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Show SENATE PASSES I ON TEN BILLS Third Reading Calendar Clear; Chiropractors Reported Dissatisfied flAI.T Uk'K. Feb. 24. The third rendlnir rend-lnir cnlendnr In the I'tnh senate was: cleared yesterday when five senate bills' end flye ft Oil IS bills went to the house, but In splli of long nnd enrneot endeavor. the senate wns able to pass only three; measures from the second to Ihe third reading calendars. It also passed Ufldsi 1 suspealon of Ihe nilea h bouse memorlnl asking that ronirress take out of ttw ' amended transportation act the provision m j i h r e;i tenlng eontrol by the states of Intra- i State rates of public utilities. The senate twice resolved Itself Into committee of the whoie and once refused to do so. In the morning thU action wns I tiik-m to permit George A. Katon. prin-. elpal of the Sslt LSJte hlnh schools, and Harold J. Steams, principal of the Rmer-son Rmer-son school, to explain the teachers' re tlrement fund hill, then on third read I lng. Tho explanation and the debate following on i ho bin took up the remain I der of the morning. HEARING DENIED. When It wns proposed In tho nfternoon iiKsin to go Into committee of the whole to hoar Pr. (irnce Strntton Alrey. a member mem-ber of the house two years ngo. explain why fhe wished some amendments to the ' medical examiners' bill. Senator Henry 1 N Stnndleh. chairman of the public health nnd labor committer and nuthor Of tbe measure in uueslion, expressed Objection, He enld Mint Dr. Alrey, an1 osteopath, had had a full hearing In com-j mlttee. On a division, the motion to go Into committee of the whole was lost, by I a vote of eight lo six. HEAR TRICK. Ijiler In tho dn. however, the aenntej I ncnt Into committee of the whole to hear JUStlCS J. E. Prick explain his purpos-s t the bill giving the state board of pnr dona greater latitude In the pardoning of prisoners sentenced to Hie Imprison ment. This bill, like tho medical exam- I Iners' bill, was passed to third rearilnc! calendur wltli but little amendment save Ihe charges Hnrg' tcd the committee, j i going for the teachers' pension bill, as It Is called, which affects only Salt l.:ikc at present. Mr. Katon said that the bo-ird of education and th teachers were alike unanimous In their support of the proposed measure, but they would rather see the bill killed than to have Inserted In It the amendment by Senator Harrison ' K. Jenkins, which had been accepted Pi day. This would' havo required all teach ers. no matter what their salary, to contribute con-tribute 1 per cent of their entire salary. At pp'-rnt they contribute 1 per cent i.f n'l amounts up to $1200 per annum. Mr Katon said that the amendment thre.n I cued ihe constitutionality of the fund Tho senate later took out the amendment, and also rejected nn attempt by Senator Jenkins to make tho limit $15011 Instead of 11200. STANDISH BILL. The Standlsh bill, providing for n s'n'-honid s'n'-honid of medical examiners, artlrulntlng measure now In tho house, wns a sp' - i"l order in the afternoon session. When 'Senator Southwlck moved tlvit the senate Ko Into committee of the whole to hear Dr. Alrey, and Senator Standlsh opposed. Senator W. T. I.imph said that some of the amendments propoi-ej bv Dr. Alrey had not been accepted by the committee. commit-tee. CHIROPRACTORS DI3SATI SF I ED. Senator Standlsh, In explaining the measure after the Southwlck motion bad lost, said that tho principal objections In committee had come from chiropractors, who i en red that many of their profession could not meet the scholastic reejUlTS mcnts of the bill and would go to Jail, considering themselves uliju.stly pro-cut ed. and from the osteopaths, who were alrald that their una standards would be lowered bv the bill The committee ha. I endeavored to strike a mean course In the 11 iii ndioents It had Inserted. W H lyott. a rhlroprnrtor. wob quoted by Senator Standlsh as ssjlng that one did not have to diagnose an ailment in order to treat It, and Senator Standlsh did not think thla would bo a ssfe rule to follow In case of contagious diseases, lie asked the senators to remember that they were dealing- with human life, and that the stundarda named In the bill had been ret at what the committee consld ered tbo minimum that could be safely provided. "If you eliminate the educational educa-tional features of the bill," he asserted, "there Is nothing to It " Senators Peters, Fuller. Knight and Tebbs discussed the bill In general terms, tbe latter Raying he favored the bill as a whole, but would like to see amendments amend-ments suggested. On roll call the bill was placed on third reading calendar with the opposing vote of Senator Lamph onl Senators Qulnney and Southwlck were absent. DEBATE RESULTS. The Qulnney bill from the house, providing pro-viding for a board of educational co-ordination, roused slight debate. Senator Knight diil not like some limitations on the powers of the board set by the bill in accord with the present laws. He thought the board ought tu have powers to make what chung- s It might see proper in the courses of study at the Utah Agricultural Agricultur-al college and tho University of L'tah. which are the Institutions affected by the measure. Senator Pern did not believe In giving any rcatlon of the legislative power l repeal me nets oi tne legislature, legisla-ture, and the amendment lost. Senator Dern, however, voiced objection objec-tion to erecting a new commission, and said thnt the state board of education cbuld just as well perform th7S work, and now has the representation named In the Qulnnsy bill. He was not objecting, he told Senator Smart, to having the work of co-ordination performed. but did think that it ought to bo done by a board already al-ready In existence. Senator Peters sow-no sow-no objection to the Dern Idea, but wh n tho amendment waa formslly boforo the house. It was withdrawn t.-mporarlly with the understanding that consideration of the bill should go over for one day the measure retaining Its place at the hend of the eulendar. PARDON WORK EXPLAINED. The senate then listened to on explanation explana-tion by Justice Frick of the work ot' the board of pardons, of which he has been a member for sixteen years. He said that actual pardons are granted only In rare Instances, and sometimes as long as fifteen years after a convict may have been freed by termination of sentence. However, paroles are Troqucntlv granted, and be showed many reasons for this He asked the Semite to realize that the board of pardons has in each case all the circumstances cir-cumstances before It. that the governor has veto power over all Its acts, and that the board is onslderlng tho Indiv idual cuse In tho light of many years ot experience. exper-ience. He said that the board can not bo Justly accused of liberating prisoners to prey on tho public, since In almost every Instance It Is able to kep track of tbe prisoners, and of 10S prisoners freed last year It knows of the w hereabout.! of all but four. I'tah. he said, has more thi.n Its share of criminals from the out aide, because it is on the highway, ns he expressed It, and tho criminal class Is nomadic. In many instances the criminals crimi-nals re young and arc sent back to tho care of their parents. oo |