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Show " THE 'SALT LAKE TRIBtlUE,' SATUIt DAY, MORNING, FEBEUAKY 2S,1921. 1 Tebbs Resolution Proposing Changes in State Basic Law Voted Down as Inopportune Act to Pension State1 College Teachers Meets De- j feat; Contest Ensues Over Making Industrial School Board Nonpartisan T PTER spending the morning in ; A clearing the third reading calen-dar sending seventeen bills down to the house.' recommitting one, and postponing action on two others, the Utah state senate yesterday afternoon again started on its second calendar, cut down what was tor reading ' a day or two an imposing list, to two Nine bills, and then added ten more. pills wets passed on second reading end one Was killed The senate adjourned until this mornwill be In sesing, and it is likelyonit both second and sion all day. since meacalendars there third T reading sures likely to provoke debate. tltn yesterday. Not I ehates took much the least Important was one of the morn- Ing, which resulted in the killing of the measure proposing to gfvethe people of Utah opportunity to say whether or not they wanted a constitutional H convention. - This C. Tebbs, resolution, by Senator would have required twelve votes to pass received only nine, It in the senate. .It the other nine senators voting against it. . - - The-- vote follows; r Ayes Senator Rufus Adams, Orlando Uradley, Perry B, Puller, David Jenson, U, T Jones. W. T. Lamph, J. W. Peters, Edward Southwlck and H C. Tebbs, "i Nays Senators George H. Peril. Elisabeth Hayward, Harrison E. Jenkins, Antoinette B. Kinney, J. William Knight, Joseph Quinney, Jr, W. H. Smart, Henry N. Standish and President Thomas E. McKay. A l ft . at' uu i Resolution Passed. Immediately following this ths senate passed a resolution for a constitutional amendment to give ths legislature power to designate regulations for the deposnow iting of state funds This measure, here it that it has definitely determined convention, shall be no constitutional I found only four opposing votes, those of Senators Jones, Knight, -Lamph and I Southwlck. I In the afternoon Senator Kinney's bin to enable the governing authorities of the I University of Utah or the Utah Agrt H cultural college tq pension I ed professors was killed, but died hard I It was intimated that there are now 1 about twelve persons in the two col-- 1 be considered as en- -i leges who would titled to this consideration, which would 'corn in the form of an annuity not to 1 exceed $900 a year. Most of the senators something to say about it. On roll jihad I call Senators Jensen, Pern, Havward, f Kinney, Southwlck and McKay voted for I the bill, while nine voted against It, Sen-- ! atnrs Smart and Standish being absent t the time. Nonpartisan Clause Faili " I Another battle developed over the proposal of the same' author to require that two members of the industrial school j board shall bo women. The hill also ellmijistedthe requirement, in the- pres- ent law that the board shall be at least After somewhat keen debate bipartisan i and several attempts to amend the mea-- ! sure, the proposal to reinsert the non-- I partisan requirements lost on a tie rote. I The bill went on the third reading calen- -l dar over the oppoelng vote of Senator .Southwlck, , The rest of .the day wa like those that t have preceded it, one of steady grinding ( ot the lawmaking m!J!.- - Some diversions were promised The. senator -- were Ini vlted to attend the Junior Prom last night. A musicals bv the ntuse depart- J ment of the university win be given next ..Monday, The legislature will hold-- iolpt session next Thursday to commemorate - lithe landing of the Pilgrims, and Attorney . . . John Jensen will he orator of-- th day, : while a quartet will furnish music, ! The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, , , ; of which oigantsation Senator Hayward is president, will entertain for the senators next Monday at 6 oclock In tha , exhibit rooms at the capltol. To Study Memorial Plans. Senator Knight, chairman of a special Joint commits, announced a meeting with the memorial committee, authorized by the last,, legislature, to prepare plans for a memorial to Utahns who have died In the service of their country How steady the grind of the day was, and the nature of the bills considered, is ' Introduced by Special Permission for Utah County BUI 1 -- Senator J, William Knight, who has announced his opposition to the introduction of any more measures in ths state senate, was absent yesterday, by accident or design, when Senator Edward Southwlck, who also hails from Utah county, asked for unanimous consent to Introduce a bill. He said the measure was at the request of the commissioners of Utah county. Senator T7, T. Jones remarked that the senate ought to await the return of Senator Knight, but the suggestion was not taken and the Cedar City man did not enter formal objection. The bill is designed td enact into law the Utah county view of where the boundary line between Utah and Wasatch counties tuns, at Soldier Summit. The location of the line has Ions been in dispute, but when the disputed territory as- -, thriving .towa. sessed valuation in the way of railroad trackage, the matter waa deemed worthy of legislative action. The bill is the lJ4th to be Introduced In the senate this year. . Indicated by the summary of the proceedings of th senate, given elsewhere on this page. Senator Smart opened the attack on ttw proposal to vote on a constitutional cord vention. He urged that the present is a time of Unrest and of unsettled conditions, and not opportune for consideration of the basic laws of a state He feared, also, to invert in a that capital would be slowwhile the future staid which needs capital was so unsettled ss It would be for four resolution carry. should tha years, Reducing City Representation. Senator