Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-05
PARKS MEASURES
A SPECIAL ORDER
Senate Gives This Afternoon TO
Effort at Settling Big Con-
SoIidation Problem.
BULLEN'S BILLS ARE KILLED.
After Brief Discussion Enactlng clause
Stricken out on Motion OF SEM
ator Lawrence.

Al 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the
various factions in the consolidation
fight came out from cover fired a few
! preliminary rounds and then went back
| 10 their trenches at S15. The dead
| wero Bulen's two bills providing for
| separate maintenance, which Senator
| Lawrence ran through the heart with n
| motion to eliminate tho snRcting
| clause.
There were no wounded, This was
because tho middle of the road forces
under Holliugsworth feared to make a,
sally with their joint resolution. and
! the consolidation army under Park and
Lawrence carefully kept their batteries
masked. They served notice that they
would be ready for battle this after
noon, so that the vital hour for the big
consolidation plan is between $3.50 and
o'clock. when the vote will probably
be reached.
The killing OF the Bullen bills yester-
day does not signify consolidation
strength for they practically left the
Institutions as they are, except that
! ALeN Nttc put on u IhA llilu DdslSs anu
| this same result can be obtained by
killing all the measures before the sen-
ate, and leaving present laws TO remain
| In force.
Predictions are freely made that this
| VIII be the net result of the fight, but
these are mostly by people who have
| become convinced that the present leg
| Islature Is destined to go down into his
| tory as the one that investigated ev-
| erythlng in sight. and accomplished no
results IN the way of new laws. They
| expect the railroads to go scot free of
all legislation. the Galveston bills to be
| killed In the house. and the consolida-
| ton measures TO meet the same fate In
] one or tho other of the two bodies. AS
| these problems are the chief ones TO-
| cused for action In this session, the at
| titude OF the legislature towards them
Is the basis on which its accomplish
ments IN power TO leglslate are being
| figured.
NO EXCITEMENT.
The debate yesterday afternoon was
not exciting. S. Il. "a came UP first, and
gave Bullen an opportunity 10 make a
speech. lie did It without great feeling
or oratorlcal flights. and was followed
by Sam c. Park, who left his GonVer-
sational tone only for very brief spurts
into the field of oratory.
Bullen advocated the tax feature Of
| his bill. and declared that It was time
TO restrict the studies as at present ar
sanEeds E5Psrk attacked the bills as Ir-
| relevant TO the real issue and present
ing no solution for the problem ut hand
They were, he said. the same phase of
the situation that was threshed out two
years ago
Senator Miller took the field against
the bills on the ground that they made
dangerous precedent, since 1t was not
he % oil
| away the state taxes, but to divide the
| revenue between all the state institu-
lions.
| Lawrence then. came forward with a
| motion TO strike out the enacting
| clause. 1t was postponed on SUCCESS
tlon OF President Love who left the
| chair to speak, After declaring in fa-
vor of eliminating all preparatory work
Mt the university. he declared that this
| could not be done in a day or week.
QUESTION OF LEGALITY.
II am informed he continued. that
| the Agricultural college trustees have
placed their own construction on the
law passed at the last session, and are
evading II. n am wrong in this mat
ter I trust the senator from Cache
will correct me-"
1T Is my belief" declared Senator
Bullen that the trustees are not evad-
ing the = and that report arose from
the fac. that those students who re-
gistered for certain engineering cours-
es before the bill mentioned was passed
have been allowed to continue them, as
the trustees believed that they were I'M
der n moral contract at least 10 fulfill
their promises TO these students
II see by the 1906 catalogue that
twelve freshmen engineering students
are listed" persisted Mr., Love. THAT
is against the law, isn't 1t, as these stu
dents were taken in after the act was
passed.
''If that is so, / should say It is H.
legal came from Bullen. s he looked
up the reference TO the catalogue suB
gested by President Love. The debate
ended her and on a rising vote the bill
was killed, as was also S. Il. rs on the
same subject which next came under
fire.
FOR CAPITOL BUILDING.
If Senator Williams bill appropriat-
ing money for four prizes OF $1,000,
$3.50. $500. and $3.50. passes the house,
Utah win probably know what manner
OF capitol building the state is to have,
by Jan /, 1905. The bill went through
the senate yesterday after short de-
bate Brinkerhoff whose namo comes
first on the. roll call, found himself
alone In voting against It,
Senator Hulanisk's Decoration day
bill, aimed at those who make trivoli-
ty the chief feature OF Its celebration.
was passed unanimously. but Senator
John Y. Smith gave notice OF reconsid-
Grafton. The bill passed 10 roll call
before the senators were aware that II
was under their eyes ana IL fhen had
60 go through, and come up FOR re-
consideration. II provides SlOo tine
for anyone promoting any sport on that
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