Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-09
TURNED ANOTHER
MAN DOWN HARD
Senate Rejects Appointment OF
Caleb Tanner as State
Engineer
MAY mem DOREMUS AGAIN.
Large Number Of Other Appointccs
Went Through Without Opposition
Many Bills Pass, Many Die

Yesterday afternoon another Of Gov
ernor Cutters appointees received the
disapproyal Of the senate, This time
II was Caleb Tanner appointed from
Utah county to take the place of State
Engineer Doremus In carrying out the
Dorcmus water law, work on which is
just developing into frution.
The position Of state engineer has
been a much discussed one for weeks,
and many men were in the running for
the place Weber county had a candi-
date, Utah county another, and I'm Salt
Lake county It was alleged that It
would be poor public policy. and harm
full to the public service, to displace
MI Doremus with the law which he
framed only in the first stages Of its
enforcement. 1t is unders TODD that the
arguments in the senate over the APP
Dointment Of Tanner resulted in a
conclusion that IL was unwise to allow
political obligations to precede the pub
lie welfare, and IN consequence the APP
pointment was rejected. The move was
Intended, it is alleged, TO be an endorse
ment OF Doremus, and a vote Of faith
IN the plan he is trying to carry out.
The following other appointments were
confirmed.
For Surgeon General on Governors
Staf-Dr, A. S. Bower Of Salt Lake.
For members of State Board OF
Equali2atlon--O ]. Salisbury, Salt
Lake Thomas ID. Dee, Weber.
For Ctata ENnod op1 TA.fr,y tHto,,,,,,fa-
sioner-Johin Il. Peterson OF Salt Lake.
For State Park Commissioner
George Webb Of Utah, Joseph II. MUIR
dock Of Wasatch
For Member Board Of Trustees
state Industrial School-Harry Joseph
Of Salt Lake
For Member Board OF Trustees
State School for Deaf, Dumb and
Blind-Rev Peter A. Smpkln Of Salt
Lake,
MORE FUNDS FOR EXPENSES.
Johnson S. B, la providing an APP
preparation Of $4,000 for contingent
expenses In addition to what Is al
ready appropriated went through both
houses, was engrossed and enrolled
and ready for signature, all In single
afternoon. The money was found to be
necessary to cover the additional ex-
penses Of the house Investigations.
The rest Of the senate session was
taken up passing long list Of routine
bills. They are as follows;
II. r. No. 4, by Joseph, repeating silk
culture law. Appropriation of $500 add
ed by committee eliminated by the sem
ate.
II. b. lis, by Flshburn, providing for
y
school teachers.
II b. IA, by Marks, relating to school
elections.
II. b, 1874, by Gotham, relating to pro-
vlding revenue for common schools.
II. u. 145, by Marks, requiring school
teachers to attend Institutes.
II. B. ii6, by Marks, relating to du-
ties OF county school superintendents.
III. u. 1856 and 100, by committee on
penitentiary and prison appropriatlng
80, 500 each to David Wilcken and Ze-
bulon Jacobs for injuries received dur
ing prison break of 1908.
One important stand was taken when
Hopes II. b. 1913, on a road appropria-
ton IN Juab county was killed. The
vote was taken after n debate I'm which
II was established that the passing Of
the bill would make a bad precedent,
nau consumed MIL an nOuT NotlCe
was given to reconsider.
KILLED IN COMMITTEE,
The following bills We're killed by
the adoption of adverse reports:
H. b. No l4O, by Marks, relating
to disposition of property found on de-
ceased persons.
H. u. No. 1872, by Peterson, relating
TO change Of venue In civil cases I'm dis
trict courts.
II. b. No. 1A, by Marks, relating to
adverse possession of rights OF way.
s. b. No. II, by Larsen, establishing
schools OF agriculture and domestic
economy.
s. b. No. a. by Larsen, creating ag-
ricultural experiment farm.
II. y. No. q, by Kinney providing
for uniform standard Of weights and
measures.
II. p. No. 1877, by Marks, relating to
partition and distribution Of estates.
s. b. No. 50, by Bennlon, approprl-
ating $1,000 20 pave state property on
Capitol hill, Salt Lake.
Favorable committee reports were
adopted on the following;
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