The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
Little Business Transacted and
That Was Unimportant.
THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
IT WAS APPOINTED AND Is
NOW AT WORK.
The Standing Committees viii Be
Announced This Afternoon-The
First House Bill Introduced-The
Joint Session.

sequence was accomplished by the
house yesterday afternoon.
OBrien introduced measure which
fixes the compensation, mileage and
salaries to be paid legislators, and
Speaker Perkins announced his COM
mittee on rules. This first creation of
the houses official head is even now
4 diligently preparing a code for the
guidance of their associates. Although
the hour for converting the house and
senate was set for D. M. it was 2:55
before the legislators sent for the gov
| ernOT to address them.
/ The house resumed pursuant to adj
journment at 2:05 in the afternoon and
/ Speaker Perkins was on the very point
/ of plunging into business when he
recollected that the chaplain was not
earning his salary for the day, SO the
chair requested an abatement of the
confusion in the chamber. Chaplain
/ Hinckley raised his hands in invOca-
| ton and delivered a prayer that was
punctuated by the slamming of doors
I as late members and spectators
/ crowded past the doorkeepers. It was
/ found that a number of typographical
/ errors made the journal incorrect and
/ they were ordered changed. Stewart
was obliged to withdraw a motion that
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the house was ready to go into joint
session. The clerk had anticipated the
request upon the authority of the pre-
vious day.
COMMITTEE ON RULES.
Speaker Perkins made public his
committee on rules in advance of the
other standing committees for the rea
son, he explained, of expediting the la
Dor of the BODY. Its membership con-
sists of ThoresOn, La Barthe, Lennon,
Murdoch and Robinson.
BILL, NO. L
O'Brien of Weber then called for the
reading OF house bill No. l, introduced
by that member. and entitled AN act
nXing the compensation and mileage
TO be paid members and the officers
and the salaries paid them"
The text of the bill follows:
Be it enacted by the legislature Of
the state OF Utah:
Sec. l. That the compensation for the
members of the senate and the house
of representatives OF the second legis-
lature of the state of Utah shall be 81
per day while in session, and that
mileage be allowed them at 10 cents
per mile both coming from and going
to their place of residence by the most
usual route of travel
Sec. 2 That the following be the of
fcers Of the second Legislature of the
state of Utah and the only comDensa-
ton paid them: Secretary and chief
clerk each 81 per day: two docket
clerks, each 81 per day; four committee
clerks, 81 per day; two engrossing and
enrolling clerks. each 81 per day; two
sergeantS- at-arms. each 81 per day;
two doorkeepers, each 81 per day: two
watchmen, each 81 per day; two chap
lainS. each 81 per day.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect
upon its approval.
After the second reading OF the
measure ii was referred by request of
its mover to the appropriation COM
mittee TO be appointed.
THE ENTERPRISING ADVERTISER
At this juncture Wilson of Salt Lake
objected to the distribution of adver-
Using matter upon the desks of the
chamber and supported the remon-
STRANGE by moving that the sergeant
alarms be advised to prohibit the
nuisance. Several other members
complained and the motion was
adopted.
Robinson Of Kane offered house res
olution No. / making it imperative that
members and officers of the body rise
and remain upon their feet during the
Invocation; also commanding the ser
and have this article placed where the
house might behold the order of bust
ness and other special orders of the
day
THE GOVERNOR APPEARS.
Some minutes preceding the last ac-
ton, Governor Wells had appeared on
the scene with a formidable roll of
manuscripts. His coming was unher-
aided and none of the members paid
the slightest attention to the fact that
his eXcellency was sitting alone in q
chair on the floor near the speakers
rostrum- The house had gotten very
busy and was humming along in serene
ignorance of the knowledge that the
executive was wasting the time of the
state by waiting on the pleasure of the
joint session. The governor, at about
o'clock, got up quickly and made his
escape.
Finally the sergeant-at-arms an
nounced the honorable senate and the
officials of that august assemblage pre-
ceded it into the house chamber.
IN JOINT SESSION.
The joint session was then organized
and occupied its time in hearing the
message. After the session had dis
solved, Wilson of Salt Lake presented
house resolution No. 5, which gave it
its standing committees were appointed
there should be referred TO the appro-
pirate committees the matters of re-
commentator cited in the governors !
message. The resolution was approved.
After announcement by the chair that
the standing committees would prob
ably be given out today the house. at
the instance of Taylor. took an adj |
journment until , p. m. today.
HOUSE NOTES.
The only reason that economy was |
not shouted yesterday was on account |
OF the time the message occupied.
Speaker Perkins congratulated the |
governor on his effort and assured his |
eXcellency that the house would look !
over his suggestions before legislatiug |
on points embodied in the message.
Governor Wells may think a good |
many funny things about the way in !
which the legislature kept him waiting |
from > to o'clock with his message in !
away a full half hour in the house |
chamber without being noticed. he |
gathered his message to his breast and /
fed TO his own headquarters, there to
await the arrival of the Democrats.
Mrs. Romney occupied a position be-
hind her husbands desk during the
joint session. Mrs. Perkins also at
tended the session and sat directly
facing her honored husband. Both
ladies did not remove their hats, a
matter. however, which has not
aroused as much comment as the per-