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Show "UNCLE JESSE" CETS SLAP FKOM SENATE "Uncle Jesse" Knight, the Prove mining min-ing wtsard. wag tumed down" by the senate this morning, when that body kiilod senate Mil X-, bv the committee on public Institutions. The. bill wss an act empowering lha governing boards of each of the state .nstttutiune to sell. Ir-aee or exchange tha mineral or water belonging to the lands of tha state Inatl-tutlona. Inatl-tutlona. Its real oi'leci waa to dlapoee of mineral lands located' Just back of the state mantel hospital at Prove to Mr. Kniaht. Senator Kurhler was called te tha chair bv President Gardner, who strongly uraed the defeat of the Hill. President Gardner contended thst the right to give mineral or water concessions sltould always al-ways be In tlte hands of the state legislature legis-lature alone, and he felt that the hill before tha senate was a measure which would. If passed, take such rights from tlva hands of the legiaiatora and place them where they mtuht he abused. He eatd that If Mr. Km fit wanted to mine back of the state mental hospital he should mske his appeal for land direct to the legislature. Senator Hooth differed with Preatdent Gardner and aald that the Intareeta of the atata institutions ara already ao well guarded that there would be no danger of imposition, even If t he bill then up fur conaideratton were naaaed. Senator Wllllama argued that, aside from the commercial ethics of the caaa. tha disturbance of tha patients la the hoapltal which would be oevkstoned bv blasting In the work' of mining and In the operation of mining worka would be aiM'h as no persons In state Inaiituttona. and eatvecially sinh a one as tha mea-tai mea-tai hospital, should be eubjeried to. Senator Olson (Iem aald that he miaht be expected to vote for the measure mea-sure Juat for l nele Jesse's" aake, but thst he would aot do ao. Senator Olson gave his hteaa of the Injurious effect nearby blasting would have OB the hospital hos-pital pattenta. liouth, sKunk and Wilson voted for the bilL |