Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-03
NATIONAL GUARD
BILLS PASSED.
Appointments Sent to the Senate
Held Up for an Execu
tive Session.
ASSOCIATED PRESS MEASURE.
Chairman Spry Argues In It's Favor
10 Hope Of Getting Franchise for
New Republican Paper

The state militia bills Ga and IS, COM
panlon measures by Park on the re-
organization OF the National Guard
to bring It into conformity with the
regular army were the most important
bills before the senate this afternoon.
They were both passed after slight
amendments,
other bills up for final action we're
II. e. 2O3 on articles OF INCORPORATION;
H. b. 223, on stock certificates; II, B..
l5l, on dismissal OF actions; 7. B, l15,
on briblng Of witnesses; II. b, 141 on
trespass; $, b, %, on voting machines,
and S. b. 1870 on bountos,
Gov Cutler sent IN one more batch
Of appointments, this tlme for mem
bers OF the state board Of sheep com
missioners The personnel OF the list
OF appointments Is withheld pending
the action OF the senate In It's executive
session late this afternoon
Prior TO the beginning Of the session
the chamber was thronged with lobby
lists eacn discussing earnestly some fav-
orite bill prominent among them was
state Chairman Spry arguing In favor
of his Associated Press franchise
measure said 10 be introduced in favor
Of a new Republican paper
ASSOCIATED PRESS BILL.
Some surprise was occasioned by the
report OF the judiciary committee favor
Ing the passage OF Lawrence's n b..
40, aimed at prohibiting the Associat-
cd Press from discriminating against
any newspaper The report had orig
inally been written unfayorably but
the word mot had been crossed out
IN ink indicating q change Of heart
at the last minute
The same committee killed Merrilrs
IA b. 1902 on the state board of equal
iEation IL recommended faVorably the
following bills: II. d, 15S, by Marks,
defining the word "oieo." II. b. II, Ivy
Holey on the duties Of county treas
urcrs S. h. 1913, by Park, defining COM
mon burratry and providing punish
ments therefor II. b, 159, by Marks,
on the fees of county recorders; II, b.,
Sc. BY Roberts, on the fees Of county
clerks s. y. 81, by Lawrence on bucket
shopping; ". b. &c. by Tolton, on the
fees OF court stenographer; ii. b. 49,
by Marks, defining the duties of county
recorder,
1t killed $. B. 80, by clegg, which was
a duplicate Of H. b. 81, by Roberts.
FAVORABLE REPORTS.
Committee men today were on their
good behavior ana sent out for the most
part only bills with clear bin OF
health
Favorable reports were submitted as
follows
s b. 49, by Hollingsworth, on the in
herltance tax.
s. y. 1906 by Hollingsworth, on real
estate held for taxes.
s. y &c. by Walton, on an annual
convention for health officers
$. b. 40, by Walton, on reservoirs
and reservoir sites.
S. b. % by Walton on reports on
cases Of tuberculosis.
S. y. ia, by Clegg, on transient
stock.
H. b. 1893, by Hopes on the expendl-
ture Of road building money
s. B. 1876, by Hollngsworth on the
duties OF county auditors.
8. r, 9S by Walton on sanitation in
school houses
$. b. 90, by Walton. on a course in
sanitation IN schools.
IL p 1866, by Kinney on fees Of pre-
cnct officers.
ONE DISPUTE IN COMMITTEE,
The only bill OF which the committee
had a bad opinion was Johnson's osteO-
PATTY bill tNo. 02). The majority re-
port recommended It's death, while the
minority, headed by Mckay, recon-
mended It's passage