The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-11
HOUSE IN ILL TEMPER
Reflections On the Late Unpleasant
ness Have a Baneful Effect,
EDUCATION BILL KILLED
SEVERAL MEASURES PASSED
AND MANY REJECTED.
Discussion On Mr.. McCune's Invita-
tion-The Governor Recedes From
Queer Position-Greater Punish
ment For Drunkenness-Dairy
and Food Bills Considered.

From the bitter strife and Iaborious
work attending the senatorial contest
Thursday night, it was to be expected
that the members of the house of rep.
resentatiHes would be ill-natured an6
in no mood TO promptly commence
transacting business at yesterday
mornings session. The conditions de-
Veloped just as had been anticipated. II
was 1890 before the house convened
and the first business to receive consid-
Grafton was accorded an unfriendly re-
ceptlon, commensurate with the dis
turbed feelings of the representatives.
The first measure TO encounter oppo-
sftion was house bill No. 100, the volum-
1nous, proposed re-enactment of the
law relating to the government of the
free school system. Representative
jackson moved to strike out the enact
ing clause, but Cummings and N. ].
Harris objected, pleading that the bill
with the provision making city super
intendents of schools elective at general
elections, and other objectional features
eliminated, tbs bill was a worthy and
necessary measure. Bug the motion to
strike out the enacting clause prevailed
by the following vote:
Ayes-Bywater, Clyde, Cook, Farr
Forman, Greenwood, Hansen, C. e.
Harris, Ivers, Jackson, Johnson, Lar
sen, McQuarrie, Miller, Murdoch, Parry,
Redd. Robertson, Shepard, Wheeler, Mr..
Speaker-21
Noes-Betts, Bramwell, Christensen,
Cummings Fisher, n. j. Harris, Holm
gren, Horne, Mansfield, Richards, Rob-
insun, Sorenson, Stewart. WEIGHT.
Absent-Bennion. Callister, Crosby
Fullmer, Law, Lloyd, Lapish, O'Neil
Smith, Taylor-10.
PUT ON SLAUGHTERING BLOCK.
BY a vote of II to II the enacting
clause of senate bill No. %, by Smoot
to redeaine the boundaries between
Utah and Juab counties, was stricken
out Representative Stewart suggested
that the courts should be appealed to
TO determine the county in which
Knightsville is situated, rather than
that law of doubtful constitutionality
should be passed. The house concurred
in this opinion.
On recommendation of the committee
on public lands, house bills Nos. 143.
136 and SO, by BywateF. Stewart and
Mansfield respectively, relating to state
lands were rejected, for the reason that
senate bills Nos. Sc and "a, by Evans,
cover the subject matter thereof.
Senate bill No. 4, by Wright, defining
grand larceny, was rejected on recon-
mendation of the judiciary committee,
because house bill No. 6, by Robertson
more fully covers the subject. The lat
ter bill was rejected by the senate on
Feb. 10, but it was recalled by the SEN
ate Immediately after that body re-
eeived notice of the disposition of Sem
ator Wrights bill At the afternoon
session the senate gave notice of its
passage of the house bill.
A communication from the senate
gave notice of the rejection of the sub
stitute for house bill No. 119. by Stew
art, to abolish the office of board of
public works in metropolitan cities. The
rejection of the bin was by advice of
the municipal officers of Salt Lake who
maintained that the abolishing of the
board. which has the acceptance of paw
ing contract work, the period of guar
anty of which has not yet expired.
would likely operate detrimentally to
the city's interests.
TWO SENATE BILLS PASSED.
Alder's senate bill No. As was taken
up, amended slightly and passed by a
vote of % TO 6. The bill relates to pun
ishment for refusal to pay THE author
lied charges for use of any licensed toll
road, bridge. ferry or ford
Evans senate bill No. "a was passed
with an amendment. the vote on pas
sage being unanimous. thirty-two ayes.
The bill grants preference rights to
settlers on school lands to purchase
their holdings at private sale. and at
the minimum price. the preference to be
based upon settlement prior to the es-
tablishment of the United States land
office in Salt Lake City, instead of the
extension of government SURVEYS over
the date of occupancy back to Jan. /.
1894. from Jan. l. 1897. Later the SEN
ate gave notice of its concurrence in the
mouse amendments.
Passage of the following bills was
recomm ended:
House bill No. 176, by Lloyd, to re-
quire county recorders to furnish coun-
ty treasurers with certified abstracts
of tax sales.
Senate bill No. "a, by Bennion, relat-
ing to the powers and duties of the
state board Of equalization.
House bin No. 164, instructfng the
Desaret Agricultural G. Manufacturing
society TO hold annual exhibitions. and
appropriating $4,000 for this years fair
and $4,000 for one to be held next wear.
House bill 10. Jas, by Hansen to re-
quire county recorders in counties of
the first and second-class to annually
revise the maps and plats of county
assessors.
House bill No. 1S2, by Fisher. 10 an
prOpriate $1,000 for the maintenance of
the Utah mineral exhibit in the Hall of
Relics for the ensuing two years.
Substitute for house bill No 125. by
O'Neil. making appropriation for con-
Struction of roads and bridges.
House bill No. $50, by Parry. to an
propriate $1,000 to reimburse citizens
Of Cedar City for money advanced TO
complete the Southern Branch Normal
school building.
The engrossed copies of the following
bills were signed by the speaker and
the chief clerk and transmitted to the
senate for signatures.
House bill No. 49, by Holmgren To
establish a winter course of studies at
the agricultural college.
Substitute for house bill No. 81. to
establish an experimental farm in
southern Utah under the direction of
the state board of horticulture.
Before sauntering until . p. M, Rep
resentative Richards arose to cues
ton Of personal privilege and called at
tention TO a statement in the Tribune
to the effect that he had. during the
senatorial balloting Thursday night.
proposed a motion to exclude all lobby
lists from the floor of the joint assem-
bly, because of eX-State Senator Dan
Hamer's alleged activity in behalf of
c. c. Richards candidacy. Represent
tative Richards declared that the pa
per's statement of the matter was I'M
warranted by the facts, since he did
not know Mr.. Hamer and did not have
him in mind when the motion to ex-
clude lobbyists was made.
The afternoon session of the house
was commenced by giving considera-
ton TO the substitute for senate Joint
resolution No. s, proposed by the COM
mittee on military affairs The resolu-
ton provides an appropriation of s., 500
TO defraN the cost Of medals fnr- liz