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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21
Good Roads Roberts Satisfied
With Action of Legislature

The good roads bill passed BY the
present legislature comprehend the plan
Of roads business that will undoubt-
edly save money and build good roads.
There is no better argument against
our present system than the eond lions
we now have, and the complaints we
hear after a half century of such a
system IN operation.
The state has spent millions of dol
lars in roads repair and construction,
and still it has no roads. State money
has been appropriated and sGuandered
by the thousands of dollars with little
or no benefit. The new plan, as pro-
vided in the measures just passed
brings about an economic cooperation
of the state and the various counties.
PROVIDES FOR COMMISSION.
A state comm ssion is appointed.
having charge of ali state expenditures.
and experts viii be directed by that
commission in actual construction work
and in educating the people in good
road building. A system of roads Is
provided throughout the state, ana
state money viii be spent on these
principal roads where it will do the
most people the most good
A perpetual state road bu lding fund
is created. amounting to approximate
~ the same amount of money that has
been appropriated by the state here
tofore, which VIII be a nucleus This
fund will continually increase. 1t pro-
vides that the various counties shall
appropriate a like amount, and the
precincts and abuttins property own
ers practically the same Drawing d
little from all of these sources, without
being severe in the tax upon any, and
under the provisions Of the measures
just passed. If they are all approved
by the governor, the new system viii
contribute approximately $500 per an
mum to each county from the state road
building fund, an average of $500 from
each county. an average OF SZ,9v1 more
from the other sources OF revenue Cor
permanent construction, making to-
tai of $500 per anuum for each county
to be expended on the principal roads.
or grand total of about 5000, Goo an
annually. under the direction of ex-
peTts.
FOR GOVERNMENT AID.
There is a bid offered for govern
ment aid. with the hope that we may
some day get it There is a bid for be-
quests and donations from individuals
and societies. and provisions that the
whole construction work may be per-
formed By contract
The measures provide for the en-
forcement of uniform crOss-sectiOn
and longitudinal profile OF the roads.
with a view TO un formity of construc-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21
FATE OF THE DIES MONIES PLAN
TO BE DECIDED BY THE GOVERNOR

ence of his political advisers and that
ne would veto the measures. The friends
of the legislation yesterday, however,
declared that they had reason to feel
encouraged. and said they had every
hope that the DilI would meet with ex-
ecutire approval
The bills, " brief, place the munich
pal government of Salt Lake under the
control of a board of five members, all
of whom are to be elected at large One
of these is to be designated as mayor
The nominations are to be made at pri-
mary elections, and thus, il is the hope
of those who advocated the bills, poll
ties viii be eliminated from city gov
eminent to q great degree. The board
members are to be paid So 500 a year
This salary IS expected to secure the
services of men of ability and integrity
who will devote their entire time to the
business of running the city.
The acts, if they become laws. will do
away with the present system of mayor
missioners is to have one or more de-
partments under his immediate super
vision, such as finance, public improve
ments. streets and the like
The Des Moines bills are similar in
many respects to the Galveston plan
bill, which, two years ago. was so mer-
cilessly garroted by Harry Joseph. then
speaker of the house.
Unquestionably, this is the most i'm
poTtant piece of legislation so far as
Salt Lake is concerned, to come before
the assembly.
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state, and every fight that has been
made by me has been made within the
party. / was one of the six who or
gan zed the party in my county
stayed true to its platform and pTinci-
piles during the dark days of Bryan
and free silver. and have never wa
Yered nor faltered in any honest thing
that by that party has been projected.
1 refuse TO be read out of the party at
this time By the governor or any num-
Der of my fellow representa- tives, but J
do propose To fight within the party the
corrupt political deal by which the
people Of this state were sold to the
liquor interests, and which was rati-
fed by members of tn 5 house in tbs
passage of house bill No. 240. =
Think of the mOnstTosity Of it, The
cXemptinE of salt Lake City and Cg-
den from the county unit and the per
mission for brewers TO manufacture
their wares within the state. ever
though they might not be allowed t.
sell il within the state. and only fOl
the reason that immunity had bee
pledged. ] deny here and now-ant
without consultation With him-that
with Mr.. Cannon or any man who vot-
ed against house bill No. 240. there was
an Interior motive behind it or that Z
was a pledge for political preference OF
power. or anything but honest desire
that the party To which We belong. and
the principles which We love may be
nD intained in purity and without de
Element, as bequeathed to US by the
fathers. unsuIfied and uncontaminated
by evil and designing men who would
corrupt and defiit II
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21
Minority Is Glad TO 90 Home

