The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-10

The senate spent a pleasant hour
yesterday in trying to locate itself on
the report of the code commission,
commonly known as senate bill IL.
The bill in its. selidity, with all its
red ink and purple ink amendments,
was actually in custody of the secre-
tary and the docket clerk, who were
engaged in interlining it in ac-
cordance with the changes made by
the conference committee, when Mr..
Evans called the attention of the SEN
ate to the fact that a new conference
committee would be a good thing, and
moved its appointment to work with
like committee from the house.
Mr.. Hamer was in the chair and
Mr.. Smoot, noting that he would be
placed in an embarrassing position,
suggested that a recess be taken,
which was agreed to.
Upon reconvening the president of
the senate was in the chair and Mr..
Hamer raised the point of order that
the bill was not in the hands of the
senate; that it was in the custody of
the house, hence the motion for the
appointments Of q new conference COM
Inittee was not IN order.
The secretary volunteered the infor-
hands of the house; that it was in
the possession of the senate.
This bit Of information seemed to
nettle the senator from Weber, for he
asked the secretary where he got his
proof from.
In reply the secretary produced the
two volumes.
THE throes of death are hard" said
Mr.. Evans sarcastically.
IF you are abiding to yourself" re-
piled Hamer.
NO, sir. No, sir Not at ALL was
the reply Of Mr.. Evans, who then
declared he was ready to vote upon
the bill and considered it the duty of
the senate to place it upon its final
passage Matter has been injected
into the bill which has never been
acted upon by the senate, except to
reject it. The bill is surely in the
hands of the senate, and even if the
contention Of Senator Hamer was true,
1t is the duty Of the senate to vote
upon it, pass it and return it to the
house.
Replying, Mr.. Hamer said the bill
passed the house and was sent to the
senate, which refused to concur in
the house amendments, whereupon a
conference committee was appointed.
This conference committee had met
and agreed upon a report, and the
Dill ana report had gone to the house,
which had adopted the conference re-
port, and the bill as amended had |
passed. The senate had not yet re-
ceived reply or message from the
house notifying it of the action of the |
senate-and as a result the bill was |
still in the hands of the house and |
the senate could not appoint a new
conference committee
Snow inquired how the bill could |
get to the house, and Hamer replied |
that 1t was sent there by the confer !
ence committee
A series of questions on parliament |
airy procedure was then fired by Snow
at Hamer and Smoot obtained the
floor TO speak in favor of a conference
committee.
He called attention to the condition
that the full report had never been
read before the senate, and suggested
tEat the conference committee should
be given unlimited power and reopen
The whole matter. Certain matters
connected with the government of
state institutions have been pigeon
holed IN the house and by the confer
ence committee stricken from the code
and TINS too when it was a matter of
common notoriety that the house has
depended in great measure upon the
integrity of the senate for the consid-
Grafton of important matters in the
code bill which the house would not
have had time to consider Now. ac-
cording to the best information he
could get, it was proposed to smother
the bill relating to state institutions
and not only that, but to insert some
thing in the code bill which the senate
had turned down. The senate is en-
titled to know the effect of every
change made and to know it frankly
and openly. The senate might pass
the bill and send it to the house, throw
ing the responsibility where it belongs.
He declared that he regretted any pet
scheme by which any senator might
inject new matter, and, as was said
a few days ago, fight to the last
Glitch and then look for more ditches'
Mc:,son said in justice to the confer
ence committee he would say that the ,
committee had no assurance that Sen
atoT Shoots bill would pass, and had ,
decided TO make code changes accord ,
ngly.
Whitaker declared he had always
favored the reading of the report. {
Mr.. Evans declared that he was i
more than ever convinced that the bill !
ought to pass, and asked consent to {
his motion for a conference
committee.
Hamer objected.
Snow moved to permit Evans to
withdraw his motion which the chair I
declared was out of order, as the SEN {
tie could vote down Mr. Evans mo- {
ion and thus dispose of it. S
The motion TO appoint conference
committee failed TO pass, and the chair. f
Lfter a reading of the record, decided a
he bill was in possession of the SEN a
tie {
Mr. Evans moved that the bill as a
Imended by the report of the confer a
nee committee adopted by the senate 5
,e passed, and the bill passed and was
rdered sent to the house.
EIGHT-HOUR LAW. s
When the bill regulating the hours y
f employment on state, county and | a
nunicipal work came up on the report 4
the committee rejecting the same =
here was a whole lot of conversation II
Harbour and Whitaker objected to the 4
doption of the report the former h
tating that he was astonished at the
elton of senators in refusing to vote
Or anything which would tend to bet
or the condition of the working men,
Evans said he was in favor OF the =
doption of the report on the ground
hat there was no use in going to the =
Expense of printing the bill when the -
anne would do no particular good. He !.
as opposed to the passage of the a.
mergency acts on principle, at this -;
Iage of the session. a
Robson said he did not want to an
agcnize the bill, which was copy of o,
ne code, but would act as the senate n
bought best in the matter, although n
e could see no use in passing the same IL
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