Dern opposed for another res son. He noted that the reapportionment but- - in spit - of conetl t ntHmsi requirements, Is havtng a hard time in the house. This was owing to sn effort to deprive the, people of Sait lake and Itthe other of representation. appeared large cities to him like a nice case of. will you walk into my parlor, said the spider to the fly. Senator Tebbs said that the'ieglalature had no might prove to be factional, but heconvenfor a constitutional sfth fears NeltheiL-dihe think that capital d tion. would be scared away, because the real capitalists were not men easily to be frightened by an effort to make the laws fair and Just, Senator Southwlck returned to hit old and favorite subject of taxstion of mines, and said that the state spends nearly enough every two years to pay the of a constitutional convention by reason of ths expense of- - advertising amendments Senator Knight was not Impressed by the arguments of Senator Southwlck, and of the present feared demoralization statutes if the basic law on which they ara , based Is changed, Capital Would Be Timid. Senator Jenkins saw much fores is ths argument that capital would ba tempted to withdraw from Utah in ths face of unsettled conditions. Senator Standish did not relish any proposal that was likely to turn Into an attack on the mining industry. He told of the Jieavy, outs already In mine operating forces, Senator Peters favored the proposal, and had no misapprehensions as to the personnel of such an assemblage as a con stitutional convention. He, too, regretted the disposition to discriminate against populous centsrs in representation. Among subjects that might properly ba considered would be a reorganization of the state government making possible the cabinet form; the selection of a board of education which would choose the state superintendent instead Of having the state superintendent elected; various pioblems connected with municipal government, the city' and county form, for example. He thought tha people ought to be given a chance to say whether they wanted such a convention or not.' Senator Dern was willing to vote for such a convention If he could be assured that there would be representation by Senator population In the convention. Tebbs, In summing up, said he could not t the promise" thAErbuf WHeVed t case. His resolution then tost. , Irrigation Bill Discussed. A. E. Bowen, an attorney of Logan, was InvIWd to address the senate in committee of the wtyde an Senate bill No. 75, by Senator Quinney, which provides for cooperation between the federal and sfate. engineers In investigations for irrigation districts. The bllj passed lifter considerable questioning on the part of the senators,'1 but, following a meeting of the committee on agriculture last evening, at. which George F. McGonagla, state engineer, analyzed the bin as he sees It, it fs quite possible that the bill will have a harder time on final passage than it did In the- Intermediate wage Some amendments to the Americanization schools bill were adopted. The act will not be effective on approval, and the amount of the fees required in such schools wilt be reduced from the house , figure of $15 to $10. The bill to place women on the Industrial school board Wat strengthened by the fact that the women' clubs of the state were said to be behind It. The argument Of soma of the senators that the women could get on the board anyway, was countered by Mra Havward with the statement that. In spite of repeated appeals in the past, no woman had ever served on this board. - berta, yesterday, ing here today, The plow was a second crashed machinery under according to word reachremoving one slid when down, burying crew end a mass of snow and Ice, Social Welfare League Holds Annua Election Dean Milton Bennlon of the University of Utah was president of the Social Welfare league for tha ensuing year at a meeting held yesterday afternoon In th council chamber at th city and county building Mra George . M. Bacon was first vice and the Rev George E. Davies, president, of th First Presbyterian church, pastor second vice president The officers sleeted yesterday will act as an executive committee for the purpose of naming other members of th board of control of th organisation. There will be appointed a secretary and it IreaBurifantT a 'committee on education, on on recreation and on on legislation. Appointment will be announced at a meeting to bs held on month from yesterday. Real Estate Board Favors Automobile Driver Draws Court Fine for Speeding Special Improvement Tax 1 Ned D Groff, arrested by Deputy (I her. Tite Salt lake real estate board at Its ,,r- - A; Walton for speeding, pleaded regular meeting yesterday at the Commercial club went on record as favoring guilty when arraigned before City Judge ths special Improvement ta bill Intro- Ben Johnson yesterday and was fined $10 Francis A Bell pleaded not guilty to a duced in the stats senats. - , Friday, ' UTAH HOUSE Ek 85, 1ML rwtr-wvaat- k Beoeived from senate provement districts. and referred t judiciary oommitte. 1. B. 79, Patera Relating te issuance of special improvement bends. Received from senate and referred t judiciary committee. dues and S. R, 7f, Peters Requiring towns te create epeoiai improvement guarantee funds foe guarantee ef payment of Beoeived from senate improvement bonds. and referved to judiciary committee. Tosoh.rs' retirement S. R. 67, Kinney land. Reoeteed from senate and referred te eommitte en education. 