| Show em democrat oer at Factions Sharpening Sh Their heir Knives RICHARDS TAKES UP GAUNTLET HITS HIT AT BAMBERGER FACTION Speaker of House 5 Brands as as' s Untrue Tinting and Unfair Attack Attach on Him nim b by r Governors Governor's 5 Organ b bT an T THE HE old feud which has existed between the McKay Bamberger-McKay faction of the Democrat party in jn Utah and the theone one represented by Speaker C. C C. C Ri Richards hards has broken out afresh and there is blood on the Democrat political political political poli poli- moon It will be rec recalled lIed that when the legislative convention was vas held last fall C. C C. C Richards was its chairman He was nominated as one of the legislative candidates candidate from Salt Lake county by acclamation In M his speech delivered on accepting the tilt position of chairman he made no allusion to the administration of the little littleman man on the hill When hen the convention presented him hiril with the nomination for solon he made no reference to s 4 the McKay Bamberger combination on and when the platy plat plat- y form was adopted there was still no mention of the fio governor gover goyer- t ert er nor nor of his chief deputy governor When r the n. n campaign was vas on Judge Richards was called to the Democrat count county committee and it Was as a a. noticeable fa fact t that during the campaign w which resulted in his election as also the remainder of the Democrat f ticket there thre was little rejoicing upon the part of the y Hamberger McKay r crowd The The announcement made later d that the Ju judge ge ml might ht be a candidate e be before the ne next t state tJ 1 Democrat convention was Vas like gall all and wormwood to the file j w i faction that controls the Capitol Later when the Salt Lake jurist jurist- was elected speaker h by bi the v vote te of the th thirty seven seven seven Democrats in the House there was again a a. walling wailing upon the part of the Bamberger McKay faction for thc they knew that the their r control of the Legislature end was one gone and that the whip-hand whip they had held and hoped to continue to hold ha haS had become palsied The war was on Revolt Is h Spreading Thus matters have continued The Legislature has proven unruly There has been a kicking over the traces by several of the m majority There Is every evidence that the revolt Is spreading and that tho the Mc Bamberger c- c Ka Kay ay combination cOf which had hoped to tolay tolay lay Jay the plans at this session of the Legislature by which the former former- food toad commissioner for tor Utah W W. W. W Armstrong Armstrong Arm Arm- strong would have a smooth and easy ride Into the campaign next year ear for tor forthe forthe the United States at the hands of or the Democrats although his hI's defeat at tho the polls would be a foregone foregone foregone fore fore- gone conclusion have miscalculated The war has opened Wednesday night there was a meeting meetIng meet- meet Ing of at Democrats at the tho Hotel Utah It was supposed to be bo a secret meeting at which the Parker Bevan-Parker mine taxation bill was to be discussed The meeting was one of tho the House committee oj oil revenue There was a n large largo attend atten attendance attend l ance ante Present was Speaker C. C C. C ards ands who Is ex officio a a. member o of 01 er e every committee of ot the House HIs HI presence gave the tho an opportunity to hit him and In th thi Salt Lake Tribune of Friday there appeared ap pea geared red a story giving what purported to be the proceedings of or the commit commA tee This was 1 Allowed hewed ll with 1 story tory in the Tribune o of Saturday mornIng morn morn- Sing Ing giving the proceedings proceedInG's of oC the the- House House when hen the bill Was leas passed on Fr an-Fr- n Fri da day It was just before the noon recess Continued d on Page PaC 31 n. I RICHARDS STRIKES AT BAMBERGER fACTION Continued on Pago Page 31 I. I yesterday when tho the speaker calling tho attention of or UtA House to a n. matter of or Personal privilege said that ho had always ays be boon on a n. believer In n and friend of or tho press pross and during tho thu present notion Dei lon had done dono everything In his power to aid aki tho the newspaper men In Ini i tho gathering feathering of or tho the news for tor dissemination nation among their clientele but stories stories sto sto- ries tics had been printed ed In ti tho the Salt Lako Lake Tribune which he said were unjust and unfair Said the tho spell speaker erz I lOr r desire to speak as ns a n. matter of ot privilege o for tor myself for a committee of oC the tho House and for Cor the tho members of ot this bod body Yesterday morning there appeared an nn article In In the tho Salt Lake Tribune which I 1 will request tho the clerk to read It was read as follows tollow H Senate Bill No 36 by Bevan De and Parker relating to mine taxation was favorably reported to tho the House yesterday yesterday yes yes- by the revenue committee The committee In Its report er er proposes proposes proposes pro pro- poses several amendments to the measure meas mells- ure tire Incorporating some ome features of or the j I Olson bill which wa was sidetracked In I Ithe Ithe the Senate In favor Cavor of or the Par leer her bill The Tho House revenue par I committee has hns proposed