Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-30


Senator Lawrence as he rises from
the center OF the senate row. After
he Is through talking, however, the
senators find a proposition unfolded
Tho house committee on public build
ings and grounds OF which Westphal Ia
chairman, returned yesterday from n
visit TO the state institution for the
deaf dumb and blind at Ogden. The
members of the committee are enthu-
sihstic over the splendid progress be-
Ing made at this Institution, and show
cr praises OH Prof briggs for his eff
cient conduct of the same.
II. B. 63, introduced by Mr.. Richards
OF Salt Lake. is claimed by its author to
fill q long felt want In the way of leg
islation FOR the correction of evils ars-
ing from the extension of the boundar-
les of cities. Sometimes in annexing
surrounding settlements, cities take IN
recently constructed school buildings.
built by the people of the school dis
trict. Il part of which becomes attached
TO the municipality. The building is in
Guided in the portion annexed, and tho
people of the balance of the district are
LETT without sohoolhouse for their
children, and also without redress or
tecompense for the money they have eN-
pended for the building. This measure.
Mr. Richards asserts, will correct this
defect, and win provide for compen-
sation FOR districts. or parts of cities, so
deprived of their school buildings.
Tho committee on mining and smelt.
ing has decided to report favora bly,
Barnetts grub stake" bill, providing
that prospectors who have been grub
staked" must give the names of parties
interested when fling on claims. A ia
NslF .th Ala aPt txstn ole t,. A.
Robnson's bin providing for the estab-
lishmeut of mining drainage districts.
Speaker Joseph's bill for the settle
ment of the smelter smoke problem Is
meeting with a stormy reception in
committee. In the bill 1t is proposed
TO give the shelters the right of en-
inent domain, permitting them TO con-
denim lands affected by the smoke.
This provision is strongly objected to
by some members OF the mining and
smelling committee, which has the
measure under consideration. and al
thought several meetings have been
held to consider the question. Nc. report
has been decided on. Representative
McRae, who is a member of the COM
mittce, denounces tho proposed bill as
corporate measure" and declares the
farmers Will not go back on their posi-
ton In regard TO the smelter nuisance.
to them that it is very hard to vote
dawn. Lawrence was voted off his
feet less often than any other senator
in the Sixth session, and II wasn't
on account of the fact that he failed
TO take a definite position.
President Love Is rated as an expert
on freight rates, and It is not thought
likely that he will in amy way hamper
the work of the special investigating
committee by failing to come forward
with all obtalnabe Information. With
Lawrence at the head of the probing
committee. somebody is pretty sure
to be probed away down deep, and IL
Love follows his usual precedent,
Lawrence will get the position.
Last session Hollingsworth was the
only senator who had flowers come to
his desk. daily or otherwise This
year il is different. Now he looks less
like the beau IDEAL and more like n
statesman in the budding. When
closely interviewed, he admits that
there were two unmarried senators in
the Sixth session. and that Senator
Lawrence is the only one who was a
bachelor then who is not a married
man now.
II Senator Miller should ever really
unwind q speech, there is some Won
deruent as to what IL would be going
at the end. He has started out on
several, and although they only lasted
a minute, the speed OF articulation
gathered momentum from about 10
words a minute to about 40. and en-
bryo gestures were in evidence at the
finish.
Senator Seely, very good natured
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