The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-19

passage Of measure like this one
confess to such weakness
The law never intended that the
machinery of county elections should
be piled upon the shoulders of the
4 multifarious, in consideration of the
/ fact that he only receives $1,000 per
annum This bill will impose upon
him the duties formerly performed by
the Utah commission. 1t takes from
the people the power of local self
government. Why are members SO
anxious to deprive people of those
rights which they so gladly assumed
the Increased burdens of statehood to
obtain?
Il venture the assertion, Mr.. Presi-
dent, that this measure, if adopted,
VIII prove a boomerang. 1t will react
upon the party fostering it. 1t will
bring the high and exalted Office of
the governor into disrepute. He will
be charged with responsibility for
every political squabble in each county.
| Why, sir, this bill as amended. was so
partisan it did not even suggest itself
to my esteemed friend, the senator
| from Weber. He did not suggest it
in the bill. but drafted the measure to
conform to the practices of other
states. L expect sir, that it will pass.
The indications are that way. But if
1t does pass it does SO over the protest
of the minority. And it is a chicken
which will come home to roost. The
political wheel will turn soon and the
party now in power will have a chance
of combating its effects
MD cNOuv cpu-Au-c
Senator Snow spoke against the bill
Mr.. President, l should like an eX-
PLANTATION from the chairman of the
committee, some reason for offering
this amendment. When the senator
from Garfield was in the committee
noted that he was very uneasy over
section ,. He displayed a nervousness;
an anxiety lest elections should lack
purity. His cry was purity. purity
purity. How to achieve this pure and
unsullied condition he did not venture
10 explain until Senator Zundel pre-
serted the proposed change. When,
ike the drowning man clutching at the
grass roots on the bank of the stream,
he clasped this to his bosom eXclaim-
ing Eureka, here is the sapolio which
cleanses all imperfections; here is the
Bristol brick which shall scour the
bottom of the political pan; here the
polish which shall add a lustre to the
registration cooking range He
wanted to avoid party scandal and
fraud. He desired to eliminate the
avenue Travelled by fraud and leave
1t in trackless country to wander and
wander and wander until, weary and
worn, it sank into never ending
dreamless slumber.
Il ask, Mr.. President, how fraud can
be avoided by the passage Of this
act?''
A SLIGHT TIP.
At this point, noting Cannon. Alli-
son, Booth and Chidester engaged in
a caucus, Mr.. Snow asked: Mr.
President, 1 ask who has the floor, the
caucus or MYSELF"
The chair CMr. Glen Miller)-Senafcr
Snow has the floor. Gentlemen will
preserve order.
I'VE follow the example set us by
the senator from Washington, said
Allison. and decline to listen to the
senator" With that he and Cannon
left the room.
Il object to the language of the
senator" said Evans, and ask that
it be taken down.
Gentlemen will preserve order" de-
clared the chair.
Am l to understand that Senator
Evans remarks are a part of the
senator's speech; the senator from
Washington / mean?"
Gentlemen will preserve order"
again declared the chair.
Il rise to a question of personal
privilege" said Allison. Il repeat
what | have said. The senator from
Washington has habit of whispering
himself during debate"
Again did the chair lump the desk
Gentlemen must preserve order,''
Order was thereupon preserved and
Mr. Snow continued.
In all other election bills we have
preserved the power of the people as
far as possible. But in this bill we
take away what is given. 1t is an out
rageous one and totally without pre-
cedent. Not a state in the Union has
a. law Of this kind. The legislatures
repose confidence in the people,
Mr. Snow read an extract from the
Tribune which supported the princi-
pie of each district electing it's own
election officers as being in the inter-
est of home rule.
NOT AN ORGAN.
Doesn't the gentleman understand
that the Tribune is not a repre-
sentative of the Republican party;
that it is not a party organ from it's
own Statements" said Allison.
Il notice you rely upon 1T for advice
and counsel" was the retort
Continuing Snow said: THE people
thought when statehood came the old
system was abolished but it appears to
confront us once more and in more
odious form. Now while 1 object;
while my party and my colleagues OBJ
ject to this measure, if the majority
can afford it we can. But the time
will come when the party in power
will get a taste of its own medicine.
However. we protest against it's pas
sage because it is not justice; because
it is not bipartisan and is, on the
contrary, an act creating a political
machine for party rewards and punish
ments and is unworthy of the support
of honorable men"
ANOTHER FLUFFY TALK.
Mr.. Sutherland-Mr. President,
move the bill go over until Monday.
Mr.. Warrum'S speech was SO full of
metaphor that / am unable to digest it.
This bill has been classed as a boom
erang, a shotgun and a chicken and /
want time ITO discuss it.
Mr. Warrum-I am sorry if the gen
digestion is defective but he
should take his medicine.
Mr.. Sutherland suppose the mi
nority will want to be heard at length
and l desire a chance to escape.
Mr.. Evans-We want immediate ac-