The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-12
AN EXTRA SESSION
Legislature May Be Reconvened By
Governor.
GREAT PRESS OF WORK
SEVERAL DAYS LEGISLATION
YET TO BE ENACTED.
Democrats Discuss the Thursday
Evening Hurrah Caucus and Say
1t Didn't Bind Anybody to Sup
port Anyone For Senator
Moyle Wasn't Agreed Upon.

An extra session of the legislature is
not only one of the possibilities, but.
from present appearances, it seems to
be quite within the range of probable
ity. A good deal of sentiment in favor
of an extra session was prevalent yes
teroay among members of the legisla-
ture, as they have now so much work
on hand that it will require several
days to get it out of the way, even
though heroic measures be used and
bills be killed right and left without
favor and without discrimination.
The most important bill of the session
is yet TO be considered. This is the gen.
eral appropriation bill, and if it is not
passed the state will go Denniless Cor
Two years. The bill is a lengthy one,
ana its consideration usually occupies
I the best part OF a week. 1t has only
: just been taken up in the senate, ana
win not reach the house until Monday
at the earliest, and then only in case
the senate spends all day today upon
st. There are numerous other import
ant measures pending, and in both
houses meritorious bills were slaught-
cred yesterday, SO as TO clear the caIen-
dar. These include much-needed leSis-
iation on many subjects, and were only
killed because of lack of time to con-
slider them. They could be revived. IN
case an extra session was called. and
much profitable work could be accom-
plished.
Yesterday Governor Wells received a
dispatch from Washington informing
him that within the next twenty days
advertisements for proposals for site
for the new federal building, for which
congress lately appropriated SSOO,OOV,
would be published. And, in order that
h. Loo
lature must cede absolute jurisdiction
TO the federal government of any site
ii may choose before its adjournment.
A bill was presented in the house yes
Terday to this effect, and it Will have
TO be rushed through before adjourn
ment-
Taking into consideration this press
of work under which both houses are
laboring, it is possible that the gov
ernor may be asked to reconvene the
legislature in a special ten or fifteen
day session, to give time to complete
the necessary legislation without rail-
reading il through.
In case a special session is called, by
law the legislature will be forced daily
TO ballot for the election of a United
States senator. But thus far the poll
ticians are not worrying very much
over this phase of the situation. The
trying struggle just ended has taken
about all the ambition out of all of
them. and, as one of them expressed it
yesterday when asked what they would
do about it, they are not swimming any
streams until they reach them.
The contention is made by some peo-
pie that the senators whose terms tech
nically end with the end of the present
session would be ineligible to sit in
special session. If this were so it would
complicate matters greatly, as it would
leave the senate minus half its mem
bers, and cut down the strength of the
joint assembly to fifty-two votes. But
the argument is hardly tenable, when
1t is remembered that the senators We're
elected for terms of years and not of
sessions, and that these terms do not
expire until their successors qualify for
o.:ice.