Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-25


mum, aud that the contract chou d
contain thcrconditiOns. Subsequent.
ly the legislature repealed this act, aud
The question arose ns 20 whether or
not nv legislature could Ia this way
put an end 10 the employment VI the
cymmis'lDr. The 'upfume court
Of tho United States held that
the commissioners under this
act were not officers, but were en-.
ployts, that their relation was a cOu.
tract one, anu therefore the repeating
act " the legislature VS. ia conflict
with the PROVISIONS VI the Constitution
NJ tue Unltul sia o., prohibiting sny
law impaiung the Obligation Of y con.
tract.
3. That the bill attempts o. got up
status whereby the .illcIal stgnOgraphuf
h not "a public UillcaL THIS IL exactly
what the bilI docs attempt 10 do, anu In
tile Judgment Of tue Judiciary commit.
tie h. ono OF the cuief merits OF II, Tor
the reasons aIfeldy stated,
%. The Governor insists that the
slguUgfaphof ought 10 be puUiic on.
Ger under oaih 10 ihithiully discharge
the duties 0i his JflCe. This We DO
not cUuCcdr. Ia many states no pro-
vision IL made for tho HleuugTsphrt nt
ull. The parties lilgAut are lett 20
employ steHtgraphtr Ia particular
ca.cs, ss they see lt, aud no hint has
ever teen mads that any steno.
gAphot ~ employed abused the trust
fcp0-ei IN him. Tue pan suggested
by the Governor that the sicnUgtApher
be- Uaid a hAtd sum per hour Tor trans.
ufIhlng notes, We think would not be
Ia harmony with tue provisions VI the
Constitution ~ pay officers q fixed aud
definite salary, aud In aIdiu0n 70 that
w0uiu DO altogether imptAotiCablc. It
would leave it Co the stonOgfaphcr %
ktep Ms own time, " necessitslc the
employment OF somebody olse on the
part VI the Etsto ~ watch and keep
time Tor him. itisp PERFECTLY apparent
that either alternative would be
wholly ImpfAoticatle.
Sutherland, chairman OF the com.
mitIse, explained that there was no
dissenting voice Ia tue committee on
this proposition to pass over the Gov.
efu1t's veto, talth0ugh one or two
members oftne committee were absent.
Sutherland frCltUd the difficulties the
committee had met with aud tue vafI-
Gus efforts they had made 10 secure a
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adopted would make the stcu0gtaphef's
department self supporting. IL did not
make him M officer, but an emplOyu,
with his work IN be- done under con.
tract. This was the btst system. He
wUOli rather abolish the tiilc1 aud
have the wUrE done by private ecu.
tract, aH heretofore, than adopt the plan
suggested BY the Governor, wuicb, said
sutherland, was very expensive, ~
we'll Hs i'm practicable,
Canlland opposed the recommends.
ton VI the committee, ami supported
the dUvsfuUf lie saii tbs system
proposed by tue bill wag already SHOWN
10 be- u failure. lie cited how inst a
stsno .Taphet's trip ~ Moab ia mut.
der case nad C0tt more than mileage
snd salary combined. Tue bill would
make Salt Lake sIsnogtapheTs rich
while othofs would fall behind OF tue
small districts would be without stem.
Ugtayhefs. lie would rather leave tho
whole mattef untouched than pass the
Dill over the Governors veto,
Glen Miller said he was opposed to
the bill and had been from tue ffst.
lie was glad Of tue Governors veto.
liy Tequesti0i Warner, owing to the
absence OF Alnsun aud Jones, aclisu
on tho veto was deferred till Saturday.
LAND rETIuoNs.
Chideslef Of the public lands com.
mittee recommended that action on n
long list " petitions which had been
referred 10 the committee, DO indeflu.
ilBly postponed tor the Tes6on that the
matters they referred 10 had been C0u.
sidared Ia thu land bill. The report
was adopted.
noAHD % LAnDR.
A message was resolved from the
Governor announcing his approval Of
+. Is, ~, creating n State boafd oi,labot.
RETURNED ny THE GOvERNOR.
The following message was received
from Governor Wells;
To the Prosidcn, ami gentlemen OF
the Sruatt; / hereby return Senate
bill No, %, entitled Gan act Ia relation
~ elections, defining ufienses against
the same aud prescribing punish meuts
the ci0r,p Tor eight amendments.
Sec. II OF the oil provldta that In case
OimuuiUlpal elections such publication
pal Offices GuAll DO made In newspapers
which are published within the
municipality where the election IN 10
be held. Within this state there aTs
many municipalities within which NJ
newspapers are published, anu a pro.
vaion for posting notices ought 10 be
made ia such CAses Sec. 10 ptUyidei.
thaI tue proper Nicer Tor furnishing
tue printed ballots shall provide Tor
each election precinct, one hundred
ballots Ter every fiity voters registered
~ the lait preceding election. la
view Oi tue fact that the voting
strength u the State Will be ABOUT
doubled this year, In my opinion a
larger number VI ballots should be pro-
yiued. When - amended, / shall
have pleasure Ia approving same.
The message was referred To the
elections committee, With instructions
10 make tho amendments suggested,
TO PROVO And hack.
Al this point Of the proceedings m
announcement was male that the spe.
rial n. q, W. train lot Provo, to carry
tho Legislators TO the chamber Of com.
merce ball would leave At pm. today,
aud returning traiuB Wouiu lvavoProvo
ut lOu7 aud II pm,
ANOTHER srESO0KArHER's BILL.
Csudland introduced Is. b. 1913, IN
relation to court bteu0gfapheTs. II wac
referred ~ the Judiciary committee