8, B. 65, Jenkins Amending Inheritance tea . lawn Beoeived from senate andtaza-tiO-referred to committee so revenue aad Is I ( The UUri senate took few minutes off from It regular grind - yesterday morning to discus, parliamentary practice. The result was practically a party iinmv though on th main paint At la-- . eu Senator U. T.'vJones supported the position taken by th Republicans. Th interlude . came" when Senator Georg H. Dern moved that the rule oommitte be Instructed to bring In rule to the effect that a constitutional majority should be required In support of a measure on It second reading passage. (He noted that a proposal for 8 constitutional amendment, which had lacked the required vote of the senate the day before en second reading, had Just passed the senate op third road log. And he recalled that earlier in the session the Democrats had met, with 8- surprise when President Thomas E McKay had ruled that Senate bill 17 should be placed on third reading calendar when it had only nine botes in its favor out of a senate membership of eighteen. In the absence of one Democratic eenator, who was called home by a death in his family, the bill had an actual majority of the senators present, but not th constitutional majority of th senate, which is required before a hill may become law. one-ma- -- Rule Unwise, Dern Says. : motion -- of yesterdays came as a surprise to the Republicans The Salt Lake senator explained that he believed On consideration that President for mzkmg tit McKay haA. valid. ras-former ruHTtg that he had, and that he was Justified In making the ruling. He realised that that rule was still the .rule of the senate. At th earns Urn ho expressed the opinion that It woe not a good method of proceeding and he also 'thought that th ruling waa contrary to precedent. In Justice to those who had challenged the ruling, he desired to have a letter Ofwrom the James W. Funk, former preqjdent state senate, read In the senate and placed opposition to show that In th record, the had. based Its Attitude, not on a but on a matter of precepartisan ruling, dent. He reiterated that he recognised that ths ruling of President McKay had been made tn proper spirit and In proper tnanner. The--De- - jtitid OK THIRD READING. H. B. 14, oommitte oa education Textbook commission, H. B. 174, eommitte ea education to adoptiea of toot books. X. B. 87, Winder Providing for issue no term inef bends by elti.s far forty-yea- r - stead ef twenty years, A B. 8, Dors Headless ballot With un- re -- -- - favorable report t B. B. 66, Haight Amortisation value tloa of insurance company bonds,' ft B. 73, Swenson Oroatlng insurance rating bureau. With unfavorable report H. B. 66. Lewis Routing te transport. Hen ef students. With uuaverahl report etat board of A B. 43 Articulating pharmacy with department of registration. H. ft 148. MuS ha no Routing te power ef Juvenile erarte. H ft 64, Fiaiiawa Defining boundaries ef Hi' lard and Sevier oountles. B 184, Douglas Repealing existing ft Former Rules Inapplicable. Senator John W. 'Peters, Republican floor leader, confessed himself puzzled as to th significance of the move and confessed he Could see no reason, for changing th present rule of the Senate, which he thought to be a good rule. He further opposed the reading of the letter into the senate record, say i fig that th present senats made Its own rules And that th action taken hy any former president of the senate ws of no particular moment Senator Dern then asked, a s matter of personal prlvllegs In Justtcs to those who had been "rather vehemently called to order," that this letter be reed. Ho said that they were entitled to It os a matter of personal privilege. Senator Knight asked further that the rule with regard to the majority required far passage Of a hill from second to third reading calendars should ' be mado explicit and definite. Senator Jenkins, whose measures happened to have brought on both the original ruling and the action of Thursday, aid that some of the senators were and that the purpose of th senate would have been defeated by such a rule as Senator Dern now advocated President McKay Invited the reading into the record of President Funk's letter, and when Senator" Dern offered to read the letter, Secretary Q. B, Kelly was Instructed to do so. fight itatutes. H. B. 156, Ivors Authorising Und comte lend suspense fund. ft ft 136, Cailti ter Civil service for firemen and policemen. H. B. 153, OallUter Relating te firm "Wien I pension fund. K. B. 148, MoShans Relating te maximal! Tat for legal printing. 8. B. I. Petern Reappertionment ft B. 76, Davit Making state beard el for Industrial school. eduoatioa trustee With unfa vers bio report. X. B. 171, Winder ReguUUag practice 1 mission H. B. (I, Davis Abating to wtebllsh-mo-at of special schools aad Mas for delinquents. investB. Lewis 144, te ft Routing ments hy inawsace oonpeniea. B. fish Howell end Providing for ft 74, gam fmnd. With unfavorable report. B. 174, CaUistei Relating t oreatie ft ef industrial commission. iis Day Routing te sale ef ft B. N, -in balk B. 13. OallUter Routing te bend ft in probate matters. ft R. 135, CaiUtter RaUtlng te pensions far policemen. ft B. 806, livestock committee RaUtlng t baentle en predatory animals. 8. B. 15, Jenkins Fixing beats ef legal nreservu for Would Consider Ue. A B. IE Jenklae Prohibiting lnsursao discriminations. 