The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-13

til next Monday.
The general appropriations DILL
which is the most important matter
awaiting action, was taken up, and
its discussion consumed a greater por-
ton of the session. The members
seemed to regard every item with sus-
picion, notwithstanding the careIul
work of the committee, and immedl-
ately fell to with their knives, propos-
ing to shave a slice from every appfo-
priation. The bill covers a total Oh
$500, 600, and the reductions made yes
terday aggregated $1,000.
The house took another shy at Pro-
fessor Tanner, who draws the salary
of supreme court reporter and fills the
office of president of the agricultural
college. A house bill prohibiting the
court reporter from holding any other
Office had been rejected by the senate,
and the house yesterday reduced the
appropriation for the court reporter
salary from $500 tn $500 per year. The
statement was made on the floor that
he might rot retain the presidency OF
the college after the close of the aca-
demic year.
Three more county road appropria-
ton bills were passed without protest
from those who attacked the general
list with such ferocity.
The public lands bill and the mining
bill were passed over the governor S
veto, but it was a close call for the
latter measure.
The remaining hours of the session
will be devoted chiefly to appropria-
tons and to the settlement of disagree
ments between the two houses. 1t is
not the intention to adjourn until the
governor has passed upon the code.
Senate bill 81, providing for the divi-
oT 1i+ nd F111Iri0irla1
elections, was passed, after an amend
ment changing the limit of voters in
district from 800 to 400.
Senate bill Il, authorizing county
commissioners to levy a special tax
for the purchase of school books and
supplies, was rejected.
Oveson's road appropriation bill, ap-
propriating $1,000 for opening up a road
between Emery and Sanpete counties,
was passed, the country members rail-
lying in support of this important
measure.
The conference report on the fish
and game bill, retaining the section
prohibiting the expectation of fish and
game, was adopted and the bill passed.
Another road appropriation bill, in
troduced by Duffn, appropriating 81, 500
for a road between ST George and
Rockville, Washington county, was
placed on its passage, but failed to re-
ceive the constitutional majority.
The conference report on the public
lands bill was adopted and the bill
passed over the governors veto. The
salaries of LAND commissioners are
fixed at $1,000 and some changes are
made in the manner of hearing con-
tests.
MINING BILL GOES THROUGH.
Calls called up the mining bill. We
fOe3 nv eoONraTrOr and Robinson
defended the veto. He believed the
governors objections were we'll found
ed, and hoped the bill would not be
passed.
Dresser thought the measure was
satisfactory to majority of those who
had originally opposed it. The expense
involved would amount to small fig
ure and he hoped the bill would pass.
Wheeler spoke against the bill and
declared the miners were opposed to
it If il were passed he did not be
lieve any mining camp would ever re-
turn another Democrat to the legisla-
ture.
A. p. SOrensen and Kimball of Cache
favored the bill and Wilson opposed it,
The bill was placed on its passage
on motion Of Kimball of Cache but
received but % votes, five below the
number necessary to pass it over the
governors veto. The result was chal-
lenged and another roll call ordered
This time the bill received % votes,
within l of the required two-thirds
Romney changed from no 10 aye and
the bill was passed, the announcement
being greeted with a slight demon
stration of applause. The members
voted as follows:
Yeas-BenniOn. Calls, D. S Cook, S.
W. Cook, Dresser, Dufin, Gibson.
Greenwood, Hardy, Joseph Kimball,
Mrs. La Barthe. Lund, Mangan, Mar
tin, Maxfeld, Mckay, O'Brien, Oveson,
Parry, Price, Ray, Romney, Shepard,
Stewart, n. c. Sorensen, A. ?. Soren-
sen, Taylor, Thomson. Thoreson, Will
son-30.
Nays-Mrs. Anderson, Greer, Dotson,
Forshee. Hansen, Hopkin, Kenner, o.
G. Kimball. Lennon. Robinson, Roy
lance, Wheeler-12.
House bill 152, appropriating $500 for
a road in Kane county, was passed.
Two road appropriation bills having
passed since Dufins Washington
county bill was defeated, that member
asked Cor = suspension of the rules,
that the vote on his appropriation might
be recOnsidered, but the house refused
to suspend the rules.
Greenwood called I'D House bill 154.
appropriating 81 goo for improvement of
the road through Clear Creek canvon,
counties. 1t was brought out that this
was an old road. formerly a toll road,
and the proposition to appropriate
money for its Improvement met some
opposition, but the bill was passed by
a vote of 81 to 5.
An ATTEMPT was made to resurrect
Dotson's bill approDriating $1,000 for
the road between Beaver and Miners
vile. but the house was against it.
ThoresOn's resolution granting COM
pensation for the typewriter employed
by the committee clerks and extra pay
for the janitor and elevator man, was
discussed at great length. The contin-
gent expense committee reported, ex-
pressing the opinion that it was an act
of imDertinence for persons who had
rever been employed by the legislat-
ure to ask for an appropriation
The language in which the report
was coUched was Objectionable, and it
was modified, and the report adopted
The members excused themselves
from attendance until o'clock
House joint memorial No. II, asking
congress to set apart Fish lake and
lands adjacent in Sewer county as a
state park. was passed.
BLACK HAWK VETERANS.
RoyIance offered a substitute for the
memorial to congress, asking compen-
sation for Black Hawk war veterans
which covers the subject more fully
than the original memorial, and it was
passed.
On motion Of Sloan the house voted
to reconsider the action by which it
rejected house bill 147, by Calls, APP
prorT-iaJjno Sc 600 tQ aid in fha CON