that the tho Olson definition of ot net annual proceeds bo be substituted for Cor the tho one In the tho Parker Bevan bill which tho the Senate passed sell The committee commit commit- tee would provide for tor taxation on the flat basis of three times tho the net proceeds pro pro- but at the same time does not propose to Include the tho deduction fea features oa- oa tures or of the Senate bill The Tho measure Is l now on the calendar a nd nd probably will sill come up today tollay or tomorrow for ac ac- ac- ac tion I S 'S Senator Olson I Is actively engaged In an attempt to have inserted In th the House bPi bill provisions of his own measure measure measure meas meas- ure which were rejected by the tho Senate He Ho was present Wednesday evening at ata f a meeting of the tho revenue re committee g n th 1 on i nn n bl bill i was a be being ir framed l. l d and d with th s Speaker Speak Speak- er C C. C. C Richards urged the insertion of oC ofa ofa I a D. recommendation for tor some of oC the tho Ol- Ol Olson son fon bill features In the committees committee's re report report ro- ro port on the tho Senate measure Yeter- Yeter lla day afternoon Senator Olson divided his timo time between the tho upper and lower branches of or the tho Legislature Ho lie was In Ina ina a n. prominent position at the tho front of oC the House House near the speakers speaker's rostrum durIng durIng during dur dur- ing tho the early part of or the se session slon leavIng leaving leaving leav leav- ing after the report of or the tho committee null anti the tho Senate bill went to the calendar calendar calen calen- dar without discussion It is said that some clauses of or I tho the committees committee's report on the Senate bill were made after aCter the adjournment or of the meeting at which the tho report was decided decide upon and that members or of the committee who wore not consulted on the final cinal draft may offer strenuous objection objection objection ob ob- ob- ob to this procedure on the floor of oC the House when tho the bill is called up for tor action Nude 1 No o Request While it is true said Speaker Richards Richards Rich Rich- ards when the thc reading concluded that attended the meeting of or the revenue committee at the Hotel Utah no member member mem- mem ber of or t the e en knew or of my intention to until do so o until I entered the room I found three members members mem mom bers of or tho the state board of oC equalization In conference with sith tho the committee They had already passed upon the tho matter ot of the multiple fixed in the tho Parker Bevan-Parker bill and had hall been working upon the consideration of oC the bill probably an nn hour or an hour and a half before Core I entered entered en en- I tho the room Perhaps an hour after my appearance appear appear- I ance anco Senator Olson came Caine In and in re response response response re- re to a request from a member of or ortho tho committee in made mado ado a n statement re regarding re- re garding certain provisions of or his bill that had been rejected In the Senate One of or the provisions was requiring certain certain tam tain of ot the tho corporations to furnish data to the tho state board of or o equalization for tor their use as a part of or the tho basis buls In making the assessment of ot their prop prop- or erty ty When hen tire tiro senator finished I suggested suggested sug sug- Jested that Jf If such a provision should be je inserted in the bill that I thought It should be accompanied by a very stringent provision prohibiting the use of or that information by any other perSons persons persons per per- sons than the members of oC the board of oC equalization and making It punishable with heavy y penalty for an any clerk clerIc or of ot the tho board of oC equalization to permit an any person to Inspect or become acquainted with tho contents of oC such docu documents ni en ts At no other tune during my presence with tho the committee did I make any other other other oth oth- er suggestion much less request of or orI what the tho bill under consideration should lie he In no way did I 1 attempt to Influence I the tho committee except in the one In In- In stance suggested lr l ir mat flUT mEnt DO DC construed CUD con as an attempt to influence I 1 left tho the committee room before beCore the tho committee took any action upon the suggestion or of Senator Olson and arid did not know until the committee reported to tho the House yesterday what consideration consideration consid consid- oration they had given en to the matters referred to by him Second Story tor n Read need lId This mornings morning's Tribune presents another another an nn- other account that is no more accurate nor truth truthful CuI than tho the account published yesterday morning I will request tin tho clerk cIerI to read It I IThe The clerk read of or Speaker C C. C C. C Richards to railroad the house amendment eliminating the n not t to exceed feature failed Called All throughout tho debate upon the bill Speaker Richards showed extraordinary Interest and despite his position as alJ speaker frequently advised the tho house houseas as to what the tho chair hold held might be best As soon as tho the committee amendment amendment amend amend- ment proposing the elimination of or the not to