Show regulating county salaries FROM THE A busy day in both houses petitions FOP an hour law bill to protect miners free library measure webar members cross swords cannons substitute resolution text of iha governors message yesterday was a busy and interesting time in both branches of the state legislature the most notable textures being the fire and police bill in the house and the introduction of the counte officers salaries bill in the senate A resolution was introduced shutting off the introduction of new bills after the day starch 21 except by consent of two thirds of the members in the branch in which alie introduction is made the business of the aay was transacted as follows the senate the committee on printing recommended the passage of S it to protect journalists from stating the source ot information of published ar til fit the minority of the committee on education reported adversely to B Al lisone education bill and the leaving of the law aa it ia As the majority which had agreed upon a substitute bill had not reported the minority report was laid on the table till the majority should be equal to the occasion of pre its leport the committee on judiciary reported in favor of the governors suggestion as to S B 75 acae auditor bill abid the report was adopted and the bill passed the judiciary committee reported in favor of passing with amendments S B 96 relieving kinra from certifying warrants id certain instances the judiciary c recommended a substitute to S B 95 relating to criminal procedure ane on education recommended the passage of U utah schools for the blind the education committee also recommended the passage of H B 12 for incorporating corp orating collegen coll egea and the committee on appropriations recommended that the claim of 2500 for ahe state table be not allowed as the detate could not afford it ane committee on manufactures and commerce recommended the indefinite postponement of S B 32 to trusts and pools bemuse the ground was covered by a bill that had been passed the manufactures and commerce oom merce committee recommended the rejection of S B 89 forbidding the manufacture and sale of cigarettes the corn cittee on manufactures and commerce reported in favor 0 the passage of H B 74 frand in dairy products the committee on elections reported a new bill S B reuting to elections it is on the same general system aa at present with some necessary amendments CHILDREN A message was received from gov wells announcing his approval of y B 79 relating to the inheritable rights of children in certia cases the governor called attention to the fact that the question of polygamy being it would be in harmony with the national policy 0 o legitimate all euch children born priar to one year before the issuance of the mani or even prior to the fid mission of atah as a state oo 00 motion of sutherland this becom meu dation was referred to the judiciary committee to report a bill thereon I were received irom the governor announcing executive approval of the following S B 46 attorney general 6 B 45 pint debtors S B 95 damages by balasses bALAK SES allt the salaries reported without a state and county salary bill orr aiila candland presented a resolution shutting 06 the introduction of balla after tha 75 n daiy diy except by con sent NEW kilili KV Lili s besides tha election bill reported by the committee on elections the following were introduced j by sutherland S B to the appointment of administrators of the of deceased persons by chidester Cn idester S B providing for alie contingent expenses of the first sei sion of the state legislature by booth S B providing for holding municipal elections in november 1896 and biennially thereafter lUl LOTES WAGES the senate took up S B ca which provides that employed emp loyes in mines and shelters smelters sm elters must be paid in cash snow moved to strike out the enacting clause first because it was unconstitutional lie said that originally it applied only to mines the amendment including milla would ruin our mills because it would prevent A woolen or flour mill to pay in produce when that 1 was the only means available and the i employed emp loyes were willing to receive such pay sutherland was opposed to striking out the enacting clause hut thought the bill should be amended the bill was to correct abuses at mines where mine compelled employed emp loyes to patronize stores or warehouses it would also prevent the issue by employ era of scrip or sto repay because such issue wag unjust to employed emp loyes jones eaid that if an employer could not get money to pay his employed emp loyes then he should not employ anybody he said that the provo mafla paid in cloth and not in cash and when the employed emp loyes wanted to sell tho cloth the milla would sell cheaper under thia bill every employer of more than ten anen would have to pay cash snow asked if it would not be better to corb for goods than to work for nothing jones said yea but if they did not have the privilege of working for goods they would turn their attention to tomo thing else said that when the bill factories sawmills etc he cooil not support it for a moment it destroy the industries in the out counties where money was not obtainable tai if the miners wanted this bill he would give it to them bat not as to the others and yet he boull not