The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-16
NO SHOW FOR MINORITY
LARGE AMOUNT OF NEW LEoIs-
LATioN Is INTRODUCED.

IN IT'S anxiety TO rush through a par
tisan bin, the house took up house bill
no 81. Roberts state land board meas
cre, yesterday out Of its regular order.
Inc bill went through after a futile
night had been made by the minority
members of the house, aided by Wilson.
70 reject the amendment of the public
lands committee by striking out the
words, not more than two OF whom
ShaH be Of the same political party
IN the section providing for the APP
pOintment of the land board.
Consideration of this bill. as amend
ed, formed one of the topics of discus
sion Of the minority caucus Tuesday
afternoon. Certainly the house expe-
slenced "A marvellous change of heart
during a few days, as last week a sim
liar partisan amendment offered by the
committee on public lands, was re-
1ected on motion of Wilson, and the
bill was re-referred.
Mixed Over Bond.
An amendment raising the bond cf
the secretary from $500. 900 TO $3.50. 900
carried So interested were the mem
bers of the house in getting through
The nOn-paTtisan amendment that they
got ratified and figured that if the
charge for bonds was one-half of per
cent a year, the amount required to Sc
cure a bond of $75O,OOO would be but
$50 Even after StOokey had figured
the problem out and shown that at
cost the secretary s.. $50 per annum. II
wasn't quite clear. Finally il was
learned. or at any rate the statement
was made on the floor, that the charge
was but One-siXth Of l per cent This
would still make a bond of S750. 900 inn
practicable
Stookey gave notice that he would
move to reconsider the houses vote
passing the bill. in order that he might
have chance to get around the .'ex-
cessive bond Some members called
attention to the fact that a bond
would cost the secretary nothing if
he deposited the large sums of money
with some particular bank
Speaker Hull is evidently misinformed
as TO the amount Of negotiable papers
the custodian of state moneys for the
land board has in hand during the
year He expressed an opinion after
session that it amounted to only about
$4,000.
The debate on the Objectionable
amendment developed stand pat" at
utude as far as the majority mem bers
of the house were concerned. even those
mem DerS whose convictions are against
craftsmanship. and who voted last week
against a similar amendment, not dar-
ing 10 take the floor against it.
Wilson, however, was an exception
Immediately upon the reading of the
committee amendments he arose to op-
pose the recommendation striking out
the non-partisan provision.
House's Change OF Heart.
Il am surprised he said. at the ac-
ton of the committee in including this
amendment after the decided manner
~ which the house supported my oppo-
6ition to this amendment last week
There seems to be a desire on the COM
1mlttee's part to encourage d partisan
board, but 1 want to go on record as
being against the amendment.
II seems to me that people are be-
coming all the more convinced of the
necessity of having boards non-parti-
san The Republican parstv should NOT
accept the principle of to the victors
belong the SpoilS.' The Democrats of
this state pay their just proportion of
taxation and it is but right that they
should be represented"
Miller. chairman of the DubIic lands
committee. tried to have Wilson ruled
OF the floor because his time Was up
Well, say retorted Wilson, Its a
peculiar thing that when a man doesn't
AK TO suit some Of you fellows. you
Joseph then got the floor and. quot
ing from the gov errors message
sought TO show that executive was par
1ial TO a partisan board. He said that
this amendment is aimed i'm lire with
= the message Of the governor"
Governor Cutler, thus asSailed within
his own party, was defended by Tolton.
leader of the minority, who proc aaC5ed
10 go on with the executives mess 90
where Joseph had left off. He charged
The latter with telling half the truth"
ana mus seeking TO prejudice the
house Inc governors message, n
: ghoWed, advocated a balance OF power
but not usurpation for the majority.
Iolton took a shot a the action of
the house in denying the minority rep
1eSentation on the fair commission in
VeStigating committee. He Submitted
that while his party claimed none of
the honor for the commissions actions
u felt decided interest in probing
them.
Following lotions defense of VIII
sons motion an oral vote was taken
1t left no doubt that the motion was
lost. but a rOllcall was asked. Speaker
Hull and the majority were plainly an
noyed at this. but the roll was called.
The vote follows:
Ayes-Carroll. Gotham. Edward. Gun
dry, Hawley, Luther. Stringham, Toll
ton. Wilson and Wootton-I0
Nays-Allen. \. Y. Anderson. Aus
tin Christensen, Cromar. Curtin Daily
Dean. F'ishburn, Hone, Hopes, Johnson.
Jones. Joseph. Kinney. Kuchler Ly-
man. Vaughan. Marks. McCrea Ner-
Tiit. Miller, Pace. Pancake. Peterson.
richards Roberts, Simons, Spencer.
Stewart, Stookey, Thompson and
Speaker Hull-34.
Argue over Bond.
The house having committed itself to
t'artisanship, il proceeded to argue
over the amount of the bond required
from the secretary Of the board created
by Roberts bill Evedintly this matter
had not been on the programme for a
fairly general debate ensued.
McCrea thought the action Of the
committee in raising the bond from
$500 600 to $3.50 600 was not well taken
He amended to the original sum The
amendment was lost.
Joseph offered an amendment that the
members of the board be allowed trav-
cling expenses excepting where trans
pOrtation was furnished free" The
amendment lost. Wilson then proposed
10 amend this section by striking out
the word travelling before EXPENSES
and insert transports ton" He ex-
planned that possibly the members of
the board would include in travelling
expenses" their hotel bills. cigars etc
Miller and johnson. members of the
public lands committee, thouP' the
amendment should not prevail because
the officials would "have to eat while
transacting the states business" II