The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-30

'sThe honorable, the senate of the
legislature of the state of Utah, Z"
meaning the members of that branch
Of the states w-makers, commonly
known on the upper floor of the city
and county building as the house of
lords, received a Gliding from the
members of the lower house yesterday
when Mrs Pardee in her official ca
pacity read to them communication
which was sent to the senate by the
house late yesterday afternoon. And
if the honorable, the senate does
not want a good old-fashioned scrap
IN its hands-or, to put it more diplo-
matically, does not wish to have
strained relations" arise between the
upper and the lower houses-the
members thereof will listen dutifully
and viii not reply in naughty tones,
DO not chide us for our boylsh
pranks."
The house has all along considered
that it was suffering indignities at
the hands of the senate, and the fact
that the cords have been allowed to
20 on without remonstrance hereto
fore is not because the house members
have not been aware of what was
going on, but rather because of a de-
sire on their part TO keep peace IN the
family.
But the domineering of the lords"
went too far, as usual, way beyond
the neutrality-suspicious. point, and
the worm turned, the eighteen gentle
men downstairs in the council cham
Der were politely but firmly informed
that the senate must in future snow
the house the respect that is due it.
The trouble came about in this way:
The house would pass a bill and send
it to the senate, where percAance 1t
would be amended and sent back for
concurrence; perchance the forty-hve
gentlemen upstairs would consider their
views as good as those of the eighteen
down stairs and a conference commit
tee would have to be appointed, with
the result that the senate usually got
the best end of the decision. This
caused the gentlemen upstairs to feel
that the dignity of the house was not
being maintained, but they concluded
TO allow the senate to dictate, in the
interest of harmony. But finally a bill
was passed by the house and sent to
was removed, the senate attached, and
the bin re-introduced as a senate COM
mittee substitute. Then came another
which was passed by the house and
sent down stairs, where it was side
tracked and bill containing the same
provisions, but introduced subsequent
to the receipt Of the house bill, was
taken up and passed. The house was
asked to kill its own bin in both in
stances and pass the measure entitled
a senate bill
The injured dignity Of the house
could stand it no longer. The revolt
came in the nature of a supplementary
report Of the house Judiciary commit
tee on S. 3. No. 81, which was sent
to the honorable the SEN
ate informing that body that
strained relations would certainly
be the result of the senate's continuing
further TO ignore the precepts of legis-
lative courtesy. There was consider
able feeling manifested in the house
and several members took occasion to
speak very feelingly on the topic, dur
ing which Nebeker of Rich counseled
moderation, saying he did not believe
the house could afford to enter into the
undignif1ed scramble for the credit of
originating measures which the senate
has adopted.
The house devoted nearly the whole
afternoon TO considering committee re-
ports in coz ulittee of the whole, the
result OF which was that house bills So,
30 and 10 were recommended for the
waste basket which recommendation
was adopted by the house Senate bills
30 and 81 were recommended for pas
sage and received the final action of
the house. The text of the bills as they
will go to the governor for approval
is given in the detailed account of the
house proceedings. OF the bills killed
% was intended to permit the opening
of barber shops on Sunday and 10 Gre
ated the office of state boiler inspector
But one bill was introduced That
was by the committee on agriculture
and irrigation and changes Arbor dav
from April to the 18th. 1t also desig-
mates other days which shall be legal
holidays in Utah.
An attempt was made in the senate
yesterday TO override a veto by the
governor 1t was an abortive one. all
though the Republican leaders. Suth-
eriand and Jones, were the foremost
in the attempt.
Shortly after the session opened. the
mouse sent word to the senate that il
had passed. over the veto of the ex-
ecutive, the measure, known as house
OIL ., providing for the collection of
-No'' - ~Ie1eC anu County OIucGrS. This
was signal for Sutherland to move
the bill be passed, Notwithstanding the
veto Of the governor thereto.
Chidester, Allen, Glen Miller and
Snow made speeches against the mo-
ton, which was disposed of by a vote
OF 10 TO 4 Warner was the only Dem
ocrat voting for the measure as against
executive sanction.
The senate yesterday passed the hill
liking the age of consent in females
The limit Of age fixed by the house at
eighteen was reduced to sixteen bv the
senate. strong effort was made nv
warner TO exempt boys under the ge
Of sixteen and over fourteen from t6a
penalty which results from the COM
hitting Of a felony. which this act
provides, but it failed on passage. al
though Allison talked very earnestly
in its favor. 'iS
The remainder of the business If the
senate was Of character purely rou-
SENATE.
Prayer was offered by Senator Nc
Kay of Weber.
The reading OF fhe io,,r-,,1 - r.,