Show PROCEEDINGS IN HOUSE Referendum Bill Killed and Irrigation Irrigation Irrigation tion Bill Passed In the house the scenes yesterday re resembled semb ed the looting of Pekin The Theof evacuation of the th halls of legislation was attended by a promiscuous appropriation approprIation of ot books bo ks maps stationery inkwells and everything else that was portable port left the joint build building ing lug heavily laden with bundles as large as they could carry The Thc looting began bf gan several days ago and reached Its climax today Not ot much was left behind except the desks and the printed copies of the bills con considered eldered A spirit of hilarity prevailed a part partI I of the time and of strained feeling and anda a desire to butcher all aU bills bUls In sight bight during another portion of the time After Ate the saunter for dinner the Timothy club showed up in all aU its i lt glory Every member from the coun country country country try wore at least one head of or timothy p pIn In hIs buttonhole The city members who had been dubbed the ing big club jub promptly pinned small smaIl pieces of CJ silk hose to their lapels l and the rivalry grew strong Benner X Smith got into trouble by wearing both badges As il soon as the house hou e was called to order Axton moved that he be suspended from the Salt Lake delegation for wearing the I insignia of the Timothy club The law recently passed against the th wear ing InsIgnIa of by any person p not right rightfully rIghtfully rightfully fully entitled thereto was cited and a movement started to prosecute for tor Its Us violation vl Page e came to his res cne ce by moving that he be Initiated into the TImothy club chili but the Salt Laker appeared to shy at the thought of the possible ordeal There was a 3 large amount of or further spar sparring sparring ring before the house settled down to business busine The he senate irrigation tIon bill was passed in the forenoon The wrangle over the fish and game bill bUl took place in the evening ey nIng Referendum Bill Killed After that bill had been finally amended nL ended and passed the th house took up the initiative and referendum bill sen senate senate senate ate bill 41 by Murdock by request There re was a period of or debate over this measure the feature being beins the lican Hean attempts to kill the proposition without going on record as doing so When the question came to a final vote only two Democrats opposed the bill Hatch and Van The vote was vas as follows folIos Ayes Evans Fry Hamlin Harmon Langton Maughan McGregor lan Ian D H B Morris N L Morris orris Phillips Pond Redd Smith South Van Hrone Glasmann Noes Anderson Barrett Bench Christensen Davis Hall Hatch Hew lett Holmgren Homer G 0 W Johnson Kelly Sharp Stevens Van When the bill came c me from the senate it was referred to the judiciary com corn committee over the protest of ot a number of members Several demanded that the minutes show that they favored the tle bill bUl The Committee ommittee met at once I I and reported the bill with one amend amendmEnt I mEnt of consequence It referred to j I the number of voters that must sign signa I a 0 have a measure submitted I to the legislature under the initiative i or to the people under the referendum I In ITt the bill as ns It came from the senate I the number was 2 per cent of the I voters of the state This was changed to read 5 s per cent of ot o the voters of ot nine counties being I In the aggregate not less than 3 per percent percent percent cent of the qualified voters of the state The amendment was adopted and the final vote was on the bill as amended Speaker Turned Down Speaker came very ery near getting out of the state treasury W t help pay pey future campaign expenses It If he see fit lit to run for congress or 01 or some other office The house was about to give him the money Harmon and Homer protested Page was Just rising to tp his feet to take B 8 hand in the fray when Glasmann like Ilke Davy Crocketts Cr coon came carn down He withdrew his request for aid from the state stute treasury seeing that the op I position on was Increasing Ing like U ke a snowball sliding sUding down a mountain The application for state aid grew out of the speakers series of or tax bills I He frankly stated early In the session that th t the purpose of ot some of these bills blUs was to give him a chance to make a I speech or two After Atter he Tie had indulged In a few r w cyclones c clones of i tory In regard to tes s and the bills were killed many of them at his request The state st te footed the bills of several hundred dollars for the time consumed consume In to t Bills pearls of elo eloquence quence S1 en but yesterday the speaker asked as ed for tor more of or the public funds to help him print a speech for Cor distribution among amons voters It was vas during the afternoon that the speaker announced announce l in insinuating that he had had 2500 copies of or tine tile speech printed and distributed but the peoples eoplE of oC Utah were clamoring for tor tormore more He Bp therefore asked that what whatever whatever ever eve might be necessary be Tie taken Continued on Page 5 6 po r P IN THE HOUSE Continued from Page I Ithe I Ithe Ithe the state treasury between 40 and ad 50 he said sd and given him