Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-26
Senators Meet With the Repre-
sentatives to Pay Last Re-
spects to Departed.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE.
Galveston Bill Comes up Tomorrow
When There WIN he Several Meas
ures Under Discussion.

Al tho opening or the house session
at o'clock this afternoon, Speaker
Joseph announced that ne was in re-
celpt of a. communication from Rich
fold, forwarded from Thurber. Wayne
county, stating that the funeral train
had arrived at Thurber, and that funor-
al services would be held over the re-
mains of Representative Taft at >
O'Clock this afternoon. The time for
holding the Joint memorial service,
which was announced for 2:30 this
afternoon was therefore changed to =
o'clock, at which hour the senators Will
meet with the representatives in the
house chambers TO pay ther last re-
spects to the former member of the
house, and Reporter clint b. Lsigh.
An invitation was received from
President w j. Kerr to visit the Agri
cultural college at Logan next Satur-
day. ON motion the invitation was ac-
ccpted with thanks.
Tolton WAS called 10 the chair and
Joseph moved that the house, on next
Friday afternoon, resolve itself into
committee of the whole for the purpose
of considering all the bills, four of his
own among the number, pertaining to
the question of consolidating the two
big educational Institutions of the state.
ltuchler replied that the committee
Was ready TO report on some of these
bills already. and thought IL unneces-
Sary TO go into committee of the whole
TO discuss these bills. Petersen claimed
no preference had been given to any
bill, but all would be fully discussed.
Henrie of Pangutch was in favor of
Joseph's motion. Mills was in favor or
letting the bills take their courFE
through medium of the regular report
of the committee.
Thompson opposed going into conf
mittee OF the whole on this question, as
debate would be interminable. The place
TO thrash this matter out is on the
floor OF the house, On being put to q
vote Mr. Josephs motion was lost and
the bills win take their regular course.
THINGS DOING TOMORROW.
Tomorrow's session of the house
promises to be an interesting and eX-
citing one. Reports are due from the
special committee having under con-
sheraton the Galveston government
Bill; from the committee on education
and art on Thompson's II. r, 149,
which Ia a duplicate of Parks senate
bill %, and provides for consolidating
the Agricultural college with the uni
vcrsity; and last but by no means
least, from the committee on railroads
and common carriers ON CritchlowS
railroad commission bill.
From a general consensus OF opiu
ion the following points OF fact are
becoming apparent in the lineup on
these three important questions: The
educational committee win submit two
reports; one OF the members of the
committee Is absent. and as the com
mittee consists of nine members.
neither the majority nor the minority
report will be so-called. as the alb
sent member, Dorus. is counted upon
to make the majority report, as the
other members of the committee,
namely, Petersen, Kuchler. Hansen,
Miller, westphal Mills, Richards and
Parry are equally divided ON the mat
ter
on the Galveston bills, majority and
minority reports win be submitted
and the fight on this measure win be-
gin.
The great surprise In store for the
friends Of the railroad commission
proposition Is that the house commit
Tee viii report unanimously against
CritchlOw's bill. This action Is in the
cards and If the house gets around to
the railroad bill this afternoon. its
quietus will be Administered BY the
hands of the committee.