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! Vol. 6; No. M- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, DEC. 8 1906. Pkice S Cemts jfl
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if ' ; Proposed Legislation
!! The time for the legislature to meet
I , Is drawing near and Interest Is spring-
t lng up in pro))oseil legislation. Among
L the more Important measures pro-
posed are the consolidation of the
State University and the State Agri-
f cultural College; the creation of a
i railroad commission to control rail-
road rates within the state; a bill
taking the control of police and fire
departments of cities of the first anl
S second classes from municipalities
and bringing them under state con-
trol, their affairs to be administered
by non-partisan boards of commls-
sioners; a bill making Salt Lake City
ajcounty by Itself and creating a new
r county of the portion of the present
1 Salt Lake county lying outside of Sail
Lake City; a bill abolishing the city
f council and providing for the admin-
j istration of Salt Lake City's affairs
' by a board of five commissioners,
i , each commissioner to be the head of
one or more departments, such as t'e
i water, street, health and other de
partments: A bill for more stringent
garnishment laws.
As to the proposed consolidation of
tho University and the Agricultural
-. College we think It would be a mis
take. A union of those Institutions
could hardly be anything but detri
mental to the Agricultural College.
! The chief reason urged in favor oi
consolidation Is financial, the argu-
ment being that tho two institutions,
if united, could bo conducted with
S much less expense than separately.
I That may bo true, but the saving
j ' would be at the cost of efilclency, and
) , the Agricultural College being constd-
, cred tho minor institution, would
f practically bo swallowed up by the
I t University. It is very doubtful, how-
, ' ever, if tho Agricultural College Is of
lesser importance, of lesser benefit to
L- the people of the state, than tho Unf-
f versity. Coming right down to solid
j facts, agriculture is the backbone of
tho country. "Without It there Is noth
ing. Tho farmer is the king. Tho
man who produces something from the
toil Is a greater benefactor to tho hu
fc man race than ho who understands
Sanscrit, Greek Latin, and so forth,
1 7 than tho scientist or tho musician.
A Farming, of course, should bo done
on scientific principles. That's what
the Agricultural College is Intended
to teach. Every facility should bo
given the college to emible it to serve
the purpose for which It was cre
ated. The matter of expanse is not
so vital as some people think. For a
good many years the state lids sus
tained both Institutions. The state is
growing in population and wealth.
Every year it is becoming more and
more able to support its educational
establishments. In five years at the
present rate of growth it will bo am
ply able to take good care of both
the University and the Agricultural
College. It would be a mistake to
enact any legislation that would Im
pair the efilclency of either. The Ag
ricultural College should, however,
keep within tho lines of an agricul
tural college, and not usurp tho func
tions of the University. It has a large
enough field exclusively its own. The
north country people are charged
with desiring to keep the college a
separate and distinct Institution be
cause of the piestiege and profit it
gives to that part of the state. This
may to some extent bo true, but there
is a Lroader and better principle be
'hlnd the opposition to consolidation
than that. Tho Agricultural College
Is a real necessity, and it shoiild be
maintained as an Independent insti
tution. Consolidation, although it
might save expense, In the long run
would, wo believe, be poor economy.
There Is a diversity of opinion as to
whether any good would bo acconv
pllshed by a railroad commission. To
start with, it would bo an expense of
not less than $50,000 a year to the
state, and it is very questionable
whether It would afford any relief
from the, In many cases, exhorbltant
rates charged by the railroads. What
the legislature might do would bo to
Itself fix a maximum rate to bo
charged by the railroads between
points in Utah and aid tho Federal
government by legislation preventing
the railroads from charging one ship
per a higher rate than another; in
other words, Inhibiting rebntes. A
lallroad commission would not
amount o much, wo think, and there
is not likely to be any legislation on
that line.