David II. Morris, leader of the DEM
ocratic minority in the house of rep
resentatives, said, just after adjourn
ment last evening:
We'll, I can now say with Mr.. Doc
ley. Ills done an be dOmmed to ut.
There is no one wandering about over
the face of this our terrestrial globe
that can say we have not had one fine,
large time. Bully for us is the one
best bet I know Of right now. And
now watch out for me. with the bal
ance of the large Democratic force of
the Utah legislature strike out for the
tall and uncut alfalfa.
Tonight I leave the shining halls of
our aimost-haTdly state house to re-
turn to that state Of inocuous desue-
tude from which ] emerged to become
an illustirous lawmaker. with the &C
cent strong on the illustTious end of it.
However. I can say in all serious
ness. that though I have been in the
house three sessions. ] consider the
present house the strongest of which
have ever been a member The fact
that the business has lasted so long is
not the fault of the house members
neither is it to be attributed to exces-
siye iunketings. We have missed only
two sessions for pleasure trips, If can
call trips to Logan and the salt beds
plea sure trips.
THE cause Of our beng so long lies
in the fact that the heaviest part of the
business has come before the session
during its closing hours. Among the
measures that may be named are the
Badger bill. joint committee biils in
surance bill and the Juvenile court bill.
I attribute from ten to twenty days of
lost time to the game of football played
with the liquor bills,
1.-THE members as a whole have been
willing and anxious TO do their duty.
but there is no denying the fact that
they have been Influenced in some of
their work by a greater power than the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21

