Show famous eccentric toasts pitt at kidderminster gave a toast in compliment of the carpet manufacturers i may alay the trade of kidderminster kidd e said pitt bo be trampled under foot byall the world A more audacious toast freighted with double meaning has been variously attributed to smeaton erskine and to some others this after dinner trade sentiment was delivered in this form dam the canals sink the coal pits blast the minerals consume the manufactures fac tures disperse the commerce of great britain and ireland I 1 cornhill Corn hlll magazine UTAH legislature ADJOURNS more bills considered and passed than at any previous session with but ono one exception salt luke lake city the ninth legisla tive live assembly adjourned without day at noon on saturday after extending nine days over the sixty day schedule A great portion of the legislation of the session was accomplished after the clock had been stopped because of tho the expiration of the time it 1 toted the lawmakers law makers more bills were considered and more passed by the nm legisla legislature tur 0 than ihan by any other in the histon history I of 0 the state with the single exception of the fl first state legislature the ninth legislature not only passed more laws than any other but it also passed more measures changing present conditions than any other legislature because of several drastic and revolutionary lutio nary measures passed the legislature will probably be tho the subject of a great deal of criticism adverse as well as commendatory among the important bills passed by the legislature was a measure assuring early construction of a state capitol tile the general liquor measure providing for elections in each city and town of the state to decide the question taking tho the licensing power from city councils in cities of the first and second class and placing it with thes district courts and providing various regulations for liquor traffic id measures providing fon foe the des dea commission form of municipal government for cities ut ur tile the first and second class for the election of nonpartisan boards of commissioners and for their nomination at primary elections tho the appointment of now new district judges for the second and third judicial districts tho the appointment of a commission with judicial powers to investigate and recommend changes in the system of revenue and taxation A revision of the pure food laws lawa of the state an increase in the salaries of state and county officers and the proposal of a constitutional amendment to increase cria se the salary of the members ot of the state legislature the enactment of a law prohibiting the employment of children and ofa of a measure preventing the employment of women more man ian nine hours houra a day the passage of a measure forbidding the sale of cocaine morphine opium or heroin the prohibition of the sale of cigarettes ga gar ettes or cigarette papers the passage of a measure forbidding gambling n a felony the enactment of laws bettering health conditions in the state providing for the erection of armory building for the utah national guard more beneficial insurance ranco laws protecting policy holders and safeguarding the states Infer interests ests more beneficial land laws to induce settlers to come to utah and increasing the acreage in dry farms more afore stringent banking laws furnishing greater protect protection lon to depositors the creation of an immigration and labor bureau under state supervision providing a relief fund for disabled firemen among the bills of more than ardi nary moment that failed to receive the approval of both houses and the governor the bills that failed to pass were the reapportionment of the state into representative and senatorial districts in accordance with the census of 1910 the ratification of lee e proposed amendment to tho the federal constitution authorizing an income tax the bill providing for primary election for united states senators the bill prohibiting the corporate funds for political purposes the initiative and referendum the public service commission bill the antipass anti pass bill the revision of the insurance code of the state the revision of the fish and gamo game laws the regulation of rates for trans trana por of coal the appointment of a commis commission slon to investigate construction of the mot fat road the construction of the state capitol Is now assured the legislature has made available for construction and makes operative the provisions of the laws enacted two years ago for the erection of the capitol this amount in addition to the half million previously available makes a total now available for the construction of the capitol pt of more than this sum will be practically sufficient to complete the structure the so called dos des melnea bills which passed both houses change radically the ahe municipal government in uie the live five largest cities in the state instead of mayors and city councils in salt lake ogden provo logan and murray there will be mayors and commissioners ners who will have legislative and administrative powers in salt lake the commission will consist of the mayor and four commissioners an and d in the other cities a mayor and two commissioners |