The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-24
TWENTY
BILLS COME IN
Representatives Make Most of Extra
Day For Introduction.
FARM MEASURE is PASSED
HOUSE FAVoRs ESTABLISHING
EXPERIMENT STATION.

session in either house. were intro
Guced in the lower branch of the legis-
lature yesterday afternoon. Following
the overflow and the passage of sew
| eral house and senate bills, an adj
| Journment was taken until IN. to-
| Gay. the sOlons evidently believing that
| they had done enough toward turning
out the statutes for one day.
A block of five of the new measures
I related to irrigation work and these
| were discussed at a special meeting
| held i'm the evening at the Kenyon.
| The cause of the rush was that yes
terday was the last day on which bills
! might be introduced unless the author
] gains the consent of the house.
Experiment Farm Bill Passed.
House bill No. 1873, by Hawley, the
| experiment farm bill, which was the
| cause Of Tuesdays row over the emer-
gency clause feature of measures, was
| reconsidered yesterday on motion of
| Pancake, and was passed. Section IL,
| the emergency clause, was stricken out
on motion of Hawley. This was un-
necessary, as shown later by the vote
or 81 ayes and II nays.
! The debates incident to the passing
/ of the bill did not center so much on
! the measure itself as on a motion TO
| reduce the appropriation carried with
II from $4,000 to $1,000. Lyman made
/
| FRO and con of which were respective
| ~ argued by Joseph and Wilson, was
| defeated Wilson had a chance to
elaborate on certain theories regard
ing the relative values of agriculture
| with other industries of THE state
| while Joseph elaborated on mines as
| against farms.
a feature of the discussion was a tilt
between Roberts and Joseph, the for
| mer calling the Salt I4aker to account
he
ord as being opposed to the agricuI-
| tural interests of the state and scien-
tific farming. Roberts put the matter
up to Joseph for an answer.
The latter lodged, replying: You
haven't shown me yet where the bill
does all this
Joseph then introduced an amend
ment providing that the experiment
| farm must be convenient to railroads.
Just why this amendment was de-
feated is not clear. but the supporters
OF the bill held the better hand and
| the motion lost.
On final vote the following voted
| against the bill: Curtin. Daily. Gundry,
Joseph, Kuchler. Lyman. McCrea, Mil
Ter, Pace, Spencer and Speaker Hull.
Sheep Bill Passed Again.
Before the passage of the experiment
| farm bill, Wilson moved that senate
! Oil No. 40, by Clegg, providing for- a
recOnsidered. This was the bill which
passed the house Tuesday night after
| ruling by Speaker Hull that a bill
| containing an emergency clause was
! killed unless. it had received a two
| thirds vote, was not sustained The
bill passed yesterday with PLENTY of
votes TO make the emergency clause eff
fective, the roll standing SO ayes to
nays.
House bill No. 80, by Roberts pro-
2 inn hot
education shan not receive money for
! taking contracts or making appropria-
lions was passed by a vote of IL to l.
The bill is in line with the similar
measure governing members of city
Joseph introduced an amendment to
| house bill No. 30, which was not close
| ly considered before adverse action was
taken by the house. Joseph's amend
| ment proposed to go farther than the
| provisions of bill, and make it impos-
! s1ble for board member to work the
| Contract graft by means of his con-
| nection, direct or indirect, with any
| company or corporation seeking con-
| tracts or appropriations The full in
| tent of Joseph's measure was not
explained to the house, as it was Civ
/ EN- absolutely no cOnsidera ton
/ House bill No. ~, WoottOn's meas
ure relating to the powers of city coun-
| els. was committed TO conference
4
| Ter and ToitOn. in order that certain
! unintelligible amendments" made i'm
| the senate might be explained The
senate. so the bill indicates, got its
conjunctions mixed and the changes to
/ be made VIII consist simply in switch
| ing a few "OrS'' and "ands"
/ House bill No. s., Roberts measure
relating to the fees of county anC dis
trict court clerks. was passed with SEN
/ ate amendments.
Prison Board Bill Passed.
Edwards bill. house bill No. s5. re-
! organizing the state board OF eorrec-
| tons. was passed by the house yes
! The bill provides for non-partisan
| board. On final passage the vote was:
Ayes-Allen. y. V Anderson. Carroll.
/ Christensen, Gotham. Cromar Curtin,
/ Dean. Edward. F'ishburn, Gundry
| Hawley, Johnson, Jones. Joseph. Kin
I ney. Kuchler, Luther, Lyman
Vaughan, Marks, Merrill. Miller.
| Pace, Pancake. Painter, Peterson. Rob-
erts Stookey. Stringham, Tolton,
| WOOtton. and Speaker HuIl-33.
Nays-Daily, Hone, Hopes McCrea.
Richards. Simons, Spencer, Thompson
and WilsOn-1O.
Carbon County Report.
( Chairman Marks of the committee
! on public funds was authorized yes
{: terday TO employ such aid as was
{ nece ssary to prosecute the investiga-
! ton Of the expenditures Of the militia
| during the Carbon county strike one
! year ago last fall. Marks request
/ for aid brought from Wilson an in
] terrogation as to whether the commit
( tee had yet found any indications that
( money had been expended inju-
| diciOusly.
Marks stated that as yet the com
( mite had found nothing wrong. and
/ was going deeper into the subject be
/ cause of rumOrs that there was some
! thing not exactly straight. The com
| mittee, he stated. was not inclined to
| drop it's work of investigation but
| clerical help was. needed or cessation
/ of the inquiry seemed necessary Jo-
| seph and Wilson rowed over the ques-
| ton. Joseph urging that the commit
| tee was entitled TO whatever was need
| ed in making a complete investigation.
| Miller and Stookey also spoke for the
motion. by Joseph, authorizing the
! committee to employ clerical aid. The
motion carried
Other committee reports were re-
! ceived and adopted, as follows:
Labor-H. 3. No. so, by Cromar. re
lating to the protection of alien la
| borers. Recommended for passage.
State mental observation-disclosures
ing that s1S0,lsO, be appropriated for