The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-13
N, & N. SCORED
BY THE SENATE
Communication Containing a
Threat Is Sent Back to Lo-
cal Association.
HULANISN is EMPHATIC
EFFORT TO cENsURE "oFFIcIAL
PAPER" FAILS.

The dignity OF the senate has been rude
y jostied.
The Manufacturers & Merchants asso-
cation did it. and as a result cOmInun-
cation from that body in regard to the
railroad bill was sent back to it yester-
day morning with a polite note from the
secretary of the senate saying in brief
that the senate did not consider it fit to
print"
The. communication referred to. con
tanned "a terrible threat 1t told the
senator's 10 DE good. ii admonished them
10 stand by the people Here is the threat
in its entirety;
Any attempt on the part of the rail-
roads TO gam control of the coal mines is
an infringement on the rights of the peO-
Die and any member of the legislature
thus giving away those rights must be
prepared to answer for his accountable
ity.''
Just imagine the daring and the intrepid
vslor of Orson Hewlett and Charles o.
Harris, who framed this letter. 1t is not
every man that dares speak right out in
meeting and tell senator that he must
answer for his accountability
Have Learned a Lesson,
But they have learned their lesson and
will probably never do it again They
have been squelched. sat upon, and other
wise disfigured BY the supreme law-mak-
ing body of the sovereign state of Utah.
Senator Hulaniski started the trouble.
The Captain. as he Is Familiarity called,
Is a veteran of the civil war and has some
Fighting blood yet in his veins. 1t was
al the beginning of the morning session,
and when he arose TO speak he was fairly
boiling over with righteous indignation
Mr. President he said, Il want 10
call attention to this communication. In
my opinion, 1t IS not fit to print; such
threats should not be tolerated 1t is not
my purpose to allow any man or set of
men TO threaten me officially OF other
wise. and l deny the right of any citizen
TO threaten this body. | want this COM
municatien sent back TO the association
from which it emanated, with the state
ment that We are dispieased with il. No
doubt il is meant all right, but these peo-
pie should be taught how to address the
senate in a respectful manner.
Lawrence Is Sarcastic.
II did not think that any member of the
senate was SO thin-skinned that he could
not stand criticism" said Mr.. Lawrence.
What is the use. of censuring these peo-
pie? Il is beneath our dignity 1t is only
a petition
Turning to Mr. Hulanisk he asked
whether he had not been often aceosted
bv people on the street and told that ne
would be held accountable for his official
No. sir, ! have not" shouted back the
ogden man. and il would be decidedly
unhealthy pastime for anyone TO talk to
senator Walton was also of the opinion
that the letter contained threat, and so
was Senator Rasband. The motion was
finally put, and the communication or
uered returned.
Paper Is Implicated.
Shortly afterwards Mr. Lawrence re-
vived the question again by reading
marked article from the official organ of
the Republican party, which warned the
senator's that they had better vote
against the bill. He wished to have the
editor of that paper censured also.
Senator johnson said Mr., Lawrence was
cut of order but President Love ruled
otherwise.
Senator BrinkerhOff caused some diver
sion by saying that if this practice of
censuring was to continue it would reach
the crowned heads of Europe finally.
4 don't like petitions anyway, eX-
claimed Senator Seely- The people had
the saw before election. and now L have
the say, and l don't want to be interfered
with.
After some wrangling between johnson
and Lawrence the motion to have the ed
itor censured was laid on the table and
the monotony of the routine session was
resumed.