The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-23
ADJOURNMENT
HAD ON FRIDAY
Last Day Was One of Over Two
Hundred and Sixteen
Hours.
ENACTING CLAUSE OF BILLS
ON TABLE STRICKEN OUT
Gayel of Speaker Fell at 6:1s
P. NJ, and House Ad.
journed Sine Die.

The Seventh General Assembly is no
more. It's Official death occurred at
6:12A o'clock Friday night, after a
day which comprised 216 hours. The
session should have ended a week ago
Thursday, or March a. On that date
the clock, in some mysterious manner,
in both Senate and House, stopped at
11:55 o'clock and the pendulums did
not begin to swing until last evening,
and when the gsvel OF President Love
in the Senate and of Speaker Joseph
endars it was II O'Clock midnight
March a.
All OF yesterday was wasted in wait
ing upon the Governor. The budget
which had passed both houses on Thurs
day was in his hands early; in fact, he
had been advised of its contents as
early as Sunday last, but he delayed
action would be. During the day there
were many rumors that he had cut and
slashed the measure all to oieces.
That these rumors had strong
foundation was beyond question, but
be was finally prevailed upon to .ith-
draw objections after long talks with
the big chiefs; hence, when at 5 clock
IL was transmitted to the two houses,
there were only two slight changes in
the measure which was printed in full
in The Tribune Of Friday The changes
give the State Board Of Health $4,000
for contingent expenses in place of
S400, and fixed the salaries of the mem
bers of the Board of Horticulture at
$4,000 instead OF $4,000 These amend
amended, was passed and transmitted
to the Executive for approval Just
prior TO adjournment in the House. on
the motion of Mr.. Thompson, the enact
ing clause of all bills on the table or
in the hands Of House committees was
stricken out, and the measures were
thus killed. This included the Calves
ton bills
During the day. while the members
and Senators were sauntering, there
were several mock sessions, in which
there were a good many things said
and done that would not do to print
When the gavel fell there We're good
byes and God,speed You on your trip
home said. and thus ended the Seventh
General Assembly of Utah.
No Vicious Legislation.
While in reality the Seventh assem-
bly, has accomplished but little in the
way of placing upon the sta stute book
many beneficial laws, it has this to its
credit, that 1t has not enacted INTO law
much, If any, vicious legislation. A
great deal OF valuable time was spent
in both branches in warding off in.
geuious and pernicious laws. Innova-
tIons were attempted in legislation
which il was beyond question the part
of wisdom TO defeat. The attempt,
prompted by ulterior political motives
of interruptions, grasping and grating
politicians, to abrldge local self gov
eminent in the cities of Salt Lake aud
Ogden (the blow was aimed especially
at Salt Lake), after passing the House
received it's final quietus In the Senate,
and vice versa,
Legislation looking to the consolida-
tion of the Agricultural college with.
the University was strongly urged by
the chairman of The Committee on Edur'
cation of the Senate, S. C. Park. So
strongly did he handle the proposition,
in the face of the most determined op.
against legislative measure in this
State. that he carried his bill through
the Senate proposing an amendment tn
the Constitution by the necessary two
thirds vote. This measure failed in
the House. after one of the most ex-
citing debates of the session in that
body. Mr.. Park S idea. based on n
careful study of tho subject was that
If consolidation of the two institutions
was effected il would save the State
about $4,000 a year In taxes, and
would render both the college and the
University more effective as 1nstltu-
tions of learning, The fight that was
made for and against consolidation IN
the session Just closed and in previous
sessions during the last decade or more
demontrates this one thing: That so
long as this contention has to be
threshed out biennially by the Legisla-
ture. Just so long will these great insti.
tutlons of learning be handicapped and
hindered from doing the splendid work
of which they are capable This is n
question that should be settled and set
tied right and for all time by the Leg
islature.
Measures Against Salt Lake,
The Galveston bills, which passed the
Senate, contemplated such an lnnova-
tion in the conduct of city government
that. while it passed the Senate, where
il was first introduced, it failed in the
House. after its friends and supporters
in and out of that body had been given
an opportunity to publicly discuss and
set forth its merits for the enlighteu-
mcnt of the House, and before II had
been taken up by that body Tor con-
sidcration. In defending this bill, even
admitting all the good things that have
been said of it by its friends, Salt Lake
City has lost nothing, nor can 1t lose
ANYTHING in the future in the matter or
effective, economic and progressive city
government. so long as IT is under
Control of body of men. ripe in busl-
ness experience as are the men who
constitute the present city government
of Salt Lake City
Practice in Justice s Court
The legislation pertaining To practice