The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-10

! --iAoi Gil VI IA ana II years SnOulQ marry
nu. this legislative body should say tina
| II was not willing. He did not believe tn,
OH nXeu the ages high enough. In tht
interest of posterity marriages between
immature persons should not be allowed
Sloan could not see the necessity fol
t:1e state to take the responsibility from
t--e parents. If the purpose of the bill
V,s to prevent the bringing into the
world OF children from improper sources
then 1t should be greatly modified. He
held that every particle of legislation that
look from parents their responsibility
was vicious, and he believed such LEXIS
latton would tend to immortality. Case:
would arise when parents would plead
TO God Almighty that they might be per
mitted to determine when the marriage OF
their children should take place.
Bennion opposed Sloans amendment
but admitted that were all parents en-
dowed with the wisdom of the members
of the legislature it would be proper tc
leave the question TO them. If this sub
ject is so sacred that it cannot be legis-
lated upon,' declared he. then we might
as well return to the old conditions and
permit our daughters to marry men who
already have one or more wives.
Shepard defended the bill. In every
state marriage was regulated by the
state, and not by the parents. If the
shall marry. or whom they shall marry,
then we might as well repeal all statutes
regulating marriages. He knew OF nc
state, in the same latitude which fixed
ltlc dSCo lOWcI lildil llAtQ ny lillS jill
If this was vicious legislation, then 1t
had stood upon our statute books as vic
ious legislation for 10 or 20 years
DotSon thought the ages of males
should be fixed at 20 and of females at IS.
Taylor favored the bill and Gibson sup
ported the amendment.
Murdoch opposed the amendment and
Mrs Anderson offered an amendment TO
the amendment, fixing the ages of males
at 20 and of females at 49,
Thoreson opposed both amendments and
wanted the ages reduced two years. THE
tendency of the age said he. lis to re-
strict marriage, which God has ordained
from the beginning for the good of man. -
1 mere were many conditions to be con-
sidered. Cases would arise where parents
would plead that their children might
marry in order to escape reproach.
Mrs. LaBarthe thought the age of males
should be raised to 20 years, and believed
be willing that his or her child should be
married at the age of II or 16 years.
Lennon opposed the amendments and
hardy thought the old law was good
Duffin feared that the ages might be
placed too high. He had known persons
under the ages of IS and 20 years who
were fully prepared, both mentally and
physically, to enter the marriage state.
Oveson said this matter had been left
to the parents in the early days and IL
legitimate birts were almost unknown
in Utah % years ago. He would rather
that the children marry young than asso-
ciate together illegitlmately.
Calls opposed the amendment and
state that he spoke from observation and
not from experience, he being one of the
few bachelor members.
Thomson thought the age of males
should be fixed at IL years, but after they
reached % he would tax them $40 per year
until they got married.
Sloan defended the God given right of
parents to control their children. In sup
qrea Nj ha 81 n
refer to a remark that he had heard made
by certain gentleman who recently de-
clared that he possessed more political
wisdom than all the people combined. He
age of % years and was still unmarried
she was danger to society. The tendency,
said Sloan, was away from marriage, in
stead of towards 1t.
Kenner declared the law absolutely con-
trolled children of tender age and this
''of all this rhetoric and God
given right business
The amendment offered by Mrs. Ander-
son and Mr.. Sloan were rejected. Ken
ner offered an amendment, providing that
a district judge could grant a special per-
ages fixed by law when it appeared that
such course was demanded by the inter-
ests of morality.
Thoreson offered substitute. fixing the
ages at IA and Is years, which was
adopted.
Mr.. O'Brien gave notice of a reconsider
alton and the bill was laid aside to make
way for the special order of the day,
Calls justice of the peace fee bill.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
The house went into committee of the
whole Roylance in the chair, and
straightway become involved in parlia-
mentary complications. Some member
called attention to the absence of rules
governing the committee and it immedi-
ately adopted the rules of the house, but
hastily reconsidered and adopted Roberts
rules of order.
The Calls bill makes sweeping reduc-
lions in the justice fee bill and O'Brien
and Taylor offered amendments increas-
ing the charges, the latter Offering the
reported by the code commission.
fixed by the bill and declared the inter-
ests of litigants should be taken into con-
sideration. Mr.. Shepard protested against
4 fee bill that would make a default
Judgment cost more in a Justices court
than IN a district court.
During the discussion the chair ruled
that a motion to rise was not in order
while an amendment to the bill was pend
ng, but eventually entertained the motion
and the committee rose and reported the
minutes of its proceedings.
Mr.. Shepard moved that the speaker be
authorized to appoint chief clerk for
he judiciary committee, and suggested
hat a lawyer be appointed, explaining
he need of such assistance. The matter
was postponed until today.
His excellency, the governor, notified
he house that he had approved house
)ili No. II, regulating the fees of the sec
'etary of state.
The house then adjourned.