Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1914-11-12
STATE LEGISLATURE
RADICALLY CHANGED
MANY FAMILIAR FACES ARE
MISSING.
Several Veterans Return After Long
Ab-cncc-Funk Leads Minority
Nine Members Retire and Former
Republican Returns n Hull MOOSE.

In both houses OF the legislature
there win be several familiar faref
missing Though the republicans VII
I've In control OF both branches OF the
state Legislature. there will be n new
president OF the senate and a new
speaker Of the house. President Hem
ry Gardner. who has been az the head
Of the senate for the past three SEES
sions was defeated for reelection IN
Utah county. Speaker w. J. Sesiy o.
Emery county was not a candld1tc
for recollection 90 the house andShis
place was taken by a democrat
In the senate Benner X. smith and
w. n. williams veteran legislators %
Salt Lake county. win be missed. For
mer Senator John w. seeiy Of Sanpete
made a hard fight 20 return TO the
senate. but was unexpectedly beaten
by Orlando Bradley. democrat.
Senator J. w. Funk Of Cache coun-
~ VIII be the veteran member Of the
upper house Of the state legislature.
lie served through two sessions OF the
senate and was reelected by n heavy
plurality. Senator Funk Il a demo-
crat and will be the leader Of the
democratic progressive minority In
the upper house. Had the democrats
and progressives secured control ~
the senate. Senator Funk would un-
doubtedly have been chosen president
~ the senate.
Nine members Of the senate retro
on the first Of the year aud senator
Funk wan the only one OF the nine
who was reelected. Oniy senator
Gardner and Senator Funk sought re-
election. OF the new membcrr Of the
senate. two. J. n. Wootton and H. +.
Reynolds. are graduates from the
house. Both are from Utah county
tho former a republican and the lat
ter democrat. Mr.. woottOn way a
member OF the 1909 and 1911 legiflR-
lures and Mr. Reynolds a memDcr "
the 1914 legislature.
In the house two prominent demo-
cratic leaders are missing. Tao are
Milton n. yelling of Box Elder aud
samuel l.. Page of Pluto. both veteran
Legislators. Mr. yelling was defeated
for recollection and Mr.. Page IL nov
registrar OF the United States land
office at vcrnai.
w. G. HorHley OF Box Elder. wins
defeated Mr.. yelling. reversed tbs
usual order of things. lie VIA for
moriy a member OF the senate ans
now comes 10 the house. lie ALL b'
prominent In republican councils a
the lower house.
G. II. Mnbey OF Davis county. Wit
IN likely 10 be the speaker OF tn
lower house In 1915. was proufincn
IN the last legislature. being 80, iendc
In the movement for the cominitte
on committees. which wrcstui inuci
power from the speaker "a the nam
ing OF committees
The republicans who are ,nirninl
this time include such Veterans u
John n. Henrie OF Garfield. 9. JON
Smith OF Kane. Daniel Mcltsc an
william Mcmillan of Salt Lake AN
Francis Nelson OF San Juan. none -
whom was a candidate for re cleo
ton.
Succeeding John n. HenIiu fror
Garfield county In Thomas Sevy. wh
CONES back 20 the legislature aftc
an absence OF nineteen years MI
Sevy was member OF the first stat
legislature In the spring OF 1895. An
other prominent former member q
the legislature ~ william O'Ncal q
Duohesns county. who In 1899. was
member OF the lower house from WA
natch.
G. NJ. Croft of Morgan county wa
formerly "A republican member OF IN
house from that county. Now he
In the Legislature aa a progressive
prominent among those re-electe
are Samuel Oldham, democrat. Z
Cache county; j. J. Barker. republ
can. OF Weber county; J. l.. Van Was
goner. republican. OF waAatch county
l.. II. Anderson. republican, OF sar
pete county. Ephraim Dastrup, r.
publican. OF Wayne county. and WI
ford Day OF Iron county.
David N. Morris. democrat. OF s
George. Washington county's perreT
NAL member OF the house, was,
course. reelected and he IL by a
odds the veteran member OF the legii
lature from any county. having mis-
ed only one or two sessions since uta
became a state. He viii be the recol
nized leader of the large minority
the house. Ills side partner viii
r. 70. Hammond. Sr., Of Grand couI
~, alro democrat. who has bee
elected from Grand county for sever
successive terms. Byron ID. Nehek'
OF Uintah county viii be welcome
back 10 the legislature by his demi
cratic associates. lie served In n
house IN 1871. but was defeated
4 1912, He came back strong last yei
I and won the election 10 the house. d
, featlng Enos Bennion. the man WI
- defeated him two years ago.