The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-24
Country rIembers of the House
Hold a Caucus
OVER THE COUNTIES BILL.
ONLY THEIR VIEWS ALLOWED TO
GO IN 1T.
CritchIow Gets Very Snrcnstic-Stnte
to Bear the Expense of Criminal
PrOsecutiOns-BiIl for Farmers
Institutes Passed-Cazier's Rail-
Road Bill Killed.


members have been jocularly termed,
had an inning yesterday in the house
and played so successful and sure
game that the metropolitan teams
were not allowed to make even a safe
| hit
1t is to the action of the country
members in the consideration of the
counties government bill that the fore
going applies. AS intimated in The
Herald yesterday would be the case,
! the gentlemen from the rural precincts
decided to have their way as con-
cerned what went into the counties bill
and what stayed out. They got to-
gether, Democrats and Republicans
alike, and caucused on the bill, agree
| ing to vote as a unit and not allow
anything to be Incorporated in the
measure which did not meet their
| views. The result was that when the
bill came before the house yesterday
everything went their way and any
thing which did not give the outlay;ng
counties all the best of the state and
OF Salt Lake county in particular was
not allowed to be thought Of
| Mr.. CrltchloW'S proposition that
counties bear one-tenth the cost of
ting magistrates and in district courts
was Overwhelmingly defeated and Mr.
Mansfield's amendment adopted, which
! provides that only the expense of JUS
| tees courts shall be a county charge
a proposition was also advanced to
pay all fees collected by county clerks
into the state treasury but was not
acted on, the consideration being de-
ferred till today when it will in all
hn af-t.f< i
Another railroad bill was given its
quietus during the day. 1t was Mr..
CATERS bill and was laid in it's grave
with very little ceremony and very
little fuss being made This will I'M
doubtedly put an end to attempts to
leglSlate concerning railroads this SEES
sion.
Besides being triumphant in all mat
ters relating to the counties bill. the
Alfalfa club" got in it's double back
action combination on another measure
winch has had stormy career; this
one because it carried an appropria-
ton. 1t was M. CATERS bill to estab-
llsh farmers institutes and appropriat-
ing $l,o00 therefor. 1t passed by re-
celvlng the unanimous support of the
country caucus"
one other house bill was passed. that
prohibiting the adulteration of CANDY.
anu the senate bllls to provide for
suppoena1ng witnesses by mail and
the one IN relation to the disposition
OF unclaimed freight packages were
also passed
MORNING SESSION.
Mr.. Howard presented the claim of
Emery county for $S6.17 one-half thu
expense of the assessors office.
TWO RITTS EJTTr
Adverse reports from the counties
committee killed house biEs Nos and
81, relating to changing county bound
aries.
CLAIMS COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The claims committee reported rec
omm5nd1ng non-concurrence in the req
concentration of the board of examin-
ers, allowing Sheriff John w. Coons of
Sewer county on his claim of $62 The
committee recommended appropriate
ing $42 instead.
The committee disagreed with the
board as to the claim of Henry Cohn
d Co. for $3.50 cents for storing safes,
recommending allowing S34.15 in settle
ment The boards attention was CALL
ed to the fact that the safes on which
TINS amount is to pay storage have
already been a large expense to the
state, and recommended that they be
sold.
The committee concurred in the rec
concentrations of the examiners to al
low the claims of ]. C. Murphy for
S1.25, Star Printing company for S17 80,
Salt Lake Lithographing company for
$3.50, George Searle for $166, Wash
ington county for STA, Utah county for
$237.S7, Iron county for $15603, Cache
county for $3.50, o. H. Berg for $40
The committee recommended allowing
the claim of Collector Greenwood of
Willard county for $617.75 which was
returned without recommendation by
the board.
The committee concurred further in
the recommendations of the board to
reject the claims of Thomas P Gotham
for $1S.15, Thomas r. Labrum for S97. %
H. Burton and others for $84, E. S. Aus
tin for 1920, S. j. Worthington and
others for $780,
THIRD READING.
Substitute for H. B. No 95, relating
to subpoena of witnesses, ETC., by mail
was at the head of bills on third read
ing. The consideration was postponed
pending printing of the substitute.
SENATE BILL PASSED.
S. B. No. 81 was taken up, read and
passed without incident The bill re-
lates to the manner of securing deeds
to real property sold under execution
GOES OVER AGAIN.
The fish and game bill was next or
the calendar. but was again laid over
this time in the absence of Mr.. Heiner
H P No. IA was also once more
postponed in the absence of the au-
thor.
RAILROAD BILL KILLED.
Mr. Cazier's railroad bill, which was
the only one to be reported favorably
by the railroads committee. was next
taken up and read the third time.
Mr. Bolitho antagonized the bill. He
thought it would be of no avail, anc
still adhered tc the idea that bill
should 'be passed fixing maximum
rates.
Mr. Cazier spoke at length in favor
of the measure. 1t prohibited, he said
determinations and the charging of g
higher rate for shorter than longer
, haul-the two things which had Gre
ated all the talk against railroads. II
was not oppressive to railroads an6
it could not be argued that it's enact
ment would keep capital from invest
ing in railroads in Utah. Closing. Mr.
Cazier expressed the belief that if this
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