The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02

schemes for looting the treasury of
the state The latest is a bill by
which all state warrants are to bear
interest at the rate of per cent. This
matter came up in the senate yester-
day on a report from the committee
on appropriations which consisted of
two, a minority and a majority. The
former was signed by Senators r. G.
Chambers and Glen Miller and recon-
mended the rejection of the bill, senate
bin 122. while tine latter favored the
passage of the bill. Some little debate
was had on the matter yesterday but
the main issue will come up today and
will be fought out.
The second scheme is to have nor
NAL school erected on the old Fort
Cameron reservation at cost of SSo,-
600, the bill having passed the house
yesterday and having been sent to the
senate for action. 1t will come up to-
DAY also There is a strong opposition
to the measure, many believing the
state cannot afford the expense. at
this time and besides the plan is not
a feasible one. To scatter the schools
all over the state, away from each
other is deemed the sheerest folly and
those who possess that idea will make
an earnest struggle against the bill.
The county government bill passed
second reading yesterday and Will be
the cause OF a night session this even
ing, together with the other measures
which are now before the senate.
Yesterdays proceedings will be found
diagnosed in the following:
YESTERDAYS WORK.
After the opening prayer by Rev.
William W. Jellison. of the First Free
Methodist church, the senate INDUCED
in some jimmying The first was con-
fined to the record on the showing of
action on the bills passed over the
governors veto. The ordinary course
of the minute clerk was all right as
regards recording action, but the SEN
ate. on Tuesday by several motions,
got the journal all balled up and yes
terday had to unitangle matters.
The senate expended thirty-seven
minutes in personal explanations on
the educational bill which came down
from the house for action.
Mr.. Allison said the educational COM
mittee of both houses had considered
the measure and asked that 1T go on
the calendar without further action.
To this Chidester objected, saying
that he wanted a chance to be heard
in committee, something not yet
afforded.
Mr.. Allison moved to suspend the
rules and place the bill on the calen-
dar.
This motion. not being debatable, the
members got in their work by rising
to personal explanations" and more
good time was expended than will
ever be made up.
The motion failed burt one by Suther-
land, that the committee report this
morning, was agreed to.
CIVIL ACTIONS.
Mr. Sutherland presented a petition
from the bankers and merchants of
this city asking that bill be passed
permitting suits to b. brought where
the causes of action arises which was
laid on the table until house bill III
comes up. The petition reads:
The undersigned respectfully repre-
sent that they are engaged in business
as bankers and merchants in Salt Lake
city, and that in the course of their
business It becomes necessary for them
to take promissory notes of persons
residing in different counties of the
state, which are made payable at Salt
EdhC citS- 1OuT are IN
formed that under the law recently
enacted by your honorable body, it
would be necessary to enforce the COL
lection of such note, to commences
suit in the county in which the maker
of the note resides. AS this would be
contrary to the express contract of the
parties. and. as we are informed, in vio-
lation of the provisions of the consti-
tuition of the state, which provides that
all civil and criminal business arising
in any county must be tried in said
county, we respectfully ask your hon
orable body to so amend the law as to
permit suits to be brought on promis-
sorry notes and contracts where they
are made payable
The petition was signed by many of
the leading bankers of the city.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
There were a number of committee
reports read of greater or less i'm
portance. among them being the adj
verse report of the committee on APP
preparations and claims on Chidester's
bill granting Wayne county 81 900 for
the construction of roads and bridges.
a motion to adopt the report and thus
reject the bill brought Chidester to his
feet with a protest. He declared that
the farmers in the Blue valley needed
roads and bridges.
What for?" inquired Allison.
$50 they can go to mill. They can
not eat boiled wheat and corn all the
time. Give them this road and the val
ley viii have 1000 farmers in a short
time But at present they are ham,
pered."
Would YOU be as we'll satisfied with
a mill?' said Booth.
Yes, but think it will be better to
build roads,
IF the state will build roads and
bridges. will you consent to each coun-
ty paying its own officers?" queried
Sutherland.
we haven't reached that yet" said
Chichester evasively.
From this point the various senators
began to ply the Panguitch statesman
with questions of so frivolous a nature
that the chair called attention to the
state of the clock.
Gentlemen will remember that the
senate has a great deal of important
business to transact and that time is
flying. If Senator Booth" (who had
just arose. wishes the floor he can go
on"
Booth sat down and the report of the
committee was adopted and the bill re-
jected.
BOUNTIES ON ANIMALS
The committee on counties and mum
icipal corporations reported on house
bill las, providing for a bounty on GER
tain wild, risky and pestiverous ami
mails and birds. with the recommends
ton that the same do pass.
TOWN INDEBTEDNESS
House bill %. providing for the incur
ring, by cities and towns, of indebted
ness for certain purposes, was formally
by the same committee.