ness administration. consisting OF the
county commissioners, elected There
is q country construction administTa-
ton in the county road commission. -
expert. and h $ assistants. apointeu
through the county commissioners
The construction administrations pre-
pare ali plans. specifications and esti-
mates. making recommendations, and
having sole charge and responsibility Of
all construction work. The business adj
Illustrations approve all plans. specifi-
cations and estimates, select the roads
to be improved and appropriate all
money.
RESULT OF STUDY.
This plan is evolved from a study Of
the roads laws of the different states
and information gathered from roads
conventions, from the bureau of good
roads. Washington, ID. c, from lead
ing men who could be consulted
throughout the state and the ideas APP
piled to the needs and conditions Of
this state the best way ! knew now.
In my opinion. there is only one rea-
son why this plan could fail. and that
is failure on the part of the elected
business organizations TO select the
proper capable men who shall compose
the construction corps. ] believe this.
however, viii have one redeeming tea-
ture. particularly in the counties.
believe that county commissioners Will
be very careful in the selection of their
county road commissioner. so as 10
have a thoroughly competent man.
Some counties will have such men, /
know. and the counties which fail will
perceptibly fall down, and viii finally
have to- come into line for the selection
of able men.
WILL BECOME EFFICIENT.
This plan. in operation for four years.
will more than double in efficiency
through education and double in the
amount of money expended, and WI!
continue to grow and advance as the
years pass by; and within twenty
years will see well-constTucted and
beautifully designed roads from the
north to the south ends of this state
from the east to the west. bringing the
counties into a close relationship rural
izing the cities, urbanizing the country
/ and promoting the development OF tnt
state and its every interest, and tbs
welfare and happiness of the people.
Is WELL SATISFIED.
To say that l am pleased and salts
/ fed is putting it mildly. After more
than six years of work to see this &C
| eompl.shed is certainly gratifying one
man could not do this alone ! am III
| debted to many of the members OF tht
! legislature and prominent and able citi-
| zens of our state for ideas and assist
ance in every way
I I feel that the meeting Of this legis-
! lature has not been in vain. and Whei
/ the history of legislation in this state
| is written at some future time that th'
| work of the eighth assembly. Tor tals
one thing alone. viii place II hlgh u
| the rank il deserves among legislatures
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esterday L appeared TO me TO be
my duty to arise upon this floor and
rOuch for the integrity and sincerity of
a member of this house whose sincerity
had been assaulted. I refer to r NJ.
Pope Of WasatCh county. This morn
ing it becomes my duty To defend and
protect the good name and defend the
motives OF d number of members of
this body, and particularly that of Jo-
seph J. Cannon, and thoSP who voted
against that mOnstrosity which ina -
secured the name of house bill No 250.
by Mr.. Hansen, and passed this house
The charge was made in my hearing
this morning by a representative who
had attended 3 caucus, al which the
governor of this state was present in
person, OF by proxy, in which the hon
esty and integrity of certain members
of this body were impuened, and the
statement was made that these MEM
bers were playing for future political
preference and power The charge was
made that Joseph J. Cannon and others
had in mind the organization OF an n
dependent prohibition party. which.
joining with the Democrats. would dis
credit this administration and that
they hoped to be swept into power and
control on a wave OF enthusiasm for
and iD behalf of a popular prob bitiOn
movement.
Now, on this point of personal privi-
lege, J wish to say that I have been q
Republican all my life, and have voted
the Republican ticket straight from top
to bottom at every election since the
Republican partv was organized in this
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uIoa thl Se,f-4-. -.-- -
cally in the establishment OF a Labor
atory system for the study of the con-
ditions of this state. that make for
crime and idleuess, and will afford a
means of distributing the data that is
gathered. and thereby the state viii be
better able to lessen crime.
WHAT THEY PROVIDE.
Under the new provision. the secre-
tary will be brought in very much
closer touch than heretofore with the
juvenile court work, and will likely get
nearer the parents.
To meet the obstacles confronting the
juvenile laws in places where there is
no regular juvenile court, or where the
district court administering juvenile
law sets infrequently, ,one of the new
bills provides that justices of the peace
shall sit in juvenile cases, and that in
such districts constabies shall act as
probation officers under the direction
of the chief probation officer of the
county. The juvenile law, heretofore a
farce i'm those districts, will doubtless
now become the corrective influence
that il is designated to be.
The new Law provides for trial by
jury in cases involving the misdemean-
ors of parents and guardians as defined
in the law. and makes the practice in
misdemeanor cases the same as in JUS
tice courts. Appeals in such cases are
taken to the district court. instead of
the supreme court. as heretofore The
jury provision meets the constitutional
objection that has so frequently been
urged against the juvenile court. Wher-
ever q parent or guardian of a juvenile
is deprived OF its custody. the appeal
is taken directly to the supreme court,
as heretofore.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21
What the NeIU juvenile Court
LdIUs Mean for State of Utah

