The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-03

Ulucn TIME IN committee III Tic W4AOAC
the promise will be fulfilled, as it ought
to be. seeing a month has already slip
ped away during which practically
nothing has been accomplished.
The senate not meeting Saturday
gave its committees an opportunity to
meet, which was improved by the men,
bers to the advantage that today will
doubtless see reports on many of the
more important bills rendered. This
should keep the senate busy until the
house wades through the militia bill
and turns it over for mutilation by the
Lords, the course usually adopted
by them with reference to any import
ant measure originating in the house.
Upon the heels Of the militia bill will
come the land bill, a report upon which
is expected TO be made by the public
lands committee not later than Tues
day or Wednesday. These are both
lengthy bills on important subjects and
viii require deliberate consideration.
If they are disposed of by both
branches the week will have been
measurahly well spent under any cir
cumStances and exceedingly we'll in
comparison with the past week when
nothing was accomplished by the house
and but one measure Of serious inn
portance considered by the senate.
The house has, besides these bills,
several other irons in the fire
Which viii require in all probability
considerable time 10 consider. There
are u special orders already set. one
Tor this afternoon at 2:30 and one for
this evening at 100. Then there is the
police and lire commission bin which
u Is just possible viii interpose and
delay the other matters which are ex-
pected to be acted upon The bill is
in committee and it is not thought at
present that it viii emerge therefrom
until the latter part of the week or
until the other matters in the line
ahead Of it have been disposed of
OF the two special orders mentioned,
The one set for this evening is sure to
result in a more or less prOtracted
hght between the minority and major
fty factions. 1t is the consideration of
the majority and minority reports of
the elections committee on the contests
which it is believede viii result, not
withstanding the fight the Democrats
viii make for a fair hearing in the
unseating Uf Hyrum Lennon and the
seating of J. z. Bringhurst That is
the way it looks TO the Democrats from
the attitude Of the Republicans toward
the minority report on Friday, but the
Republicans may discover in the ripple
ahead the shoal they would be steering
the party toward by such an
act, and decide to display more fair
ness than is at present expected of
them.
While this Will furnish one of the in
teresting fights of the week it will
hardly delay legislation as it will
doubtless be disposed of by holding
night and morning sessions. These are /
the important matters which indicate
a lively weeks session.
AN EIGHT HOUR LAW.
The special order for 2:3O this after
noon in the house is the consideration I
of II. r. No. Il by Ferguson of Carbon. /
The bin was amended by the COM
mittee on labor to make it cover more /
thoroughly the requirements of an
81 .rht hour law from the laborer's (
standpoint. AS it will come today,
after having been reprinted with the
committee amendment inserted, it /
reads:
Section Eight hours Of labor in all /
mechanical trades, arts and employ /
ments, and other cases Of labor or I
service by the day shall constitute a
legal days work, where there is no !
special contract to the contrary.
Sec. Eight hours shall constitute a |
days work on all public works.
Sec. 3.-"Public works as used in /
this act, shall be construed to mean all |
works or employment belonging to. /
controlled or paid for by the state of /
Utah. or of any county, city town, /
school district or other political subdi- |
vision thereof, now existing or hereaf- |
ter created.
Sec. 4-The period of employment of |
in all underground mines /
or workings shall be eight hours per !
day, except in cases of emergency |
where life or property is in imminent |
danger.
Sec, 5.-The period of employment of
workingnen in smelteTs and all other |
institutions for the reduction or refining /
OF ores or metals shall be eight hours /
per day, except in cases of emergency |
where life or property is in imminent /
danger.
Sec 6--Any person, body corporate. /
agent manager or employer who shall |
violate any of the provisions of the
foregoing sections of this act shall be /
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec This act shall not in any
sense be held TO apply to farm, ranch, |
or live stock employment.
The Dill viii meet considerable opno- /
sltom in the house if present expects- /
T1ons are realized. but it has the solid |
Democratic vote as reinforcements for
the advocates Of the measure and Ought
ordinarily TO pass the house at least
FISH AND GAME.
Among the measures considered as
OF prime Importance and to which |
much attention is being devoted. is the !
law that viii be passed for the n1>o- |
lection Of fish and game.
Three bills have been introduced. one
in the senate and two in the house
The committee on fish and game have
held several meetings at which sports
men have been present and expressed
their views concerning the most eff
fective methods of protecting game
fish and the denjzens of the mountains
forests and plains in a manner that
viii be adequate TO insure their per
petuation- The house committee in
tends 10 hear all arguments on the sub
ject then report back. it is understood
one Of the two house bills with amend
5nents Incorporating the best features
OF the other in order that the best law
possible may be obtained. 1t has been
suggested by sportsmen most interested
that the method which would perhaps
insure the best law would be for the
committee from each house to meet
Jointly, take all the bills on the sub
ject, Gull the best provisions in each
and report back a substitute for all the
bills on the subject
MISCELLANEOUS.
A petition is being circulated for the
Of members, asking that the |
indictment for murder against one J.
~. Higbee be quashed. The mention of
this petition viii recall to the minds of
old inhabitants the story Of the Noun
tain Meadow massacre. Higbee was
to have been implicated with
J. D. Lee who was executed for incit-
ing the Indians He was indicted in