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Show TWO REPORTS ARE I SUBMITTED 1H HOUSE Thompson Bill the One Oyer', m Which Battle Will H Occur, IB COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION ' 1 AND ART ARE DIVIDED1 9 jg Majority Recommends That then liffl Bill Do Not Pass the 1 The opening gun iu the battlo in tho Klgi HotLse over the question of consolida- f Hi Hi tion of the University and the Agricul- ji m tural Collcgo was fired Thursday after- 4P noon when the Committee on Education ' 8 tiUtf and Art reported back the Thompson ttlsS bill. Two reports were submitted,, tho HIk majority recommending lhat the bill do D U not pa3s, the minority, Messrs. Mills, If jfif, Westphal, Parry and Richards, report- jfi H1 ing in favor of the bill, "When the re- M:M ports came up in the regular order Mr.' llfflt Kuchlcr moved to adopt the majority ulW report. Mr. Speaker, who hud called Mini Mr. Tolton to tho chair, moved as a fijft substitute motion that the bill bo made SIS a special order for Monday, as tho SfB father of tho measure, Mr.Thompson,. mWt was not present beiuc detained bT ill- jfj Ml ness in his family. This brought sev- hIISm eral members to their feet, and a wordv Rj 3m war for some time resultod. Finally tho ti mA motion of Mr. Speaker wa3 adopted and ijl am the bnttle has, therefore, boon post- SnTMU pouod for three dayB. The calendar, Hfi-Bj which is a heavy one, was partly cleared tnlM during the afternoon. ' ifjrcW Work in the Senate. M m The forty-sixth day of the Senate- a w was devoted entirely to work. A largo ftlau number of bills wore read the second Ni mi time and reported upon favorably by BtiaS the standing committees. Five bills Run were passed and a like number were in- BJ Hh troduced. A communication from the uu House stated that that body had re- K BI-! fused to concur in the amendments of Hi & tho Senate made yesterday before tho Ha j8U passage of tho bill. This is tho bill) II 1B1 which raises the salary of the Board ij nf of Equalization from $S00 to $1500 per Rj M annum for each of the four members. ij H The communication stated that it had' m Bf been referred to a conference commit- h 9 too and asked that a committee of three KJ 1EI members of the Senato be appointed to 8H tjffl act with a like number appointed from NtiX the House to further consider the pro- ffiioli visions of tbe bill. Tho president, ap- n Jfr Sointcd as such committee Senators jj jfifc1 ardner, Williams and Johnson. B K Senator Williams introduced a bill S w which, if it becomes a law, will makoi B Jg? Utah a warm place for gamblers. Itl S Efi makes gambling in any form a felony, H and provides for the confiscation and i:i destruction of all gambling aparatus of Si whatever name or nature. fj ajl |