The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-26

bly, what disposition should be made
of the fees of justices courts, whether
district court costs in criminal cases
should be made wholly a state charge
or portion be paid by the counties,
and what treasury, county or state,
should receive fees collected by clerks
Of district courts. He suggested that
the sense OF the joint body be taken
i on each question separately.
The chair asked if anyone desired
TO make motion relative to the first
item named but there was no response.
Mr.. Bolitho rose to inquire if any
action the conference might take was
to be considered binding
Mr.. Crftchlow said he did not so
understand
The chair informed Mr.. Bolitho that
a voluntary conference, entirely in
formal in its nature could do nothing
binding, and that nothing done at
this time would be so considered, there
having been no pre-agreement.
Mr. Bolitho then stated that it was
his understanding that the house had
agreed on the two matters just men
! toned by Mr.. C"itchlow by the adop-
ton of amendments covering them.
1t there was any misunderstanding in
! the house concerning them it must
be among the gentlemen who opposed
them.
Mr. Monsoon took issue with Mr.
Critchlow's statement that there was a
misunderstanding concerning the mat
| ters named. He thought the majority
! by which the house decided upon the
first two denoted a pretty thorough
understanding upon them, and that
when the latter came up again it would
be found that there was an under
standing to that too.
He took exceptions to the conference
for the reason that he considered it
an unheard of thing to hold a confer
ence on bill before it had passed
either house. A voluntary conference
between the two houses was a very
unusual thing which was never re-
sorted to except when a bill had passed
both houses with such amendments
attached as one or the other house
would not agree 10 and a conference
committee could not settle. Then, if the
Dill We're so urgent a nature that it was
1elt 1t must pass, a voluntary confer
ence was in order and then even it
must be invited by one or both houses.
rms neither house had asked for but
II had been arranged by one or two
members who were opposed to the
views of the majority of the members
OF the house. He objected to the con-
ference considering the bill in any
manner.
Mr.. Nebsker of Rich had very
little fear that the views of the coun-
Try caucus would be overridden. He
said: Il don't consider it amy crime for
the TWO houses to meet and talk over
the bill, and /, as a member of the
Alfalfa club. welcome the senator's
As is usual when Quiz remarks, the
gathering laughed and Mr.. Robinson
moved that il be the sense of the con-
terence that the expense of district
court trials be paid by the state, but
modified the motion upon suggestion
being made that it be the sense of
the conference that witnesses and jur-
ofs ices III district courts be made
state charge.
Mr.. Nye thought the gentleman re-
terred to criminal prosecutions only
and SO corrected him, but Mr.. Robin
son replied that he had stated The
question as he desired it put.
SUTHERLAND OBJECTS.
Mr.. Sutherland was shrewd. He de-
vined that the 'Alfalfas'' would carry
every motion to suit themselves and
TO prevent the senators from being
given an object lesson of the strength
of the Alfalfas. and the majority which
favored thsfr views for fear it might
have an influence when the bill reaches
the senate, arose to speak against the
propriety of the conference, he being
Salt Lake member and consequently
opposed to the Alfalfa" idea. He said
that the reason there were two houses
was that one might act Independently
of the other without the right hand
knowing what the left hand doeuh.
For this reason the vote OF one house
on bill was not even allowed to be
transmitted to the other He could
see no benefit in the two houses getting
together and consulting on a PROPOSE
ton wfhen it meant nothing after they
got through He said he had not ia
vored the idea, but had made no oo-
lection when the house had invited the
senate to a conference. He was in
terrupted by several of the "Alfalfas,"
who informed him in chorus that the
house had taken no such action, Mr.
Critchlow adding that it was simply
the idea of some of the members. Con-
tinuing, Mr.. Sutherland said he had no
objection to an informal conference,
but he did object to any action being
taken on any question involved. He
preferred that each house fight it out
alone.
ALLISON CURIOUS.
Mr.. Allison inquired of Mr.. Nebeker
of Rich on what grounds he appeared
in the conference as a member of the
Alfalfa club
Mr. Nebeker replied: LAS a repre-
sentative of the steering committee
The good natured badinage but evi-
denced the confidence of the country
caucus.
Mr.. Evans. representing the senate
contingent of the "Alfalfas," said one
house always learned of the others ac-
ton anyway, and he, for that reason,
could see no objection to discussing the
bill and taking the sense of the MEM
bers at this time.
ADJOURNED.
Mr.. Bolitho arose to say he could
see nothing to be gained by the con-
ference. and moved to adjourn, the
motion carrying with a shout.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Alfalfa club" being somewhat
of a social organization as well as po-
htical, consented to allow the counties
bill to go over till today, when at the
opening of the afternoon session DR..
Condcn asked that the consideration of
the horticultural bill be resumed, they
being afraid if the counties bill was
taken up they might get entangled at
CLOSE quarters with the metropolitans
over some amendment and forget to
adjourn in time to go to Provo
HORTICULTURAL BILL.
The horticultural bill was taken up
and after being amended in several
paI ticulars, the most important of
which prescribed that the president of
the Agricultural college should be
president ex-oficio Of the horticultural