The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-08
Senatorial Interruptions Yesterday
Had An Effect On Business.
POPULlST DOCTRINE WINS
STREET CAR COMPANIES MUST
vEsTIBULE NEW CARS.
General Act For Changing County
Boundary Observation-Disclosures
of Bennion's Liquor Prohibition
Bill Results In Recommittal-
Two Approvals By the Governor.

Only trifiing amount of business re-
'eived attention at yesterday mornings
interrupted session of the house of rep
resentatives. The substitute for Mans
fields house bill No. IA. for an act
providing for the manner of changing
county boundaries was the chief matter
up for consideration. The bill provides
that the legal voters residing in not
less than thirty-six square miles of ter
ritoIy embraced in any county may be
annexed to an adjoining county if at
an election two-thirds of the voters in
such district and the remainder of the
county give majority in the affirma-
tive on such proposition. No boundary
line shall be run within less than ten
miles from a county seat, and a ques-
ton affecting the changing of county
boundary lines shall not be voted upon
oftener than once in two years. 1t is
also provided in the bin that if it be
shown that the dismemberment and
annexation would render the county
from which the area is to be detached
too weak to maintain a county govern
meft, no election therefor shall be or
7ered by the board of county commits
sioners-
For the purpose of making it possible
Tor Emery county TO annex that part
of Sanpete lying on the east side of the
main range of mountains dividing the
two counties. Robertson offered an
amendment providing for the annexing
of the watershed to Emery county on
vote OF the county to be benefited.
SorenSen characterized it as a land
grabbing scheme. The amendment was
defeated.
Consideration of the bill was not fin
ished when the hour for converting the
joint assembly arrived, and the pass
age of the bill went over till the after
noon session. After a half hours dis
cussion in the afternoon, the bill was
put in shape for passage. The vote on
its passage resulted in % ayes and u
nays.
Engrossed copies of house bill No. "a,
relating TO corporate suretyship ON
bonds of fiduciaries and litigants, and
house bill No. 156, defining public work,
We're signed by the speaker and the
chief clerk and forwarded to the SEN
ate for signatures.
A message from the governor gave
notice of his approval OF house bill No.
81, to authorize sheriffs to collect g. fee
or commission on sales of property I'M
der execution to Judgment creditors.
Senate bill Nc. 81 by Evans, to grant
preference rights to purchasers OF state
lands, was referred to the committee on
public lands.
House bill No ISL was introduced by
Jackson, through consent, and referred
TO the committee on private corpora
tons. The bill is the same as house
bill No. 76, which was rejected on Feb.
%, and provides that mortgages given
on the real estate of mining and other
corporations shall be deemed to include
the personal property thereto attached.
PROTECTION FOR MOTORMEN.
The first bill passed at the afternoon
session was Jackson's house bill No. "a,
to require street car companies to pro-
vide adequate protection from the in
clemency of the weather for their mo-
tormen.
BY a. vote of Il to Is, Bywater secur-
ed the adoption of an amendment pro-
viding that it shall not be necessary to
equip worn-out cars or those now in
use with veStibules. In support of his
amendment, Mr.. ByWater said VeSti-
bules were not SO badly needed after
all, and the cost thereof would be from
$3.50 to 5000 for each car. His experience
as railroad employee convinced him
that vestibules We're experimental, and
had not proven to be satisfactory bro
tectors from the weather. Besides,
street car companies had given notice
that il the bin passed without the
amendment, it would be necessary to
reduce lnG NdSeS Ol the tl1plOHG "
meet the expense of equipping the cars
with Vestibules, and as he understood
it, the employees favored the amend
ment.
The bill passed as amended by a vote
of SO ayes to 3 noes, the negative votes
being announced by Cummings, Full
mer and Crosby.
O'Neifs house bill No. 157, TO repeal
section 1929 of the revised statutes,
which section forbids the sale of intoX-
icating liquors within ten miles of an
Indian reservation, was passed by a
vote of SO to 4, Johnson, Law, Sorenson
and Smith voting in the negative. The
author of the bill explained that the
repeating of the old law was in the
interest of good order. the prohibition
having become dead letter and de-
moralizing in its effect, since it did not
apply to incorporated towns within the
reservation
senate bill No. As was substituted for
Fairs house bill No. 137 and passed.
The senate bill provides that city re-
corders III municipalities of 1900 in
habitants or less shall be ex officio city
auditors.
POPULIST MEASURE PASSED.
REPRESENTATIVE Smith secured a re-
consideration of house joint resolution
No. 5. which proposes an amendment
TO the constitution authorizing the leg
islature to enact laws giving the peo-
Die the privilege of direct legislation,
the resolution having failed TO pass on
Tuesday.
Speaking in support of the resolution,
Johnson said it was q Populist meas
ure. but like all good things, the dec
laration for the restoration of silver.
for instance, originated with that party
Bywater and Smith supported the
resolution, and Lapish expressed his
Willingness to try the experiment.
Sorenson opposed the resolution on
the ground that it was unnecessary leg
islation.
The vote on the passage Of the reso-
luton resulted in so ayes and u noes.
Christensen was absent, and Cum
nnings and Shepard were excused from
voting The votes announced against
the initiative and referendum scheme
were those Of Greenwood, Hansen,
Lloyd, Miller, Murdoch. Robinson. Rob
ertson, Sorensen, Stewart, Taylor,
Wheeler. Mir. Speaker.
AN IMPERATIVE PLAN.
The two bills pending before the leg
fslature providing an opportunity for
voters to indicate on their ballots a
preference for United States senator.
received an effectual decapitation.
Stewards bill, No. 113, on this subject,
was rejected on recommendation of the
committee on elections. Nebeker's SEN
ate bili No AZ, of similar purpert, was
recommended for passage by the min
ority of the committee and for reiec-
ton by the majority.
Speaking in support of the recon-
naendation TO reject the bills. Shepard
said any such law would be Of no effect
whatever, and If the majority Of the
voters indicated a preference for a Re-
publican for senator and a Demo-