Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-18
DEATH SENTENCE
FOR LIFE SERVERS
Bill in the Senate to Kill Refrac-
tory Prisoners Who Use
Weapons.
ARE GETTING DOWN TO WORK.
Senators Busy Preparing Bills to sub
init in Near Future 80 That Conn
mittccs May he Kept Active.

n a bill introduced by Senator Ben
ner X. Smith passes the house and
senate, there will be different outcome
to demonstrations nj the state prison,
especially those of the extreme rough
house" order.
The bill has this striking clause:
Every convict undergoing life SEN
tenoe in the state prison of this state,
who, with malice aforethought, commits
an assault upon the person Of another
with a deadly weapon or instrument,
or by any means or force likely to pro-
duce great bodily injury, snail, upon
conviction thereof, suffer DEATH
PRISON CARNAGE"
Senator Smith, in commenting on The
nil, said that there We're in the prison
ON the east bench many "lifersH who
We're looked upon by their comrades in
safe keeping, as specially bold, and
specially desperate 'Hardboiled' is
the named used by the cOnvicts TO brag
of their own condition. and these 'lif-
ers" in trying to live up 10 their repu-
tations, get spirits hard to break by
any ordinary methods. They refuse to
give in to bread and water diet until
they are compelled TO for fear OF get
ting a reputation of showing the white
feather"
BRIEF SESSION HELD
The senate yesterday Afternoon held
only a thirty-minute session. In that
time three important bills were intro
duced, and went their way to commit
tee rooms the couytesies of the Bell
Telephone company were accepted by
vote of six TO nine, and an invitation
was considered to so in a body to the
fine and fat sheep show this afternoon.
President Love was absent, at the
sheep convention, and in his place Sem
tor Lawrence occupied the chair. When
the debate on the telephone courtesy
came up Lawrence left the chair,
turning It over to Benner X. Smith in
order to state that he thought the ac-
ceptance lessened the dignity OF the
senate and placed it under needless OBJ
legation.
In the roll call vote which followed.
on the insistence of Lawrence the ayes
were nine,--Bullen, Callister, Clegg,
Gardner, johnson, Miller Park, Rasband
and j. Y. Smith. The six mays We're
Brinkerhoff. Hollingsw worth, HulAniski.
Lawrence, d. X Smith, and Williams.
The Affirmative votes are largely out
of town votes. and carry the special
significance that the salary of a sena-
tor is only 81 a day and that he has
business interests at home which must
be looked after while he is here, largely
through the use OF long distance tele-
phones.
THE REASON WHY.
With hotel bills alone. already ex-
ceedipg his salary. the country member
does not rejoice in the prospect of hav-
Ing long distance calls added to the
expensiveness OF serving the state iir
a legislative capacity. A number of
the country members resented I'm pri-
vate conversations the attitude of Salt
Lake senators in forcing them on rec
ord in matter OF accepting telephone
courtesies, against solid vote from
those who are not under the expenses
of the visiting members. At 2:3O the
senate adjourned TIL this afternoon.
Senate bill 3, by Benner Y. Smith, is
the medicine measure drawn up to re-
place existing statutes by the state
medical association. Smith introduced
ii by request and it's main provisions
are substitutes for those now in force,
with the addition that state medical
board Is called for with offices In the
capitol building and power to revoke
the license of any physician found
guilty of unprofessional conduct. 1t
is expected that by Monday largo
number of bills will be IN the hands
of committees for their consideration,
as the Legislature Is anxious 10 ger
down to business.