The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-10
TIROTHYCLUB GRAB
ENDORSED BY HOUSE
Country Members Take $4,000
for Roads and Bridges.
SALT LAKE SHUT OUT
TRADING STAMP BILL is DE-
FEATED.
SALT LAKE SHUT OUT


FEATED.
The Holmgren irrigation bill. the
Timothy clubs highways and bridges
appropriations. and a large number of
other measures passed the house yes
terday. More was accomplished than
at any other day this session.
Van Horne came to the rescue of the
! irrigation bill, which had failed the day
before to receive a constitutional ma
jority. In the absence of Pond, who
has given notice of a motion to recon-
slider, Van Horne obtained consent to
| call up the motion, and another vote
was taken. The Salt Lake members
helped out the man from the country,
and Harmon changed his vote to the
affirmative. The result was a vote of
25 for and il against the bill, as fol-
lows:
Ayes Anderson. Axton. Barrett.
Bench, Christensen, Cutler. Davis. Fry.
Gardner. Hall. Harmon, Hatch, Hew-
lett, HoImgren, d. e. Johnson, Maugh-
an, Mcmillan, n. L. Norris, Redd
Sharp. South. Stuart, Van Horne, Will
Jams and Wells.
Nays - Billings. Evans. Lambert,
Langton, Mohr, d. H. Morris, Page,
Phillips, Smith, Stevens, Glasmann
The highways and bridges apprOpria-
ton went through even easier than was
expected. The Salt Lake City members.
realizing that the cards were stacked
against them, did not try to prevent
! the passage of the bill. which carried
$44, $50 as introduced. This figure was
swelled LOCO by giving Salt Lake coun-
ty an appropriation for a road between
the smelter at Sandy and the mines at
any Of her in, I
wood canyon. AXton called attention
to the fact that if Salt Lake county
were to receive the same proportion as
the other counties, based on the taxes
the amount for the county would be
$3S, 610.16.
Axton Shut Out.
When the bill had been introduced by
Chairman South of the committee on
highways and bridges AXton tried to
get an appropriation of $3.50 for the
road through City Greek and Hard
Scra bible canyons.
Il want to serve notice on the mem
Der from Salt Lake county," declared
big Scott Cutler of Kane county, that
he needn't think he can be initiated in
to the Timothy club"
The Timothy club" of this IegisIa-
ture is the successor Of the alfalfa
club of the previous legislatures, and
is the Orga nfzdtiOn of country MEM
bers to secure road appropriations and
other legislation at the expense, pri-
marily, of Salt Lake county.
Mohr tried to get added an appro-
priaiOn for a road from the end of one
built by the La Sal Copper company's
mine at the Colorado line in San Juan
county TO ThOmpson's, on the Rio
Grande Western railway. The members
heard that this was "A rich mine and
concluded that the company could build
Its own road They found out too late
that this was the property in which
Senator KeaTnS, sCS- Il Loose, Governor
Wells and other Republicans who con-
tribute to campaign funds are inter-
ested.
Il move an amendment to the bill, -
remarked Van Horne, facetiously, dur
ing the debate, that it read to pro-
vide that all money in the treasury be
expended under the direction of the
Timothy club. -
Stuart, of locks brilliant as the sun
itself, moved that it be the ''Red-Top
club"
Axton and Van. Horne were the only
members to vote against the bill.
Senator Whitney's memorial TO con-
gress urging the extension of woman s
suffrage was adopted without debate
The only votes in the negative We're
Stuart, Axton, Cutler, Evans, Holm
gren and Stevens.
Trading Stamp Bill.
The bills against trading stamps
(house bill 7S), introduced by Hewlett,
by request, was killed with a rush. A
representative of a trading stamp COM
pany has been lobbying actively against
it ever since it was introduced, work
ing even on the floor of the house. The
committee on manufactures and COM
merce experienced a change of heart
in regard to the measure, and reported
it adversely. The attorney general said
it was unconstitutional. and Speaker
Cilasmann helped railroad it to
slaughter during Hewlett's absence.
Smiths house 210. allowing an in
crease of mills in the city tax for the
contingent fund, came up on O. motion
to reconsider. by Van Horne. 1t was
amended to apply only to Salt Lake
City, and then passed.
GIasmann Bill Passed.
"Bilr' Glasmann had a novel exper-
fence. One of his bills was favorably
reported and passed. 1t was house bill
81, providing for the assessment of rail-
road corporations. An important pro-
vision is that the assessed valuation of
a road shall be obtained as follows: The
total amount of the capital stock and
bonds shall be divided by the number
of miles of road operated thus obtain
ing the unit of value per mile. The
assessed valuation of the road shall be
the unit value multiplied by the num-
Der of miles of road operated in the
state.
The salary of the secretary of the
state board of equalization was raised
by two bills from 500 to 81 400. Smiths
house bill 124 gave him an extra sal
airy of $500 annually for acting as car
] tax collector. and KeIly's house bill
| 225 raised him another $500, and in
/ creased the stipend of the other mem
bers from $500 to $500.
Bills Passed.
Other bills passed by the house:
Senate bill Al, by Benrion, allowing
an exchange of school lands with the
federal government
House bill III, by Holzheimer, vail
dating instruments imperfectly ac-
/ knowledged.
House bill 124. by Smith, making the
secretary of the state board OF equal
| ization collector Of car taxes and giving
him an extra salary of $500 therefor.
House bill 230. by Axton, permitting
| the owner of a portion. of a piece of
property sold for taxes to redeem his
share.
House bill 195. by Page. Providing
! for the summary administration of es-
| tates.
House bill 1871. by Langton, providing
| that a member of the state board of
pardons shall not be disqualified from
serving by reason Of personal knowl-
| edge. of a case
| House bill 1SS, by Lapgtop, providing
i for fil1iOC UaP9nCiPS tho hoard of