(By Elias Conway Ashton of Salt Lake
County.)
I purposely avoided introducing a
large number of bills, and now that the
legislature is over, L am glad Of it In
my humble Judgment. no bills that have
passed are more important than the
juvenile court bills, which ! am very
proud TO say were my bills. A great
deal of credit is not due me, however,
for the reason that only a few of the
new provisions are original with me.
was nominated for the legislature over
my own protest by the friends of the
juvenile court. so when 7 was elected
began a careful study of the juvenile
laws of other states. On inquiring from
Judge Julian W. Mack of the Chicago
court, l learned which states in his
Judgment have the best juvenile courts.
and having been referred to the laws
of several states, I set out to adopt the
valuable new matter found to our own
conditions. Judge GOwans and the
committee appointed by Governor Cut
Ter gave me very many valuable sug-
gestions. and now / modestly believe
that with a detention home for girls, as
well as for boys, we have the best iu-
venile court system in America. Before
The new bills were prepared. many of
the eastern states had placed upon their
books the main provisions of the Utah
law.
TRIBUTE FROM CHICAGO.
A few weeks ago my attention was
called to a comment I'm the Chicago Ex
aminer of Jan. 10, 1903. which shows the
quality of our old law and the standing
of cur salt Lake Juvenile court:
The judge of the juvenile court in
Salt Lake city is not a lawyer. but
physician and d member of the faculty
of the University of Utah. That court
is the greatest court I'm the United
States. It is entirely separated from
the criminal courts of the state, and is
devoting its energies toward saving
children not making criminals of
them
This indicates the aim OF juvenile
court work. l have had the boy in my
mind and heart when working on these
measures, and I am very happy to say
the present legislature did not CONSIDER
sheep and cattle more important than
boys.
The library. gymnasium and High
school bills VII very greatly aid ju
Veulc court work.
Well, the bills relating to juvenile
court though bitterly fought, finally
passed practically in their original
FORM The passage of these measures
viii. 1 believe, attract widespread at
tention. The first Of these bills pro-
vided for the appointment of a secre-
tary. whose duty it is to visit the jul
veniIe courts established i'm the state,
together and dispense information re-
lating TO the criminal pauper and de-
fective classes among juveniles. The
performance Of this new duty imposed
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uty secretary Of state, VIII be given the
berth of insurance commissioner; he
has handled the insurance end OF the
Office for a long time.
That there is need OF an insurance
commissioner is admitted by everyone.
Under the present system there is no
means OF ascertaining the standing or
condition of any foreign company doing
business in this state. During the year
a large number of companies chartered
in other states have failed, leaving pol
icyhoIders in Utah without recourse
The public schools Of this city have
been one Of the victims Of this stu
alton. Those who have sought infOrma-
ton concerning the status, financial re-
sponsibility. assets and liabilities Of an
insurance company have had TO do their
own digging" for the best they could
get from the Office Of the secretary Of
state was the statement last made by
the company to the authorities Of the
state wherein they were Incorporated
Not infrequentIy it happened that these
statements were months and months
old, and there was no up-to-date in
formation to be had. Companies might
go broke and nobody knew officially
anything about it.
1t is the aim Of the new bill to create
a department that will keep posted on
all matters relating to insurance COM
panies and their conditions, and to fur
nish such information to the public fin
order that the people may have an on
pOrtunity to know what they are going
Up against" when they take out a pol
icy.
Yesterday the legislature cut out the
corporation tax feature Of the senate
bill. No. 209
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21

That Utah will have state capitol
within a reasonably short time seems
to be an assured fact. The governor
in his message, urged action looking to-
ward the achievement of this end and
later. in a special message, he indicated
in detail the manner in which legisia-
ton might be enacted that would insure
the immediate beginning of work He
EXPRESSED the belief that the next leg
islative assembly would meet in home
owned by the state.
The site for the new state mouse mas
already been prepared for the erection
of the building itself In the course OF
a long number of years improvements
have been made. and each year, on Ar
hor dav especiaIIy. trees and shrubbery
have been set out with official ceremo-
nv. The site is a commanding one 1t
overlooks the whole city and, from its
eminence, a grand view of the beauti-
full valley of the Great Salt lake may
be had.
In addition to the main bills relating
to the capitol. the legislature has passed
an appropriation of $500 for mscad-
amizing the streets and roads which
bound it.
The important legislation in eonnec-
ton with the new capitol is the passa ge
of a memorial to congress asking for
the grant of 3.000,0 acres of the land
in the public domain in Utah. the pro-
ceeds of the sale of which shall be equal
IN divided between the capitol fund and
the good roads fund. At minimum of
So an acre, this alone would give the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21
A GAME BLOCKED.