8. B. 85, Dern Oroatlng d apartment af registration. H. B. 177, Day Designating state tree, ft B. 87, Crouob Routing te appointment af Uveateek broad inspector. SPECIAL ORDER.. H. ft 78, Beegm liter Oreatlag etat rand eeaunUaien, Special order for this after-see-n at I e'oUok p. m. OX TABLE. X. ft W, Oulnney Relating te payment by oeunties ef taxes eellsoted for titles and Letter Slam. BenototDernTTKerTaskedf ai'imWSShtft privilege that the letter should go into the record. Senators Peters, W. H v8mart, A. B. Kinney and Henry N. Standish In succession declared they were not In favor ot such action, Senator Standish explaining that he would consider it as a 'slam" at th present president. Th question as to th appears nbs of th letter, tn th record was put and lost Thereupon the question of the original motion by Senator Dern wa put. in regard to proposed, instructions to ths rules committee. This also was lost after Sen. ator Jones had expressed th opinion that the present rule was a good one. Senator Knight thn asked that th( present rule be made definite. Th argument against this wa that the rule was already parfwtly well known to the present senate and that future senate would probably have rules of their own. K has been intimated as th Intention of the Republicans present In the sen-to adopt th present house rule two year from now, Instead of th present senate rulea as regards procedure on bills benalor Bouthwlck raised a ktugh by asserting that he knew what th present rui Is He reasserted the opinion that Its establishment had broken precedent, and he further asserted that In all his somewhat long experience ms a legislator he had never seen a personal prlvllegs turned down before tienator Peter asked if It was a violation of personal privilege not to allow HI something to get into the record question was not answered, and th sen-- t turned bark to th grind of passing bills on th third reading calendar. ' ed n. li " A ruled that the question before the house on second reading wher the rules require a roll call vote is equivalent! to a motion to plac th bin on the third reading calendar. To this ruling t come ot th Democrats excepted, and appeal wa taken to the floor, when the chair wa sustained by a party vote. Senator South-wic- k returned te the subject next day on final passage of the bin which happened to be the administration measure n land board, end providing for a met 'with a severe check from the chair for saying that the bill had been killed and then resurrected almost in the twinkling of an eye.v President McKay denied that the hill had ever been dead, and pointed to the fact that th senate Sustained him In his ruling, while neither the nenate rule nor th Robert rules of order contain anything contrary, so far as ha had t , . found it, , J t Legislators Pilgrim Tercentenary pro-par- Senator Dern Reverts to Ruling, of President Bear ing on Passage of BUI. President Sustained. President McKay at that time public health. ft B. , HowaB Routing te oounty tax oe for publicity purpeoi. 16 enrolling and engrossing eommitte. ft 0. ft I, Carey Indian graxing lands. To aaroUing and engrossing oommitte. ft 0. ft 8, Day diking federal aid for state road building. To enrolling and engrossing ovmmitt, ft B. 5d, Seegm iller Making business Swoon bis where serried ea. Withtrawn. 8, J. B. 4. Hayward Proposing appoint-ma- st by governor ef committee ea ereotio of building ..to house ratio ..and records Pawed; ayes 86) abwnt 11. 8, J, R. 8, Jenkins Proposing eenstttu-tioa- al amendment relating te custody of tat funds To Judiciary committee, 8. B. 33, education oommitte Relating to organisation ef onmaty school district. Rtil with new senate amendment' " referred ' " ' te eommitte en education. 8. B. 83, Tebfca Tees and taxes ef Ilf hi sura no companies. To eommitte on rev-yt- q b4 tUAtlot, 8, B. 10. Peter Routing ta pepuIatiM. of wonnd and third claw cities. House refused te recede from It amendment. ; prize V two-thir- U&dta 8. B. 46, Standish Routing to praotio ef oommitte en mvdloine and surgery. , Constitu- . B. U, fisroy Relating te property tought by oeunties to be sold at private ate. Amended aad paaeed, Ayea 16; nay I; .absent 18, ft B. 71, Swenson Providing who may deoiaro aad estabitah a draiaaga district. Withdrawn by nntbor, oltiro te ft B 67, Lewis Authorising to irrigation dim relinquish water right trleta aad .companies, v Withdraw by author. X. B. 66, Boswell Making It felony te beat or MU animals belonging te another. Rejected! ayes --15; nays 83) absent 10. Ko ration given. tloe ef re ft-- B. 1P1, Lay Creating beard of chiroRecommitted te compractic examiners. mittee en public health. -H. B. M, Day BeUting te publication of county cemmieelcnera. of proceeding Enacting oiauM stricken. ef n living power Bweoso B. 136, ft lend commissioners la reUtten te property lands. Passed) ayes adjoining submerged ' 87, absent 16. B. 113, Jorgensen Pertaining to sal ftPiute of irrigation project lands. Amended and passed; ayes 85; nays I; absent 11. ChangS. O. ft 6, judiciary eommitte ing name ef Brand river to Color ado river, To JudloUry committee, 8, J. K. i, Knight Relief for disabled soldiers. Te committee oa military affairs, 8 B. 56, Dern Routing to parole of murderers. Te judiciary eommitte. 8. B. 55, Dern Routing te inoumbnaoes so public T oosnniitt on homesteads. TODAYS CALENDAR. ' at. to - e'ciock of Application tional Majority on Sec ond Reading Vote, Issue. , rsf ft "Mat morning. ACTION OK BILLS. 8. B. 83, committee ea education substi ror 8. B. 6, Peter t Reorcsnixsuon ef ached districts. Senate concurred in Sous amendments, hut tnlerted further amend, meet Bill passed ; aye, 16) absent, 8. H. B. 41, quinney Beard ef educational coordination. Action deferred sstii today, bill remaining en third reading calendar. 8. S. S3, Tebb Ins Vance company teas aad taxes. Passed; ayes, 16) absent, 3. 8. B, 84, Jenkmi Reservoir Und grant. Passed; ayes, 16) absent, 8. 8. B. 65, Jenkins Artesian wells. Passed; 17: absent, L 8. B. IS, Jenkins Railroad rights ef way over etat land. Paaeed; sysl, 17; absent, i. 8. B. 88, Jenkins Carey act lands. Passed) ares, 17; absent, 1. 8. B, 66, Jenklni Taxes en equities la state lands. Passed; ayes, 17; absent, 1. H. B. 47, --Winder Swimming pools. Patted; tyro, 14; nays, 8; absent, 3. H. B. 63. Winder Occupational diseases. Action postponed, bill remaining os third reading calendar, BUI later recommitted. 8. B. 71. Jenkins Voluntary admission to 8Ut Hsntal kespitaL Passed; ayes, 17; . absent, , 8. B. 58, Tebbs Filing ef leases and ooo-d- it tonal sales of livestock. Passed: ayes, 16; absent, 8. ft A, Clegg Reltgios is schools. Passed; ayw 16; absent, 3. "8, B. 82, Jenkins Loan eommlaaicnera Paaeed; ayes, 18) absent, 8. 