Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-01-22
UTAH LEGISLATIVE
CONTEST SETTLED
COMPROMISE REACHED AND L. r.
ANDERSON, REPUBLICAN,, is
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
Officials Of Lower HouEe Equally Di.
vided, the Republicans EIecting
Ten and the Allied Parties
Selecting Nine.

Under a compromise arrangement
the house of representatives of the
eleventh Utah state legislature was
| organized on January 49, l.. II. An.
derson, Republican, OF Sanpete. was
elected speaker of the house over
David II. Morris, Democrat, of Wash
ington, by a vote of 20 to 20. The
Republicans elected ten of the EN-.
ployes OF the house and the a..ied
parties nine. The committee assign.
ments will be divided equally between
the Republicans and the allies.
The organization of the house, as
now completed, has the following OF.
! ficers:
Speaker. r. Anderson of San.
pete, Republican.
Chief Clerk. Il. Diehl OF Juab,
Republican.
Minute Clerk-John G Weaver of
Salt Lake, Progressive
Engrossing clerk-Alonzo Hunts.
man of Willard, Republican.
Chaplain-Charles Hepburn of Iron,
Republican.
Sergeant-at.arms-E. A. Hodges OF
Beaver. Republican.
Assistant sergeant-at-arms-Jo
Timothy Of Duchesne, Democrat.
Docket clerk-A. l.. Glasmann of
Weber, Republican.
Mailing clerk. F. Mallett of Too.
ele, Socialist.
Watchman-W. ID. Peterson of
Wayne, Democrat.
Messengers. J. Wilcox at Garfield
and John o Edwards of Wasatch,
both Republicans.
Doorkeepers-Joseph Jones OF Utah
county Republican, and J. 7. Thorn
Of Cache. Progressive.
Committee clerks-Mrs. Grace Tay-
Tor of Weber and Jens X. Nelson OF
Davis, both Republicans; j. s. Fowler
and Martin S. Lindsay, both of Salt
Lake, both Progressive, and 7. w. Ev-
ans of Salt Lake, Democrat
Janitor-Herbert Moffet of Emery,
Democrat
This compromise came after a week
of squabbling between the members
| of the lower house, which had been
equally divided in choice for speaker,
twenty-three Republican members
standing firm for the selection of L.
II. Anderson as speaker, while twenty.
| three Democrats, Progressives and
Socialists had insisted upon the Sc
lection OF Farley p. Christensen, Pro
gressive, of Salt Lake.
AT a caucus of all the members
after futile attempts to reach a set.
| Element, David II. Morris. Democrat
| of Washington county, was proposed
| by the allies for speaker but the Re.
| publicans stood firm and finally two
Democrats switched to the support OF
the choice of the Republicans. Mr..
! Anderson's selection as speaker on
| Saturday was the outcome of the
caucus.
p. p Christensen, the defeated Pro.
gressive and fusion candidate for
speaker. was absent from the sessions
on Saturday.
The first week of the eleventh SEES
sion was without result so tar as the
| introduction of bills was concerned
this week.
The conviction prevails In the up
| per house that there will be far more
bills killed than passed.
Senator John w. Thornley, OF Davis
county wants the state of Utah and
the counties of Salt Lake and Weber
| to finish the permanent highway be.
| tween Salt Lake City and Ogden. He
Will ask for an appropriation OF 500,
900 from the state for this road.
Senator d. o. Rideout will intro
duce his land-bank bill in the upper
house. II is much the same measure
that the Salt Lake senator introduced
at the session two years ago and
which met defeat The proposed law
is modelled after the German law
and is designed to assist farmers and
land owners generally to make i'm
provements and enlarge their bust.
ness.
The intersection paving bill, passed
by the last legislature, but vetoed by
the governor, will be introduced In
the senate early in the session by
Senator l.. r. Edgehill of Juab county
Senator Frank Evans of Salt Lake
will introduce In the senate his bill
providing for the creation 70 a public
utilities commission in Utah. This IL
one of the bills urged by the service
board of the Progressive party, Sena.
tor Evans having been assigned this
bill two months ago.
Proposal will be made to this legis
lature that constitutional conven.
ton be authorized for the purpose OF
revising the state constitution and
give a new basis for code of laws,
many OF which are regarded by pro
popents OF the move as in conflict.
AS soon as the legislature gets un
der way, Senator Willard s. Hansen
OF Box Elder county will introduce In
the upper house resolution provid
ing that legislators introduce only
bills with which they are thoroughly
familiar and In sympathy.
| Judqe Retires.