A neat little game that was in a far
way 60 be pulled off by the federal
bunch and some of its adhesions was
the proposed extension of the terms OF
offices of county sheriffs and clerks
from two 20 four years-that IS, the ex-
tension OF the time of the men who are
already in office. Mr. Morris. In the
house, bitterly arraigned The people
who were trying to put through this
legislation, and repeatedly declared it
utterly sntagon-stic to all principles OF
free government as understood bF
American citizens. He asserted thar
to legislate men into Office was an OUT
rage and an infamy.
The bill was killed in the senate. and
so the poor fellows who have been
elected to office will have to worry
along as best they may under the pro-
visions of the laws which prevailed at
the time when the people said they
might serve them as public officials.
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capitol fund of 100000 Another
bill is designed to make a loan of $500, :
600 available at once. Another measure
provides for a special election for the
levying of q special tax of 1 mill on the
property of the state for the capitol.
A capital commission is created. to
consist of seven members, all to serve
without pay, except one, who is TO be
the superintendent, and who is TO re-
ceive a salary of $1,000 year. The
board IS to include the governor, secre~
tary of state and attorney general. The
original bill proposed a salary of $500,
but this was cut to the sum mentioned.
There is no question that the state
officials need more room. The quarters
which they occupy in the city and eoun-
ty building are cramped. and are not
at all conveniently arranged. Many of
the state officials are in rented quarters.
Among the more important of this class
is the state treasurer, who has an office
in the Mccormick bank building; the
state engineer. with quarters in the
Commercial club building, and various
officials scattered here and there about
the town. The rental now paid the city
and county and to the owners of build
ings in which state offices are located.
it is said, will more than pay the in
terest on the money put into the build
ing.
Aside from this, the feeling is that
Utah has reaches a stage in its progress
where a capitol is not only an econonl-
ical necessity, but as well necessity,
from the viewpoint of dignity compoFt-
ing a sovereign state.
The capitol. when completed, is to
cost, primarily, S2,0o0,00e.
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ton throughout the state and the pre-
venting of mutilatiOn of the roads
The measures provide the doing away
with the small districts and road SUI
pervisor system patterned after Eng
land of $50 years ago. and make the
county one road district, and ali the
roads are placed in the care of one ex-
perienced road builder. as England and
all the progressive states of the Union
are doing today. This officer may en-
ploy competent help properly to per-
form his duty.
DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS.
There is a state business administra-
ton, consisting of the state road cum
mission, which officials are elected.
There is a state construction admins
tration in the experts of the state Ell
gineer's office, appointed by the state
commission. There is a county bust
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21

A measure of more than ordinary i'm
portance Is the insurance department
bill. This measure provides for the Gre
alton of a department of insurance.
This department is TO be run by conf
missioner, whose salary is TO be $500,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21
THEODORE |. HOLMAN

THEODORE L. HOLMAN
OF Bingham, representative from
Salt Lake county, the only consis-
tent fiuhter on the floor of the house
against the liquor bill.
robbed and chlorofOrmed in committee.
He got few hearings. he was accorded
small consideration when he was given
the opportunity to express his views.
But ne has the satisfaction of know
ing that ne made an able fight against
hopeless odds.
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NEW DEPARTMENT TO SUPERVISE
INSURANCE BUSINESS In UTAH

and whose Office expenses are TO be
5000. The bin was so far stricken
down as to eliminate the deputy, but
clerical hire" is provided for.
1t is generally understood that Col
onel George b. Squires, now chief dep
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Mexico and Return

Only S102.65. good for nine months
Have you made the tour? It's winter
trip worth considering Itineraries and
sleeping cars. Ask Kenneth Kerr, D.
P. A, Salt Lake Route.
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Roth houses of the legislature passed
the Des M6l!fes plan of government
bills for cities OF the first class. The
bills are in the hands of the governor.
There have been reports current that
the governor had Yielded to the iEfiu-