The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-29
SENATE SPARES
SEVEN SCALPS
Votes Down Bill AboIishing Dis
trict Attorneyships.
BOUNTY FOR eRAsSHoPPeRS
MEASURE PASSED vALUING IN
sECTs AT coo a BUsHEL.

District attorneys Of Utah slept
soundly last night for the first time
In a week, for they were advised by
telephone or telegraph that the state
senate had rejected Senator Whit
mOre's eleven bills which comprised
the abolition OF their Office.
The same session which decreed life
and peace to the seven prosecutors at
least until some new measure is intro
duced 70 trouble their dreams, pro-
claimed death and destruction to the
insects known as grasshoppers, To-
Gusts and crickets, for Senator c. p.
Larsens bin offering a bounty for
them at bushel rates. dead or alive,
was passed unanimously. Many other
things did the state senate do in that
same session, which was prolonged
for nearly three hours, smashing the
records Of the year both by duration
and results.
1t was not without a close division
of sentiment that Senator Nhitmore's
short dozen of bills were sent to their
doom.
Debate Waxed Lively.
District attorneys have little or
nothing to do, and their offices are a
burden to the people, declared Sen
ator Whitmore in backing his meas
case must be handled by three lawyers,
the county attorney, the district at
torney and the attorney general"
Before there was q district attor-
ney in Salt Lake county, said Sen
ator Love. ''the county attorney had
to do all the work-and he seemed to
do it in satisfactory manner-and he
had only two assistants. Now he still
has his two assistants, while we have
to pay the salary of the district at
torney and his assistant"
my constituents regard the imposi-
ton of this Office upon them as a. use
less burden" said Senator H. S. Lar
sen. Cur county boards have cut the
salaries of county attorneys, thereby
having driven out Of Office men who
could attend to the local criminal cases
as well as could the district attor-
ney."
Bamberger Votzi Down
Senator Bamberger tried to have the
bills reoommitted, so that a substitute
might be drawn, as Senator Whitmore
limited, making it optional with dis
trictS whether the yemplOyed district
attorneys. The opponents of the bills
were determined to crush them, how
ever. and voted down Senator Bam-
berger's motion.
Davis and Morgan counties are
practically unanimous in favor of
abolishing the Office of district attor-
ney," numbered Senator Barnes.
'Only two of the five county attor-
neys in my district have been admit
ted to the bar" said Senator c. P.
Larsen. 1T would not be wise to
abolish the office of district attorney
at present
''The outlying counties were not able
to cope with the criminal element four
years ago, when the Office was Gre
ated. and they are not now" said Sen
atOr Murdoch
How the Vote Stood.
Enemies of the office welded ma
jority of the eloquence, but were lack !
ing in votes, as the following roll call
viii indicate. The vote was taken on
adopting the minority report of the ju-
committee, the majority of
which were opposed to the measures.
Yeas (favoring minority report-Bar-
Der. Barnes, Bennion, Gardner, II. ).
Larsen. Love, WhitmOre-7.
Nays-Bamberger Johnson, c. P.
Larsen, Lawrence. Lewis, Loose, Nc |
Kay. Murdoch, Sherman-9
Senator C. p. Larsen's grasshopper |
bin went to the house with only one |
negative vote recorded against it-that |
Of President Allison. As amended, it /
provides for a bounty of IL cents a |
pound or less, which, it was explained, |
to 80 cents a bushel. as grass |
hpppers weigh the same as wheat. OF |
the amount, the state is to pay two
thirds and the county one-thifd-
Senator Larsen surprised the senate 1
with an eloquent speech on behalf of
his measure.
Bankers. merchants and section /
hands turned out to help the farmers
declared vehemently. THE farmer
now comes to you for help. He main
-ains no paid lobby. his representatives
10 not haunt your halls and pluck you
BY your sleeve. and all he can do is
TO hope that the justice of his cause
Will plead its own case"
Though Price Too High.
President Allison said he voted
against the bin on the idea that 90
5ents a bushel for hOppers was more
han they were worth.
Farmers viii find it profitable to
cultivate crops of grasshOppers merely
,or the sake of the bounty" said he.
Favorable reports were made by SEN
tie committees on Senator Bamberger's
lill prohibiting part payment of min
RS in food. board and lodging: Repre-
sentative Hawleys bill making grand
arceny punishable by fine as well as
~ imprisonment; Representative Chip
mans bill providing that no paid Of
icer may receive a per diem allow
tnce TOT tesllIylng IN a criminal pro- 1
edure, and Representative Barrett's
ill prohibiting the storage of high
'ower explosives in any mine where
more than ten men are employed and I
king fine of from $500 to $1,000 as
penalty.
A petition OF the women of Provo
.ndorsing the Kindergarten and do
nestle science bills was referred to the
committee on education.
Representative COndon's resolution
Welcoming the National Irrigation CON
-ress was passed and viii go to the