The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-18

ginning of the first term Of the su-
preme court was the ostensible reason
for this action. there is no doubt but
that the senate and house viii hold
sessions on Saturday hereafter. Sen
ator Evans, of the Democratic SIDE
made an extended argument IN favor
Of holding Saturday sessions IN the
closing hours and not only sessions on
that day but in the evening Inc sen
.ator declared the interest Of the people
should be remembered, and as theie
was n great deal to be done ny inns
legislature. he believed in taking ample
ttn1e for the consideration of all meas
urss.
The minority is making a good re
cord for itself in this respect MANY
bills are being hurried through with
out being considered as they shoulo
be- Take the bill which passed the
senate yesterday providing Tor the
anDointme,nt OF d warden and guards
for The pen:tentiary The bill is IN
eoinpIete: does not fix any salaries Tor
the warden and the guards; has MOTH
ing in it to provide for the giving OF
bonds for the faithful performance OF
duties; in short, is lacking in all es-
eentiaI respects. Senator Warner calleu
the attention of the majority to the
defects j
with the reply that if something was
not done Immediately the prisoners in
the institution were liable to starVe to
death OF words to that effect, because
mo one would have authority to pur-
chase them anything to eat SO the
bill was hurried through and VIII go
10 the house in d condition AKIN TO q
dog which has neither head to bark
with nor tail 10 wag. 1t is believed
graveIy ere it concurs in this action.
In reference TO this matter of the
government and control of the penI-
tertiary there are several members Oh
the legislature who incline to the be
lief that it should be placed in the
control of non-partisan board TO be
appointed for the purpose, no member
of which shall be salaried excepting
the secretary.
1t was Senator Evans who called the
attention of the senate yesterday to the
fact that action should be taken in the
matter of salaries, and suggested the
appointment of a committee to look
after this work as speedily as possible.
As is we'll known the fixing of the
salaries of all state and county officers
is going 10 be a difficult task and to
delay action until the closing hours of
the session would be almost criminal
But were it not for the vigilance of
the minority the majority would go on
passing motions for the restoration OF
49, Mckinley tariff and recall ambas-
sailors until they couldn't rest. while
the needs of the state would be neg
lected.
Speaking of resolutions, Allison has
given notice that he will call up the
Bayard matter on Wednesday next,
when it will be made the special order
of the day. But it will be too late.
II is stated that one of the members
of the senate has wired Bayard to the
effect that Allison has taken the trail
after his official scalp and the minister
has promptly wired his resignation Of
the place, which resignation Will reach
Washington ere Allison's resolution
can be considered here. While this
viii prove q. great disappointment to
the senator from the county north of
the sand hills, it viii save the mem
hers of the upper house a great deal
of time which would have been occu-
pied in listening TO the arguments Of
the majority
Senator Sutherlands motion provid-
ing for the manner Of electing United
States senators did not meet with a
very enthusiastic reception in the
house, that body having evidently
lost the same in the shuttle. But il
was called uD in the senate yesterday
and passed. SO the senate viii as
semble and vote for the candidates
and then viii so TO the joint session
and vote as provided by law.
Mentioning Allison reminds one tina
the Iorrens bill, which was introduced
by him few days ago, is going to be
fought by men from Ogden and this
city; members of all parties; and it viii
be defeated. unless something in the
shape OF relief comes from an unex-
pected source It is claimed that the
amount Of money which the change
viii necessitate expending, by the peo-
pie, for proper recording of titles will
foot up TO 100000 in Ogden and $780,
600 in this city. The rural districts are
said TO be against it also
Allison. however. viii fight for the
bill and viii make a heroic effort to
have the same passed.
For the third day in succession the
house devoted its entire time yesterday
10 the consideration Of one bill.
The senate judiciary committee's
substitute for S. B. No. Ii had been set
as a special order for $50 1t was &C
cordingly taken UP at that time and af-
ter being considered in committee of
the whole for nearly three hours was
finally passed by the house only to
come up again today. for notice of a
motion to reconsider was given The bill
provides for the converting Of the SUI
prene court and prescribes the pro-
visions under which the court shall
organize and operate. That section
directing the appointment of clerk
for the court and fixing his compen-
sation was stumbling block in the
path of the solcAS. 1t was not large
enough for them all to come together
upon it and it was too large to enable
them to all get together around it SO
they agreed TO disagree eff7ce+
the clerks salary altogether and left
it to be fixed at a future date in order
TO get as near together as possible and
enable the court to begin business
Monday
One other matter of Importance oc-
cupied few minutes of the time OF
the house, one Of grave Importance to
the minority Of the house at least fol
by its light the Democrats believe they
can see to read in the hand
writing on the wall" the intent
OF the Republican majority tc
rule without regard to fairness or the
merits of the case.
IL was the matter Of the Utah county
contests for seats. and came up in ma
jority and minority reports of the
rules committee. which had been di.
rected to bring in a substitute for rule
49. 10 provide for the manner of hear.
ing Of contests. The majority report
contained a substitute rule proyidins
for the hearing before the committee
on elections. The minority report re,
turned q rule in conformity with the
agreement Of the house at the time the
rules We're adopted If provides fol
the hearing Of the evidence before com