The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
MADE BY NEWS REPORTER
RESOLUTION BIZ PERRY CALL
ING FOR A COMMITTEE.
Executive Session Proposed, But
Given Up Because Professor Paul
of the News Was Not Present
Appointments By the Governor
Gemmell, Sowles, and Wright.


transacted.
Immediately after the first meeting
,of the jofnt assembly, Senator Peery
arose and stated that he wished TO
make a motion for the appointment of
a committee which he did not WISH
President Nebeker to name.
Senator Kiesel then took the CHAR,
and Mr.. Peery proceeded to read from
Saturdays Deseret News a quotation
presumably from a Democratic senator,
in which President Nebel1er was scored
for not being present at the hour set
for the opening of the senate, mus
neediessly delaying the business OF thal
body Mr.. Peery moved the Appoint
inent of a committee of three to lnVes-
tigate the charges, and discover II any
senator had made them, or If the state
ment was a lie out Of the who-e
cloth" II am not the author of that
charge he said land ! am convinced
that if they were made, they were con-
ceived in an envious and jealous SPIRIT
for the president has presided over TINS
body in a highly satisfactory and thor
oughly efficient manner"
Senator w. c.. Nebeker moved as an
amendment that the committee be IN
structed to submit a resolution on the
matter as two years before the same
paper had wsntonly attacked the SEN
ate.
Senator Smoot was opposed to having
the committee appointed. feeling sure,
he said, that if any senator had made
such a statement as the one quoted, ne
would be honorable enough TO say so.
He disclaimed any knowledge OF the
statement and thought 1t UNJUST, Out
thought the lateness Of the session and
the mass of legislation yet unconslder-
ed sufficient reason for not appointing
a committed He was willing, he con-
tinued, to have the senate go into eX-
ecutiVe session for half an hour and
sift the matter.
= Senator Peery was willing to agree
70 that, but Professor Paul, the reporter
of the News. was not around, so that
suggestion went over.
Senator Evans disclaimed the author
ship of the statement. but added that
all were, to some extent, guilty of the
delay in the senate proceedings, and
the president no more than the MEM
hers. He deprecated for that reason,
and the lateness Of the session as well,
appointing a committee, although he
took occasion to pay a high compli-
ment to President Nebeker for his man
ner of presiding.
THE PRESIDENTS REMARKS.
President Nebel1er was recognized,
and said:
1T is true, gentlemen, that there has
been some delay, and that the senate
has not always been called 10 order at
the hour directed. Tie reasons for that
are that upon some occasions l have
not been able to get here. and on others
1 have seen here on time, but the sena-
tors were not. When not able TO come
] telephoned and asked other senators
10 t&l1e my place, and when arriving on
time and finding the others not here, l
han Df- tod n an I'M
through the efforts of the sergeant-at-
a.ms. Had there been urgent necessity
for converting, the senate always had II
in its power to call a senator to the
chair and proceed with business.
i don't feel that it is necessary for
me to pay any attention TO this attack,
and don't want 20, for il there has
been any fault it has been the fault of
the senate. While the Deseret News
has always bounded me, 1 want that
paper 10 understand that 1 do not pro
pose to come here at the beck and call
of its reporter, for l am responsible as
president of this body to the senate
alone"
SILENT CONTEMPT"
Senator Wright said that in his opin-
ion the newspapers were irrespousiE le
parties and then took an enthusiastic
fall out of the press as a. Whole. saying
that II was trying TO bring the legis-
lature into GiSrepute and should be
treated with silent contempt" All the
senators who spoke disclaimed having
said anything like the matter quoted
but nearly all We're opposed 10 the APP
pointmenr of a committee. When the
vote was taken, Senators Peery and
w. O. Nebeker voted aye, and ten
oth PTS no, and the motion was lost
When the senate convened in the
morning the house reported having
passed house bills $50 and 81 ana the
Substitute for house bill 133
The judiciary committee reported
recommending the rejection of senate
bill No. 81, making a change in the
manner Of the expenditure of the poll
tax, but Senator Evans objected to the
adoption of the report and the bill will
come up for future consideration. The
same committee recommended the pas
sage of bouse bin No. SO and the rejec-
ton of the substitute for house bill No.
IS. and The reports were adopted. The
committee on appropriations and
claims submitted a substitute for
house bill No. 81 and the committee on
county and municipal corporations
recommended the passage of house bill
No. IS. Both reports were adopted.
NEW BILLS.
The following new bills were intro
duced at this time:
Senate bill No. IS, by Evans, amend
ing sections 1l22 and 1923, revised stat
utes SO as to do away with filing with
the land board duplicate plats of high
ways running through land decided
away by the state and reserving to the
public all easements and rights TO ylch
highways The bill further provides
that patents shall contain general
rather than specific descriptions OF
highways. Referred 10 committee on
highways.
Senate bin No. 50, by Thomas, pro-
vidiHg Toy tn payment of employees
OF public and private corporations at
least twice a month. Referred TO COM
mittee on Judiciary.
Later in the session, senate bill No.
80, by Tanner, was Introduced. 1t Gre
ates the Office of state engineer and
defines his duties and method of pro
cedure in the courts in case Of unsafe
dams and entertainments
After the first meeting of the joint
assembly, the Peery motion for an in
vestigating committee was discussed
and Me senate adjoulaled fer dinner.
Upon reassembling, a c0mmunica-
ton was read rom the secretary of
state. containing u list Of the holdover
members of state boards. Senator
Evans then asked that the railroad
committee be requested To report on
senate bill No SO. providing for the
safety of railroad employees, and sem
ate bill No. "a was called up.
The bill provides for the publication
of legal notices, making the maximum
and minimum rate 81 per square for
fhe first insertion and so cents per
square for each subsequent insertion.
and provides that the newspaper must
have been published at least six
months before the advertising is given
q Il and have q rirc7lla finn of al Lea et