The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-17

the state treasury. between $40 and $50.
he said, and given him to have 200
more copies of the speech printed.
Homers' Protest.
Bench promptly moved that the pub
iio funds be handed out for this pur-
pose. Several calls for a vote were
heard when Eph Homer of Provo
voiced the first mild protest
is this customary" he asked. "'IS it
right? 1t looks to me like appropriate
ing money to boom somebody. The
speech did the Legislature no good. No
bills were passed, and nothing was
done along this line"
The speaker assured the house that
IL was customary and all right
Vaughan and South came to the aid of
Glasmann, and said they thought he
ought to have the money if he wanted
it for that purpose.
4 don't like that speech" declared
Sharp. Il am opposed To it. If it is to
be printed at public expense. 1 should
like to have the privilege of replying
TO it, and have that printed too
The speaker was willing. if he could
reply to the reply But Homer put in
another objection. He thought the
speech, if distributed. might have "a
bad effect on the people, and make them
believe a number of things about state
officers that were not true. Mcfarland
thought if the speech was to be printed
Sharp certainly should have the privi-
lege of reply.
Thee: Harmon arose and went after
the little scheme with an ak. He OBJ
Jected to springing any such a thing
during the last hours of the session.
Il object to going to any such ex-
pense," he said. We can get no good
result. We have not time to hear from
our constituents as to any tax legisla-
ton. The proposition is inopportune
and impolitic.'
Harmon sat down and Page, the wit
Of the house, was rising with a smile
on his face that betokened an intention
to have some fun with "Bills" attempt
to break into the state treasury when
the speaker hastily said that if the
house objected he would withdraw his
application, and the incident closed.
Irrigation Bill Passed.
After laboring during almost the en-
tire session, the legislature, at the
eleventh hour. brought forth an irriga-
ton bill (senate bill 127, by the COM
mittee on judiciary. This bill provides
that measurements of water used for
irrigation shall be made under the di-
rection of the state engineer. by water
commissioners appointed by the various
county boards.
The house Republicans had been
sparring for some time to have the ir-
rigatiOn legislation all originate with
them. But the Holmgren bill for a
state board Of control failed in the
senate, and the Gardner bill was
smitten in the house. There was moth
ing left but the senate bill, drawn by
the committee on irrigation, and when
it came to d vote only two men voted
against this. Mohr and Pond. A slight
amendment was made in the house,
but the bill as a whole was little
changed.
Two bills in connection with the state
board of equalization were passed. One
of these was senate bill 1913, by the COM
mittee on Judiciary, a substitute for
house bill 225. The other was senate
bill 1872, by the committee on ways and
means. q substitute for house bill 124.
The first made the salary of the mem
bers $500 each, including the secretary.
who was given ST. 100 by the house. The
second gave the secretary $500 a year
additional for acting as collector of
car taxes, as provided for by a similar
measure passed by the house.
The senate asked a conference on
house bill 237, regarding the mileage of
district judges and district attorneys.
IT was finally agreed to make the mile
age 3 cents on railroads and Is cents
off railroads.
Senator Murlock's bill to prohibit the
adulteration of milk and cream (senate
bill 76) was passed without opposition.
Although one bill aimed at the slot
machine had been rejected by the
house. Senator Allison's bill of SINH