support it if it affected the copper mines of the south where the mines did not pay but the men developing them were paying produce to workmen this would be stopped if the bill passed and on further thought he could not support the bill at all evan said the bill would shut down the provo and other mills it was useless to talk about paying less wages and in cash th milla cannot get the cash except for wages alie people of utah county dd d d not want the provo mille to cloo they could not afford it atie mills could not even pay half of the dividends in cash the new condition oe the country was a demand tor the defeat of this bill employers dont pay produce willingly they would rather pay i cash if chev could beit booth antagonized the bill because it was injurious to the workingmen and in the interest of money lenders on motion 0 i sutherland the bill waa re committed to the committee on labor TO PROTECT MEN bill to protect journalists in gathering of newa came up for its final reading booth amended by inserting the words newspaper and the committee recommended its passage and it cornea up on second reading SENT TO THE locse S b 86 an act to require certain officers to certify to certain bonds etc on arst reading on motion rules were suspended and record made to show bill had passed its second and third reading it was put on its passage and bent to the house PASSED AGAIN the committee recommended passage of substitute for 8 B 85 rules suspended and records made to show it had passed second and third reading ORDERED S B concerning elections came from the committee who recommended its passage ordered printed S B relating to salaries came from the committee without recommendation and was ordered printed TOR THE H B relating to utah state school for the blind waa read birst time and amended and its second and third reading passed COLLEGES AND H B pertaining to colleges and universities was read rules suspended and journal showed had passed its second and third reading AX IMPORTANT MEASURE on motion of the regular order of business was suspended and S B relating to appropriation for paying expenses of present legislature was heard from in explanation candland faid it was to enable some of the senators to pay their board bills it passed unanimously resolution president canaan called senator warrum to the chair and introduced the following revolution which was unanimously adopted unless suspended and the resolution placed upon its final passage whereas under an act of congress approved august a commission was appointed by the president of the united baates to allot lands in severally to the uncompahgre indians and said act provided that the remainder of the lands of such should upon the approval of the allotments by the secretary of the interior be open to entry under the homestead and mineral laws of the united states and further provide 1 that the said commission should also negotiate and treat with the indians properly residing upon the uintah indian reservation in utah for the to the united states of the interest of said indians in all lands within eaid reservation not needed for allotment in severally to said indiana and if possible procure the consent of said indians to such relinquishment ment and for the acceptance of said indians of allotments in severally of lands within said reservation and said commissioners should report any agreement made by them with eaid indians which agreement should become operative only when ratified by act of congress and whereas A sufficient length of time has elapsed for the making of said treaty and of such allotments by said commission and whereas congress by the enabling act conferred upon the state of utah in trust for certain purposes specified in eaid enabling act various quantities of land to ba hereafter sel ested and whereas most of the available lands of the state of utah have been already selected by settlers and the remaining land belonging to the public is interior in character and not eo situated as to produce the fund which congress contemplated should be produced from the eale of such lande now therefore be it resolved by the bonte the house concurring that congress ba requested by special act to allow the proper officers of the taie of utah to select from the lands not allotted to the indians on paid Uintah uncompahgre reservations as soon as feasibly fea after the allotment in severally to eaid any lands they may deem equitable eui table to select for the various purposes for which the quantities 0 the land referred to were granted by congress and that efter euch selection the remainder of eaid lands shall be to entry mcder alie homestead hom esteal and mineral laws of the V cited without further delay that abo honorable secretary of ho interior be requested to require an immediate report from eaid commission and that action bo taken thereon under the provisions of eaul aw that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the representatives ot the state of utah in congress and also a copy to the honorable secretary of the interior candland introduced a resolution that after the seventy fifth day no bill be introduced trod without consent of two majority As this cleared the table the benato adjourned the housa the house was called to order at 1 30 and the realized that the nork was piling up on