The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-08
THE HOUSE.

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PRAYER, and the minutes of the previ
Gus days session We're read, properly
amended and approved
Gibson. Democrat of Uintah, tneT
/ proceeded to stir the house up a little
on rules. The smoking, contrary to The
rules adopted. which was INDUCED il
/ the day before. was again going or
and he did not like it. He raised the
point that it was an infraction of the
rules and informed the house that il
it continued he would have to with
draw.
A communication from the senate
announced that H. B. No. !, passed
the day before. had been reconsidere6
and amended. and asking the concur
rance of the house in the amendments
Critchlow. Of Salt Lake. moved thai
the house concur in the senate amend
ments. Harris. of Weber. asked thai
the amendments be read, but the
speaker ruled it was not the proper
thing TO do until they had been con-
CURED in. This was the first of a
series of ridiculous rulings on his part
which continued throughout the after
noon
Critchlow's motion was put and the
Republican majority carried it.
The sneaker then instructed the
clerk to read the amendments, and the
house was given an idea of what it
had been voting on. The amendments
changed the time of the converting of
the regular session from 6 o'clock
Monday to 4 o'clock yesterday
Speaker Denny's next move was to
declare the bill to be on final passage
and he called for the ayes and nays.
The Democrats. in the hope of getting
the matter out OF the way, good ma
turedly voted with the Republicans
rather than take up more time.
Even with the sneakers eXtraordi-
nary precaGtion. there was still an er-
ror in the proceeding. for the house
repeated its action of Monday and for
got to take the vote on the emergency
clause There is a possibility, there
fore. that the bill is of no avail, since
it was passed especially to legalize
the immediate converting of the legiS-
lature in regular session and the con-
stitution expressly states that no get
shall take effect until sixty days after
the adjournment of the session at
which it is passed. unless the legisla-
ture. by vote of two-thirds of all the
members elected to (each) house, shall
otherwise direct"
Of course the house may, by resolu-
ton. direct that the journal be made
to read that the emergency clause
was agreed to by a two-thirds vote, or
the point may be made that as there
was no objection raised the emergency
clause was accepted by unanimous
consent.
SEATS CONTESTED.
Thorn, of Utah, presented petitions
contesting the seats of Representatives
Lennon, Smoot and Larsen of Utah
On motion of Critchlow, of Salt Lake.
Thorn'S resolution that they be receiV-
ed and filed to be taken up at the regu-
ular session was laid ON the table
At this point a communication from
the senate was received announcing
that H. B. No. had been enrolled and
engrossed and signed by the president
1t was discovered that the history of
the bill in the senate had not been
placed on the bill and it was sent back
for this requirement. While the house
was waiting for its return Thorn moved
that his resolution with reference to
contested seats be daken from the
table. The motion was agreed to and
the resolution authorizing the fling of
the contests for consideration of the
regular session was adopted.
A communication from the Telephone
company, Offering to put in three tele-
phones for the use of the house without
cost was received from General Sup
erintendent D. S. Murray, and on mo-
tion of Taylor of Salt Lake, accepted.
A message from the senate announc-
ed that the history of H. 3. Mol had
been attached as requested and the bill
was at last declared ready for the gov
errors signature and a special COM
mittee was appointed to wait on his
excellency. An informal recess was
taken and at a few minutes before 4
o'clock a communication from the gov
ernor was read announcing his ap-
prevail of the first act passed by the
legislature of the state of Utah
Harris of Weber, moved an adjourn
ment, but withdrew his motion when
informed by CritclloW there was more
business before the house.
Condor of Weber introduced a batch
Of resolutions and without a motion
for the adoption of a single one of
them the speaker would announce at
the conclusion of the reading, you
have heard the reading of the resolu-
ton, those in favor will signify by say
ing aye, those opposed, no." In this
fashion they were all carried, the
speaker declaring after each one that
the resolution was adopted. The Dem
ocrats took no part in the voting, but
laid back in their seats and laughed
One of the resolutions provided that
the minutes of the special session be
transcribed in the journal of the reg
uIar session and the other provided
for the appointment of a committee
to wait on the governor and inform him
that the special session had finished its
labors and to ask if he had any COM
munication to make, and the appoint
ment of another committee to inform
the senate that the house was ready
to adjourn. The former committee was
composed Of Condor Of Weber, Gibbs
of Box Elder and Nebeker of Rich
and the latter OF Ferguson of Carbon.
Thorn of Utah and Howard of Emery
The committee sent to the governor
returned With a message from the
chief executive informing the house
that he had nothing further to COM
municate and thanking that body for
its prompt action and the admirable
manner in which it had discharged it's
part of the duties for which the special
session was called.
A message from the senate informed
the house that the senate was ready to
adjourn and then began a controversy
over the proper method of adjOurning
which lasted until long after the hour
fixed for the converting of the regular
session by the bill which had just been
passed. The elimination of the con-
troversy, together with what followed,
has the effect. SO some claim, of giving
the state two distinct sessions of the
both in progress at the
same time, for the special session was
never adjourned While both branches
have organized for the regular one.
The constitution distinctly provides
that at no session of the legislature
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