The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-16
Lady Representative Would
Abate the Bonnet Nuisance.
INTRODUCED in THE HOUSE
IT WAS THE FEATURE OF YES
TERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
Kenner's Income Tax Measure-Fix-
ing Up the Journal-The Railroad
Bill-Election of a Senator-Sev-
eral Amusing Incidents.

Mrs Z. K La Barthe of Salt Lake
City has won the distinction of being
the first woman to introduce a bill in
a Utah legislature, and, in accord with
the eternal fitness of things, that bill
was a measure designed to abate d
strictly feminine nuisance-the wear
ing of headgear in public places of
amusement. The house seemed dis
posed to receive the measure in a spirit
of levity, and was rebuked for 'un-
gentlemanly conduct by one of the
more gallant members.
Mr. Kenner of Salt Lake, who has
wasted no opportunities for proposing
legislation, yesterday brought forward
a bill embodying that demand of the
Democratic platform which calls for
an income tax.
Many other measures relating to sub
jects of general interest were intro
duced and the house also adopted its
rules, and, that the members mis- de-
vote their undivided attention to the
senatorial contest, adjourned until
Monday.
ROBINSON'S BILLS.
Robinson asked leave to withdraw
bills IL and 10, introduced by him on
reference to them be stricken from the
journal. These are the railroad and
insurance bills, two measures that had
seen much service in the last legiSla-
ture. Mr.. Robinson explained that he
had introduced these bills for pur-
pose and that purpose had been ac-
complished. 1t is understood that his
object was to compel the house to re-
consider its action concerning the first
reading of bills in full as these were
of extreme length and their reading
would have consumed a day or more.
The house, how ever, had changed its
views upon this subject before it
reached Mr.. Robinson's S. secondhand
bills.
Leave to withdraw was granted, Will
son rebuking the gentleman from Kane
for trifiing with the house.
HONESTY OF THE JOURNAL.
OBrien's motion, that all reference,
to the action of the house by which it
was decided upon the previous day
that the first reading of bills be by
title only be stricken from the journal,
inaugurated an animated discussion
of the honesty and proprety of so
fixing the journal that it would show
what should have been done, instead
of what had actually transpired.
Kenner said the journal was sup
posed to be a correct record of the pro-
ceedings. If the house had gotten itself
into a tangle over the first reading of
bills ne insisted the members from
Salt Lake should be excused from all
responsibility. Everything had been
going along smoothly until the house
was "bulldoZed" into an error by the
gentleman from Kane. and he was
glad to be able to say that the re-
spOnsibility rested upon the Republican
minority. The house had no right to
patch up its records in order to hide
its blunders from its constituents.
At this point the motion was ruled
out of order.
CONSIDERATION OF RULES.
The special order of the day. con-
sideration of the rules, was then taken
up, and. after a few amendments, the
rules were adopted as reported by the
committee.
Wilson's motion, requiring that an
appeal from the decision of the chair
be, demanded by four members, in
stead of two. aroused a. protest from
the Republican minority of three, in
behalf of the Populist minority of
three. which would thus be deprived
of the right of appeal. The motion
was defeated.
The provision requiring that the yeas
and nays upon the first passage of
each bill be recorded upon the journal
was stricken out, by Shepard's motion.
AS the rules now stand they require
the concurrence of five members in a
demand for the yeas and nays. Robin
son pointed out that this was a hard
ship upon the Republican minority of
three, who might desire to place the
majority upon record upon some i'm