The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-14

ments of the members by reducing the
salaries of the ergeants-at-arms,
doorkeeDers, watchmen and janitors
of the two houses, together with the
chaplains, by reducing their compensa-
ton from $4 to SO per day.
The movement met with opposition
and this time the same was of an over
whelminG nature the amendment be-
ing defeated by the following vote:
Ayes-Allred, Evans Rideout and
Shurtliff@
Nays-Caine, Cannon. Hamer, Har-
bour, Monson, Nebeker, Robson, Snow,
Whitaker and Wright-10.
Absent and not voting-Chambers,
johnson, Smoot and Mr. President.
Outside the reading and correcting
OF the journal, which gave Journal
Clerk Jackson great anguish of spirit,
the senators altering the same to read
as tuesdays events should have taken
place and not as they did, there was no
business Of consequence attended to
bur this bill. The title Of the same is
senate bill No. ,, and it came from the
committee on salaries. appointed by
the chair at the first days session.
EVANS OPENS THE BALL.
Mr.. Evans began his fight with the
question Of economy by moving to
strike out the word second" in the
title of the bill. which would have the
effect of making the law apply to fu-
ture legislatures, unless repealed He
believed this was right and argued
that it would be a good thing to serve
notice on applicants for these places
IN the future that they would receive
no more than 81 a day for their
services. The amendment prevailed
and the word was taken from the title
he nd 1nf1r TN7s1lr Tr7er
the compensation for the officers al
1u6ed to So per day, which was fol-
lowed by another making it $3.5C On
this point there was some debate. Mr..
Robson did not favor the plan. In
this instance, the SO per day people
came from the outside counties and
had to travel long distances TO get to
the senate. Il was hardly fair they
should be paid less than the others
on this account. Il the bill could be
amended SO as to give these employees
mileage, the same as members, or
even .one-half that received by the
members, he would favor the SO per
day plan; otherwise he was opposed
to it.
AN AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Rideout offered an amendment
in line with the remarks made by Mr..
Robson. but the same received no sec
Ond and the matter of discussion was
continued on the lines laid down in
Mr.. Evans suggestion That gentle
man made an extended argument on
the matter, declaring the offices were
not created for the purpose Of paying
political debts, although they were
distributed as they had been. He
wanted these salaries fixed so that in
future there would be no clamOr for
the places. In this connection he called /
attention. to the fact that two of the
officials Who would be affected by the |
proposed cut came from his county. /
He believed too that it was unfair to |
give a messenger, who did nothing for /
a greater portion of the session, more /
than an employee who v as on hand al /
all times, and ready TO do the work of /
the senators. such as the committee |
clerks and others whose attendance /
was continuous.
MORE OPPOSITION.
Mr. Hamer of Weber opposed the /
amendments He was prepared. he .
said, to vote for 81 per- day all round,
and did not believe his constituency |
would take him to task for his action.
The service OF the officers and en-
ployees mentioned required all their
time; they could engage in nothing
else While they were thus employed.
and the amount stated was small
enough The bill as presented is in
pruning. Salaries nave already been
reduced and the state viii not be ben
Gifted by further reduction. The
state is able to pay for its help and to
give a fair price for value receive
Senator Robson said again if mile
age was fixed for these employees. he
would vote for the reduction. 1t was
but justice that this be done.
Senator Cannon opposed the amend
ment as it stood. If the bill passed
and became a law it prevented a good
class Of people from making applica-
ton fSr the office. In this connection
the senator declared something OF
nature which stirred the soul of Sen
atOr Evans. who, when he followed,
alluded TO i in quite vigorous terms.
Mrs. Cannon said something about the
bill having been reported from a re-
sponsible committee. all Of which was
sufficient to provoke a retOrt from the
senator from the county on the south,
to the effect that no matter if reports
and bills do come from responsible
committees they VIII in all probability ;
be debated during the sessions Of the
senate.
Senator Wright thought the discuss
ion could be construed as meaning
that all the ability of the clerks was
centered in Salt Lake and the other
central counties, and if so, he wanted
TO correct the impression, because
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as able people as anywhere in the
state He declared that the officials I
from the remote outside should be |
for their travelling ex-
penses. |
Mr. Whitaker opposed the amend
ment on the grounds set forth by other (
mem bers; 81 per day was little
There was such a thing as
ce.-rying economy. too far, and that he ]
did not want to do. He favored pay
ing everyone what they earned, and
in this case 81 was the right figure
The services of one were as valuable :
IS another a
Then it was that Mr.. Evans declared
he ability of the residents of other
counties was as good as those living
lere in the county of Salt Lake. He
,aIled attention to the fact that the
minute clerk of the last senate had
prepared a journal which had stood
he crucial test of a suit in the highest
court in the state, and that the docket
md engrossing clerks were from the
outside. He alluded TO his ability to
20 on the street and get 100 teGIrIG at
2 pea DAY, and cited same as an IL
,lstration of the needs of economy.
rbree dollars per day was not a Mig
rarcIy salary, by any means, and the
amendment should be adopted.
A POPULIST VIEW.
Mr.. Harbour took a shy at Evans by
enarking that the amendment should