The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-16


the silver question TO muskrats, anc
from coal mines to the supreme court
reports. The alfalfa push made hos
tile demonstrations against cities in
general and Salt Lake City in particu-
lar, but the dogs of war were quickly
muzzled.
Afternoon and evening sessions We're
held and the house passed three bills
and one concurrent resolution and
killed two bills. The bills passed re-
lated to the weighing of coal at mines.
payment of bounties for wild animals
and distribution of territorial supreme
court reports: those killed were the
clairvoyant bill and the bill regulating
the recording of title notes and evil
dences of conditional sale.
PETITIONS.
Mrs. La Barthe presented a petition,
signed by Judges Zane, Miner and
Bartch. Auditor Richards, Secretary of
State Hammond and others, asking the
legislature to memorabilia congress to
grant the Womans Industrial Home
TO the state for educational purposes.
! Lennon presented a petition from
! Utah county taxpayers. asking that
! the law in relation to school moneys be
so amended as to permit the handling
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/ by the treasurers of the districts, in
stead of the county treasurer; also a
petition from judges of election of Pay
/ son precinct, asking for compensation
/ for services rendered in 1896.
Dotson presented a petition from eX-
! Collector S. NJ. Slaughter of Beaver
county asking reimbursement for taxes
paid by error to the territorial treas
urer in 1894.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The following committee reports were
presented:
p From the judiciary committee, recon-
mending the passage of Shepard's reso
luton proposing an amendment to the
constitution, in relation to transitory
actions.
From the same committee. recon-
mending the,rejection of house bill No.
%, relating to the recording of title
notes and evidences of conditional sale.
The bill was rejected.
From the same committee, recon-
mending the passage of the resolution,
with amendments. providing for the
distribution of the compiled laws of
1897.
From the same committee. recon-
mending the rejection of Bennion's
joint resolution No. T. proposing an
amendment to the constitution.
From the live stock committee. recon-
mending the passage of house bill No.
so. providing for the assessment of live
stock driven into the state subsequent
to the annual assessment.
From the memorial committee,
recommending. thel passage of senate
memorial No. 1. relating to the manner
of electing president president
and United States senators.
From the same committee, recon-
mending the passage of the memorial
asking for compensation for the Black
Hawk veterans.
COUNTRY MEMBERS HEARD
FROM
The proposed rejection of Bennion's
constitutional amendment brought the
country members to the defense of the
measure. The proposed amendment is
intended to meet the recent decision of
the supreme court. that cities of the
first and second class cannot be taxed
for the support of the county schools.
If amended, as proposed, the constitu-
ton would permit such a tax.
Thoreson opposed the committees re-
port and favored the resolution.
Bennion, the author of the measure,
thought the children should all have an
equal chance. The courts had declared
that cities should not be taxed for the
support of county schools. and this. he
believed. was fatal blow to the free
school system. The rich cities should
support the poorer portions of the
county, in school matters. as in other
affairs. We might just as well go back
to the old tuition system.
Hanson did not believe it right for
Salt Lake City to spend all of its school
tax on itself and give nothing to the
country districts.
s. w. Clark went even farther than
the resolution and favored the abolition !
of all county school taxes. The state I
levy should be made large enough to (
support all the county schools The I
people of Salt Lake and other cities did |
not create the wealth of those cities, /
but it was largely contributed by the /
country, and it was no more than right !
that the country should derive some |
benefit from the taxation of the cities /
After further discussion, on
Thoreson's motion, the report of the /
committee was rejected and the resolu-
ton placed on the calendar.
ON SILVER.
House bill No. 3. Kenners bill max
ing silver coins of the United States
: legal ten 'er, came up or third re ID
ing and led to a brief debate on the
silves question. The bill reads as fol-
lows
United States of whatever denomina-
ton are full legal tender in payment
Of all dues and settlement of all trans
actions, whether public or private
Sec. 2. Whenever in any bond, note,
bill, or any obligation of whatever
nature appear the words lawful
money" legal money" or other words
not specifically naming the kind of
money in which such obligation is pay
able, such terms shall be construed to
mean gold or silver coin of the United
States at the option of the debtor"
Sloan did not favor the bill. He
thought the effect would be that the
money lenders and money sharks
would make all obligations and con-
racts payable in gold, while the other
classes would be forced to accept sill
yer. If the measure would or could
yor it.
AGREED FOR ONCE.
Shepard called the attention of the
house to the fact that he and Sloan
we're for once on the same side of a
question. He was inclined to believe !
hat this measure was unconstitution-
i, but he would like more time to in
'estigate. The United States fixed the
egal tender quality of silver coins and
he outside creditors of Utah citizens
ould not be forced to accept some
hing not made legal tender by the
United States laws.
Il think it better for the silver
ause, said he, that we keep this
ind of legislation off the statute
ooks. so that the people of the east
annot say that the people of the west
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