consolidation.
ALSO CITED FIGURES.
II. A. Petersen, the general Of the
opposition, followed Mr., Mills. He cited
facts and figures showing that the
Agricultural college Is one OF the great
est OF its kind in the United States. and
claimed that to pass the present meas
tIfe would be to slowly kali the college.
He reminded the members that the ter
ritorial legislature located the college
on its present site at Logan, and that
subsequent legislatures had affirmed as
they believed, irrevocably, the location
of the college in that city To move the
college now would be TO go in direct OPP
position to the Will of the people ex-
pressed through two legislatures and
the constitutional convention The
speaker quoted from the governors
message. saying that the Agricultural
college was a grand institution and
that he considered its demands We're
mild and that it should be maintained.
Mr.. Petersen put up right good talk.
surprising his many friends with his
oratorical ability
Mr.. Nestphal read ain interesting ad-
dress on the subject. but had not yet
finished when his 80 minute Limit bell
WAS sounded. Westpha was In favor OF
submitting the matter to the people for
decision, and said that II he could only
have finished his speech he would have
carried the question easy.
UNKIND MIR. HONE.
Hone OF Utah followed. Hone talked
against tho question, He said Il would
be death blow to the agricultural in
Jerests to locate the college at Salt
Lake, He said: ut is Well known
fact that the smelter smoke is killing all
Your veGetat ion and then you ask us to
send our boys and girls to Salt Lake
City to inhale the deadly fumes of the
snaeiteT smoke II they wish to attend
The Agricultural college. think I rep
resent IS per cent " my constituents
when 1 vote No on this measure"
jackson OF American Fork rebutted
his Utah county colleague. He claimed
thea the Utah county constituency was
IN favor of consolidation, and he intend
ed To vote for It,
Hendricks OF Richmond talked few
minutes against consolidation. He
claimed that II the merger were made
on the plea of economy. the state would
witness. within two years, the remark
able spectacle OF the university asking
for more money for maintenance than
would otherwise be asked for by the
two institutions. and that such a step
would therefore not be IN the interest
of economy.
STUDIED APPEAL.
Jensen OF Salt Lake said like Lincoln,
he had malice toward none and charity