Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-09
NEW HOUSE RECORD.
Busy All the Time" Was the Motto
For Fridays Session.

Although considerable of yesterdays
time was taken up In the discussion of
the constitutionality of the cigarette
bill, proposed by Croft of Morgan, the
house nevertheless accomplished more
at its afternoon session than on any
previous single day.
The debate on the cigarette PROPOSE
ton became quite animated. Mr. Tolton
of Beaver raised number of points
against the measure, saying the house
would as well undertake TO legislate
against a man appearing in full dress
suit in the middle OF the day as to at
tempt to say what he should eat, drink
OF smoke.
Westphal rather favored the measure
inasmuch as 1t has been shown that .
his satisfaction that 1t was constitu-
tional; Representative Jackson of Utah
claimed the legislature had just as
much right to say that a man should
not sell or give away poisonous tobacco
as II had to say that adulterated food
shuold not be sold: ara in concluding
a pointed speech on the subject said:
If we can legislate our boys out of
smoking these vile cigarettes, say let
us do So"
LAW IMPERATIVE
Representative Crtchlow maintained
that the house had no right to pass
such a bill; that it did not prohibit
outside people from shipping cigarettes
or cigarette paper into the state, nor
did II prohibit any person from sending
away for such articles. He claimed the
law would remain imperative on the
statute books.
Representative Croft who introduced
the measure took the floor in it's be-
half, and for 10 minutes put up as good
a little talk in its favor as would have
been possible. He showed that five
ta,n eli, lou an hal
statute books. namely. Tennessee, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Nebraska and Ohio. He
read from statistics showing that the
law was not imperative in these states,
ana that n number of large tobacco
firms had been put out of business b,s
the law. And the only way to stop the
use of the vile cigarette" said he 'is
to stop the sale OF the tobacco and pa
per"
ON the vote for adoption of the report
OF the majority OF the committee on
the subject, which was for the passage
of the bill, the report was adopted and
the bill was placed In line for third
reading.
TO INCREASE TAXATION.
Another debate was preclpitated by
the consideration OF Robinson's H. b.
is, increasing the power OF the state
board OF equalization.
l tproyides that the railroad, tele-
graph and telephone companies doing
business In more than one county -.
taxed by the state, instead of by coun-
ties as at present provided. The bill
was finally passed
H. B. ~, also by Robinson, came UP
on final passage. Considerable OPPOSE
tion developed 10 raising tho salary of
each member OF the state board OF
equalization from $500 annually to ST.
Ann faroVilaI htt
its original form this bin had provided
mat the salaries of these officers DO
fixed az $4,000 a year 1t had beeri
amended in committee 10 reduce the
suggested salaries from 81. 900 to 81 500
Representative Critohlow was al
lowed, under suspension OF the rules,
10 Introduce Ill, u. 1876 the Are and
police commission bill for Salt Lake.
and Il was referred 10 a special COM
mittee, composed OF Critichlow. Nopiii
Jensen. Mills, Meeks and Mcmillan.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Favorable committee reports on the
Following bills were received and
II, II. GO, by Larsen. requiring chill
drsn OF school age TO be sent TO
good roads.
~, 49, 81, by Richards. making hus-
band ana wife competent Witnesses.
H. II. 81, by Tolton, prohibiting
sunday amusemenp.
u. u. 10. by Tolton, abolishing mile
ase. OF district Judges and attorneys.
w. B. III. by Gotham TO assist Wash
ington county to bridge the Rio Virgin
fiver.
y 70, 10, by Rasband. providing for
care OF men IN case of accident In