8. B, 101, Jenson Tagging f bedding, Action postponed on day, BUI remains en -third reading exlendaw H. B, 105, OaUlsteo Citjreosrtt, Phased) 15) absent, 3, eye. H. B. 36, quinney Reinstatement ef corporations, Passed) eye, 16) absent, 8. H. B. 87, Soderbert Cemetery funds. Pasted; aye. 16; absent, 8. 8, J. R. 5, Tebbi Constitutional convention. Killed; byes, (; nays. I. 8. J. B. 8, Jenkine Constitutional amendment gving legislature oontrol ever disposition ef etat fund. Passed; ayes. Id; nays, 4. 8. B, 108, Jenson Uniform extradition ef Insane- - Passed; ayes, 18, 8. B. 103, Jenson Uniform fraudulent conveyance. Passed; ayes, 11. 8, B. 17, Jenkins Ona man land board. ' Engrotsing ard enrolling. 8. B. 16, Peters Cities of second class. House asked te recede at te en amendment. Hi B. 34. Kills, Discriminatory oombiaa-tlo- n of insurance companies. Commerce 1 and industry. ft B, 105, BeegmlUer Automobile taxes. Judiciary, K. B, 78, Davis Habitual truants and married persons under II yean ef age subject to Jut rule court. Eduoatioa, ,8. B. 181, quinney Agricultural depart meat. Agriculture. H. B. 133, Carey Permitting red empties ef delinquent property before actually sold by oounty puifie affaire. B. 60, Soderberg Egg eandllng. Ao tloa deferred until Monday, bill remaining , at bead ef second reading calendar. 8. B. 75, quinney Irrigation district Investigations. , Pasted seoond reading; ayes, 15; ntya, 1) absent, 8 8. B, 100, Jenson Uniform partnerships art. Passed second reading; ayes, 17; absent, L , 8. B. 107, Jenson Uniform limited partnerships art. Passed second leading; ayes, 16) absent, f K. B. II, Wood Tim ef school eensns. Action deferred pending insertion ef hone amendments, H. B. 68, Weed Amerioanisatiek eohools. Passed seoond reeding; ayea, M; lays, I; absent, L H. B, 85, Stephens Beard ef education to report delinquencies, Psssod second reading; aye. 17) absent, lr 8. B. 65. Kinney Pensions for superannuated teachers. Killed; ayes, 7; nays, 8) v absent, 8. 8. B. 08, Kinney Women en Industrial school board. Pasted second reading; ayes, 16) aay, ! absent, 1, 8. R. 1I, Peters State ruperiataadear f public Instruction on beard ef regents ef University ef Utah. Passed seoond reading) -ayea, 16) absent, I, - St ft' til. Peter State eetmintsndenf ef publie Inttmotien en board of trustee ef Utah Agriculture! seller. Passed second reading; area, 15; absent, 8. 8. B. 118, Peters Abo iehing offte of director of health education. Passed second reading) eye, 17; absent, J. B. 44, Knight Distribution f pity Irrigation water.. Signed by president. t tat 4 influent ftninff H. B. Tf. child. Pilmm; a;m 87 i najr 1; bret . S. Be Up JefikiM FLxinf btol$ ot UffU reserve tog insureare oompaniet thr th M hfot Favorably foportodi fivoa reread road tor and piaood a oateadur So Frohibitiaf Inturaac B, IS, Jonkin discrimination. Favorably reported, fives reread readinf aad placed oa ckleadar. tittf 8. B, department of with reported Favorably refUtratktt, amendment) report adapted, bill given etc end reeding and placed en calendar. H. B. Tt, Bay Deeignating etat tree,. Favorably reported with amendment; report adopted, biU fivea reread reading aad plaaed oa calendar. H. B. 87, Orouoh Beiating ta appointFavorment ed live took bread i&peotore report ably reported with amendment; 4 e44nf bill givOJl reread adopted placed a caieadar, H. B. lit, Thorna Relating te eaU of x w! Stone Day. h BILL DfTRODtTCED. 8. B. 184, Bouthwlck Defining the henn-dr-y line nd Wasatch between Utah t -. rom-plet- Eroty-Hvest- ACTION OK BILLS. , , S. B, 79, Ertero Relating special im- tewno. complaint charging unlawful disposal of BeUting te distribuft B. 87, Ouinndp property and was placed under received from redemption tion ef money $600 ball to await preliminary hearing. MlV . AUNT EM TO CELEBRATE BIRTH Her health having recently mended t permit Mrs Emmeline B Wells will tel brst her ninety-thir- d birthday anniverto Observe sary according to custom, with a nubile reception at th Hotel Utah Monday afternoon. February 23. Mrs. C. PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY FILED, Crlamon, Mrs Julia P M. Elizabeth Farnsworth and Mra Donnet C, Smith Keirtw constiA voluntary hankropfrv petition was will observe the The 1'lah filed yesterday In tb United Mates dis- tute the committee having the reception tercentenary legislature of the landing of the Pil, trict court by Oxro Clayton Adams, 2995 in charge. In the hall of the Hofk at Plymouth grims Booth Fifth East street, a street car conhouse of representatives at 1 15 o'rlotk, HOSPITAL PHONE INSTALLED. ductor, who alleges that his liabilities March I, it was announced yegterday total $3517.50 and that Ills asset amount Work of Preparations for this observance have a private out tin to $1160 He claims exemption on hit telephone forInstalling the going on ever since th present erocity emergency hosnltal been home and furniture, which comprise the in the Public Safety sion convened, A musical program will bulldrnf wa, entire assets, according t the petition. be preceded The hy an address by John Jen-oyesterday. hospital will be able to get word to doctors and others L. A. OF B. R. T. TO DANCE. more much speedily, according to the hosWasatch Bisters No. 24$, Ladies Aux- pital management, than before, when the SUMMONED TO WASHINGTON. of Railway telephone used was through th board iliary of the Brotherhood Mr Jeannrtt A. Hyde, national com. Trainmen, will give their second annual health switchboard. mute qvoman of the Republican party, dance tonight st Eagles hall. will leave today for Washington, where JAPANESE FARMS REPORTED. wa summoned by a telegram from she THREE KILLED IN 8N6wLIDlL Japanese farm In Utah are valued at Will H. chairman of th national EDMONTON, Alberta, Feh. 