The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
ON SALARIES

igree.
H. B. No. 4. by Bolitho To prohibit
blacklisting.
ON SALARIES.
S. J. r. No. 4, by Booth, providing for
the appointment Of joint committee to
prepare and introduce a bill fixing the
salaries of state and county officers was
under suspension of the rules. The speak
er appointed as the house contingent of
the committee Ferguson of Carbon, Bo-
htho, Gushing, Nebezer OF Rich, Muir
dock, Andrus and Smoot.
PUBLIC LANDS COMMITTEE.
Critchlow asked consent that the pub
lie lands committee be increased from
objected without knowing the reason
Critchlow went about among them
whispering his reason in their ears but
Monson desired the house to hear the
reason. whereupon the gentleman sulked
and asked to be excused from serving
on the committee. He gave as an eX-
cuse for this that he had too much 10
do on the judiciary committee. On motion
of Cushing amended by Maughn, the
committee was increased to eleven mem
bers and Critchlow allowed to withdraw.
II. B. AZ was set by consent as special
order for 2:S0 tomorrow.
GAG RULE APPLIED.
S. J. NJ. No. 4, by Allison, came UP on
third reading. 1t proved the subject OF
the first display of gag rule by the
speaker and the most unfair action OF the
majority that has yet TRANSFERRED me
memorial prayS congress to re-enacI tIlsLl
part of the so-called Mckinley blll Wnlca9
refers to wool lumber and agricultural
products. 1t was read and the vote on
final passage called for by the speaker
before any opportunity for debate was
had. Several of the Democrats desired TO
amend or speak upon it. but the speaker
roared for the ayes and nays Sorehseh
called the speakers attention TO the rules
and asked if they were made 10 De Iol-
lowed. The attempted violation was so
gross that the speaker gave in and enter
tanned motion to amend by lncIuulhS
free silver, which was voted DOWN a.
was also Mansheld's amendment 70
strike out wool and lumber. Then Mon
son wanted to speak to the queStlon Dut
! the speaker once more tried to shut MIN
Off He inquired if it was the
intention of the speaker to apply
gag rules. The speakers clustering did
not awe him and he finally succeeded IN
! getting the floor, when he took occasion
| to say that he was in favor OF some III
| tie consistency on the part OF the mousse
! A memorial to congress had been con-
| Sidered which laid all the evils OF the
! country at the door of the opponents OF
| free silver. Now the house was ABOUT
| to switch and inform congress II Was
| the Wilson bill that was to blame He re-
! ferred to the elaborate and nonsenslcal
preamble to the memorial which recltes
| in narrowing language the dWAul i ulAA
| that has been wrought by the Wilson
| bill He would like a little consistency
at least. for while he would not be re-
corded as voting for the memorial he
was still a member of the house which
proposed to pass it. and did not desire to
share the opprobrium that would attach
10 so inconsistent a body. The speaker
choked him off again. when he moved to
! adjourn The motion was ruled out OF
order in the face of rule 90 which pre-
scribes "a motion to adjourn or to fix
a time to which the house shall adjourn
shall always be in ORDER He appealed
from the decision of the chair, citing this
rule but the majority sustained the
speakers ruling and the vote on the
memorial was taken and it was declared
passed.
COMMITTEES.
The speaker signed C. J. R. No. ;, and
announced the following names as ADDED
! to the committees. Levy in place OF Fer
guson of Carbon on elections, Thompson
| and Mansfield added to counties, Lewis
! and Smoot to education, Nebeker of Salt
Lake to agriculture and irrigation,
Bernhisel and Thorne to militia, Lowry
to public lands. Snedeker in place of
Harris on Health, and Ferguson OF Car
! bon in place of Levy on mines and min
| ing. The house then adjourned.