Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-24
MN SENATE HELP
TO BREAK THE LAW
p,mbcrcer and Other Members Of
That Body We're of that
Opinion.
WAS IN RELATION TO BOUNTY.
laurence and Others Held to Dit.
s,,ut View and the Matter Caused
Some Little Discussion.

Has the senate OF the state OF Utah
aided and abetted IN the violation OF
,,e law? That u what several OF the
ssnator5 are wondering. and what not a
few are vigorously asserting. In pass
inc resolution requesting an inquiry
into the bounty scandal by the state
auditor. a demand was included that
o county clerks cease issuing bounty
warrants or certificates until the sem
ate concluded IT, investigation.
NOW the law, as interpreted by Sena-
,cr Hamburger and some others, says
NTH all due plainness that county
Jerks shall issue warrants when a man
appears who ~ willing to swear that
he has killed within 60 days the skins
which he has to present for punching,
senator Bamberger was pained and
surprised that his legal friends IN the
senate should have so far forgotten
themselves as to urge upon this senate
80 unlawful an action, / want this
subject" concluded Bamberger laid
oyef until tomorrow at 3 o'clock. l
want 20 prepare q speech upon It,"
evidently you don't want to hear
my speech" was his witty retort that
rt the whole chamber laughing a mo-
ment later when the vote on the ques-
ton was called for
ON Legality a reply from Lawrence
urged that under the circumstances n
me senate so desired II could legally
bring in all these county clerks and
lock them up pending this investigation
hut he thought Il was better Just TO
suspend the giving OF bounties-an ac-
hon he thought entirely within the law,
since IL held things UP only for a short
time. A majority were with Lawrence
voting yes, to the resolution, while
with Bamberger stood Bennlon Of the
three Bees, Calllster, Clegg, Johnson,
larsen and Lewis
Bamberger is OF the belief that a
heavy responsibility rests upon the
heads of the house for exercising its
light Of disagreeing to keep in force
law which has proved Itself so rotten
as the bounty act.
The senate has still not despalred OF
making changes In the law giving
bounUes on animals despite the fact
that its bill repeating the present one
Was passed back at It by the house. Its
latest move is to appoint conference
committee to act with a like commit
Zee from the house IN framing amend
ments Lawrence, Walton, and Ben,
Mon comprise the committee.
Senator Love had a lone vote to cast
yesterday against the Roosevelt idea
oi the interstate commerce commission.
A joint memorial by Lewis asking
Congress 10 enact legislation I'm line
with President ROosevelt's suggestion
as 90 increasing the powers Of the inter-
state commerce commission, was up for
passage, and after every senator pres-
emit had voted AYE" the president said
IN voting mo" that while he Endorsed
what President Roosevelt had to say
about corporations, still he did not be-
lIeyc amy five men in the world were
capable Of passing on the freight rate
question
Senator Larsen has been down 70
Sanpetc recently and he has dlscov-
cred many new things In his home town
VI Manti that were not apparent when
he Was there every day of the year.
One Of them Is a plan to buy largr
water supply that Issues out of tbs
Morrison mines and divert Il into irri-
cation water for vast area OF land.
that now Is TO come under the spade
and the hoe and be tickled into har-
vest, Another Is that a new opera
house IS soon TO be constructed at a
cost Of over $4,000 most of the stock
for It having been already subscribed.
Yesterday the senate received a COM
munlcaton from Ex-Governor Hebei
VI Wells of little different nature
than those which II has been the GUS
tom OF Utah senates to receive, This
time the name was affixed to an invi-
lallon from the Commercial club invit-
Ing the senators to use its rooms for
committee meetings, and accepted
with thanks was the reply sent 10
the new president of the club.