It would undoubtedly bo an excel,
lent move to take tho pollca anil fire
departments of cities of the first and
second class out of politics, which wo
believe is the object of the proposed
bill creating a non-partisan police and
fire commission. Salt Lnko, however,
In the past had a rather bitter ex
perience with a police and fire com
mission some years ago. It proved a
failure then, but that was owing to
tho peculiar conditions which existed
at that time, everybody apparently
using his best endeavors to make the
commission a failure. Under tho old
law the commissioners were appoint
ed by the mayor; the proposition for
the future is to transfer the author
ity to the state and place tho -appointing
power with tho governor.
There will likely be something done
along thoso lines by the coming leg
islature. To abolish tho city council of Salt
Lake City and place the management
of municipal affairs In tho hands of a
commission of three or- flvo would bo
a very commendable act. All city
councils in Salt Lnko have been
nuisances. The present is the
woist yet, and It's tlmo there was
a change. The majority of tho mem
bers are grafters, pure and siinplo.
Tho interests of (ho people receive no
consideration; porsonnl and party ad
.vantngo is what thoy are working for.
Abolish tho present system, by nil
means.
i
' Speaking - of tho garnishment law,
there is- a feeling that tho amount of
wages and goods and chattels ex
empt from garnishment and execution
is too high and that tho law as it now
stands is an encouragement to dis
honesty, much tho same as tho na
tional bankruptcy law.
Following is a list or the members
of the next Utah legislature. All tho
members- of the state senate and all
the lr 'er house members, except
thoso from the Tenth, Twentieth ann
Twenty-fifth districts, are Republi
cans: Senators.
First District Peter Clegg, Tooele
City.
Second District Herschcl Bullcn, H
.Jr., Logan. H
Third District "Wesley K. "Walton, J
Woodruff. H
Fourth District E. T. HulanlskI, IH
Ogdcn; Charles It. Holllngsworth, Pl
Ogdcn. ;
Fifth District Frederick Rasband, aH
Park City. !
Sixth District Bonner X. Smith, H
Salt Lake; W. N. Williams, Salt Lake; jH
S. H. Love, Salt Lake; George N. i
Lawrence, Salt Lake; Samuel C. Park, fl
Salt Lake.
Seventh District Henry Gardner, Rl
Spanish Fork; John Y. Smith, Lehi. H
Eighth District T. C. Ca'lllster, Fill- H
mere. M
Ninth District Willis Johnson, Clr- H
clevlllc. fl
Eleventh District Albert E. Miller, jiH
St. George. 'H
Twelfth District Alonzo Brlnker- fM
hoff, Emery. ,H
House of Representatives. Ul
First District Wlllard S. Hansen, H
Fielding. H
Second District H. A. Pedersen, l
Lcgan; Brigham A. Hendricks, Lewis- 11
ton; W. M. Mnughan, Wcllsvlllc. 9H
Third District Rudolph Kuchler, H
Ogden; G. A. Fuller, Eden; George S. H
Dean, North Ogdcn; Harvey P. Ran- jH
dull, Ogdcn. jH
Fifth District C. M. Croft, Morgan jH
City. H
Sixth District J. A. . Eldredge, 'H
Woods Cross. M
Soventh District Andrew O. Ben- 'M
ton, Grnntsvllle. B
Eighth District Harry S. Joseph, M
Salt Lake; Harry J. Robinson, Blng- M
ham; C. E. Marks, Mill Creekr Pres- M
ton D. RIchnrds, Sugar; Brigham M
Clegg, Salt Lake; John M. Mills, Salt H
Lake; William McMillan, Salt Lake; H
John Q. Critchlow, Salt Lake; Daniel M
McRac, Granger; Nophi Jensen, For- 'M
est Dale. M
Ninth District W D. Sutton, Park 'I
City. H
Tenth District John T. GllesrHev
ber City. H
Eleventh District C. T. Westphal,
Pleasant Grove; J. J. Jackson, Amer- M
lean Fork; B. H. Bower, Provo; G. A. 11
Hone, Benjamin. H
Thirteenth District Braxton Bar- H
nett, Mammoth. H
Fourteenth District P. P. Dyreng, j
Mauti; C. R. Dorius, Ephraim. VM
Fifteenth District James Bowns, jl
Castle Gate. M
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