The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
RIPPER MEASURE
COMES UP TODAY
CrltChIoW, Its Author, Says He
i Also Fav0rS Galveston
Measure.
J0SEPH'S RIPPER METHOD
KEEPS TEN OF 3. n. SMITHS
BILLS PIGEoN-HoLED.

| The plan to push the fire and police
commission bill otherwise the Ripper
! measure. through the house. which has
| been held in allegiance for the past two
days will probably be attempted in the
house today.
The bill would have come up for third
reading and passage in the house yes
terday under the regular order. but at
the request of Representative Kuchler OF
Ogden, action was deferred until the
committee could take up i'm the same con-
nectiOn the Dean bill. which proposes a
fire and police commission for cities of
the second class as well as Of the first
class. The Dean bill differs from the
Critchlow bill. in that it places the APP
pOintment OF the board in the hands OF
the mayor instead OF the governor.
The house special committee. of which
Representative John j. CritchloW Is
chairman, held meeting last night ana
decided to amend the Crtchlow bill to
include cities of the second class, so that
the Ogden board. in case the bill should
become law. would also be appointed
by the governor.
It is understood TO be the program to
offer this amendment 20 the Critchlow
bill in the house today and attempt to
press it to passage.
plan of the federal bunch, as outlined IN
The Herald TO send the Ripper bill 10
the senate and hold mp action on the
Galveston idea bill in an effort TO force
the senate to accept il as a condition of
passing the Galveston bills.
All this comes in the face OF the fact
that the entire Salt Lake delegation in
both houses, in caucus. decided to sup,
port the Galveston bills. as introduced
by Senator Benner y. Smith.
MIR. critchlow's Attitude.
Mr.. CritchIOw. as the author of the fire
and police bill and the chairman of the
committee. says that while he naturally
desires the passage Of his bill. he also
favors the Galveston measure ana - en-
tirely wIIling that the two shall be given
equal chance in the Legislature and be-
fore the people. He says his desire TO
get his bill through a this time is
prompted by the fact that unless ii is
passed at once. the governor would not
have an opportunity Of naming the COM
missions and having them confirmed by
the senate before the end of this session
That Mr.. CrtChlOw is honest in his
convictions about the matter is not
doubted. but that his position is being Ia
ken advantage Of by the fec eral bunch
to encompass the defeat Of the Galveston
bills is apparent to those who have
watched the course Of events In the leg
isatuTe with respect to these measures
A question has arisen in connection
with the Galveson bills. There were thir-
teen bills passed by the senate to carry
the idea into effect. These bills were
passed last Monday and the files of the
docket clerk of the senate show that they
were sent to the house at 3:30 y. m. on
the same day The house was not then
in session. but was i'm session on Tues
day and Wednesday.
On Wednesday three Of the bills were
reported to the house as having been
passed by the senate. The other ten still
reDose in the desk of the chief clerk OF
the house.
The question. therefore. is being asked
does Speaker Joseph intend 10 work a
pigeOn-hole veto on a part OF the bills?
Ripper Tactics Employed.
Clerk Buchanan admitted yesterday
that all the bills had been in his possess
sion since Tuesday. but that they had
not been reported to the house because
of lack Of time. Speaker Joseph also gave
lack of time as the reason for not hav-
ing the senate communications and the
bills reported to the house.
House rule says that messages from
the governor, state officials, or the SEN
ate. and reports from the committee on
rules, may be considered at any time.
thus giving precedence to such commune
cations. Yet these senate communica-
tons are allowed to rest in the clerk s
desk for three days. so that members OF
the house are without official knowledge
of their existence.
The special committee Of which Mr..
Critchlow is chairman has expressed its
purpose of holding "A meeting. possibly
this afternoon. to give those persons in
terested i'm the Galveston bills an OPP
pOrtunltN OF being nearu- since the DIS.
except the first three. are not yet in the
hands of the committee. such a hearing
could hardly be possible. as notice could
not be given to the public. The house
and senate will not be in session Satur-
day. as the members have accepted an
invitation TO go to Richfield on that day,
hence a public hearing cannot be held
until some time next week.
Therefore as the Ripper bill and the
bills are so closely associated.
the passage OF the former through the
house today can only he construed as in
of the plan of the federal
bunch to kill off the Galveston bills by
means OF the Ripper" measure.