26 Three $1 960,909 and consist of $34$ acres In commit.Hay, Her attendance I desired at railroad .employees 133 farms according to Statistics Canadian National ot the executive committee a session Were killed and a fourth was injured hy M. M Justin, agricultural sta- of th Th meeting wilt be held 1 and Mre. Hyde expect Seriously when a snowsllde crashed down tistician Th amount of land in Utah oc- March party. to aton a rotary anowplow on Mount Resplen- cupied bv Japanese ha Increased dur- tend th inaugural ceremonies and Is be mile west of Jasper, Al ing th last ten years, dent, furty-efrom Rail ten about LaWf gun day. s The action of the board followed a talk by City Attorney William H. Folland, who explained the measure and pointed out that In the laying of city sewers and In other Improvement ths cost of construction under the proposed law would b distributed among all property holders bene-flts- d and would relieve owners of abutting property of the entire burden of expense. UTAH SENATE SENATE DEBATES Bay. at Text of Funk Lettef. Th letter from former President Funk, which was read in th senate, but was not permitted to so into the record, ws dated st Richmond, February 13, and said in psit. "I was interested, as well as surprised, When I read In the newspaper the other day th ruling of your prieitimt In ad- - Advertising of Proceedings of Commissioners Deemed . Unnecessary by Utah House . it Bill Providing for Publication of .County Affairs ' Killed; Kane Representative thinks Editors " ' Should "Receive Reports as News. r; ; ay, ft ft ' ' 1 Senate morning, TODAYS CALEXSAR. convenes at 10 eolook this th proceedings of of county commissioners will not b authorized at th present session of the legislature, for boards Representative yester- Seegmiller day succeeded In amending Day's that Mil fop purpose so Af to moke It ASlueless, and the author moved to strike the enacting clause rather than have it passed after It had been Bo amended. The measure. House bill No. 84, had been on the table for several days, and when taken therefrom yesterday the Beegmti-lb- r opposition was again evident. The Kan county representative said he. was not averse to the publication of. th proceedings ot th commissioners, but that he was sverse to having the He counties pay for such publication. said that the proceedings were of news Value and should bs treated as such. He felt, he said, that the people should learn what their commissioners were doing, or proposing to do, snd that he favored making it one of the duties ot the clerk to "furnish such information to the papers, but that h did not believe in pay It, ing eforwould force the news on ths edi-- ; tors, he Said in effect, and if they chose to use it as news, all right, but h could not vote to force the commissioners to"' The cost of pay for such publication. advertising such proceedings also was debated.; Representatives McIntyre, Harris and Howell took the side ot the editor, declaring he could not afford to publish such proceedings of routine as news They declared the rates were pot exorbitant Representative McShane, who recently introduced a- - bill which would cut tha legal advertising rate, said he believed he waa being thoroughly cussed throughout the stats for his bill, but that he did not believe In advertising such He said he was a believer proceedings tn advertising In the country newspathat he did advertise his business pers, but extensively In those publications, that he did not favor th county treasuries being milked. When the amendment were adopted, Mr, Day moved to strike the enacting clause. , May Buy Submerged Lands. House bill No.' 128, by Swenson, which, would give the Saltair Amusement company, the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific the privilege of purchasing submerged lands on Great Balt lake, passed without opposition, there being $7 ayes and 10 members absent. The bill. It was explained, would give ths land board the right to sell submerged lands adjoining uncovered lands which had been leased, and minimum pries of 2 so an acre Is fixed In ths bill - It would give the above-name- d companies sn to purchase lands, the title toopportunity which Is more or less clouded at the present time. Authority to sell lands In the Piute Irrigation project is granted in House trill Ns. H2i, ' passed by .the house yesterday. The state was authorized to sell ths waters of the project at the last session of the legislature, but hot the lands, and the bill passed yesterday would permit of the lands being sotd The house reduced the sise of Its third calendar yesterday, taking nine reading measures therefrom and adding only five. It produced a .lengthy erosion calendar, rehowever, lor many measures wer ceived from the eenate and referred to under the title committees, os la Indicated Of "action oa bilie. -- SeegmiUer Withdraws Bills. Musical program, by University ef Utah musio department, Monday at 1 e clooh. Program ta commemoration of landing ef Pilgrim, Thunder. March 8. st 1 p. m., in joint ooaveatien. Reception by Daughter ef Utah Pioneers, Monday, 8 o (dock. Spsotal eommitte es report ef memorial authorised by Thirteenth legiseommitte lature, meets Monday evening at I o'clock, at Hotel Utah, fog publie hearing- - Invitations Accepted. ft ANNOUNCEMENTS. - vancing to th third reading calendar a bill which. had ..pasafuL with JeM. than Th rule may constitutional majority. not be specific on th point, but It seemed to be universally understood that It would require the constitutional vote to pane a bill From one calendar to another, Juqt That It would on it final passage. was th practice of the thirteenth ses1 a sam understand rules under th sion, are in vogue now, and It appears to me to have boeij A wholesptns practice. Th proponents of a measure should be prepared to defend R at any stag of it