Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-15
RAILROAD BILL
UP IN The HOUSE
Two Discussions Were PreCipi-
tated Among Tie Represent
tatives This Morning.
AMENDED MEASURE PASSES.
On the Rollcall IL Went Through With
Is,t Five Dissenting Votes
Butter Hill.

At the conclusion Of Z. brief recess
sufficient members were found loiter-
Ing about their seats at 10 o'clock this
morning to enable the speaker to call
the house to order for It's first 'ad
house day" The time of the recess
had been consumed by the members
In securing necessary slumber and
nutriment to last them until the neNt
recess, $ghlch will probably occut
about IL o'clock this evening.
Two discussions were precipitated
IN the house This morning, che first
one occurring on she consideration OF
S 3. Q5, known at the railroad Dill.
This measure calne from the senate
with the sections THAI had been COR
sIderesl objectionable and suhveTsiNe
OF the rights OF the people stricken
ont although said amendments We're
not included in the bill as contained
in the files of The members OF Tue
house Crtchlow wanted to place the
bill ait the foot OF the calendar and
defer consideration until the amend
lnents adopted by the senate could oe
reduced 10 manuscript and inserted IN
the files OF the members.
MIR troltnn, who occupied the chair
as speaker pro tern, ruled CTiIchlow $
motion TO that effect out OF order as
the only procedure which mad heeu
followed In relation to senate amend
ments In the house had been for every
member to nterllne by writing from
dlctation the snlendmeu ts in the prop
81 place in the bill. Critchlow strong
Ia Intimated that this bill was being
raiIruaded through, but Tolion en-
phatically announced that ample Tune
would be given for every member 10
cunsi der the bin and all its amend
ments, and any tnttnlation 70 the con-
t. aTy was uncalled for
On roll call the bill. as amended
passed, with Edredge OF Davis Hem
RE OF Panguitch- Marks of Salt Lake.
Crl-chlov of salt Lake. and Neeks or
Kane voting no.
THE BUTTER BILL.
| The next bone OF contention was sem
| aJe bill 81, by SeeIy, regulating lhe
| manufacture agd sale o! butter ana re-
| duirinrs all packages of butter to- he
| marked with the name OF the manu-
| facturer and its weight and provldlnt
! penalties for violation Of its PROVISIONS
I Mr.. rfone, of Utah county, arose on
question of personal privilege ana re
scented In strong terms the 1rnpurat1o
cast on his Integrity by certain COM
| municatiOns sent out by Senator see.
: lev, and denied having held the BID
,lp in committee or in any way trying
To smother or hinder it's passage by
| the house. He declared thai he wanted
! the people of the state Ia gee what
| they paid for, and he never furnished
| any product on any other basis, thall
I to give people what they paid for. and
| he was in favor of the passage OF this
! bill.
Joseph offered an amendment, includ-
| ing within the provisions of the act
butterine and oleoma rsal'ine, which
| failed to carry, T0lton effectively
moved TO strike out the second subdt-
vision OF the measure, providing mat
a pound OF butter shall weigh 1s
ounces. ms he considered that anyone
| with ordinary comprehension would
| know that pound contained l6 ounces,
Kuchler offered an amendment max
| ing the bill read that the actual mum
her of oun ces contained In paeka ses OF
butter shall be stamped upon the pack
age at the time OF its manufacture,
which carried. This was the result
| of a controversy between Hone Jack
SON. Jensen Joseph. and Others over
= the evaporation which is alleged 10 take
place IN butter standing for week or
| ten days reducing the weight of such
butter by an ounce Or more. The
amendment cnrrted.
OTHER BILLS PASSED.
s. b, 125, by the committee on judici-
AIRY, relating to privileged communica-
| lions.
| s b. ISL. by Benner Y. Smith relat-
| ing TO powers of trial courts
s b. $50, by the committee on public
health, KNOWN az the medical bill This
| measure makes st unlawful TO sell GER
| tain medicines containing opium. chlor'
III aud alcohol and was amended by
the house Speaker Joseph taking the
iioor to offer the anne Moment pfoVldlng
that children under the age OF IS may
mot GET prescriptions filed IN which the
above Ingredients are used unless the
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