The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-04
MUNICIPAL BILL
JAMMED THROUGH
House Republicans Garry Out Caucus
Decision, Explaining" Nightly.
VOTE DOWN CAPITOL FUND
THE SENATE MEASURE AGAINST
GRAFT is KNOCKED OUT.

The members Of the lower house had
a dreadful time yesterday wrestling
with caucus and conscience over house
bill No. III, by Fishburn. extending
the terms of all municipal officers with
IN the state one year, or until the
general election of 1906
Caucus being material and ever pres
ent, and conscience being a thing OF
the abstract, and possibly not present,
caucus managed to get the better of
most Of those who explained" their
votes Fishburn's BILL the cause of
the unlOOked-fOr barring of conscience,
was debated in caucus for several
hours Wednesday afternoon, the ma
Jority representatives arriving finally
at decision to support it.
How They Cleared Themselves.
The stand taken yesterday on the
bills final passage by some of the
members, and the way they mitigated
their offense, may be summed up in
their own utterances, as follows:
KuchleT-I want to say that 1 am
sorry to have to vote aye for this bill.
but L am bound by the caucus
McCrea-I am a party man, and this
matter having been agreed on in eau
Gus, I feel that it is incumbent on me
10 vote aye.
Miller Bucks the Caucus.
AIiner-wniIe I am willing Ordtnar-
Fly to bind myself by caucus, my
views are so decidedly opposed TO this
measure that 1 must vote nay. I hold
that no man is bound by a caucus
where he gives notice before such eau
Gus that he viii not be unalterably
bound by its conclusion. I stated be-
fore the caucus was held that l was
opposed to the bill, and therefore can
not give it my support.
Roberts, vote aye because the bill
and not because of a caucus.
Thompson consider myself bound
by the caucus action and will vote aye.
Tolton-As l do not happen to be
bound by any caucus. 1 shall vote
nay l am from Missouri and have
Yet to be shown the merits Of this
measure.
Wilson-Record me plain aye.
WoottOn-I am not quite sure as to
the merits of the bill, but will stand
by the caucus action.
Hull Against Bill, But
Speaker Hull will ask the induIg-
euce Of the house to speak on this
question without taking the floor. 1
never took the step before. / want to
say that had I known this bill con-
tanned no provision for holdover terms,
would never have gone into caucus.
/ would never have voted for it. The
holdoVer principle is a good one
But
For the reasons stated by others of
the members. 1 shall vote ave
As viii be seen from the above sym
postum the words of the majority of
the members fell on their own empty
ears They were probably uttered, ex-
Cept in the case of Miller, for the pur-
pose of tasting the pleasure of dab
Z bling with the naughtiness Of "Aunty
Caucus
On final passage the caucus was vic
Tor by "A vote of SO ayes and 8 nays,
as follows:
Ayes-AIen. Anderson. \. V, Austin.
Carroll, Christensen. Gotham, Cromar,
Dean, Edward, F'ishburn. Hawley,
Hone, Hopes. Johnson, Jones, Kinney,
Kuchler, Luther, Lyman, Vaughan,
Marks, McCrea, Merrill Pace. Pan
cake, Painter, Peterson, Richards, Rob
erts, Simons. Stewart. Stringham,
Thompson, Wilson, WoottOn and
Speaker Hull-36.
Nays-Curtin. Miller and TOlton-3.
When Fishburn's bill came up for
third reading, Miller made an effort
TO have it made special order for p.
IN. Tuesday. but this failed Follow
ing the failure of the motion to post
pone Gotham moved to amend the bill
10y inserting a clause providing for the
election of a four-year councilman in
cities OF the first class. This amend
ment. to which Hull in his explana-
ton of what he did and why he did it
referred. was lost.
house after adjournment. Those Of the
ma jority whose systems are highly
charged with party loyalty are inclined
20 think that Miller had acted in rath
tSShad form Those who admitted that
4hcy felt as the Emery representative
did but had not acted in accord with
their belief had naught to say. Tealiz-
Ing that Miller had simply done what
they had had the opportunity but not
the nerve to do
No Capitol Fund This Year.
Thousands for chickens but not one
cent for a state capitol is the way the
house has gone on record. a few days
ago Deans poultry bill was passed by
the lower branch of the legislature.
carrying with it an appropriation of
81 O0O cut from 81 500. Yesterday the
house acted adversely on Marks bill
ChOUse bill No. I'D, providing an an
nual appropriation of $4,000. cut from
$4,000 by amendment. for the purpose
If creating a fund for the erection of
a state capitol.
At one time it looked like the state
was in way to receive SO each
year. or so much thereof as might be
necessary However. this amount was
In the end given further cut Of so.
Marks explained the bill was so word
ed as TO enable the fund to be used in
any state department, until the with
drawal Of the principal for building
purposes. He showed that it could in
no way affect the finances of the state
at this time. He was willing, he said,
that the appropriation asked be cut
down
An amendment by Austin, reducing
the appropriation from $4,000 to $4,000
carried Pancake then proposed to
strike out the word thousands" after
ten" Later this was Withdrawn. on
final passage the bill was defeated by
q vote Of ten ayes and twenty-seVen
nays. as follows
Ayes-AndefsOn y. V. Austin. Cur
tin. Daily. Edward. FishbuTn. Kinney,
Marks. MCCrea and StrinEham--10.
Nays-Allen, Carroll. Christensen.
Gotham, Cromar, Dean, Hawley Hone