exceed clause had been boon read Speaker Richards ne neglected to follow his usual custom of asking tho the house what it would do with the tho report Instead ho he immediately be began an to a n ask l k for a D. vote ote from rom those In favor of oC adopting this clause of ot the committee committe report Representative Doty however was to too quick for Cor him and rose to his foot feet making a motion that this feature feature fea tea ture turo of or tho the committees committee's report b bo not accepted Speaker Richards then began to In- In volvo the tho In a parliamentary tangle that would require the tho wits of oC a Philadelphia lawyer to Coli follow 0 W Ho He held to tho the that since the report of or tho the committee proposed ed an elimination from Crom tho bill It was waa therefore therefore there thero- fore tore a a. negative report and that a negative neg e motion that It bo be e riot Hot accepted wan waG not In order He I H pronounced that the vote volo would be bo on tho time acceptance ce or rejection of or tho committed report that the report of or it tho the committee constituted a motion molion that It bo be accepted though no such motion had Lad been made unless I tho speaker construed AS an a motion his I own request that th the house bouso veto voto on thu tho recommendation of ot tho the committee Debate Debato on tho the question followed this confusing decision of oC tho Bo- Bo toro fore opponents of oc the tho mca measure uro had all been given an nn opportunity to state their re report report ro- ro reasons for Cor opposing tho committee port the tho sPeakers sPeaker's well veil well machine worked again and a n motion to shut oft I debate by tho previous question was made by Representative Morris Representative Rep Rep- Johnson of ot Emory county count rose to Inquire why tho the advocates of tho the Olson feature were wore HO so nn anxious dous to stop debate before those o opposed had had an opportunity to state their position po po- In the tho matter mattor Mr Mi Morris chose choso a a t technicality for Cor a reply informing Mr Johnson that since he Mr Ir Morris had not spoken on th the amendment ho had tho the right under tho house rules to move the tho previous lous question Representative Doty Dely who had moved not to accept the tho report of the tho committee commit commit- tee teo on or orthis this feature then requested the tho usual privilege of closing tho the debate But Speaker Richards who in other Instances instances' during tho the session had soon seen fit tit to overlook technicalities technicalities' s' s arid and pc permit permit per per- mit this denied dented It to Mr tr Doty DaLy on the time grounds that his motion had hall been ruled out of DC order and that the tho only person who had a a. right to close chose the debate was as the chairman of oC the revenue committee whose report had under the tho speakers speaker's ruling constituted constituted constituted con con- a motion to acc accept pt the committee commit commit- tee recommendations Thus the speaker speak er or and his colleagues succeeded In shutting off further discussion and rushing the tho amendment to a l vote which was 35 3 to 9 In favor or of oC the committees committee's committees committee's committees committee's commit commit- tees tee's elimination J la h Usual As Aa Ae to tho the charge that I was waa at att attempting at- at t tempting to be bo arbitrary or unfair with the the minority continued Speaker Richards In the consideration of them session allas all allas allas during yesterdays yesterday's you ou are arc as well Informed as ns I. I Early in the session of or tho the house it was adopted adapted as asan asan asan an unwritten rule and has been the practice ever since that whenever a committee r reports ports a n. bill b with a n recommendation rec rec- that whon when the time bill Is la brought on for tor consideration by tho the house tho the report of oC the committee is read and then It Is understood without with with- out nut n t I. motion holn thit a 0 motion tI is p pending g i be-i before O ti tio tIme tho o ohO hO house I dul duly made b by tho the chairman of the com com- returning the tho report re that tho the report of or the committee committed be bo adopted That has been our uniform practice to savo save time limo and tho the useless formality in such Buch cases eases of or presenting a n formal forma motion to adopt the report and has been In force ever since Yesterday when the Senate bill was wali called for third reading tho the report of or ortho the tha committee was read and as ns has been our practice I announced that the tho question be before foro tho the House was upon the adoption of or tho the report of ot the committee com com- on revenue recommending lIn tho the several amendments to tho the bill Lill and that tho the first amendment was to strike strikeout strikeout out the words not to exceed In the paragraph fixing the The gentleman from roni Juab then tendered tendered ten ten- dered derell a motion that tho the House do not concur In the tho report of or tho the committee I informed him that that motion was not a n. proper one ono that It was merel merely a negative of oC tho the motion to adopt thoi the tho i report then before the tho House It was i Insisted b by |
