The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-28

the state prison. The substitute sim
ply changes the wording.
The committee on labor recommended
the passage Of S. B. No. ~, creating a
state board of labor, Cancellation and
arbitration.
The fish and game committee Of
fered substitute for house bills Nos.
50 and II and senate bills Nos. q and
SO. The substitute embodies the best
provisions Of the four in creating
new code for the protection of fish and
game.
THAT VEXATIOUS PRINTING.
At this juncture MI Ferguson of
Carbon, chairman of the joint printing
committee, arose to explain why the
house had not heard from the COM
mittee. He stated that the firms do
ing the printing had agreed to accept
the terms at which the public printing
should be contracted for when the pub
lie printer bill should be passed, and
that he had considered satisfactory
Mr. Morrison went after the printing
committee rather vigorously. He had
made some investigation and a MEM
Der of the firm which prints the journal
had informed him that the impression
which was given the house the day
previous, was incorrect, namely, that
the firms doing the work had agreed
to charge the price which should be
fixed when the final contract for state
printing is let The gentleman to
whom Mr. Morrison had talked had no
such understanding but had agreed
to print the journal at the price
which should be contained in his bid
for the contract. This Mr.. Morrison
thought was very indefinite. and that
the firm could charge whatever it saw
fit. He called the attention of the
house to the result Of his investigation
which showed he claimed that the
printing already done had cost, or
would when it was paid for, cost over
So, 000 If this sort of thing continued
Mr.. Morrison did not care to assume
his share, as a member of the Repub
lican majority, of the responsibility of
planned of the manner in which
journals, bills, etc, were spaced as
much as they would admit of, all of
which was an extra expense. The
gentleman wanted to know what the
printing committee proposed to do.
Mr.. Ferguson of Carbon, chairman
of the committee, explained that the
bill providing for the letting of the
contract had been introduced in the
senate. He had understood the prices
to be charged was to be such as the
COulIdCl MOutQ De IGI d. MI cry u"
son, while on his feet, took occasion
to say he supposed the great interest
of the gentleman from Salt Lake
(Morrison) in the matter was prompted
by desire to repay some paper which
had supported his validating bill
Mr.. Morrison promptly arose to a
question of personal privilege and dis
claimed having had any interest in the
county warrants being validated other
than he believed the bill just meas
ure.
Not all the members understood the
coloquy. This is what is meant: Mr..
Ferguson is a labor advocate, and a
majority of the members of the print
/ ing committee are in favor Of letting
the printing to firms employing union
3, printers. Mr.. Morrison, it is claimed.
| is opposed to labor unions and would
/ like to have the printing go to the
! Deseret News office which employs
non-union men. The News has fire.
/ quently favored measures supported
by Mr.. Morrison, hence, Mr.. Ferguson S
! remark.
/ Mr.. Morrison denied any such inter-
est in the printing matter, claiming
/ he was simply interested in seeing the
work done in d business-like manner.