Show CHHIST ENSEN halec BEFORE THE HOUSE HOUS E SALT LAKE representative EXPLAINS ABSENCE AND IS GIVEN FURTHER TIME legislature getting down to Suii iner two bill bills being approved by senate and three by the H holec ouse parley 11 Chrls christen ten sen of salt lake was arrested on jan uary 25 and baled haled before the house of represent athes mr ar christensen had bes bom n absent from the ua of the house for more than a week eek and on vote of the house the sergeant at arms wa was directed to bring him in mr christenson was found in the city and county bull building ding ilo lie accod panted the sergeant at arme arms to the tile chamber ah aniber and told the speaker he N was as occupied with some somo legal business the speaker then excused him the following two bills ero ere passed by tho the senate on january 23 25 senate bill no 2 by eckersley Ecker appropriating tor for school teachers la in districts acre the revenue Is inadequate senat bill no 33 b chez authorizing county commissioners to make appropriations for farm demonstrators tho thu hills bills passed by the house were house bill no 1 by onell oneil an act providing that duchesne county shall constitute the tho twenty eighth legisla tive live district house bill no 3 by shields an act to provide against dilatory tactics on appeals peals from justice court courts house bill no 8 by day an am act to punish convicts who attempt to es cape from convict road camps an appropriation of for indian war veterans Is asked in a bill introduced by senator J T it edgheill of juab county i perrys ferrys senate bill no 9 providing for posting jn prominent places of advertisements verti for bids upon public work in those localities which have no ne newspapers papers went on the calendar of the upper house the measure was reported back favorably by the judi clary committee the house of representatives as a whole will investigate the protest filed on january 21 against the seat ot charles warnick arnick lV representative elect lect from utah county the protest was filed by Rep represent Re presen resea dative george F goodwin Pro progressive gret of salt lake who asked that the matter be investigated by the committee on elections by almost strict party vote however the house decided to vote on the merits of the protest without any uny preliminary ln in vesti gullon by committee the republicans voted solidly against refer ring the contest to the committee on elections or to a special committee the protest against the right of mr warnick to sit in tho lower houie of the state legislature is based on an the allegation that he Is not qualified under the terms terns of the constitution to be a member of the legislature there were but two to new bills pre prep eted s in the senate on ot january 21 alone along with ith two resolutions while alle six new measures appeared la in the house A resolution proposing the appoint ment of a joint committee on revenue and taxation to propose a revision 0 of the revenue laws and a memorial urging congress to construct a gov owned rall railroad road from denver to salt lake through the ilutta basia basin wore were introduced in the house fifteen bills and one resolution introduced trod favorable reports adopted on two bills acceptance ot of an invitation to visit the capitol grounds signing of the pay roll and adjournment constituted the of the senate on january 32 22 thern thero were committee meetings before and after the session at which various bills were vere discus discusser sm informally but action oa on reports was postponed proceedings in the house on january 22 were quiet one bill and one memorial vere were introduced the report of the cr committee ommittee on rules too tooh up the greater part of 0 ta the he session the 0 rules which governed the tenth session of the legislature were adopted with some minor changes the second corrupt practices act ot of the cession session was introduced january 22 by senator george don dori the dem dorn bill covers the question of cam laign and election methods and pro bedur specifying lying just what may and may way not be done by candidates for or nomination and election or their agents the senate committee to which ns referred the statewide prohibition bill jj Is engaged in consideration of that measure froni from every angle before reporting it to the members tor for final action the committee will vill devote most of tho the week to tho the bill hoping by the end of that time to have have it in chape shape for reporting back to the sen ate several members of the state legia legis lature were quests guests over sunday of the cache legislative delegation they went to logan friday evening and saturday visited the agricultural college of utah many of the members of both houses took advantage of the adjournment to eslit their homec |