Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-09
WOMAN'S SURFACE
BY BARE MAJORITY
Whitneys Senate Joint Memorial
Just Passes the House,
DEATH OF HEWLETT'S BILL.
Measure Prohibiting the Use Of Trad.
Ing stamps Promptly slaughtered
without Further Ado,

Whitney's Senate joint memorial for
universal suffrage throughout the Unit.
ed states, without respect to sex. was
the first business Of any Importance
that came up in the House this morn
Ing. An attempt was made 10 tide 1t
over as a special order for Monday,
but the sentiment Of the House was In
favor Of immediate action. and the
memorial was passed by vote Of 20 to
lea bare majority Of the members
elected
Hewlett's bill to prohibit trading
stamps was reported unfavorably and
killed without future ado.
House bin No. 23j, by the committee
on highways and bridges. was intro
duced after protest by Mr. Smith that
two-thrds vote had not been OBJ
tanned. The vote was obtained and the
bin introduced. 1t is a substitute for
all the other House bills introduced on
highways and bridges, and calls for
total Of appropriations OF Si4,65O Un-
der suspension Of the rules the bill was
put through its second reading
so that II might be referred to the
committee on revenue and appropria-
tons. But little interest seemed to be
taken In the reading OF the bill, which
was merely an itemized statement OF
the various county expenses for roads
and bridges When the clerk had read
about one-fourth Of the bill Mr.. Smith
moved that further reading Of the bill
be dispensed with, The motion was
voted down and the reading proceeded
WITH while the House again converted
itself into Conversations. Under sus-
pension Of the rules the bill was next
placed on final passage after the adop-
ton Of the amendments one by Stuart
for $1,000 for repairing the road from
the smelters 10 the mines In Little Cot
tonwood, and the other by Axton for
$3.50 for the building Of a road through
lily tIeth hlu ildlu StIdOpic tdHgoHS
uniting Salt Lake and Morgan counties
Mohr's amendment, calling for $4,000
for the building OF a road for the trans
portation Of ore from Moab and Grand
county to the Colorado State line, pro-
yided that the Lasalle Copper company
give guarantee that II will build a road
from It's mines at Cashton, Colo, 10
the Colorado State Line. was voted
down. Some minor amendments were
made and the bill passed by vote Of
2g TO 2.
After an hour spent on the highways
and bridges appropriation bill the
House took UP Bennions Senate bill
No AZ, to relinquish 10 the United
States the unsurveyed school land In
lieu Of grant Of land Of equal area to
be made by the United States There
was no question about the bill, which
was rushed through with a vote of rs
to !.
LAND COMMISSIONERS.
The next bill was Senate bill No. 70,
by the Senate committee on public
lands. The bill reduces the number
Of the board OF land commissioners
from TO 5. The bill recommends
salary Of each commissioner Of $1,000,
with 81 800 for the secretary The Sem
ate amended these figures to $1,000 and
ST. 500. In the House the original figures
were restored TO the bill in compliance
with the recommendation with the
House committee and the bill thus
passed by vote Of Is to- 2.
The enacting clauses " House bills
Nos. 10 and 20 were stricken out, two
OF Glasmann's original tax bills. for
which substitutes have been passed In
the House.
II was then discovered that % ayes
were not sufficient to pass Senate bill
No. g. which has an emergency clause,
and on motion Of Mr. Van Horne the
vote was reconsidered. Mr. Wells took
the opportunity to move as an amend
ment that the secretary's salary be
raised toSl 500. Kelly. Hatch and others
objected ID. c. Johnson explained that
the bill as Il had iust been voted Oh
LEFT the salaries of the commissioners
and secretary as they had always been
since there was state land board. Nj
Pare was In favor OF q raise. He
thought that il was Inconsistent In
members who had voted for raises Of
thousands Of dollars In the salaries Of
state officers recently TO vote against
that for a paltry $500. He thought It
could hardly be because the present in
cumhent was a Democrat and sought
reelection. The amendment for the
81 500 salary was voted down. and the
Hill went over as unfinished business
I'm the afternoon.
Volyheimer's No. III relating 10 in
struments Of writing informally exc
cutof was quickly rushed through at
ter which recess was taken TIL ?
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