Show I i SPECIAL SESSION OF UTAH LEGISLATURE HOUSE RATIFIES WOMAN SUFFRAGE SUFFRAGE SUFFRAGE SUF SUF- FRAGE AMENDMENT TO THE NATIO NATIONAL AL CONSTITUTION Joint Resolution Indorsing League of Nations Adopted by Vote of 30 to Plan 14 14 Plan Drastic c Punishment for Automobile Thieves Thieves Salt Lake LaIH CIt City In In response to a summons I- I issued u d b by Governor O Bamberger Bamber- Bamber ger gel the Thirteenth state legislature assembled in iu special session on Monday Mon Mon- day daj September 29 W It was the first special sC session which inay be exactly so termed In jn the history or Utah's statehood The only other extra session session ses ses- sion slon of the legislature was one for fOl afew a afew afew few hours homs January C 0 O. O 18 1595 1596 when Utah has just become a n state The HUon had made no provision lI for any I special date for the meeting lg of legislatures legislatures legis legis- Jat res and consequently G Governor lIe Heber er M. M Wells ells called the legislators together on n that date and a bill was wits passed authorizing the session to meet The first regular session convened immediately Immediately immediately im Im- mediately afterward ald At the opening session John E. E Heppler of Richfield was chosen I speaker er of the house souse on the fifth ballot balI ballot bal bal- lot succeeding ing C. C C. C Richards s who resIgned resigned resigned re re- re- re signed froth from office The house also appointed an au investigating in es committee to le ort on the time eligibility of two of Its members ers who have been holding state po portions ns since the last session Arthur Welling and William ONeil OKell There were more than a dozen measures measures meas Incas ures tires read ready to be presented for consideration consideration consideration consid consid- at the time opening session As their first first legislative net act the senate of the time thirteenth Utah l legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture convened convene in special session Mon lon Monday day unanimously t adopted a resolution resolution resolution tion introduced by Senator Elizabeth Hayward of Salt Lake ratifying ln the time Susan B. B Anthony amendment to the federal constitution g granting woman suffrage Extended discussion over methods of procedure whether bills should be printed or or typewritten t whether the tile legislature has authority to authorize the payment of its own expenses who has the right lit to determine what hut the state slate constitution says sas and does not say siy sa and a score SCOle of other questions so occupied the attention of Utah's lawmakers lawmakers lawmakers law law- makers that the second da day clay of the special session in the house passed with little actually accomplished Consideration of two measures to in nake ke more drastic the punishment of automobile thieves took up most of the time of the senate sena e during the da day and the upper house adjourned for forthe time the day without having taken final action on any of f the measures before it The outstanding feature of the day was vas the ratification of the womans woman's suffrage amendment to to the national constitution b by the house following Its ts ratification In the senate Speaker Speak peak er John E. E called Mrs 11 Anna T. T PIercey of Salt Lake to the chair when the amendment was as taken pup t up p for consideration and to Mrs Piercey y fell ell the honor of presiding during luring the the passage of the Ule ratifying resolution The he other two women members of the house louse Mrs Mis Delora Delola W. W Blakely and Dr Grace Stratton Airey both oth made brief addresses expressing their satIsfaction sat- sat that tite they had an 11 opportunity to o vote ote for fol the thc national went nent m nt of women Representative William ONeil O'Neil of ot Duchesne an ardent a advocate ocate of womans woman's wo- wo mans nan's suffrage asked to be he excused from fromm voting on the ground that some question had arisen as to his eligibility II ity ty to fo sit In the time house and that he desired nothing to mar the legality of the resolution Arthur Welling the he other member whose e eligibility Il Is under investigation In voted In im favor fIn of or orthe he time amendment sa saying ing that in case lie he ic was declared ineligible he me hoped the house would woul expunge his Imis vote otc from the rec records in order to leave them clear Utah when Governor Bamberger signs th the J mill Il will ill be the time sixteenth state of the union to ratify the time womans woman's womans woman's woman's womans wo wo- mans man's suffrage e amendment A battle between Republican and Democratic members of the house was precipitated when wl en Representative D. D D. D McKay of Weber county introduced h a Joint resolution Indorsing the league of nations and ur urging ln that it bo he adopted along with the time peace pace treaty without reservations reser The rhe memorial was passed passed passed- the theote vote ote being 30 80 0 to 14 with two r members ab ab- sent ent The Time The fish and game ame bill wh which h makes dynamiting illegal as aN a means of or catching fish In lit the streams of the state was WitS passed b by the tho I hou house e. e 41 to to toI 5 J. iJ A bill hill has been beon introduced in the tha house appropriating for the expenses ex ex- expenses of the special session |