Show CONSOLIDATION IS DEFEATED IN I Six Hours Consumed in Debate by the Lower Body VOTE LACKS MAJORITY I Representative Mills Speaks at Length in Favor of Measure After Alel one one of the har hardest lights seen on tI the c floor of the lie house this tItle session senate bill 1 j 1 by Senator Park pro pro- no- no I I i viding for Cor the tho consolidation o of the University of oC Utah and the tho Agricultural Agricultural tural tural college and further providing pro I that tho the question u of a constitutional I amendment bo be submitted to a a n. nole vote ole of I the tho p people was defeated The Tho vote vole was C for fOl anti and andIS I IS 18 aJa against con consolidation lacking hacking thu tho two thirds majority After the vote ote was wn announced two I Mills and Darnett Barnett changed their hell heir votes vote Before anyone d else cle e had an opportunity to get Jcl the attention of r the speaker Representative Harry J J J. Robinson On announced that he would move moie a rec reconsideration n of ot the defeated bill It can he be stated upon ulon considerable authority that Mr 11 will make no nt such motion 7 r here was wac considerable discussion afterwards as us to whether a 0 i sl of or the vole ote could be halt hail Mr 11 son Robin n said aId he had no tin ions As the theol vote voR stood I utter titter the change of or two votes voles It was waN JI i I to tu fJ The rhe change wn evidently made for fOl the lie purpose c of asking for fur u u. 1 ion tion on Representative Gc George S. S Dean Denit said sail Tilt The measure 1 rt received re el a a. plurality Ula vote otc but a a. two thirds majority vote vole IH Is I to pas pass s tho the measure mN Six I I hours were 10 com consumed in Itt the the- citI of cit l I ho tho afternoon Jill and evening cl The nit air vas was burdened with figures nit and sta- sta S Several in JUrS present pi con the he teis of or th j occasion occa occa- lon aba and auLI pointed out nut lie economy nail anil the l s' s mH o of consolidating the COU colleges R M Others who said ald lh they thoy Y represented the tI-ic agricultural Interests of ut thou their respective repee- repee live tive counties nn argued uel against t lii o IX ll- must 1 lio I. hl I Hint hat thoy they gave vo vy convIncing con nn and I logical r reasons why tile tHe two s t I should not miot he be merged 1 When rhen the bill bUl came Cant up for lor con- con tr 1 L I j I o He lIe- wild said f 11 0 r. r This unit tor J ff is one nile of I the Ill most important rl J JC if not Ini thi most t f i- i lr i i- i uia Hint l ian conic before tho ho legislature this se session se lon has 1138 been hicen fore be-fore the lie state for 11 eighteen years The Thit- Agricultural 11 colIC college collego col- col IC lego lege I promised that I Jt it would bo lie joir- joir hon you 1 0 think of or th thi lii t appropriation It sIts asks Ics of this this- legislature and the appropriations fi It lit ha juts has wI asked ed of III t previous plc sessions session JonN 10 do you think that hint it t has lias supported Jt itself f There It Ic on and anti that hat answer an an- answer to that question Is Nil No Since tho ho start of this present figl agi- atlon lallon they ha have cut down the tho in asked ed for The talk of consolidation con cnn will sa save WilliE hat haL wilt will IlC actual tu a I consolidation o ld ton save iCA The Tho question of t tUlle IIno ii 1 UI some discussion lon it was ivas decided to III in III minutes thirty give SOh each speaker which to air all hi his hi jW kv Representative Interjected tie tive Parry Pal It does docs not seem that lint wo Wp can be discourteous to Representative Mills J 1 or 01 U anyone else r S Keep to the lie question Parry parry- that Thal thatis ThalIs 1 hat Is what I am trying to do I 1 1 t that hat anyone an who llo l anything i it g about the question should be an Ull hour The Fie people of or this thil state have ha their heir eyes upon u us Um Someone then thon suggested an lal timekeeper Thompson facetiously to- to marked marke I r move mo that thil the tile i. If Ie ho l keeps cps the proper time tinte be bl given gl the clock In this tower Representative Mills t Ills resu resumed mOIl Unquoted Un Ito quoted acts facts and figures In support o of Ills IHS position Representative c Hone fol followed followed followed fol- fol lowed with a logical ant and convincing talk against tho the combination of the tho schools Representative answering the lie statement