The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14

ne feature OF the week III the ieglsla-
ture was tie Cannon prohibition bill.
which passed the house Thursday. The
riu. as IL passed. IS a strict prohibition
1sasure. The session Thursday was in
Z teresting for the reason that the small
number OF opponents who came out IN
tire open dlibustered with good effect
although. naturally. they had no hope Of
overcoming the over whelming majority
in the first battle
Holman and AcIillin, who led the op-
position. gave notice Of reconsideration
tomorrow. Holman promised 20 make a
speech that viii probably have to be
printed on asbestos pspsr- The EIst OF
this speech viii De a history OF the whole
prohibition. the deal between the brewers
and the Republican party, the gsgginE
Of the minority in committee. the smother
ing Of alt other bills, the fight on the floor
OF the house and such incidentsls-and
there are plenty of them-as NAV occur
TO the man from Bingham Il is likely
that Ar- McMIlliu VIII make few terse
a surprise was the vote OF Mr.. McRse
in opposition 10 the bill and the speech
be made in explanation Of his vote.
Bishop MCRae said ne was for the federal
| bunch He believed that the rank and file
had no right to disobey their leaders. 10
matter whether their actions were ulIwiSe
o. wise. He was q Republican and ne
realized the fact that Il vas the federal
bunch that carried the county last fall
He believed. too. that thousands Of the
signatures On the prohibition petitions
were those OF children. and he objected
TO bowling 20 the will OF children. Half
Of those who signed who were not minors
were upplers. he said and he did not be-
iieve that his judgment should be guided
b. them either
In view Of the fact that the lower house
SO nearly unanimously decided to place
the responsibility on the other fellow"
the members Of the senate-at least two
thirds Of them-have made I'D their minds
that they are not going to be ''the goat"
The forecast Of the position Of the senate
members published in The Herald Satur-
day and conceded to be accurate. is that
twelve members will vote against the
Cannon bill and SIX for It. If that bill
comes from the house IN the form it which
II was passed Thursday.
There are those who say that the out
spoken opposition of two-thirds of the
senators may have the effect OF bringing
about a change Of heart In the house
when the motion for reconsideration comes
up tomorrow Il is possible, indeed. that
the measure adopted Thursday may be
so amended as to become at least an ap-
proach to a compromise. based on lines Of
strict regulation This is what Holman
ana his associates Of the minority are
In any event Monday ought to bring
about some developments worth the while
IN the house.
During the week the series OF good roads
bills was completed in the house, all Of the
bills. save one, nov having been approved.
in slightly amended form. By the lower
branch. The one exec ptiou IS the bill re-
iatiug 10 the use OF convict labor on state
and county roads. This has been sent to
the committee On labor in whose hands II
now is.
A bill introduced in the house last week
provides that no corporation or other EN-
ployer shall require employees TO work /
more than six dsys week 1t was intro
duCed BY Archibald BY request
One million acres OF the public domain !
are asked for in a joint memorial to con- /
ETess. the proceeds Of the sale of which |
are 10 be used to reimburse Indian war /
veterans engaging in hsstilities and expe-
Gitions against the Indians between the /
early fifties and 1879. Three million acres I
have already been asked for for the pur- /
pose of building a state capitol and the 4
The three million acres are TO be divided 4
equally between the two enterprises.
A bill in the house asks for the appro- /
priation of $1,000 for the erection Of an 4
electric lighting and power plant at the 1
Agricultural college at Logan. The sD-
preparation Is to be made available In in I
staIlments Of S5OJ9. and the money Is TO be /
borrowed from the state land board
The trip to Lucin cutoff vas taken By 4
rcarly every member Of both houses and /
their wives and invited guests The sight /
seeing junket was greatly enjoyed
Members of the appropriations commit I
tee. the highways and bridges committees /
and other members went to Green River i
Friday night to study conditions relating 4
to the construction Of a first class bridge i
across the river that divides Emery and 1
Grand counties The country in that re- /
zton is fast developing. Irrigation enter 4
pI ises are growing in number, and the 4
name and fame Of its fruit products are /
The legislative delegations I
VIII meet with the county commissioners /
and will go over the proposed improve /
meut thoroughly
The house has passed a bill providing i
for the creating Of an engineering expert /
r1ent station in connection with the state /
school Of mines This station viii make /
research is.to resources Of the state aside I
from the possibilities Of the soil with re-
gard to agricultural and horticultural i
wealth. These matters vii be left IN the 4
hands Of the experiment station at the
Agricultural college
after many meetings Of the fish and
game committee. which we're attended by
representative sportsnsen. z III has prec-
ticsiiy been framed which is believed 10
comprehend the best features OF the pres
ent Law, and eliminates much Of the cum