Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-02-09
LOYALTY Of UTAH
PLEDGED WILSON
LOWER HOUSE OF LEGISLATURE
ASSURES THE PRESIDENT OF
SUPPORT OF PEOPLE.
Chief Executive informed That Utahns
Stand squareIy Behind Him In
Anything He Deems Best
Under Clrcum stances.

Salt Lake City.-The lower house
OF the Utah legislature on Saturday,
February 3, passed memorial to
congress and the president, intro
duced by Representative r. w. Young,
Jr., pledging the loyalty and support
of the state and its people in the crisis
at hand, assuring the president that
the people Of Utah would stand be.
hind him in any action he might take.
Suspension of diplomatic relations
between the United States and Ger.
many was the chief topic OF CONVEX.
sation among the legislators of the
house. the senate not being in SEES
sion, and the situation brought forth
ample evidence in the form of legis.
lative action to indicate that Utah and
her people are alive to the graveness
of the situation and that they are not
only ready and willing, but anxious,
to go to the aid of the nation and the
president in any emergency that may
| arise.
The measure offered at the open
ing OF the session Of the house was
passed under suspension of the rules
by unanimous vote, and another reso.
| luton by Representative George w.
Decker Of Iron, pledging the members
Of the house to respond to call from
the president II needs be, was sent
to the committee on resolutions and
memorials.
A third resolution by Representative
]. H. Mace Of Sanpete. calling upon
the people of Utah to give visible
demonstration of their wellknown
loyalty and patriotism by displaying
the Stars and Stripes from every flag
pole in the state was voted down.
but Governor Simon Bamberger.
through the press, issued recon-
mendation to the people Of the state
that they display the flags of the
country as an evidence Of their 10y
atty and readiness to support the
course they may deem wise to pursue
under existing conditions.
Salt Lake City.-Governor Bamber
ger, members of the senate and house
Of representatives and other state Of
fcials were guests of the Utah Agri-
culuursl college at Logan on Febru-
airy 2. The visit was paid in response
to an invitation from President 4. g..
Peterson and other officials. There
were 1853 persons In the party which
went from Salt Lake.
All departments Of the school we're
visited by the official visitors and a
conference was held at o'clock be-
tween members of the senate commit
tee on education and appropriations
and claims. The matters discussed
related to the request for appropria'
ton made in the last biennial report
Of President Peterson. The report
asked for s221.00O for the mainten-
ance OF the school during the next
two years.
The visitors special left Logan at
Z o'clock and arrived In Salt Lake at
1890 o'clock.
During the campaign last fall a
local form of the Clayton antitrust
bill was promised to mollify the labor
offered in the legislature to fill this
demand-,house bill No. 10, by Currie,
and senate bill No. 40, by Olson.
Two free state employment bureaus.
one to be located in Salt Lake and
the other in Ogden, under the super
vision Of the commissioner OF labor,
immigration and statistics, are pro-
posed in a bill which was introduced
in the house by Williams of Wayne.
Lobbying in the halls, assemblies or
on the floor OF the Utah legislature
will be prohibited II the bill intro
duced by Mckay Of Weber in the
house becomes law.
Senate bill No. 40, presented by
Senator c. l.. Olson of Salt Lake as
replica of the federal statute known
as the Clayton antitrust bill, is arous-
ing considerable interest among the
manufacturers Of the state.
The joint appropriations and claims
committee from the senate and house
has fixed a schedule for hearings on
bills now In the hands OF the commit
tee.
Senator w. j. Parker OF Ogden has
outlined a plan for the reorganization
Of the state fish and game department
which he believes would bring about
saving of from 1000 to 100000 an
nually to the state, and at the same
time give even more efficient service
than at present.
Courts shall not fix definite term
OF Imprisonment in felony cases II the
bill prepared by the attorney generals
office which will be introduced In the
legislature becomes a law.
Three measures relating to taxa
ton, including two resolutions pro-
viding for constitutional amendments
relative to the taxation OF mines and
the uniform taxation OF general prap-
erty, were introduced in the housI Dt
representatives last week by Repre-.
sentative Thomas Page of Salt Lake
county.
Strict regulation OF campaign ex.
penses by individuals and committees
is provided in house bill No. SO. intro
duced In the house Of representatives