The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-15

senetor Allison did not introduce a
war measure in the senate yesterday.
but it IS not war alone which hath
her victories. Peace gets an inning
once in a while, and when the session
ended yesterday the member from
Weber had the scalps of Senators
Booth and George Sutherland dangling
at his belt
The senator from the Junction is a
persistent fighter. He demonstrated
that yesterday when the measure
known as house bill No 5, for an act
requiring all state and county officers
to turn over the fees collected to the
treasurer, came up. Allison main
tanned that the measure ought not to
pass until the legislature should re
port bill fixing the salaries of these
officials; that to cut off the fees now
meant they would have to carry their
employees until the latter days of the
session. when the salary measure
would be passed.
Allison was joined by Jones in this
merry war. While the former argued
against the manifest unfairness of the
measure, the latter took high ground
and ratified off a dissertation on con-
StitutiOnal law Although Sutherland
Is something of a constitutional at
torney himself; although Booth main
tanned he had carefully examined the
constitution and the statutes; despite
the fact that our own Glen Miller
warbled in sweet tones to the effect
thai the treasury was in danger if
the fee system was not abolished in
staater, Allison got away with the
works ana the bill is now in the hands
of the committee on judiciary, where
he wanted it sent.
The measure passed. by a majority
OF the senate, but there is a provision
in the constitution which declares that
a bill to become active at once, must
receive a two-thirds vote of both
houses. As a result when the vote
was announced, Booth was forced to
move a reconsideration of the same
and the referring of the measure to
the committee mentioned.
Senator Sutherland, anticipating the
election for senators, which viii begin
on Tuesday next. introduced a resolu-
ton which provides for the manner in
which they shall be voted for.
The balance of the senate business
was of a purely routine nature as will
be seen from the report of the pro-
ceedings.
As predicted in these columns yes
terday would be the case, Senator Al
Msons silver memorial came again be-
fore the house yesterday and again
as predicted, no changes had been
made in ii in committee OF any conSe-
quenCe. Two words had been stricken
from the end of one clause as super
huous and one other word was
changed to better the grammer, both
of which amendments could have been
made in the course Of its passage, a
fact which demonstrates that the OBJ
struetions placed in the way Of the
speedy passage of the memorial by
the Republican majority We're merely
matters of party spite to deprive the
Democratic side of the house of the
credit of having the memorial pass
under its motion. Unlike the day be-
fore there was no squabble between
the majority and minority factions
over the measure. It simply came up
on report Of the committee on me-
MORALS with recommendations to
amend as stated and the report was
received and laid over for future ac-
ton. The Democrats took no further
steps to urge its passage, knowing
they would be futile.
The house session was short and no
business Of any great Importance was
transacted. A bill was introduced by
Mansfield Of Wayne, revising and
amending the existing laws covering
eXemptions from execution upon
Judgment. The various sections are
amended for the preferment of the
Judgment debtor and additions are
made eXempting homesteads from
execution and defining that amount of
property which shall constitute the
homestead. The most important new
feature Of the bill is a provision ex-
empting water rights. 1t provides that
in case the owner of a water right
transfers the same to a company or
corporation taking in lieu thereof
stock in the concern, such stock shall
he exempt the same as though the
water right had not been transferred.
Robinson of Kane introduced a house
Joint memorial to congress asking for
the annexation to Utah of certain
portions of Cocouino and Mohave coun-
ties, Arizona territory. 1t is virtually
the same measure introduced by WINS
at the last session which passed and
was sent to Washington. In the intro
Juction of the memorial Robinson stole
the march on Representative Andrus
and secured for the Republican side
a little more of the Democratic thun-
der. AndTus had the memorial all pre-
pared and was going to introduce it
Monday. but CHANGING to show it to the
gentleman from Kane, was requested
to allow him to take it to procure more
names to the petitions which accompa-
MED the memorial as which were
signed by residents and taxpayers of
the region involved. The request was
readily granted and Robinson proceed
- at once TO remodel the document
ana introduced it yesterday as his own.
Ferguson continued to make himself
solid with the laboring people by in
producing two more bills for their hene-
fit One prohibits the employment of
children under the age of thirteen ex-
cept under certain conditions and the
other prohibits employers from coerc-
ing employees from membership in Ia
Dor organizations. This makes five
bills in all which the gentleman from
Carbon has thus far introduced on the
subject of labor
SENATE.
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