The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-17
THE HOUSE,

/ denne their powers exactly in this re-
| spect.
The senate then adjourned
THE HOUSE.
The matter of the contested Utah
county seats came up again at the
| convening Of the house yesterday.
! During the reading of the minutes
| Nebeker of Rich called the attention
Of the speaker to his understanding Of
! the action taken yesterday on rule 49
| by the committee of the whole. The
! rule provided for the manner in which
! contests should be conducted, but was
stricken out. The committee recon-
mended upon arising that the rules
! committee prepare another rule pro-
| Viding for the hearing of contests be-
fore committee of the whole. That
/ recommendation was adopted, but the
minutes did not SO state and Critch-
! low had no such recollection. AS usual
his memory dominated that of the
coterie Of young Republicans sur
rounding his seat, and when he moved
to amend the minutes by instructing
the rules committee to bring in a new
rule for rule 40 which should be
stricken. like flock of parrots Critch-
lows ideas on the subject were reiter-
ated by supporters of his motion.
| committee was correct. as was shown
by stenographic report of the pre-
Vious days proceedings, which it
| CHANGED was taken unoff1cially He
offered an amendment to the amend
ment directing that the new rule pro-
vide for the hearing of contests before
! committee of the whole The amend
ment to the amendment was lost and
CritchloW's amendment of the min
utes carried.
Speaker Denny signed S. B. No. 9.
authorizing the appointment of a
| deputy state treasurer
REGARDING LEGISLATURES.
The rules were suspended to allow
the consideration of H. B. No. u by
| Critchlow, directing the manner in
which legislatures shall organize and
fixing the compensation of members
and EMPLOYEES. The house then went
into committee of the whole and de-
I voted the rest of the day to amending
and preparing the bill for passage.
| During the course of the proceedings
numerous little incidents tranSpired
which reflected the enmities engen-
I dered by the senatorial contest, those
who had been the leading advocates
of Judge Benefits cause opposing
almost without exception every mo-
ton from those who had done like
service for Arthur Brown, while the
latter, Of course, treated the former in
like manner.
The first incident in this connection
transpired Immediately after the COM
! mittee of the whole met. Nye of Salt
Lake was called to the chair. He re-
Quested the pleasure of the house,
when Ferguson of Salt Lake, one of the
Bennett leaders, promptly moved that
the bill, fathered by Browns chief aide
/ in the house, lay over a day for con-
sideration on the ground that the print
ed copy had but just been distributed
and the members had not had time to
properly investigate its provisions
CritchloW, it's author, opposed delay,
claiming the printed bill had been on
the members desks several days. AS
matter Of fact it had been laid on
the desks the day before during Fer
guson'S absence Nebeker of Salt Lake
thought the bill could be considered at
once very properly, as did Maughn and
Taylor Gibson wanted all items of
compensation in the bill cut SO per cent
but this motion was ruled out Of order
as another motion was pending. Lewis
raised the point of order that the house
was in committee and could only de-
Law consideration of the matter before
it by rising and reporting. The point
was held well taken and the considera-
ton of the bill proceeded.
CHAPLAIN's PER DIEM.
The various sections Of the bill were
amended and adopted to suit the pleas
ure of the house, without incident I'M
til section was reached, which pro
vides for the compensation of employees.
Then followed a vigorous discussion in
which the chaplain's per diem formed
the principal topic. The bill placed the
holy mans pay at 50 a day. a motion
to raise it to 50 was at once made,
which met with stout opposition, as
we'll as warm support. Critchlow
thought the chaplain's duties were very
light, and that his pay should CORE
spond. Condor thought the house
didn't want any 81 prayers. He didn't
believe in cheap prayers anyway.
Nebeker of Salt Lake. said it would
be an insult to the throne of grace to
ask a man to serve as chaplain at 81
when the members received SO much
more. He moved to amend by making
the chapIain's pay $3.50 a day. Condor
spoke again in support Of the amend
ment He thought all those connected
with the legislature were receiving
less than they earned. Except the
Legislators" said he sarcastically.
81 think they get fully as much and
more than they are earning"
Critchlow had spoken several times
and spoke again. lie compared the
compensation allowed in this legisla-
ture with that of the legislature of
wyoming where members received Sc
and the chaplain but 81. Nebaker off
Salt Lake replied, saying that he was
impressed with the belief that his
colleague who was 50 opposed to rails
ing the pay of the chaplain was so
little accustomed to praying that he
did not know the value of prayer
properly performed. Gibson believed
in every man doing his own praying.
Robinson moved a substitute making
the chaplain's per diem 81. Taylor did
not believe in public prayer himself,
but was willing to concede So for the
charity Of it. Critchlow said the house
was losing 500 to save so cents and
moved the previous question. The
chair sustained a point of order that
the previous question was out of order
in committee but put the question on
Robinson's substitute, which was lost,
as was also NebekerS amendment to
the amendment, and the original
amendment to the bill finally carried
The remainder of the bill was adjusted
with little difficulty when the COM