The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-12

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business for several days yet, unless
desperate means were resorted to. The
strong medicine was applied by COM
mittee sitting the bills, separating the
wheat from the chaff. as it were. House
ana senate measures were slaughtered
right and left, the good bills faring no
better than those of no merit. Never
9 theless, a vast amount of important
business was accomplished; for in
stance, the passage of the Alfalfa
clubs bill to appropriate $4,000 for
roads and bridges outside of Salt Lake
county and rejecting, without consider
alton, the bills for an appropriation to
aid the state fair and to maintain the
Utah mineral exhibit.
When the house quit at II o'clock last
night it was with the understanding
that the ''saunter'' would last till Mon
day morning at 8 O'Clock. Later, the
senate reconsidered its action and
Speaker Roylance will, to keep the
houses pace even, convene the repre-
sentatives this morning at 10 o'clock.
The official record will show that to-
day Is Thursday, the 9th. with the law
makers The house will work all this
day and far into the night in the hope
of being able to adjourn sine die before
another sun-up.
ANOTHER BOUNTY BILL KILLED.
The second Republican bounty meas
ure to receive consideration IN this leg
islature was Robinsons bill, No. 139.
Its purpose is to encourage the Guilt
walton of canaigre root and its use in
the tanning Of leather by Offering a
state bounty of 81 a ton on the first
10000 tons of root of standard quality
in tannic acid.
IN speaking in support of his bill,
Representative Robinson remarked
that inasmuch as there is now only one
political party in this state, he hoped
for favorable consideration for his
measure
The vote on the passage of the bill
stood u ayes and IS noes. only Repre-
sentatiVes Bennion, Callister, Chris
tianson, c. z. Harris, N j. Harris,
Holmgren, Ivers, Miller, Murdoch, Rob-
inson. Sorenson and Taylor voting in
the affirmative.
Representative Heber Bennion gave
notice Of reconsideration two years
hence.
FOR HOME INDUSTRY.
JaclSson's house bill No. 152, on first
trial failed of passage by vote Of
II ayes to IL noes. The bill proposed
that contracts for printing, binding and
stationery contracts for the state or
any city or county government shall
be executed within each of such re-
SpectiVe districts.
Smith offered an amendment, forbid
ding the letting of contracts on prices
higher than charged to private parties
for similar work and quantities. 1t
was adopted.
Opposition to the bill was expressed
by Representative Mansfield, and in the
course of his argument he referred to
Smiths allegation of how the Tribune
got a rake-off of $4,000 for the legisla-
tive printing.
The author of the bill remarked that
there is a difference of opinion as to
how far, if at all, the Tribune had
profited by it's stiff prices for state
work, and, referring to the merits of
the bill, he maintained it was in the
interest OF home industry.
Representative Lapish characterized
the bill as a measure TO aid local print
ers to hold up the city, county or state,
and wrong in principle.
The bill did not secure half enough
votes for its passage.
At the afternoon session the bill was
reconsidered, this time with better re-
suits. The vote on its passage was 81
ayes to noes, Representatives Fisher,
Greenwood, Lapish, Law, O'Neil, Rich
ards, Taylor and WEIGH voting in the
negative.
House bill No. 81, Shepard's bill for
a general law on negotiable instru-
ments uniform with the law in other
states on the subject, was taken up on
reconsideration, having failed to pass
on Wednesday. Hansen and \. ]. Har-
ris favored the measure, and it was
railroaded through by a vote of 20 ayes
20 1 no. Lapish was excused from vot-
ing and Wheeler voted in the negative,
CoNvICT-MADE GOODS.
Stewards bill, No. lie, relating to
convict-made goods, received a liberal
share of attention.
McQuarrie moved to strike out the
requirement TO conspicuously and on
the outside, label or brand the articles
made by convicts and offered for sale.
1t was carried.
Callister thought it was no worse to
wear Utah corvict-made shoes or socks
than those imported.
Cummings believed the state charges
should be made self-sustaining as much
as possible, and his fear was that the
labelling of such articles as convict
made would interfere with the sale of
them.
An amendment offered by Callister to
exempt the branding Of Utah prison
made articles was lost.
The representative from Washington
county made a speech for the passage
of the bill He scored the point that
honest labor could not compete with
prison toll, and the bill would prevent
the practice of deception. The pro-
posed law would not operate to destroy
the value of the questionably made ar
ticles, but it would stop harmful COM
petition with private industry.
Jackson favored the BILL and also a
plan to employ prison labor for MAX
ing good roads.
The bill was passed by a vote of 90 to
5. the negative votes being announced
by Belts, Cummings, Greenwood, c. Z. /
Harris and Sorenson.
Hansen's bill, No. 14S, to require c0un-
ty recorders of the larger counties to
annually revise the maps and plats OF
county assessors, was passed without a
dissenting vote In the afternoon the
bill came back from the senate amended
TO apply to all counties. The amend
ments were concurred in by the house
and later the engrossed bill was duly
signed in open session.
ACTION ON SENATE BILLS.
Senate bill No 80 was taken I'D and |
passed by a vote of twenty-six ayes |
The amendment to the law proposed in !
the bill increases the eXamina ton fee
OF a licentiate pharmacist from So to |
$40; of an assistant pharmacist, from
$50 to IS, and the fee for annual re-
newal of certificates at 81, instead of
biennially for 81, the purpose of the |
measure being to make the state board |
of pharmacy self-sustaining.
Senate joint resolution No 10. by |
Wright authorizing the state treasurer |
and the state auditor to transfer the |
sum OF S225 paid by SEWER county into |
the general fund, instead of into the |
school land lease fund, said sum to be |
available for refunding, was passed |
without opposition.
Senate bin No. 10, by Rideout. to