Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-11

ing. He stated that he performed tue
duty in the absence Of Chief Clerk
Thompson Of tile previous session.
Mr.. Hammond presented the roll Of
the House as officially prepared by
himself, which was upon motion ac-
cepted as prima facie evidence OF the
standing OF the members therell
named. The roll was called and all
the members were found present eX'
cept one.
TOOK THE OATH.
Associate Justice Bartch was intro
duceJ by the secretary o stAte anu
administered the oath to the memhers'
The trEADlzation OF the House wss
then commenced and nominations lor
speaker were made, O'Btien present
ing the name OF Hon. Jno. NJ Psfsinb
OF Weber, for the position and IL oil y,
son offered the name OF Hon w. w.
Kimbsll Of Carbon.
PrRKIss FOR SPEAKER.
Upon motion viva vOce vote was
taken aud Mr.Perkins was Over"helh'
ipgly elected.
InB 6DthkEf WAS ~ 49,
retary of Sisto Hammond nuJ
addressed the membeTs. He made
briet and feeling speech, in which ne
Expressed his appreciation Of the
honor Of presiding over "hia body OF
fair women ami brave men" While
there were other gentlemen present
better qualified than he for the p1sl.
tiDn. he would discharge lis duti to
the best Of his ability, He hoped anu
believed that no law would be enacted
except In Justice and wisdom by ihls
body, ana desired ~ see equal rights
conceded to all.
PROCEED 10 oRGAN1zE.
Upon motion OF WILSON the ii use
rr c,eued to the election ~ the
officers, but O'Brien asked that the
position OF CHIEF clerk, which has been
allotted to Weber, he passed tor the
present.
GIBSON FUR ECONOMY.
TAYLOR moved that the list OF oiil cts
TO be filed he rat dec dcd upon witu-
ont reference 10 the candidates named.
Carried.
The lIst WINS being read when Gilt
son said: 81 move that the Wort
'doorkeeper' be sirickpn out from tue
Hat. would includethe chnplain, nut
as tho boys are Determined to have
somebody pray Tor them, I'll let that
10, But tho Chaplaln'a work Is done
in two minutes ami he can hold the
door while he prsys. | believe In
economy ami II you lison TO me We
will have II. Let us begin at the
cents first anu then wind UP on the
dollars.D
Speaker Perkins-"Mr. Gibson, Is
there a second to your motion? Uu-
less there ~ 1t is not yet debntpbIe."
Gibson-"I DON'T know; I'll Had
thnt out"
AT this juncture Murdoch clmo to
Gibbons assistance and seconded the
motion auI the latter Proceeded with
his speech on economies until Rom.
Dey secured the floor and presented a
report OF the joint caueus com mite
fixing the salaries OF the officers as
follows. Chief clerk, minute clerk,
docket clerk, engrOesiDg md enroll II
clerk, committee clerk and sergeant
at-arms, each 81 PER day; chaplain,
messenger, doorkeeper and Waterman,
each So per day.
DISCUSS SALARIES.
1t was moved that the report OIL
line committee be adopted rs the sense
II the House and that the salaries be
sdopted as fixed in the report.
This motion provoked long discus
sion In favor and againet the proposi
ton to cut the salaries. In the cours,
OF the debate Sloan moved as u substi
tute that the salaries OF oil the otiicsr
be txed at nh equal sum OF 81 pei
day; and Kenner offered compromise
motion that they he ilxeu at $3.50 pei
day.
Many members OF the House wer.
anxious to have baud In the debate
Bennion renewed his offer made IL
caucus to do the duties OF chaplain
Tree OF charge.
WANTED INFORMATION.
Mre. La Bsrthe asked what thu