The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05


business of yesterday, the same being
caused by DR.. Matte Hughes Cannon,
who administered neat coup to Sena-
tor Evans; one which caused a hearty
laugh at his expense, but which was
gracefully borne, nevertheless.
DR.. Cannon's bill for the protection
of the health of female employees was
up for discussion. The measure pro-
vides that employers must provide fe-
male employees with means by which,
when not working, they can sit down,
and is especially designed to benent
lady clerks and shop and waiter girls.
Mr.. Evans opposed the bill, but in
the preliminary speech which he made
did not set forth his grounds, which
piece of neglect on his part gave Utah's
lady senator the advantage she so
quickly awaited herself Of. She said
Senator Evans reminded her of Gil
Bias. The doctor had written a book
extolling the merits Of a certain medi-
cine. His assistant reported to him
that in using the same, all the pa
tents were dying and advocated its
discontinuance, whereat the physician
remarked: oh, that would never do;
] have written a book unOn it Mr.
Evans was on a committee last winter
which killed a bill identical with this
one and the situation was parallel. He
might be said to have written a book
upon it.
Mr. Rideout, who was in the chair,
created a further laugh by saying, IF
there are no objections, Mr.. Evans will
be excused from opposing this bill"
Evans took the matter good ma
turedly and expressed deep gratitude
to the chair.
But upon the discussion Mr.. Evans
did oppose the bill. He maintained that
it would not be a binding law; that its
provisions could be abrogated by a
contract and that to pass ii meant to
cucumber the statute books. Then, too,
1t would initiate against female en-
pIoyees, for employers would hire men
sooner than purchase chairs on which
they were to sit and all that sort OF
thing.
Mrs. Cannon was not discouraged by
any such argument. She maintained
that Evans, understanding nothing
about medical science, didn't know
what he was talking about. It was
necessary that women and girls be
given a chance to rest once in a while.
And she had no fears of the bill caus-
ing any woman to be thrown out of
work. 1t is common knowledge that
women and girls make the best clerks
and saleswomen and the employers viii
buy upholstered sofas sooner than part
with their services.
Harbour favored the bill because it
had been recommended by all the lead
ing medical authorities in the country
and because it was right and proper.
The bill passed. Ayes, Is; noes, 1;
absent, 1. Mr.. Evans voting no. Mr..
President absent.
Mrs. Cannon had fought her first bill
to a successful finish.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS.
The senate heard from the governor
twice yesterday. The first was when he
appointed Edwin Stratford and Harriet
T. Emerson of Weber county TO be
trustees of the state school for the
deaf and dumb for a term of six years;
the second was notice that he had ap-
proved the salary bill.
The appointments were laid over I'M
til the close of the session today; the
other missive viii appear in todays
journal.
LONG AND SHORT TERMS.
Mr.. Snow is interested in long and
short term senators. He introduced
resolution providing for the drawing
OF lots during the course of the session
and the same will come up for action
this morning. The resolution begins
with a large whereas" and then reads:
Section four of article six of the con-
stitution provides that the senators
elected in 1896 shall be divided by lot
into two classes as nearly equal as may
be, and that seats of senators of the
first class shall be vacated at the ex-
piratiOn of two years, and those of the
second class at the expiration of four
years. Be it
Resolved, That at II o'clock. a. m,
on the 18th day of February, 1897. the
senators shall proceed to determine
their respective terms of office as fol-
lows:
l. The secretary of the senate
shall prepare Is uniform ballots num-
bered from l to IS, both inclusive, and
shall deposit the same in a box, and
each of the senators shall draw there
from one ballot, the number Endorsed
on which shall nix the order in which
such senator shall draw for his term
of Office, as hereinafter provided.
,. The secretary of the senate shall
then prepare IS uniform ballots, on
lime of which he shall write long
term" and on nine of which he shall
write short term" and shall deposit
the ballots thus prepared as follows: |
Two ballots, one of each kind, in one
box; two ballots, one of each kind in |
a second box: four ballots, two of each |
kind, in a third box; and ten ballots, !
five of each kind. in a fourth box. |
the senators shall draw lots |
as follows: The senators from the |
Fourth district, from one of the boxes |
containing but two ballots; the sena- |
tors from the Seventh district, from |
the other box containing but two bal /
lots; those four senator's of the Sixth /
district being first entitled to draw as /
determined, from the box |
four ballots; and the sena- /
tors from all other districts. and the |
senator from the Sixth dis
trict from the box containing the ten
ballots.
The terms of office of those senators
who drew the ballots Endorsed short
term" shall expire Dec. 81, 1888, and
the terms of those senators drawing
the ballots Endorsed long term shall
expire Dec. 81, 1900.
g. At the conclusion of such
drawing, the president of the senate
shall, in the presence of the senate,
sign two certificates attested by the
secretary of the senate. one of which
he shall transmit forthwith to the
secretary of state, and the other shall
be preserved among the records of the
senate and entered at length on the
journal thereof. Such certificates shall |
be identical in form, and shall recite !
first: the resolution prescribing the.
manner of fixing the terms of Office of
the senators, and, second: the fact that
the drawing for such terms was con-
Quoted in strict conformity with such
resolution; and, third: shall contain a
list of all the senators, with the date
of the expiration of the term of of
fee of each, as so fixed, written op-
posite his or her name.
Spna for Nebekef wanted this re-