The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-29
MEASURE TO
AID CITY SCHOOLS
Done introduces Bill to Raise
Tax Limit.
MEMORIAL ON STATEHOOD
ADOPTED UNANIMoUsLY-PAss
BILL KILLED.

More revenue for the salt Lake pub
lie schools viii be provided if the bin
introduced in the house yesterday by
Representative Wizard Done is passed.
There appears to be every likelihood
that it will The measure provides for
an increase IN the limit OF taxation
for city school purposes from 59z to
mills. leaving unchanged the IL mill
tax to be used exclusively for build
ing purposes.
similar bill was introduced two
years ago. but it was fought by the
members from Salt Lake county out
side the city. They feared that the
city would reduce the county tax if
given the privilege of raising the city
tax The city was given authority to
levy a Z mill tax for 1901 alone, as
result of this opposition. This year
compromise has been reached. The
city representatives have agreed that
a minimum county tax rate of mills
shall be fixed. leaving the maximum
al 4 mills. With this safeguard, the
country members are satisfied. and
viii support the measure. 1t is known
as house bill No. SO, and was referred
to the committee on revenue and ap-
preparations.
For Omnibus Statehood Bill.
The house, after some debate,
adopted Johnscn's senate joint memoir
ial No. 2, requesting the Utah sem
atOrs TO use their influence in behalf
of the omnibus statehood biIl'' to ad-
nit Oklahoma, New Mexico and Ari-
iona to the Union. Senator Rawlins
and Congressman Sutherland have
been working for the bill. but Senator
Kearns was paired against it on the
cs-f N~.fo 1r,c+ 81.
Mr.. Sutherland to Representative
Watts. chairman of the committee on
federal relations and memorials, urg-
ing the house to adopt the memorial,
was read during the discussion.
The committee reported favorably
on the memorial from the New Mexico
assembly, asking action, and on the
Johnson memorial to congress. Just
as the memorial was to be put on it's
final passage under suspension of the
rules, Condor announced that he in
tended to vote in the negative.
IF New Mexico and the southern
part of Arizona were to be excluded
he said, 81 should vote in the affirm
ative, but I lived for two years in New
Mexico, and I know that the average
person in those two localities has no
more conception of the purposes of our
government than have the people of
darkest Africa
Molyneux also said he intended to
vote against the measure.
Morris Supports Measure.
Morris made a fiery speech in sup
port of the memorial. He urged that |
the people of the part of the country
involved should be released from the |
territorial vassalage," with which the |
people of Utah had had such bitter ex-
perience- He declared that the Next |
cans were as much entitled to vote |
as the Slavs, Hungarians and Poles of |
pennsylvania and other eastern states. |
Condor replied vigorously. Austin |
Redd and Barrett spoke for the bill. !
and White delivered an grafton in its |
behalf
When it came to a vote, Cahoon, |
Condor, Evans and MoIyneux respond !
I'd in the negative. Before the result /
was announced, they all changed their |
votes TO the affirmative, making it /
unanimous.
Brink extending to lodging houses |
he same protection given hotels and !
boarding houses against 'deadbeats"
was passed unanimously.
Beat Whitmore's Mileage Bill.
Senator Whitmores bill against the
payment of mileage to state officials
on passes was unceremoni-
)usly slaughtered. The act would APP
ply to members of the legislature, and |
he members of the house could scarce
y wait until they could get their axes
nto it. The committee on salaries and
ICES reported against it, and J. E.
Johnson of Emery county moved that
he report be adopted. Hamlin wanted
he enacting clause stricken out. A
-ote was taken on the adoption of the
report, and Stewart was
he only one to vote no.
The conference committee on Senator
:. P. Larsen's bounty bin tSenate bill
20. 1o) reported in favor of a recon
liberation of the vote by which the
ill was killed. This was done under
of the rules. After some
discussion over duplication OF boun-
les and a statement by Mrs. Coulter,
hartman of the judiciary committee.
hat this committee had not thorough
Y understood the purport and purpose
f the bill. it was referred back to the
ommittee- 1t is to be considered in
onnection with Watts bill on the
anne subject.
A resolution of regret and sympathy / /
vas unanimously voted to Representa-
i've Willis E. Robson on account of
ne death of his daughter, Mrs. Ella | /
funt. The resolution was presented
Y the special committee. of which !
Doctor Condor was chairman.