their hanafi A long list of bills was ready for action and a realization of the fact that not a great deal time remains in which to complete the work of the session appeared to have possession of the lower body A large majority of the members were iu their deais at roll call the reading of the journal ot saturdays proceedings revealed no errors and the document was approved mr maughan stated that he had a re eo lution with the clerk of the house mr critchlow desired information aa to the contents of the resolution before action was taken on the motion and the speaker ordered aba paper read it waa to the effect abar the meet at 10 am and pm mr critchlow batter committee work could be done in tho morning than in the evening and under the resolution committee work must necessarily bo done at night mr maughan declared that in his experience peri ence lie had found it arry difficult to get committees together in the morn inc and said most of such meetings were now held in the evening mr dark favored morning sessions of the house and was of the same opinion aa mr maughan as to the best time for committee meetings mr cri chilow s motion to meet at was lost by a vote of 9 to 20 mr Maug bans resolution to meet at 10 a m was carried with only one dia vote FOR EIGHT house petition 65 was presented by mr ferguson of salt lake it asked the passage with an suggested of house bill 11 fixing eight hours at a legal days work the petition came from union no 43 western federation of miners located at park city referred to the committee on labor house petition 66 was presented by mr howard by request and came from citizens of orangeville Orang eville asking for the of houie bill 67 authorizing the changing county boundaries the petition went to the committee on counties REFUSED TO CONCUR A communication from the senate announced eliat the upper body had refused to concar in house concurrent resolution 9 on printing TO PROTECT COAL MINERS the salaries committee reported amendments to house bill 40 to protect coal miners and providing for the appointment of a state mine inspector and recommended ita passage pas mr kaddatz made a request that the bill be recommended to the committee on mines and mining as that commit the had an important amendment to the bill which it desired to make there being no objection the bill was so referred FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY senate bill 38 authorizing cities and towns to establish free public libraries and reading rooms and providing means for their support being one of the bills on special order today it vaa up and discussed mr harris offered an amendment making the special library tax one fifth of a mill instead of one mill as now provided and making the levy of the tax optional with a majority of the voters instead of compulsory and by order of the mayor and city counsel as now provided in the bill mr favored the amendment otherwise be would not vote for the bill nye taylor critchlow cazier and concan were emphatic against the amendment mr of salt lake opposed hie whole bill because of the increased taxation metaylor Mr Taylor asked the gentleman it be had thought ho much the tax would amount to on mr given that phase of ine matter any attention mr taylor proffered the information for mr Nobe kera benefit that the tax on an valuation of 1000 would bu 25 conis Morr and thompson of favored alie bill without the amendment mr harris said he want to waste the time of alie house but he represented the people of ogdan city and be knew that the taxpayers of that town want this bill to pas this brought mr condon to his feet who respected his s judgment in most things but on this matter he deprecated his position 1 I also desire to eay that I 1 represent ogden city and my colleague does not and I 1 know that some of the most prominent citizens and heavy taxpayers of ogdan desire the passage of the bill mr harris will you masao them mr condon I 1 do not like to mention peoples names on the floor of the house but I 1 will eay that mr fred J diesel one of the heaviest taxpayers of ogden city and weber county requested me to use every legitimate to secure the passage of anis measure mr nye made an eloquent appeal to the members to vote for the passage of the bill without the amendment we compel the man who has made his millions to help support these institutions for the benefit of his less fortunate neighbor the gentleman referred lo 10 the objection to the bill on account of additional dit ional burdens imposed upon the people on account of statehood he eaid th atthe states of idaho wyoming aud nevada had a less property valuation than utah abat the citizens of those states had not been heard to murmur against their increased burdens not until this bill la passed will we ever eee a of the social evil not until then will the children be taken from the streets and the youth from the poor rooms he appealed to the members to pass alie bill as it stands mr stevens said he also represented the people of ogden the poor aa well as the rich and liis opposition to the bill was in alie interests of the poor anoro so than alie rich the poor would bave to pay their proportion of the tax and it would be a hardship upon them he was opposed to alio bill without the amendment but lie would vote for the passage of the ceasare with mr |