course. There must, or should, be reasons for its introduction, or else it should not be Introduced, These reasons should or should be jpade perbe fectly clear to the body that passes on the bill merits of ths "The affirmative side should b first. The proeentatlon of ths may Itself create a negatlvs and that jentlmenihould be an opportunity to develop and some given time to crystallize. The Opponent, and that are made they may be opponent front mem bets wito had really not taken sides until th preliminary discussion Is on, should be given an opportunity to think it over before they feel railed upon to discus th negatlvs Side Therein lie the thief merit of the third reading calendar, if it does not operate to that end, then the excuse for Its existence I very much lessened. "I believe that a blit that cannot muster a constitutional majority at any of It reading should bs declared dead. Th few Instances wher such practice might wqrk sn tnjusttip could be taken car of by motloq to reconsider." prs-ent- House bill No 67, by Lewis, and Ne. 11, by Swenson, were withdrawn by the su- thora, otherqneasurasJucving passed which Included the contents of the hilts." bill Nd. 98, by Boswsll, which would make It a felony-lo- r any person to malm or kill animals belonging to another, waa rejected by an adverse vote, the aves It was 23, absent 19. being argued that the penalty was too severe, and Representative Carey cited an instance In which he might - have been charged with a felony when he Ued up a horse of a neighbor, th horse rearing and breaking its neck. Notice of a motion for reconsideration wa given on the vote. Th house will meet this morning at 18 . o'clock, -- House bill No. 56, by Seegmiller, which would maka property assessable-a-t th place wher business Is actually transacted and not only at the principal headby quarters of a concern, was withdrawn its author, he explaining that h had received Information to the effect that It to would be unconstitutional. Efforts reconsider tb vote on House bills Nos 191. and 193, passed and rejected, respectively, on Thursday, failed, Senate Joint resolution No. 4, hy MVs Hayward, which would authorize the governor to appoint a commission to investigate th feast biltty of erecting a building In which to (tore the relioe and records of ths state, passed th house without opposition, ayes 14, absent 11. Senate hill No. 19, relating to minimum and maximum populations of cities of the second and third class, which th house passed several days ago with amendments, was returned from the senate with a letter saying that ths upper house concurred In ths first house amendment and requesting ths house to recede from it seoond amendment. This ths house declined to do upon motion of Representative Iverson. A conference committee from eaoh house probably will adjust the ft Three BillsfPass. Enacting Clause Stricken. THIRD HEAD 1X0. -H B. 41, 8. B, 101, 8. B. 75, 8. B. 100, B. , ft B. 107, ft B. 5 S. B. 68 8. B. 110, 8. ft 111 and 8. B. 118, as above. SECOND REA DIN 0. , H. B. 60, Soderberg Egg oandltngk Ooea ever nntil Monday, ef school census. ft B.B. 88.81, Wood Tim Kinney Welfare eommixsien. B. 77, Davie Juvenile oouris. 8. B 118, Kinney Kindergarten. report. B. B. 185, Potero Municipal light ew treats. 8. B. 81, Petor Primary oleotioaa la oitiee. 8 B. Havward Mininmm wages. 78, Without recommendation. n 8. B. 8, Xinnoy Osteopathy. that no aotion be taken. 8. B, 81, Senthwiek Caneerons growths. Reoommendmtion that no action be taken, 8, B. 68, Klaney Membership en state beard ef insanity, 8 1. 114. Jenson Injunctions for prao-tjrtn- g medioin without a lloenis. 8. B. 118, Jenkine City planning. Adverse report. B. 40, Boderbers Teaokers employ, ment egeneie. Utilities eemmteaion. ft ft 40, MoBh ft spruce as the state tree of Utah, was favorably reported. Three bills, including that of Mrs. Davis, passed during tha morning. One was the "wormy apple measure and th other that of Representative Carey,- - relating to sale and redemption of real property sold to th county, but it was first amended by striking a clause which would have made retroactive ail tax sales for the years 1819 and 1920, and made them Immediately assignable by the county to thus payUg th taxes and costs, matter. Professor ones at th University of Utah wishes to entertain th members of the legislature with a concert next Monday, and th senate has accepted ths Invitation for 1.15 oclock for that day, in the rotunda of the capltol. The house also accepted the Invitation, but not until several members expressed themselves as being opposed to concerts st a time the body wishes to work. The hour set, how. f1' - Engineers Amend Seeg-miller Bill, Following Governor's Suggestion. 1 Further amendments to tho state road commission bill, originally drawn and In- -, Produced by Representative Beegmlller, but completely revamped by amendments that were Insisted upon by Governor Ma. bey, may bs made If amendments ars adopted proposed by engineers when th hill - comes up tn ths bmdM todays a vpecutf order orbutnea The original measure. House bill No. 72, provided tor ja. commission of five members, each to be appointed from a specified district, and to receive a per diem for the work. days actually devoted to Governor jaabey aid nor approve of the Original bill, nor of a commission so proposed. n-A- compromise bill was prepared made. a. part- - af House bill No. which, 72, and adopted as amend men tk to th , Beegnftiler measure. Now com the proposed amendments and officials of the proposed by engineers W- - . Utah Btat Automobile association. H. Garrick, secretary of the halt American Association of .Engineers; representing that craft 1W prepar- - ' In Us ing the proposed amendments. present condition the bill provides for the appointment of thre road commissioners- by the governor by and With the con- sent of the senate. The engineeiW amendments would place the appointive power strictly tn the hands of the governor ahd" not include the senates approval. Their term would expire two, four and st year after December 1, 1921, according to th engineer amendments, but the bill provides the same tolfTTrs "from and after the date of their appointment. The bill, in Its present condition, provides for tha appointment on March 1, 1928, of a commissioner for a term, and such an appointment every two years thereafter, but the proposed engineer amendments provide that such appointment shall take plac "prior to December 1. 