Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-21
Great Interest Taken in Anti
Gambling Measures,
A TIE VOTE on LICENSING.
only Twelve More Days To- complete
the work of the session rmpor-
,ant Measures Pcpding.


IVY Ff'Nnus huA NolfN fN fM'iAlNN NN AWf
final scene enacted In the senate at
tending the passage u the high license
gambling bin yesterday. u was the
hardest Kind of a fight hy which tho
nnti.gnmbling hill was enacted into law
two weeks ngo, and ever since then the
friends OF the gnmbIcrs have been
working 10 render null ami void this ok
collcnt measure. They introduced a
blll for this purpose. licensing gam
bling placing yearly license at the
sum ~ $1,000. The bin had Hufncinut
friends In the senate tu pafs DO. Yeatrr-
dny the bill came NJ fnr nupl passage.
Tho enemies ~ the bin lnhprUd hard
10 strange u. but they lacked one vote.
President Hutchinson ordered the roll
call. and the result was o. tic vote. az
fuliowas
For the bni-Alnslio. church. Foag.
HAYS. Hooper. Lippincntt Mcdonald.
Smith. Wright. Watta-io
Against the billaiiuIHu. brigham.
Carey. Eustou. Gooutuu. iierstund. Mut.
liner McMurrin. pficu. Stur, 10.
lnilry. one Of the friends of the bill.
had lcft Boise FOR his home loo Fillmore
county the day previous. aud Watts
The leader OF the gambling forces. ~
once demanded ~ Price u he was not
paired with him on the hill senator
Price NJ cafaia replied that IN his best
recollection he had not that be- had
paired On two propositions with the abb
sent senator, but this was not one ~
them. that one Of them was the state
examiner hill ana tho other the Sunday
closing measure ~" Informed tho
senate that he had written the numbers
~ tho bills IN n book nt the time no
made tho agreement To- pair with tho
senator but the book was In bis other
coat. and h. asked 10 20 90 his rooms
nnd determine. Senator Stacy de-.
mnnded the president announce the
vote. senator Muiilncr raised the point
~ order that the right ~ pairing with
Senator Bailey was n personal matter
~ honor between Senators Price and
bailey. NJ there was mo- official record
" the agreement Ia pair. The point
~ order was sustained. but sun the
president did not announce the vote.
and without doing ~, the senate took
10 recess. During an this time there
was the most exciting time on tho floor
~ the senate. Both Sides seemed
nfrnid ~ President Iiutchluson'a de-
Gliding vote ana all We're anxious TO
know the result 81 senator Prices err
rand when h. returned and the sem
ate tcconvoned, Senator stacy sent up
written protest against the action ~
the president In not Announcing tho re-
fult. senator Price then stated that
ihs high license gambling bill was one
- those he had agreed 20 pair on with
fenntor Bailey. but h. had uevcr In
tended to lose his vote against the hill.
rather than take any advantage ~ tho
absent senator he requested to be oN-
Fused from voting. Tho request was
granted. and senator Prices name was
taken from the list OF those voting
against the bin, leaving the vote 10 to
. IN favor ~ the measure. The friends
~ the bin were ln high Eicc over this
D. they concluded the hill had passed
hot Senator Stncy'H shrowd work In
moving % recess ana protesting against
tn action ~ the president In not do.
tlprlnr the vote has virtually Killed the
TN nnd the unti-rnmbllng law On the
ftntutc books viii be- In force. Rule 10
of tho senate states: Every senator
present when the question IL put. n
qualified. ahuil vote. unless tho senate
for special reasons excuse him. \ re-.
quest a. b. excused from voting shall
rot be In order unless made before tho
senate divides, or before the call uf the
ACH ana nays u commenced, Any sem
ntor requesting % be- excused from vot-
lng may make q briof statement OF the
rrnFon for making such request. and
tho question shall then be taken with
out further debate" The violation 81
this rule VIII defeat the measure. The
gamblers OF Idaho now know that they
have got to move on"
Some most excellent measures have
passed this week among the more I'M
portnnt ~ which are the following.
rs Price Providing for the teaching
In the public schools of morals and
good manners and Kindness Of pupils
To one another. and towards domestic
animals ana other living creatures.
iiy plnrott-i'roviding for the
confinement and execution OF con-
domned murdcfrra at the state pcni-
tentinrv,
This bm was rushed through both
houses ~ as O. got 'Diamondneld
jack Davis M here from CaHln coun-
ChsHih at cost pt &l1 per day 10 that
little county, and already the expenses
attending his trial and conviction have
run up into the thousands. The cir
cult court Of appeals at San Francisco
viii hand down "a decision Ia his case
next month.
Iiy Renolds and Madden Providing
Tor tho organization ana government
of Irrigation districts and TO provide
for the acquisition ~ water and other
property ana Tor the distribution OF
wnter thereby tor irrigation purposes,
Under the provisions 81 the hill, my
or a majority Of the land owners repre-
senting onr quarter % tho land may
petition the board Of county commits
FioncrH for the organization Of an irrl--
CATION district. " the board favora
40 petition on election win be held In
the district, and N two-thirda OF tho
voters cast their votes Tor II. the dis
tflct via be- declared formed. The
district may then issue Z per cent 1890
bonds Tor the purpose OF buying exist
ing or building new Irrigation works,
The expense OF operating ana main-
tnining the system IN to be mot by tolls
charged the consumers ON the basis OF
the quantity usndl
ny Hooper Against Indians carrying
firearms during the closed game sea-
son.
sy ham-prohlbltlnF the slaugh-
tering ~ game on private lands.
1iy Fogg-Suppross and punish tres
passing and stealing rides upon carr.
engines, or trains; ana authorizing
trninmen and employees TO arrest aud
prosecute offenders against this not
liy Wright Providing for the turn
Ing over 10 reputable surgeons and
physicians the dead bodica Of criminals
for dlaHecting purposes. In the interesta
of anatomical science,
Ily GOodinR-'fo suppress contagious
and Infectious diseases among sheen.
aud creating the office OF state sheen
inspector.
By Committee on Fish aud Gnme-
To protect ilHh and game, ana Ia pro-
Vide for the appointment OF q state
game warden ana deputies.
liy Wright l.evying a special school
tax 20 establish ana maintain a sys-
tenn NJ free schools.
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