The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-11
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

Representative helnIhOii heAd d i0N0
in his seat yesterday for few minutes
after the contest against him had been
dismissed by the house. Every mem
her on the floor went over and warmly
shaking him by the hand, congratulat-
ed him upon the result.
DIR. Condor. the irrepressible" is the
title by which the medical gentleman
from Weber should hereafter be ad-
dressed. The doctor had a bill killed
Friday before it was even referred to
committee, but he knew trick or two
worth knowing and yesterday before
the house convened he adroitly pur-
Joined the sick measure from the table
where it had been laid, and injecting
dose of DR.. Browns famous ellXer into
it. quietly laid the bill on Mr.. Stevens
desk. DR.. Condon's colleague from
Weber is q very conscientious member
and always follows the reading of the
minutes as we'll as everything else
very closely. He had noticed the bill
on his desk marked as referred to the
educational committee of which he is
chairman When the clerk reached
that portion of the minutes of the
previous meeting stating the bill had
been laid on the table he at once arose
and informed the speaker that the bill
was before him marked as stated. The
members had evidently forgotten what
disposition had been made of the bill,
for when the doctor insisted it had been
so referred, they allowed it to go that
way. DR.. Condor cracked not smile
till the action had been taken and then
~, CT lat
own cIeverness in thus having so neatly
cfrcumvented the opponents Of his bill.
Since the contest against Mr.. Lem
mon has been settled the Republican
members are regretting exceedingly
much that they did not reach in caucus
the conclusion they We're finally forced
to adopt, or go ON record as ignoring
all sense of equity for the sake of
party advantage. Had the matter been
settled in caucus the Republican mem
bers of the committee would have been
saved the humiliation they now suffer.
The bill introduced yesterday in the
house by Mr.. Stevens for a code to
govern the public school system is a
most comprehensive measure. 1t was
drafted by a committee of gentlemen
who have long been identified with the
educational interests of Utah. 1t is
different from Senator Allison's bill on
the same subject in that it's provisions
prescribe that cities and the more
largely populated districts are required
10 contribute to the support of the
schools in the more sparsely settled
communities as at present, whereas
the Allison bill makes the smaller dis
tricts take care of themselves. Mr..
Stevens advocates the bill even, as he
says, against his own interests, he be-
ing heavy tax payer at Ogden as he
believes the more wealthy commune
ties should help to keep all the schools
up to high standard. The gentlemen
who drafted the bill are: Superinten-
dent Park, ex-Superintendent Lewis,
w. Van Colt, William Allison, superin-
tendent of schools at Ogden, Professor
Kingsbury, Malone, .Royalance, w. M.
Stewart, Allen, and G. A. Whiting.
The bill introduced by Tom Fergu-
son yesterday is calculated to make
office seekers reflect before they under
take to usurp an Office. It's particular
features are the provisions which d.
rect that on an appeal in an election
case being taken from the judgment
of the lower court, the clerk of the
supreme court must place the case at
the head of the calender for immediate
hearing. and that the attempted usurper
must pay to the contestant the salary
and emoluments which accrued to him
while he occupied the Office. The bill
was drafted by ex-Mayor Baskin.
1t is now said that Diplomat Tom
Ferguson is going after the woman's
vote preparatory to the next election.
He himself asserts that he proposes to
introduce a bill prohibiting the manu-
facture or sale of intoxicating liquors
in the state and that he will set him
self up as an illustrious example of the
necessity OF such a law. Tom is good
natured and enjoys a joke on himseM
as well az though it were on someone
else.