Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-30
ST. LOUIS REPORT
BEING OVERHAULED
Committee In Fourth Meeting To.
day Bringing Investigation
To a Close
ACCOUNTING ON WEDNESDAY,.
Legislative Curiosity Has Grown Until
Members Declare That the Full
Truth Must Now BE Known.

The fourth meeting OF the conference
committee Of the house and senate 10
Investigate the affairs OF the st. Louis
commission, convened today at /
o'clock, and accomplished much to-
wards bringing the investigation to a
close.
What It's final report win be is not
known yet Representative Joseph
claims that things will be shown that
WIN demonstrate that his suspicious
were not all hot air" as has been
claimed.
on the other hand Senator Johnson,
treasurer Of the commission, declares
that the only loss to the state VIII be
an Inability to account for a number OF
vouchers, and that the state VIII be
found to be not out cent In its I'm
ances.
Senator Walton OF the committee says
that he expects its report to be ready
In couple Of days unless something
more than Is now apparent develops to
delay 1t, Ho confirms the statement
mat there are n number OF missing
vouchers.
Comment on the investigation is rath-
er general, and prominent among the
assertions IL the one that the inyestl-
cation was sprung" for political capi-
tai, and not from a sincere motive, a
view that Is stoutly contradicted by
others.
IN the meantime there seems to be a
general legislative curiosity 10 know
what the facts are, II Is stated un-
equlvocally by many members that GER
NJ uVit Ia
are to be probed to the bottom, and
that nothing can now stay a complete
disclosure Of the fun truth.
FREE TEXT BOOKS COST MONEY.
What is to he done with the free text
book law Is Il question that Is worry
ing many senators, especially those
from the outlying counties, where the
population Is scattered and where the
income from the Ave mills tax which
the school trustees are authorized to
collect, Is insufficient TO anywhere near
meet the cost OF books.
Senator Wills Johnson, from Circle
vile cites the situation in his town as
Illustrative OF the general condition.
Here the trustees did not realize
enough money from the tax to pay for
the books the law compelled them to
furnish. An effort was made to yet
the town 10 vote the needed money, and
thls railing the trustees themselves
personally furnished the money in the
hope Of later securing a reimbursement.
This, however has not been the case,
and II Is considered imprbctlcable to
carry out tho provisions Of the law on
the present appropriation Senator
Johnson favors either repeating the law
or amending Il to raise the tax from
. to 7 or s mills.
BOUNTY LAW TALK.
WANTED. A single Instance of any
bounty law ever enacted that escaped
the successful operations OF the bunco
man. Bounty boosters fake games
have been told and retold so frequently
IN the senate chamber recently that
when a representative OF the county
clerks office told today Of a scheme
salt lakes bad boys once worked 10
successfully beat the bounty law on
sparrow eggs, reward was suggested
for fake proof measure, Information
should be sent to Chairman Law
renee OF the conference committee now
framing amendments to the present
law.
LIVESTOCK WORK.
Another protracted Joint session OF
the live stock committees OF the senate
and house convened this morning.
Meeting with them We're many prom
inent sheep and cattle men, Nothing
definite In the way Of new legislation
was accomplished, the session adjourn
ing till 10 o'clock tomorrow TO COM
plete ITS discussion OF the measures
before II,