of or Mr that he lie Hone Ilone was representing 7 75 per pcr cent of the people of Utah county said that such Much wa waN wat not tho the ca case e and that hat lie he had before him hundreds of if names signed to petitions asking that thai tho the colleges bo be consolidated Fax ore Kill Bill Representative o Jackson followed ollo speaking in fri favor o of tWo tho bill Ho lie said Mid If IC the opposition to this o I who read tile tho governors governor's message of or two years rears ago In lii support of or their jiMI- jiMI tI tion had read the Lila governors governor's message I at this session their very every argument against the bill would have e an an- I 1 am om ii in favor WOI of letting this question go to the people Representative Nephi Jensen spoke of or favor of or Parks Park's measure II lu Iii th curse course of or his impassioned talk tall he said Greater than tho the little red l house greater than an any point reached In the discussion hern today toay I Is th the question of or Americans It gives tin thin citizens of the state slate and the tho United States the right to make mako and anti to unmake un un- make e their laws and con constitutions Speaker cr Joseph on the floor Hoor of tho the house hou e interrupted lutor him Did you take that view of or It wh whoa when you first OMIt signed house resolution No 10 lO Representative Jensen replied that tho lie question was not a fair on one and that the case was was' not parallel R Representative Parr Parry said salt I am nm hero to discuss tho the of ot economy I think that this question can bo be to I the ho people Lot thorn thom vote ote upon It Ih The POOI people Tc Itus sent sont us hero here to do tin their thou bidding I think they would Youl like to have ha a to vote voto directly upon tho ho subject This whole question was completely com com- discussed In the tho constitutional convention At that Um the state wa was le less s ablo to provide for or tho ho two In In- In on rage Page Two I II I ij t. i 10 Y 0 J r i r. r CONSOLIDATION IS DEFEATED IN HOUSE HOUSES S Continued from Pa Page lage t Out One The ThC effort in 10 unite the two tec on oil one site Ile- Ile or on under one une board loard of oC control eon con ti-el ti has haM been the thC out outgrowth lowth of oC a de- de on Oil the lit part of if the tue University IlY pro 1110 iio to to build up lip a great University In iii Utah which thou though h commendable In iii itself ought not t Lii h be 10 at th the ex expense cx- cx Jle pense uleie I of another equally valuable In Institution iii- iii of thi of the slat state To Tn make a hl high h school chool of If Ih the colle college college col col- le lege c would deprive from froni ro 0 to lo students of oC the lie advantages le th tile they arc now hOW bl to t at il the colle college asIf asit as ns if it the ilio coll college courses were vete ole dl discontinued discon discon- con con- at JO Logan they boy would not hot and amId many of them could nut not attend the lie theall Salt all Lake r University It No Nii argument i could Justify the lie loss los to lu those hose students of the COUI courses In iii Ir Irrigation he- he II anti and practical application ap ap- I of ot experiments ts on In land 1111 III In the tiun Cache Valley niley The loss JOIS o of about a million inhIbit dollars already spent on the Agricultural college college col col- lege C and the thc possible reversion of oC the lie buildings 05 and anti an and amid l water vater rights to Lo Logan an City and amid Gaelic Cache county could be Justified It Is admitted by all that are arc fair Cair in iii their belt sug that lint there would be lie no imo ins ra In iii c expense li b by combining the thc two In Institutions or placing under one board beard of oC control the lie l' l result ull would lly 1 he a fi little better University atlie at nt lie expense of lh the lie Agricultural colle col col- le lege c Would Call for More Ioie S. S V The rime 1 seven 11 and antI cl eight ht year college COUl courses e and tho lie law lu and ami medical de- de If established he l as proposed pu cull call III for fOl e appropriations than the two t-o Institutions together now require This bill iT IiI I is a H compromise an and l the he argument Is lf favor or of removing the he college e to lo Salt Lake would apply to moving mo the thc University sity CI to Denver where thc they have better bellel facilities for caching seven scion en n and eJ eight ht car courses mud and wul