, 1899-01-24
VOT|NGFOR SENATOR
CLARK NOMINATED BY REPUBLI-
CANS, OSBORNE BY THE
DEMOCRATS.
A Joint Session Will be Held Tomorrow
and Ballot Taken-But One Ballot
Will be Necessary-Clark Receives
10 Votes in the Senate Today and
81 in the House.

der this morning at 10 O'Clock, and the
roll call showed every member present.
After an earnest prayer by the chaplain
the journal of Monday was read and
approved.
"A communication was received from
the senate notifying the house that they
had passed senate file No. /, a bill relat-
ing to the election of county commits
s%ioners, and enclosing the bill for the
action OF the house. The communica-
ton also stated that they had passed
house joint resolution No. 2.
Bills were introduced as follows:
House bill No. l, by Christian, to
amend and re-enact section 1927 of the
revised statutes In relation to the du-
ties and powers of the electors of school
district. Referred to committee on ed
ucation.
House bill No. 81, by McAnally, an
act for the protection of fish. Referred
to the fish and game committee.
House bill No. so, by the ways and
means committee, making an appropri-
alton to pay certificates of indebted
ness. Referred to ways and means
committee.
House bill No. SO, by Reader, provid-
ing that the county clerk certify all
stock brands to the board of live stock
commissioners, and that the board shall
keep a record of them. Referred to the
committee on live stock.
Standing committees reported as fol-
lows:
The committee on corporations that
house bill No. 80 be indefinitely post
poned and that house bill No. 25 do not
pass.
The committee on printing reported
that house bills Nos. "a, 80, "a, 35, SO,
81, 80, 40, Al and AZ had been correctly
printed.
The committee on land and irrigation
recommended the passage of house bill
No. 80.
The committee on coal mines report
ed adversely house bill No. 10, taxing
the output of mines.
The ways and means committee rec
commended that house bills Nos. IA and
Al pass.
The committee appointed to report on
the resolution that a committee of three
be appointed to examine and report and
approve the revision of the laws of the
state, recommended that the resolution
do pass, and it was so carried. Under
the provisions of the resolution the
speaker appointed Carpenter, Fourt
and Baird as the committee.
The house then resolved itself into a
committee of the whole for the con-
s%ideration of bills on the general file,
and house bill No. %, by Reader. con-
corning the fees to be charged by the
secretary of state, was taken up. This
bill provides for a general fee increase
in this office, and it was. with several
amendments, reported back for pass
age. The most important amendment
requires the fees arising under the act
to be paid into the general fund Of the
state, instead of being paid to the sec
rotary OF state for the use of the state,
as was provided in the original bill.
Considerable opposition developed to
the measure and Speaker Davis took
the floor and spoke in opposition. He
said 1t would be detrimental to the
states interests. Fourt spoke in favor
of the bill, as, also, did McAnally, but
the report of the committee was as in
dictated above.
On motion of Fourt, house bill No. 80
was referred to the committee on cor
porations for further consideration.
House bill No. 80, by Lewis of Sheri-
dan. This is a land law covering the
acceptance of certain lands from the
government by the State of Wyoming,
and was read section by section, but
before its conclusion Baird moved that
the hour having arrived to vote for
United States senator, that the IL
defer further action, and the house
stood in recess at 11:40.
When the house r~econvened the rule
for taking the vote for senator was be-
fore the house. Baird, in an eloquent
speech, then placed in nomination Clar-
ence ID. Clark for United States sena-
tor for the term OF six years. beginning
March 4, 1899. He said he considered 1t
to be a grand privilege to be the mouth
piece of the republican party on this oc-
~casion. He referred to the fact that he
himself was born in the same city, In
the same year and about the same
time. and on the same street in the city,
as the distinguished senator from Uinta
county, and he felicitated himself upon
the happy event which delegated to
him the duty OF nominating him for
this honorable office, his next door
Ineighbor of 80 many years ago..
Roberts, democrat, of Uinta county,
then nominated John e. Osborne for
United States senator. He asked that
the democrats Of the house give the