The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-08

presented a petition from residents of
his district relative to the sale of
school lands.
During the first reading Of bills Har-
ris moved that as there was no means
of enforcing the provisions of the bill
l02 except as to the teachers that its
consideration by the house be rejected.
He was held out Of order but renewed
his motion after second reading and
before the bill was referred and it
carried.
Mr.. Stevens wanted the rules sus-
pended and his BILL 101, passed as he
said several cases We're pending in
which it was desired to commit insane
persons to the asylum but there being
no court to make the examination the
cases were still waiting The house
thought it bad policy to hurry through
such a bill and declined to suspend
the rules.
PASSED.
H. B. No. SO was read the third time
and passed. The bill makes it a mis-
demeanor for the proprietor of any
place where walters or clerks are en-
ployed, to fail to provide seats for such
employees and permit their use at such
times as the employee is not actually
engaged in serving customers.
The house took a recess until 1880.
NIGHT SESSION.
The house met last evening accord
ing to Encouragement to consider the
majority and minority reports of the
committee on elections relative to the
contest for Hyrum Lemons seat
The sitting was had in committe of
the whole, and the whole case was
gone into in great detail, so eXhaus-
lively, in fact that only three speakers
were heard when the committee arose
and reported progress, and will prob
ably sit again Monday evening to con-
tinue the hearing.
Mr.. Lewis, chairman of the elections
committee, conducted the case for the
majority, and Mr.. Mansfield for the
minority. The latter made a brilliant
effort and had the matter come to a
vote last evening there could scarcely
have been but one result, and that
would have given Mr.. Lennon his
seat without question. 1t was the
most mastery handling Of a subject
that has as yet been listened to on the
floor of the house.
Immediately upon the house con-
vening Mr.. Nye offered a special rule
to regulate the debate providing that
speeches favoring the majority and
minority reports alternate and that no
one be permitted to speak but once eX-
cept the chairman of the elections COM
mittee who should be permitted to
open and close the debate. Mr.. Critch-
low offered an amendment providing
that no one should speak but once
until all members DESTROYS of so doing
had spoken. Mr.. Nye accepted the
amendment and the rule was adopted.
Mr. Morrison moved the house go into
committee Of the whole to consider the
contest case of Bringhurst against
Lennon. The motion carried and Mr.
Taylor was called to the chair. On
motion of Nebeker of Rich, the clerk
was directed to read the majority and
minority reports The former recon-
mended unseating Mr.. Lennon and
the seating of Bringhurst and the lat
ter dissenting from the majority re-
commentator. At the conclusion of
the reading Mr.. Lewis, chairman of the
elections committee, moved the adop-
ton Of the majority report Mr.. Mans
field, of the minority Of the commit
tee. moved as a substitute the edop-
ton Of the minority report. Thus was
the business of the evening launched
before the committee of the whole and
Mr.. Lewis arose to open the debate for
the majority.