equipped medical and amid law departments de ile- Ie- Ie o of the lie state University and at no expense to the tate state Studies to a l certain extent must b be duplicated especially In the High HIgl school chool courses We c see sec ee no iio reason remon t to lu contend that hat there will be bc any advantage advant age In discontinuing one unc High chool course in the college an and establishing another in Ill any local High h school hone Hono Opposes S Hill Bill Representative hoot Hono opposed etl th tho he bill hill He lie said Mr l Speaker and I HI fellow r I am am opposed to th the lie measure that Is Js now before bool us for ou our oUI consideration If this measure should pa pass 5 what docs does it mean It IL means mean Mr Mi- II Speaker er an and fellow lives Eves that within two years the thc doors of lh the lie Agricultural college would woul h be closed and the Agricultural college colleg con consolidated upon one cite cIe with th the university In Salt Lake City I t I be believe I Ie e Mr Ir Speaker Sneaker an and fellow representatives representatives' that this would be bc a adeath death eath b blow o othe agricultural Interests interests Inter inter- ests in the state of oC Utah It I is a we well wel known knon 1 fact that the smelter smoke l Is killing all your om and then the you ask us Ul to send scud our oY boys and girls girl to Salt SaIL Lake City City- to inhale of oC your you smelter si s an and to come in contact contact con con- tact with wih the criminal Influences which exist In Iii this cf city an and in every other lauge arge city in the thc United States I I had the honor of being a mem mem- her of this house houte two year yea years ago am and amI andall all tho lie arguments used at that time vas Yas S. S that tho Il J hn has too oo much work ork and that If It we would take awn away from Crol torn It tho engineering that hat It would then build up to ho bo a great agricultural Institution But Bu you ou are aio alO not satisfied now you OU say sy that tha we vc will wf move tho the whole thing to Salt Sal Lake Lalee Cf City an and make it the thc talen o ohe of he the university And it I seems to me mc Mr Ir Speaker an and fellow Cello lives thaU lc idea Is not to make a greater agricultural college but hut t to tom tomake m make ke a Ere greater university an and a great great- or cc Salt Lake City As s to F Economy nom I 1 want to say sar that I come conic fron froni rol Utah county and when I cast 1 my vote vot against this measure I represent 7 75 per pcr cr cent of my constituents and alid this 73 75 per pO cent cont of contor of or m my constituents are arc th the bc beet Cit t pc people plo on Ott Gods God's green earth the earth th farmer Mr Ir Speaker an and fellow felloe representatives thc they say ay that we ve wan wano want to lo o UFO uso economy and will wi C lots o of noncy with this this- measure I want to say y that I believe In Iii economy econom as muchas much as is an any member of this house but hut I Iam Iam am am- opposed opposed- to 0 o this hits kind of or economy trying to lo reach each over a 10 1 10 0 gold sold piece t. t o tu up tip a a. a 10 10 cwt piece Mr and fellow enta- enta I Speaker Speaker an 1 lives I 1 believe It is the lie duty ut of this tills legislature to build up UI and not to tear tea teardown down lo to tu foster fosler and not to curtail to and not to weaken to I build huld nore mor happy hally homes on omi the farm fam ann am and create more mOl revenue stop this thi Jealous und and build up UJ au an UI Institution the A Ag- Ag college which Is the thc backbone back back- bone bOnc and of the great state of Utah Ulah An All n Institution that lint I Is making ou our buys boys and amid girls better r men ant and women an institution that is mal making nial ln the he deserts erts of oC our oui Ol tale state blossom m like a rose And I believe e belc If we cast cst our ballots against this measure that lint the lie people o of the tho great state stale of or Utah wll wi lac ric UI up an and pay tay y Blessed be the Uc law la lawm lawmakers m makers l erx of the seventh session clon o of the tile legislature of oC the lie state of oC Utah Ulah Ulah harry Hairy Joseph talked against the tho hill bill bJ and add ard Voted against the meas- meas tire Ho said In lu explaining his vote hat that ho lie did Id not believe there was an any popular clamor for fUu lie tho measure and andr I. I ho r 10 did ld not believe c belc the people wanted S 1 |