The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-25

Yesterdays session Of the senate was
enlivened by the debate on the sec
Ond reading of the fire and police bill
which came from the committee haV-
Ing the matter in charge with favor
able report and several amendments.
The bill was opposed by Senators War
ner and Jones. while a number OF
members championed it. The fate of
Tie bill will be made known on Mon
day, when it passes to a third reading.
the debate was earnest but lacked any
rancor or personal illusions. All the
members participating seemed deeply
IN earnest over the issue and spoke
Eeelingly on the subject.
Chiefs Pratt and Devine and Com
missioner Jennings were attentive spec
tators. Senator Sutherland and Sena-
tor Booth We're the sponsors of the
amendments offered yesterday which
were carried. An amendment which
did not come from the committee,
Senator Warner being the father Of it,
was defeated.
From al indications it looks as
though the measure would pass the
senate, although it is probable several
amendments will be offered ere the
vote is taken, some OF which may pos
sibly be accepted.
The senate did some business yester-
Gay in the way of passing bills, the
anti blacklisting measure passing and
the biz for the protection of school
ma ans being agreed to.
While the anti lacklisting law receiv-
ed a vote of all the senators present, and
may pass the house, ii is said the gov
ernor will veto it in it's present form.
It is very sweeping as it stands and
fails in prescribing the limit of the
offense. The penalties are high, but
that may be considered by many as a
good feature.
The greater portion of the time of the
house yesterday was devoted to the
consideration of committee reports,
during which a goodly number of
bills were prepared for third reading
and final action when the house meets
again. But one bill was passed. that
being S. B. IS. empowering county
clerks to take acknowledgements in
the formation Of corporations The
measure was hurried through for the
express benefit of the Pioneer Power
company in which Senator Frank J.
Cannon is extensively interested. The
company is DESTROYS of completing or
ganization as quickly as possible.
House bills Nos. 20 and 16 formed the
topics for the debates of the day and
upon both there was much vigorous
discussion. The former was one of
the labor measures Of Ferguson of Car
bon and was so roughly handled by his
friends Of the Republican majority Gn
mis- estimation) that before its consid-
GRAFTON was finished he moved to kill
it entirely by striking out the enacting
clause. The other bill provides that
municipal and other public corpora
tons shall be subject like private con-
Germs to the existing laws in relation
to garnishments. The minority COM
rnittee report recommending its pas
sage was adopted after heated argu-
ment, over the majority report to in
definitely postpone.
Eight new bills were introduced. one
of which is of much Importance 1t is
the much-talked-of land commission
bill and its author, Bolitho, hopes to
see it supplant the one introduced in
the senate on the same subject by SEN
ator Allison. The bill is a very volum-
inous document and covers, seemingly.
all the points involved in the land cues
ton It provides for a land commits
sion and prescribes in great detail the
manner Of handling and disposing of
state lands. A summary of its pro
visions is contained in the detailed re-
port OF the house proceedings.