Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-01-29
CHRISTENSEN HAILED
BEFORE THE HOUSE
SALT LAKE REPRESENTATIVE
EXPLAINS ABSENCE AND is
oIvENsFuRrHER TIME.
Legislature Getting Down to Bw,lness
Two Bills Being Approved by
Senate and Three by the
House.

Representative Farley p. Christen.
sen OF Salt Lake was arrested on Jan
uary 20 and hailed before the house of
representatives. Mr.. Christensen had
been absent from the sessions of the
house for more than week and on
vote of the house the sergeant at arms
was directed to bring him in.
Mr.. Christensen was found In the
city and county building. He accom-.
panied the sergeant at arms to the
chamber and told the speaker he was
occupied with some legal business.
| The speaker then excused him.
The following two bills were passed
| by the senate on January 25: Senate
bill No. 2, by Eckersley, appropriating
| $4,000 for school teachers In districts
where the revenue is inadequate.
Senate bill No. 33, by Chez. author.
izing county commissioners to make
appropriations for farm demonstrators
The bills passed by the house were
House bill No. 1, by O'Neil--An act
providing that Duchesne county shall
constitute the Twenty-eighth legislao
| tive district.
House bill No. 8. by Shields--An act
to provide against dilatory tactics on
appeals from justice courts.
House bill No. g. by Day-An act to
punish convicts who attempt to es-
cape from convict road camps.
An appropriation of $4,000 for In.
dian war veterans is asked In bill
introduced by Senator ]. II. Edgheill
of Juab county.
Ferry's senate bill No. 8, providing
for posting In prominent places of ad.
vertisements for bids upon public
work I'm those localities which have no
newspapers, went on the calendar OF
the upper house. The measure was
reported back favorably by the judi
ciary committee.
The house of representatives as
whole will investigate the protest filed
on January 81 against the seat OF
Charles l.. Warwick, representative.
elect from Utah county.
The protest was filed by Represen-
tative George r. Goodwin, Progress
sive, OF Salt Lake, who asked that
the matter be investigated by the
committee on elections. BY almost a
strict party vote, however, the house
decided to vote on the merits of the
protest without any preliminary in
vestigation by committee. The Re.
ring the contest to the committee on
elections. or to a special committee.
The protest against the right OF Mr..
Warwick to sit in the lower house OF
the state legislature 10 based on the
allegation that he Is not qualified un-
der the terms of the constitution to
be member OF the legislature.
There were but two new bills pre-
scented In the senate on January 81,
along with two resolutions, while six
new measures appeared in the house.
A resolution proposing the appoint
ment of joint committee on revenue
and taxation to propose revision OF
the revenue laws and memorial
urging congress to construct a gov
ernment-owned railroad from Denver
to Salt Lake through the Uinta basin
were introduced In the house.
] Fifteen bills and one resolution in
troduced, favorable reports adopted on
| two bills, acceptance of an invitation
|
OF the pay roll and adjournment con
stituted the work of the senate on
January 20. There were committee
meetings before and after the session
at which various bills were discussed
informally, but action on reports was
postponed.
| Proceedings In the house on Janu-
airy ~ were quiet. One bill and one
memorial were introduced. The re-
port OF the committee on rules took
up the greater part of the session.
The rules which governed the tenth
session of the legislature were adopt
ed with some minor changes.
The second corrupt practices act OF
the session was introduced January
% by Senator George Dern. The
Dern bill covers the question or cam.
paign and election methods and pro.
cedure, specifying just what may and
may not be done by candidates for
nomination and election or their
agents.
The senate committee TO which was
referred the statewide prohibition bill
is engaged In consideration of that
measure from every angle before re.
porting 1t to the members for final
action. The committee will devote
most of the week to the bill, hoping
by the end of that time to have 1t in
shape for reporting back to the sen.
ate.
Several members OF the state legls.
lIat. n a.