The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-27
SENATORS HAVE
LIVELY QUARREL
John 7. Smith and Wilson En-
gage in Interesting Discus
sion of Personalities.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
DISCOVERY FINALLY MADE THAT
QUESTION HAD BEEN SETTLED.

The session Of the senate was bright
ened yesterday by an hours lively debate
something OF breach Of the entente cor
dale of Senator John Y. Smith and Sena-
tor James Z. Wilson
The discussion was on the appointment
OF committee to investigate whether or
not 1T was advisable to continue the opera
ton OF the state experiment farm at Lehi
Ihis was following a suggestion of Gov
ernor Spry concerning the farm Pres
ident Gardner had declared that the COM
mittee on state affairs had not made a
report on this portion of the message
when II had segregated its different parts
ana referred them to various committees
After the question had been discussed at
some length Senator kuchler discovered
that the committee on state affairs had
dealt with the subject by referring it to
the committee on public institutions.
Senator Wilson moved that a special
committee be appointed to investigate the
farm Senator Smith moved as an amend
ment that il be referred either to the
committee on agriculture and irrigation
or the committee on state affairs. Sena-
tor Wilson said he thought ii ought to
go to a committee of impartial men. There
were some. he said, who might be in
fiuenced by Interior motives He said
he would like to see the farm moved to
Wasatch county.
Senator Smith resented the suggestion
that the members of the committee on
agriculture and irrigation, of which he is
the chairman, would not give the subject
a fair hearing He said that if Senator
Wilson served on special committee he
would undoubtedly BE- influenced to rec
ommend the abandonment of the expert
mental farm at Lehi that such a farm
might be created in Wasatch county.
Il rise to point of personal privilege
Numbered the senator from Wasatch
county Il resent the imputation of the
senator from Utah county and I give no
tice here and now that ! will not serve
on such a committee"
There was more discussion, more amend
ments and more substitutes, and then
someone moved to lay the entire mat
ter on the label. On "A rising vote the
The president cast the deciding vote and
declared the motion lost.
Then Senator Kuchler discovered that
the journal showed the matter had been
referred BY the committee state at
fairs to the committee on public institu-
tons and that the entire discussion of the
matter was out of order. For time
everybody looked foolish. but they de-
clined to stop discussing the matter
Finally Sen itor Hulaniski moved tina.
the question be re-referred to the commit
tee on public institutions. Senator Badg
the committee on agriculture and irrisa-
ton. and Senator kuchler moved as an
amendment to the amendment that it go
to a committee of three one from the
committee on public institutions, one from
the committee on state affairs and one
from the committee on agriculture and
irrigation The amendment to the amend
ment received three votes: the amend
ment three votes. and when the vote re-
Verted to the original motion 1t carried by
thirteen ayes, Senator Wilson alone vot-
ing against the motion SO finally the
entire discussion. like a boundary line.
after extending q great distance. ended
at the place of beginning.