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AND THE LOCATION AT LOGAN.
That is the Trend OF the Battle in
The SkirniShes Fought in
The Senate Today.
Vital Amendments Read into tho
Mcasure--on Passage Bill VIII
60 10 House at Once.

FNl NNN W. ia ~ l|lti 81 wv Nil@ hAA'h7
noon. This morning the senatorial
forces marched up Consolidation hill
tor what seemed :; finish fight At nocu
they marched down again without fir
ing a decisive salyo. Three times DUE
ing thp morning the time seemed OPP
Fortune for a final vote. but once Sem
ator Park stopped il to make a speech
In favor Of his hill aud then Senator
Hulaniski stopped Il again by moving
~ take u recess till this afternoon.
Senator Bullen, leader OF the opposi-
ton, who seemed to- have spoken to his
fun desire before Senator Park started
now declares he has a speech it will
take an hour 10 delyer and that he ~
going 10 speak II out when the senate
again convenes. AS Park Will have ths
opportunity OF closing, This seems tc
forecast an afternoon OF words before
the final vote is taken.
There were many little skirmishes
| this morning In which both the anti
| consolidation forces and the conseotda-
| ton forces lost ground to the men from
| Weber county who were able to spread
out their middle OF the road" territory
In a large zone towards both horizons
TO BE AGRICULTURAL ONLY.
The consolidation forces lost in the
acceptance OF an amendment TO Parks
bill, by Holm gsworth, making consoll-
daSion only partially complete and the
reconsideration forces lost by the re.
lection Of an amendment by BulIen
seeking 10 read into the constitution .
list OF studies which must be taught at
Logan, including enough courses 10
make almost a complete university.
When the days work opened at 10t3D
| o'clock the first question up was Hol~
| Ingswprth's amendment 10 Parks bill.
| Before it could be acted upon, Bulten
| submitted an amendment to the amend
| rneut, providing that in the constiIu-
! ton there be inserted n clause requir-
| Ing the Agricultural college at Logan
| to give courses leading TO degrees In
| agriculture, domestic science and art.
and irrggting engineering, with IN
| structlOn In military science and tao
| tics history, language. and the various
branches OF mathematics physical and
| natural science, and mechanic arts, With
| Special reference to the liberal and
| practical education of the Industrial
| classes. and such other branches and
| courses as may be determined by the
| legislature"
THE VITAL AMENDMENT,
The amendment stirred up cross
fire OF questions which continued 10
mark the proceedings Until Senator
Park broke through for 4 set speech
after this amendment had been lost,
and the one from HolllngswOrth ac-
cepted.
This amendment is entered as a pro-
posed addition 70 sec, of article 10 OF
the constitution, and is added TO $. g.
III In the following form.
Sec. T. The Agricultural college OF
Utah and the University OF Utah ats
hereby consolidated, but the Identity
of each is preserved. The University
of Utah shall include a school of arts
and sciences, an agricultural college
Il school of mines, a normal school, and
such other colleges and schools as the
legislature may establish; provided,
that the Agricultural college shall be
located at Logan City In Cache coun-
~. Branches of any OF the existing
schools or colleges OF the university
may be maintained at Logan City III
Cache county Salt Lake City in Salt
Lake county, ana Cedar City in Iron
county. All rights, immuntlea, fran
chises and endowments heretofore
granted or conferred under the AgTieu-
tural college and To the University of
Utah, uTe hereby confirmed and per-
petuated under the University OF Utah,
and under its several schools aud col
leges'
The amendment went Into the bill
with only three votes against IL, which
seemed TO indicate thHr the cOnsolida
tion1sts had decided 10 give IN H. ~
body IN order 20 secure Weber countys
vote without which they do noe eOu-
slider victory 10 be possible.
IN defending hls atucuGment Senator
HolltngSworth declared that he had
gone carefully into all phases " the
situation. and that an thess phases
had been presented 10 the legislature.
He then reviewed fhe history OF tha
case, and tls connecuon with It as
chairman VI Joint committee OF the
house aid senate n the siSth legisIa-
ture,
MANY PETITIONERS,
II have recelped." he declared. "a
large petition from TAX payers in WSher
county asking me and my colleague,
Senator HulanIskl not To vote for com
sClidstiOn or any proposition involving
one board Of control for the two insti-
yutlUnN. 1 recCE ni1e the right or tax
payers n petition IN this manner. their
legislative representa- ives bur at the
same lime ! know how easy n is for
people "a get signatures a. petitions. i
venture 10 Say thar none N The signcrs
Of this petition have given he matter
more than passinG consideration"
After serSlug This notice OE hla
constituents that be- was going 10 de-
fond partial consolidation. Senator Hul-
lingsNorth went into the matter nf
consolidated board ~ control, urging
that he was informed ON the highest
authority that the federal government
would not look less fuvOrablY on az
agricultural department ~ A uniYerai-
~ than on AN Independent school. IL
read the speeches o. President Kern
delivered before the constitutional con-
Yfntion IN favor OF consolidate WHOM
interrupted by Senator GaWrenle, who
asked if President Kerr had lot
changed his opirlon since. he answered
that he had.
LAW IGNORED,