Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-12

woulI make "A worry seflous change
tile amount u revenue. The general
.und would ful.r 90 the extent OF
100000, aud the appropriation iill
having huUu increased out sil.tUD
beyond wha, the cUmu t,e had an.
ticiuateJ, lett things In d bad Shape.
No further business WAS dono until
today.
HOUSE.
Ats.i0 on Saturday evening the
Speaker called the House to order.
A communication ifom tic Cover.
nor WINS read, announcing that he bad
approved the bills relating b usirays,
anu appeals from Justices courts
lie objected 10 the bill providing for
ifao employment agouCies for the fUa.
ron thnt 10 did not appropriate 10 meet
tue ekpUnru OF clerical help, blanks,
statuuuf5, ct., necessary for the
5 nreiAfy'H ulllcs in administering the
law. 10 SlOl poe month fof clerk
nuu $3.50 Tor blanks, stationery, etc.,
Tor the next two yrhrf, were hppfopfi.
Aiui he would Blgu the bill.
Tue tuplft VI the conference COM
ml. tee On the appropriation bill, a long
document, was tot'.
Natlau m1voi TO adopt tlu report.
liu Wuuid not oppose fufiatlm consider.
ton Of each ittmi should the House
decide IN this cUuuu. The COMMITTEES
were La srssiOn three hours, its mem.
UfH varied much iu their views, aud
the report they finally agreed upun
was made iua spirit %. r1ucu sion aud
clmpfumlec. In reply 10 pUwufs,
Nntian saii the oil, iu MS opinion, was
upcu Tor action only on tue points
Insiirttd by the committee On con-.
iUfUnrU, concerning which the two
houses had disagreed.
Powers moved 20 amend the confer.
ence report by cnuiing ITO recommend
an apple Ration Of si.U.OOJ for a wIUg
N the Capitol building, Tho Speaker
ruled the motion Out OF order, aud
stated that the bill would DO open 10
amendment after the disposal OF the
conference report
NaHan said there hal been seven
points Of difference between the two
huufua, anu that Ia his opinion, tue
bill wan open 10 action only In refer.
once 70 those points.
Ncbeher supported the report u the
conference committee.
Hubbard had all confidence 10 the
conference c1mmitlru, but desired that
the amendments Ia dispute 10 c0u.
sideted separately.
wins asked ifthu bill would DO open
20 amendment ~ all IT, parts, alter
action on the conference report, aud
the Speaker no ruled.
Naflan objected TO the ruling IS did
ivius.
stokeT thought n the con.erenc, 70.
port were 90 be- adopted, tho bill ought
not TO be open 10 further amendment.
Tie had confidence IA the committee
nnd would support itH report.
The Items 4 difference between tho
two houses anu the recommendation
NJ the conference committee were
read tcfiatim and acted upon.
Before this was begun Srars asked
" the adoption o. the recommendations
ui tue o0niefvnce COMMITTEES would
dispose Of the bin, or would n still be
upcu 10 amendment. The chair de.
ciiurd 20 make ruling, saying that
tue question could be- settled should II
nflsr.
All the recommendation Of the
conference committee were Adopted,
when Powers moved % amend the
report by inserting $4,000 for tue
wing OF the Capitol building.
johnson made tho point Of order
that the report Was not now open 10
amendment, aud the polnlof order was
sustained.
Narian moved that the bill nov 20
o. the onf4llment committee. Powers
attempted 10 move 10 amend Il by IN.
stfuug the sl2u,OuO item, but the
Speaker ruled the motion out OF order,
aud that the question was on sopding
TIT Oil 10 tho enrolment committee.
Powers insisted that the bill was
open 90 amendment, but ivius intlstel
on tho previous question VI sending 10
the UnTullmtut committee. lhu vote
Tor the previous question prevailed, ana
the roll was called on tue motion %
send 10 the enfOllmULt committee. Tue
latter mOtiOu prevailed anu tue appro.
priAtiJu bill WAS out Of reach OF either
mouse.
&. Il. %, In relation 10 revenue, ~ns
considered. IL makes the Territorial tax
Tor schools aud iUr general purposes
"a mills each, tue county school tax Z
mills and the general county tHS Q
mills.
Monaln said the reduction In the
Territorial school tax was "a blow al
tho district schools. This Legislature
had practically XII ei tho University,
anu lac WAS opposed 10 crppllng the
district schOOlr.
Hubbard s.id his county (BoS
Elder was third Ia revenue, but much
less IA population, yet Il did not have
enough Tor school purposes under the
present law anu mill county school
taz.
Allen moved 10 amend 40 us 10 make
thu county school tax millt; lost by
vote Of II 10 10.
Allen then moved 10 make the ooun.
debate occurred iu which sectional
feeling iOT aud againtt Salt Lake
county was displayed. Aliens amend
mrnt prevailed by u vote OF rs 70 IL.
lyius moved 10 amend the bill no as
u make the Territorial school ana
general taxes the same as now, the
former . land tue latter mills. NAriRn
objected 10 the amendment, as the
same result could be reached by de-
loallng the bin, lie deprecated any
sectional feeling, aud falu toe question
involved In tho VII was business one.
The appropriation bill aggreH nied absut
sb3l,OJO. the assessment Tor 1893 was
sll6i 200, which would shrink %
per cent lOr 1894, The Assembly must
decide now ~ pay the amounts II had
Appropriated, 10 was the general puDliU
sentiment that the total tax levy must
not DO Increased, anu that no more
bonds should be- Issued. Unless the
general tax be- Increased not more than
siJO,OlO would be realized In lS0i.6.
This Legislature had passed Jaw