1921. The engineers bill would fi ths ot the road commissioners at $2690salary annually, while the bill in the house provides for salaries of $8599 annually. The engineers would have the road commissioners fix th salary of th stats road engineer, th present bill fixing such salary at $2490 annually, Representative Beegmlller said yesterday that he asked what they would recommend as a salary for ths state road engineer, and they gave him te understand that a $5099 salary would bs about right. "They propose to amend this bill so would receive that the commissioner only half th salary ths stats road engineer woifid receive," Mr. geermlllar excall plained. The engineer amendment for the appointment by the commission of, a competent "civil" engineer, while th present bill specifies a "road" engineer. The proposed amendments of th engineers would according to a comparison ot the Beegmlller bill and that the engineers sponsor, make the state road engineer a more important personage than the mem- -, bens of the commission. It l understood that the amendments by th engineers wlU be offered proposed In th house today, but it is not under! stood (hat they will be offered and recommended by Mr. Beegmlller, who i high way Lake-chapt- six-ye- ar ever, will find both houses in recess and It was explained to those who might be too busy that they did not have to The. eoncart. Skill. W&a.by6- - tit tudenti of tmiaio At th university. hous. at-ta- Five Bills Referred. - e- ' jr At th morning erosion the house referred flv bill that cam over from the thro of them relating to special senate, Improvement bond and district, on to th teachers' pension fund and one to proposed amendment to th inheritance ta laws. Mrs. Davis bill defining a delinquent child to Include persons "married and unmarried" under th age of 18 year, which was on third resiling when adjournment was taken Thursday, passed during the morning, ayes IL nays 1, absent 8 Standing commit ta reports In th morning added flvs bills to th third roadln calendar, on of them th measure pr0. vlcrihg for th creation Of the department of registration. This bill cams from com mitte with an amendment providing $5 of diem for members of the per an amendment that Senator Dern hadhoard, tried to have Inserted In the upper house. Ths bill, Which would designate ths blue Committee to Report on BUI Changing City Government Repreaentatlv Ivors bill providing for a change in Balt Lakes municipal government, for a municipal election to be held this year, and for increasing ths politics wards from flv to six, will bs reported out of the corporations committee of the h house today favorably, Burner- -. in most instances ths oua amendments, smendments wlil pe of a technical nature, but one will recommend that nominations shall he by party convention, committee - - - or by petition Tills amendment Is taken from a section ef House bill No. 120, by Imuglas, Introduced the same day the lver measure wss offered, end It is the only Important difference between the two bills Ths Douglas measure, it is understood, will not emergs from committee. The measure provides for the election of a mayor who would be an executive tn fact ss well a name, who would have ths veto power, and for six rommlaslonoa to ba elscted from wards, and for th election of other i liy officials instead of appointment. The bill, wHh th proposed amen Intents, provide for an election this fall for two commissioner and n auditor for a term of four years, and quadrennially thoroaftar; and In 192$ there would be elected st large a mayor and two commissioners, to serve for a term of four year The orlgfnsl bill provided for th election of a mayor every two years, and Af two commissioners every two years. but-wit- tlon on th record of Its passage th court would hav found that It had been passed under a certain Interpretation of th yules. If subsequent action hy the senate should indicate that th interpretation was improper and such a .(inclusion might be reached if the senate wer to change Its rule then th court might hold that the bill had failed 1 passage During the debate Senator Dorn out that th new rule he proposedpointed would not be retroactive, and when confronted With th possibility suggested by (he Attorney Discusses Rule, in question, still maintain! that h did hot think it would be retroactive, During th noon Inhour mime of the senators talking over th in- while h asserted that he had no sut h WATER APPLICATION FILED. I cident with lawyer - were told that to Idea In hla mind In making the motion amend the rui as Senator Dern bad pro- Tbl waa, aa he had expressed it, to ahuw Aldou of Himiavlils Georg posed might Still, In case of a coolest, that tha Democrat wer simply follow- filed sn application witn the yesterday slat enland ing precedent tn thinking that the n hsv rendered invalid th for of It gineer pf kind board had been killed on second J wHttr in thri board bill of Senator Jcnkln Th sidlnys in Metur count, is said to have taken the position reading until Dreslrtent McKay ruled nth-- the a itir be used for domcstla purbill wer if senate.1 called th into' quvsthat raise and was sustained by tint pose in Hunts! too. one-ma- one-lm- 1 lf ( oud-fo- I I f ' I |