Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-02
FOR FUEL
SHORTAGE. FIXED
RAILROADS. DEALERS AND CON.
SuMERS HELD RESPONSIBLE
FOR SHORTAGE.
Committee Of the Legislature Makes
Its Report 20 the Senate-Gov-
ernor Prods the Lawmakers
and More Speed Expected.


for the recent coal shortage upon the
railroads, dealers and the consumers.
the committee of the LEGISLATURE APP
pointed to investigate the coal short
age in Salt Lake and Ogden practical
ly followed the advance reports of
the committee with the exception that
the report goes into detail. The COM
mittee on February 26 filed its report
with the senate. Twenty-four closely
written pages we're necessary to pre-
sent the findings of the committee, the
testimony on which the findings were
based and the remedies which are Of
fered by the committee to prevent
coal shortage in the future. During
the hearings by the committee coal
dealers. consumers, railroad officials
9nd the mining operators were Ques-
Goned in an effort to determine the
causes of the fuel famine.
Impressing upon the members of the
sitting committees of the house and
senate the necessity of the legislature
getting down to work and passing
party measures, Governor Bamberger
and as a result the house and senate
adopted the policy of placing admins
tration measures at the head OF the
calendar. Taxes and measures re-
garding taxation were freely discussed
at the meeting of the sitting commit
tees and the chief executive.
The house on February rs indorsed
the senate's action on the proposed
100000 bond issue for good roads,
struck hefty blow at the loan sharks
and disappointed an impressive dele
cation of Ogdenites who were on the
scene to hasten action on the $780,
Ogden worlds fair appropriation. Many
bills relating to business and courts
were passed, each aimed to remedy
some defect in the present law.
Senator Evans gave notice on Febru-
AIRY rs that the last day on which COM
mittees could report bills to the SEN
ate had been reached and moved that
two days longer be given, as a number
of the committees had number OF
measures before them which they de-
sired to go over more fully. The two
day extension for reporting balls was
granted.
Bills were introduced in the senate
repeating the law which created the
Utah conservation commission and
also the appropriation for the same.
The reference committee introduced a
bill providing for the creation OF the
office of state geologist and fixing the
salary of the geologist at 81, 900 year.
An appropriation for the office was
also provided in the bill.
Salt Lake City.-If the corrupt prac-
tice bill as 1t passed the house on
February % Is approved by the SEN
ate, candidates and electors In Utah
will still retain a reasonable amount
of freedom of action during cam
paigns and election day. Sections 2S
"a and 35 of the original draft, which
would have hampered the conduct OF
candidates to such an extent that
they would have been dependent en-
tirely on personal beauty and psychic
influence in forwarding their political
aspirations, were eliminated by al
most unanimous vote.
Obliterating it's former action In re
calling the prohibition bill from the
governor after 1t had passed the
house and senate. the house on
February 20 placed the measure
where its supporters believe 1t above
the lash of the highest liquor wave
when there was expunged from the
journal all reference to Governor
Bamberger's suggestion OF an amend
ment and the action in returning the
bill to the executive office without
the alteration Of a lecer or pu rtua
ion marx. The house also passed
the corrupt practices measures wit
material amendments that remove i
from the category of the impossible
II was execution day in the uppel
house of the legislature on February
20, and the senate killed every meas
ure which was presented to amend
the laws of the state. The only meas
ures which passed the upper hrancl
were resolutions and memorials
which do not affect the compiled
laws of Utah.
Effort was made on February % t.
override the first veto of bill b!
Governor Bamberger when he re
turned Senate bill No. so. by Stevens
TO the senate with his disapproval
but those who were determined t
pass the bill over his veto failed Il
carry their point.
The governor has come to the ali
of the sitting committee and Will urg
more speedy action on different meas
ures. The public utilities bill, work
mems compensation, initiative an
referendum and bills affecting taxa
ton are to be the first measures III .ge
for passage.
Representative Boyden of Sunni
county has introduced measure II
the house calling for the creation OF
Nstate board of control to supervise an
= direct the affairs of the state capito
prison, school for the deaf and blin
and industrial school. the mental hos
pital and other public institutions.
Although the majority of the Jude
larry committee of the house reporte
the chiropractic bill unfavorably, tn
bill will go on the calendar and be dill