Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06
DIRECT PRIMARY
BILL IS KILLED
Ashton's Measure Stripped OF Its
Enaoting Clause in the
House.
FOOTBALL MEASURE COMES UP
Representative lian~cn'- Proposal 90
Bar the Gamc win bc Stronei,
Opposed When Considered.

ON the calendar for regular coueid-
Grafton u the house today is %. o. l6s.
by Hansen the measure directed
against the game Of football THE bin
was Introduced n tho house ou Feb.
j" and was submitted 20 the commit
tee on education. on March third tho
committee reported the measure back
to the house without recommendation.
ana the bin took it's regular place on
the calendar Today MIR Hansen viii
marshal his forces for final effort To
enact the measure into law. He focls
deeply the necessity for the passage OF
The bill, for he was bareft OF % son
through the effects of injuries received
hy the latter in game OF football at
the Agricultural college campus
That the sentiment OF college and
university ana even the faculty of one
nstltut'on is not against the game
however. was made apparent iu the
house Yesterday afternoon. when "a
resolution, presented 60 tho student
hody of the University Of Utah. and
passed by them. and apprc yed by the
faculty of the University. was handed
into the house. protesting against the
passage Of MT Hansen's bill The
resolution is signed by Joseph Barlow,
president OF the associated studeuts.T.
OF a., ana was presented TO the house
by Mr. Ashton. as follows:
The faculty and students OF the Uni
vcrsity Of Utah, Zoo general assembly.
this day, passed by unanimous vote
the following resolution:
"Be 30 resolved, That We present to
the legislative assembly the prevailing
sentiment Of the faculty and students.
that the game of football should not be
prohibited iu our state
ASHTON's BILL KILLED.
House BIN 40. 134. BY +. c.. Ash
ton. "a measure containing 81 pages of
printed matter and providing for the
system of direct primary elections iu
this state, met its fate iu the house
yesterday afternoon. II took just 10
minutes 10 kin the bill by striking
out the enactinR clause.
When the measure came Up for con
sideratiOn, Mr.. Ashton stated that the
10 members OF the salt Lake delega-
tiou who had been elected on q plat
form pledged 20 the enactment OF this
bill. had melted and were not in
sight However he said he wished TO
explain briefly the merits of the mea-
sure
Mr. Henrie of Panguitch moved that
the three-minute rule be suspended
and the gentleman allowed 10 minutes
to explain the bill
Mr.. Ashton said be hardly thought
be would need 10 minutes. but wished
60 carry ont his pledge and support
the measure iu the house. He then
entered into am explanation OF the
main features Of the bill by which 10
was provided that everything pertain
ing TO elections was placed I'm the
hands Of the people, even the election
OF United States senators MT Ash
ton said 20 or more states had adopted
the same law and had found il high
ly satisfactory.
Mr. Morris Of Washington warned
the house that under a similar mea-
sure In Oregon, a Democrat had been
elected 10 the United States senate
while the state went Republican.
MI McMillin wished TO know. UNI
der the proposed law, II anything like
that could occur in this state
Morris said II such were the case, he
would support the bill.
THAT contingency has been provided
against I'm the measure replied
Representative Ashton.
Then / shall oppose the bill" sail
Mr. Morris
Representative Clegg at that mo-
memcut came ion and said he had been
elected ON the platform endorsing tho
bin, and Dee favored its passage
Representative William Mcmillan Of
Salt Lake moved to strike out the
enactug clause. The motion was sun
ported and on a standing vote the bin
was defeated. only three members OF
the salt Lake delegation standing up
for the measure, namely, Ashton,
Clcgg and Russell