The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-11

serious thing and when published
in one of the big dailies went broadcas
throughout surrounding states. He did
not wish to unnecessarily restrict the
press, but mems characters were too
sacred to be at the mercy of the news
papers.
Hamer argued that the minority re.
port provided for sufficient retraction
although he himself had suffered as
much as any one from newspaper crit
iciSm.
The president suggested that a severe
form of retraction would encourage the
newspaper to persist in IT'S original po-
sition, but Evans maintained that il
that were so it was all the stronger
reason why the newspapers should be
dealt with severely. The minority re-
port was adopted, the vote standing
ayes 9 noes 4; absent :.
Hamer proposes to reduce the days
on which retraction must be pub
lished from seven to three including a
Sunday if the matter complained of
was printed in the Sunday issue and
and made his amendment conform to
that idea.
REFERENDUM.
The rejection of house bill providing
for a, referendum in the matter of the
granting of franchises and subsidies
by the city council, was recommended
by the judiciary committee. Senator
Harbour raised his stentorian tones in
protest, and said he could not under
stand the ground for opposition to
such a measure. Corrupt corporations
had frequently bought out city coun-
ellis to obtain large and valuabl
grants, and the protests of the peo-
pie We're now of no avail. He pointed
TO the sufferings of Ogden in the reck-
less distribution of franchises. That
experience of giving away the water
works franchise for 81 had cost the
city $4,000. They had had the 81
framed and it still stood in memoriam
at the town hall. ...-...
Harbour made a final. plea for rea-
sons against the bill, and received a
brief reply from Hamer, in which he
said the only reason he thought neces-
sary to put forth was that it was
and that was not what
Democrats were advocating On
vote of 8 to 4 the judiciary report was
CRIMINAL EXPENSES.
Johnson pleaded warmly for the house
bill which was to make allowance for
the payment of expenses of prosecu-
ton in criminal cases. Il do not
think, he said, that small counties
should bear the expense of prosecuting
criminals captured within their Dor
ders- Uintah county a short time ago
went to the expense of prosecuting
Warner and it resulted in an expense
to the county of $4,000, which it will
always have to bear. Small counties
frequently allow criminals to escape
On account of not having enough
money to conduct a prosecution. This
was illustrated a short time ago in
the instance of the murderer Moran.
The murder was committed close to
The boundaries of Sanpete, Utah and
Carbon counties, and while the diff
5erent sheriffs were discussing who
should engineer the campaign against
away and escaped. Each was afraid
o take him on account of the ex-
1ense that would be entailed."
Evans, in a lurid reply, said he be-
leVed the small counties were already
getting sufficient support in their |
criminal cases. He denied the insin- |
lation that Utah county officials had |
lot always been hot on the trail of i
criminals and pointed to the way in |
which they hunted down Mickle and |
<offord, the murderers of Sheriff |
Burns
The judges, he continued, who try
he cases in these small counties were |
aid by the state, as were likewise |
art Of the salaries of the county at
orneyS.
1T was the state that prosecuted
lat Warner" remarked the senator
rom Utah.
Then why did it cost US over IS, 00O?''
aively retorted Johnson.
Senator Evans did not know, he said.
1e did not know what else the state
ould do for these counties, unless it
rected their jailS. If the barriers were
the small counties would be
eckless in the expenditure of money.
The judiciary report was adopted,
nd Senator Johnson changed his vote
I order 20 vote for a reconsideration
hen the times were ripe.
AGAIN PASSED.
The house sent down a message in
1rming the senate that it had again
assed senate bill II, the code revision,
18th the amendment relating to liza
llity of railroad companies, and quoted
ne same in its communication in order
nat there might be no mistake on
he part of the senate this time.
Hamer wanted the report adopted,
ut Evans made the objection that
difference had been appointed and the !
minority report had prevailed. i
The amendments made by the house
that time were agreed to, and con-
equently the house had no right to
lake another report. All they could
D was. to either accept or reject, and
5 the communication was out of order
should be returned for correction.
Hamer replied that the matter as
the third section had been left in,
n undecided condition, and the COM
ittee, therefore, had a right to make
ny amendments it chose.
Evans said he understood. unoffici-
ly, that the house had stricken that
ON the record, which was sufficient
ridence of its status. Hamer then
anted the matter made the special
der for 1890 this morning, to which
vans rejoined that such a proceeding
as entirely unnecessary, as the mat
r had already been disposed of.
amenities passed between
e senators from Utah and Weber.
Hamer made a random reference
'out mental opaqueness as one OF ]
7. Evans distinguished attributes ]
he senator from Utah, in retaliation, !
cused Hamer of an immense conceit,
nich made him believe himself far {
'ove the greatest of his colleagues
e thanked God for his lack of re- /
mblance in any particular to the
ntleman from Weber. The motion :
make this the special order was :
st. :
After a copious reading of house COM
1nicatiOnS in the declaimer baritone {
Reading Clerk Jackson, Senator I
amer again got an opening ana used
Section three, he understood, had \
en- stricken from the code, and he a
lnted 20 know where Senator Evans A
t his opinion to the contrary A