The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-08

two hours to the consideration OF COM
mittee reports which could have been
disposed Of in twenty minutes by the
house in session because Of the long
drawn out debate on matters of almost
no Importance.
Beyond the passage Of bill the OBJ
1ect Of which is TO compel
employers of women as clerks
or waters to furnish seats TO employees
when not engaged in serving custo-
mers. nothing was accomplished. Pc
titi0ns were introduced which were
heavily signed by prominent business
men and shippers of Salt Lake, Logan
and Provo in which the petitioners
represent that they do not believe the
passage OF the railroad bill would De
a benefit to the state.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
In the regular order of business pc
titions were presented from business
men, shippers, etc, Of this city, PROVO
and Logan. praying that the railroad
bill be not passed. To the Salt Lake
petition we're attached the official sig
natures of the following firms:
Zon's Co-operatiVe Mercantile inStI-
tuition. MILFORD Woodruff. president;
Thomas G. Weber, secretary; A. W
Carlson, treasurer; Clark-Eldredge q,
Co. Henry Dinwoodey Furniture COM
pany, George NJ. Scott & Co, Walker
Rros Dry Goods company, Cunnington
& Co. Inland Crystal Salt company,
W. S. Henderson, COIN Dry Goods
companv. Kahn Bros, z. w. Hanson
Produce company. White & Sons com
panv. Utah Strengthening company,
Consolidated Implement company,
Coop Furniture company, George u
Cannon & Sons company, Coop " agon
and Machine company, Adams d hle-
sci Salt company, Hanauer smeltlng
works. Bullion-Beck and Champion
Mining company, George Romney, Ri
ter Bros. Drug company, Taylor-Roin-
ney-Armstrong company, Utah-Colo-
RADIO Cattle and Imp. company, i. X.
Jones. smelter: B. T. Saunders, F. }.
Fabian, Symns Utah Grocery company
Lambert Paper COMPANY RoWe-Mo
Surnncrh7vs company, Mingo Smelung
company. Utah Wool Growers com
nsnV. StudebakeT Bros. Manufacturing
company, Nephi Plaster Manu1actur-
ing company. Horn Silver Mining com
many. Elias Norris & Sons, Sierra Ne
vada Lumber company
FROM THE SENATE.
Messages from the senate announced
that the president had signed n; o
No G the age Of consent, and ii. =. X;
M s and that the senate had passed
G 2 No :. the libel bill, H b. NO. o.
recurring suits to be filed in the county
IN which they are to be tried, Il. B. NO
IA relating to the transfer OF causes
and II. c. r. No. Z, providing for
eneciaI accountant to check up the &C
counts Of the state officers.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
The house went into committee of the
in
consider reports Of committees.
The live stock committee recommend
ed holding II. b No. 10, TO prevent
cruelty TO animals. The subject pro
volyed considerable discussion. which
DEVELOPED the fact that the present law
was considered by the committee all
that was necessary in that line. The
committee finally recommended that
the bill be laid on the table.
LIVE STOCK.
The live stock committee also report
ed unfavorably on H. 3. No. SO, pro
hibiting the maintaining of any corrall
or vat for the purpose Of dipping sheep
within ten miles of any city or town.
The recommendation was made on the
same grounds as in the case Of bill Is
but a great many Of the members could
not agree with the committee and so
and then argued again with only the
point involved as to whether seven
miles was as good as ten. The commit
tee finally decided to recommend the
adoption Of the report Of the live stock
committee.
SEATS FOR WOMEN CLERKS.
H. B. No. IS was recommended for
passage by the committee on public
= rrVr- L
against the bill but Harris moved to
strike out the emergency clause and
the debate or rather colloquy between
himself and the author gave Cazier
time to beJhink himself. He remember
ed that the lot of the working girl is
generally the rosiest thing imaginable
and besides of employers did provide
seats for their clerks, mattresses. ETC.,
as the bill provides, there was no
means of compelling them to sit down"
80 he moved to strike out the enacting
clause but DR.. Condor made force
ful argument against the motion, Civ
ing his experience as a physician con-
corning the effect on a woman, of COM
Polling her to stand all day. The mo-
ton only had two votes in its favor.
those Of the member who put it and
Maughn, who thought eighteen hours
was an ordinarily good days work.
QGIaCUD0
ana the bill recommended for passage.
SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
The committee on education reported
q substitute for house bills Go and n.
relating to the pay Of boards of edu-
cation. The substitute provides that
the members of such boards shall serve
without compensation.
IT was recommended to be laid on the
table. The committee of the whole
arose and the house adopted its re
port
NEW BILLS.
On first reading the following bills
were presented:
II. b M. 90, introduced by MIR. Egan
the day before and then withdrawn,
was Te-lntroduced. 1t requires railroads
TO provide proper crossings for streets
and roads.
II. B. No. 1o1. by Stevens, comforting
on judges Of the district court the au-
tRorlty TO commit persons for insani-
~, which has heretofore been vested
IN the probate court.
II. B. No 102, by Condor. recurring
teachers in the public schools to teach
children to be kind to animals.
.. 3. No. o. by Miller, the newspaper
libel bill.
S, B. No. "A, by Sutherland, to pro-
vide seals for clerks OF courts.
s 3. No. IS by Allison, to release
one Joint debtor without discharging
the other.
A message from the senate an
noUnced the passage of senate bills "A
and IS.
FROM THE GOVERNOR.
A communication from the governor
transmitted to the house the report
Of the chancellor OF the board OF re-
gents Of the state university for 1895.
the sealer of weights and measures,