Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-17
Such Divisions Of Both HOls.s In
Consultation.
CLAIMS so FAR INTRODUCED.
Preparing for tho Logan Yislt-Thc
Public Printing. Was
Done Today.

utuiolly lhIEo uumutf OF WIS intro
duced, considering tie early stage OF
the session, and these afford employ
munt for committees. This forenoon
the House committee on elections hold
session Tor the confederation
Of tho contest Of D1ugall VI
Robertson. The facts are con.
coded, the issue being onu OF law
purely. The cOnttajaui was represent
I'd by WhitecOttoD d Blown, d Provo,
who made nn o,gumsnt Tor their cliout.
Mr., Dourall. The citing membsf, Mt.
Robertson, 10 represented ny Schroeder
4 Williams. The session NJ tine CON.
milteB adjourned until S O'Clock this
evening, when counsel will bu further
he ard.
The House committee on 1.-Two stock
held session this t9f0uuUn AMI con.
sidorpi lrhns1u's ustray blu. Final
seton wa, however, deferred, for the
reason, among Others, thnt % was uu.
dcrst1Ou another hili on tho subject
would shortly be- introduced.
IL gratifying fact shat tho claims
against tho Territory thus iar suuted
iu the lie gi-lAilfo arc neither large In
number nor amount, they mostly
consist Of shefifla' accounts Tor fees In
Territorial business. Tho most i'm.
p0ftant claim yet introduced D. that 0i
Judge J. >. BIrcman, wuich is now In
tue hands OF Tue House committee on
claims AMI public accounts. The
amount 10 sl,75l. The petition reclios
that iu 1880. certain parties were apply.
Ing for patents on school lauda la Weber
and salt Lake counties, aud that petit.
toner, a. the instance OF Governor
Thomas, appeared for thu Territory to
resist the applications, telling aided by
n irm of land attorneys II this city,
Messfs. Parks & Thompson. a long
trial was had IN the land Office hero, In
which the Territory was victorious,
but the applicants Tor patents appealed
10 the general land Office a. Washiug-
ton, where the Territory was again
Victorious. The petitioners claim for
sl,12J was pre- oniud % the Assembly
Of 1892, but only $500 OF 1t was
alloweI. Subsequent 10 ihF, further
litigation followed, IN whion iuiitloner
represented tnu Territory, $40 latter
being finally viclor.0uH. The lands Ia.
vnlved were worth, 20 tho petition
states, 100000, wnich auouut WAS
Bayed 10 the schools OF the Territory,
largely through the efforts OF the
petitioner. As the reasonable compen.
satiOn still due him, no asks Tor an
appropriation OF $3.50.
Chief clerk OF tho u. T., "Dano
Spencer, II cooperating with chief
clerk of the House, q. l.. stanton, t0
render perlett the arrangements for
the visit OF the Legislature TO tho
Agricultural College al Logan t0mof-
row, anu the bTeaNiast ut Ogden ton
dered by tho House 10 tbs Council.
When such team o. these two chief
clerks combine ior such an object, sue
GEES IL reasonably certain.
Former pfuce1unts 6uom 10 have
been departed from by the Joint com.
mitlon ON printing in thsir recon-.
mendatiOn Of tile election OF ]. b. Bloor
10 DO public printer. Heretofore the
IeraJn putting In the lowest
bid for the printing has been
chosen public ptiRtcr. Yesterday tho
House adopted the recommendation
NJ the Joint COMMITTEES, but the
Council declined 10 do 20, ON the
ground that tue honor OF the Oilloe
should 90 10 the man who would m AXE
the lowest bic AMI ~ receive the
award OF the work. In the House this
afternoon u petition was offered, asking
reconsideration Of It's action yoslerday.
oOUSCIL,
After the close Of the NEWS report
yesterday, q communication was 10.
ceived from the Governor transmitting
the report VI the WOtl4's Fair CONE
mission asking for funds 10 cover de.
tclonces anu pay up outstanding
debts and Interest on bOTf1 we'd money.
Referred 10 the committee ON Worlds
Fair.
II Rllo transmitted the report Of
the Territorial Reform school trnHteea,
aud tho report oi the board Of equaliEs-
ton.
Two or three small claims were 70.
feTrtd 10 the committee ON claims.
The report OF the Capitol commits.
sion was received AMI referred, az Was
also the report VI the commissioner Of
schools.
The report OF the joint committees on
printing was read aud j. Is,
BloOr was elected public printer
without pay. Williams spoke against
the proposition anu showed that the
public printer heretofore had been the
man who put ~ tho lowest bid to do
the printing. He wanted 10 make no
sinucuroa and TO confer no hOuorB
where We had no right seaman said
tue public printer was sslpervisory
Oflcer only. Eidrsdge's motion u
lay on the table tbs report Of tue com
mlttee on printing prevailed.
j. Il. Booth reported that the rules
had heon printed, and that Che rules Of
the last session were accepted with two
corrections.
The Council memorial relating 10
the Uintah Indian reservation was
hled for second reading
A communication from l q, John.
son respecting printing was reterred to
the committees on cOnllngsnt ex.
penses,
q. b. 2, regulating telephone and
telegraph companies, was iep0rtod up
on adversely by the committee ON
Judiciary, VINO recommended lie rejec-
lion. Adopted.
q. Is. 5, extending the time for 10.
deeming real estate, was also reported
upon adversely by tho JUDICIARY com.
mittee,
IL. IL. Booth oiierot q minority re.
port recommending the passage Of the
OIL with naFiaIu amendments.