The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
Ivers. Jackson, Johnson, Lloyd and
Shepard voting in the negative.
GOVERNORS FIRST VETO.

session, and the measure disapproved
was house bill No. ITO, by Callister, to
authorize counties, under certain re-
strictions, to fund and refund floating
| Indebtedness existing prior to jan /,
1897.
The governors objections to the bill
were stated to be on constitutional
grounds, inasmuch as the constitution
| forbids the creation of any county debt
| in excess of the revenues in any cur
rent year. All indebtedness of counties
| beyond the legal limit was validated by
an act of the first state legislature, eff
! fective June 5, 1896, and provision was
made thereby for funding such indebt-
edness created prior to Jan. l, 1896. Any
floating indebtedness of counties ac-
cruing since that date, if beyond the
prescribed limit of revenues for any
! current year, as the supreme court has
| held, would be void, and the enactment
| of any law seeking to fund or refund
such indebtedness would be unconSti-
tutional. On the other hand, if Mil
lard or any other county has not yet
awaited itself of the benefits of the act
of the legislature of 1896 to fund its
floating debt, the law proposed would
be surplusage and unnecessary.
Immediate consideration was given to
the veto message, and on the question
shall the bill pass Notwithstanding the
governors objection therefor the vote
resulted in SO noes and ayes. Repre-
| sentatives Jackson and Murdoch
changed their votes from aye to no,
leaving only Johnson, Lapish and
Smith voting in the affirmative.
A message from the governor an
nounced his approval of the substitute
for Fishers memorial to congress pray
ing for reimbursement to citizens of
Utah for services rendered and losses
sustained in the Indian wars in Utah a
! third of a century ago, and also the
substitute for Callister'S house bill No.
49, to exempt cities of the third class
from the requirement to publish their
ordinances in a local newspaper before
the same shall become effective.
Another message from the governor
gave notice OF his approval of house
bill No. 1874. by Shepard, to authorize
any railroad company to purchase the
competing line of another, whether
or not either company is incorporated
under the laws of Utah.
LOCAL OPTION DEFEATED.
Consideration of house bill No. 6S, by
Bennion, to provide for local option by
cities and counties against the sale of
Intoxicating liquors, created more than
its share of discussion.
Johnson and Shepard endeavored to
secure the adoption of an amendment
making the provisions of the bill APP
plicable only to the smaller towns in the
state, but the proposition was voted
down.
Bennion declared there was need of
prohibition OF the liquor traffic in the
country towns and also in the larger
cities.
Lloyd said he was opposed to inter
fering with the present laws which so
well, he thought, regulated the sale of
intoXicants.
Speaking in opposition to the bill,
Jackson recited his experience in Ne
braska when prohibition was in vogue
and he was on the staff of the Omaha
Bee. In a space of ninety days he pur-
chased LIQUOR from $500 places in pro-
hibitiOn towns.
Ivers said his experience had been
that prohibition does not prohibit, and
that more drunkenness and crime ex-
listed in towns where the liquor traffic
was restricted than in the free and
easy mining camps
An amendment, proposed by N. j.
Harris, to permit cities of the first and
second classes to vote separately from
the balance of the county on the local
option or prohibition, was adopted.
Wheeler said the enactment of the
law would make liars, sneaks and
thieves of the people.
Shepard was emphatic in his declara-
lions that prohibition laws had proven
a failure in Kansas and other states
where they have been tried. With pro-
hibition of the liquor traffic q failure
within state lines, he could not see now
the laws could be enforced in cities
and rural towns.
In Fishers opinion, moral suasion,
and not sumptuary laws, is the effect
i've method of regulating an inordinate
indulgence in intoxicants.
The author of the bill answered the
arguments of the opponents to his
measure.
Just as the roll call was commenced
for the passage of the bill, Representa-
tive n. ]. Harris sought recognition
from the chair to offer an amendment,
but he was ruled out of order. AS
usual the sloW-mOving member from
Weber endeavored to obstruct the leg
islative proceedings by appealing from
Speaker Roylance's decision, but know
ing from past experience the temper OF
the assembly, he withdrew his appeal.
The bill was then placed upon it's
passage, receiving only IS votes to u
against. Representative Robinson gave
notice of moving for reconsideration, in
order to enable Mr.. Harris to propose
a further amendment to the bill The
eighteen voting for the bill were Rep
resentatives Bennion, Bramwell, By
water, Callister, Christensen, Cook,
Crosby, Hansen, Johnson, Lapish, Nc
Quarrie, Miller, Murdoch, Parry, Redd,
Richards Robertson and Smith
FRUIT TREE INSPECTION.
Bennions house bill No. 1872, to
amend the fruit tree inspection law by
making its provisions more effective in
operation, came up on reconsideration,
it having passed on Saturday by TWEEN
ty-three affirmative votes. The pur-
pose of reconsidering the bill was to
enact the measure by a two-thirds ma
jority, thus permitting it to become
operative on date of the governors ap-
prevail. A slight amendment was pro-
posed and adopted, relating to more
rigid inspection of imported nursery
stock at railway stations. The bill was
then repassed by a vote of SS to 4.
The committee on forestry recon-
mended passage, with amendments, of
house bill No. 146 by Holmgren, to pro-
vide bounty to encourage the culti-
walton of forest trees on prairie lands.
A communication from the senate
gave notice of it's rejection of the sub
stitute for Holmgren's house bill No.
50, declaring that adverse possession
cannot be obtained by any person to
property held for street or other public
purposes, for the reason that the mat
ter is covered in the common law.
Shepard asked and obtained consent
to INTRODUCE house bill No $50. The
bill aims to amend section 3245 of the
revised statutes by making the entire
wages of a married man exempt from
execution for a period of sixty days
from date of entry of judgment, and
the wages of a single man for a period
of thirty days, instead of exempting
only half Of such wages. The bill was
referred to the committee on judiciary.
At 4:50 the house adjourned till 9
o'clock this morning.