to have have more copies of the speech printed Homers Romer Protest Bench promptly moved that the he pub lic l funds be handed out for this pur pose Several calls for a a vote ote were heard beard when Eph Homer of Provo voiced voIce the first frt mild mUd protest I Is this customary he asked aked Is It I right It I looks to me like ing jag money V to boom somebody The speech did the the legislature no good No go bills bis were passed and nothing was wa done along along this line lne The speaker assured the house that tat it was wa customary and all aU right Maughan aughan and South Sout came to the aid of Glasmann and said they thought he ought to o have the money If I he wanted wante it for that purpose 1 I dont like that speech declared Sharp ShaI I 1 am opposed to It it If I it I is to be printed printe at at public expense I should like to have the privilege of o replying to it it and have that printed too The speaker was wa willing if he could reply to o the reply But Homer put in another objection He thought the speech if distributed might have ave a abad abad abad bad effect on the people and make them believe a number of things about state tate officers that were not true te McFarland thought if I the speech was to be r printed printe Sharp certainly should have the privilege privilege privilege lege of reply Than Thou Harmon Haron arose and went after f r the little scheme with wih an ax a He ob objected objected to springing any such a thing during the lat last hours hour of the te session I IOl Ol I object to going to any ay such ex ox expense expense pense he said We can cn get no good god result resul We have not n t time to hear from our constituents as a to any tax tax legisla legislation legislation tion ton The proposition is Inopportune and ad impolitic V Harmon Haron sat st down and Page the wit of the house was wa rising with wih a smile smie on his face faco fae that betokened an intention to have some fun with Bills Bils attempt attempt to break brec into the te state treasury treasur when the speaker hastily haly said that if the house objected he would withdraw his bits application and the incident closed cosed Irrigation Bill i Passed Pa After laboring during almost te the en entire entire tire Ure session the tle legislature at the eleventh hour brought forth fort an irrigation irrigation tion Uon bill bl senate bill bl 1 7 by the corn com committee mitte mite on judiciary This bill bi provides that measurement measurements of water vater used for irrigation shall be made under the di direction direction of the te state stae engineer by water commissioners appointed by the various alous county boards bards The house housh Republicans had been sparring for some ome time to have have the ir irrigation r legislation all al originate with them But the Holmgren bill for a state board bard of control failed in the senate and the Gardner Garner bill bUI ll was smitten in the house There was wa noth nothing nothIng nothing ing left lef but bu the senate bill bi drawn by bythe bythe the te committee on irrigation and when it I came CM to a vote two men Ot against this Mohr and Pond A slight amendment was wa made in the house but the bill as a a whole was wa little changed Two bills in connection with the state board boar of equalization were passed One of thOse these th e was V senate bill by the com corn committee on judiciary a substitute for house bill bi 2 The other was wa senate nate bill bi by tile ne committee on ways and andrt ad rt means a substitute for or house houe bill b 12 The first made mae the salary of the mem members member hers bers ber each including the he secretary who was wa given 1100 by the house The second gave the secretary a year additional addit na for acting aUng as collector of car taxes as a provided d for by a similar measure passed by tn th the house houe The senate asked a L conference on house bill regarding redl g the mileage of district judges and ad district attorneys Tt It I was vas finally agreed aed to make the te enle re rege age ge 5 6 cents ent on railroads d nd 15 cents V VV V off railroads of Senator S mtr Murdocks bill to prohibit the adulteration of milk mik and nd cream cram senate bill bi 76 was V passed paSe without opposition Although one bill bi aimed amed at at the slot machine had hd been rejected by the house houe Senator Senator bill bi of a a simi lar la nature senate bIll b was wu passed with barely elYa a dissenting dI voice pae VV 1 V Senator Sentor s bill relating to t the fe V sale passed pe of t n e V bill bi 11 1 also aso V A resolution on from the Wyoming leg legislature legIslature legislature thanking everybody Including V the railroads for tor courtesies co the hc members during the junket to V Salt Lake was wa received and a committee appointed to draft a it suitable reply V When Wh n the house adjourned in the af afternoon a V V it i was to meet again at 11 il 1 but the te speaker was informed i I that the senate intended to get through its Us It business during the night and to I give the house an a opportunity to do likewise Speaker ker Glasmann sent sen mes muss j i to every member mem er who could be reached notifying him that the I house would convene at Most of the members member were in their seats at 8 S V The rhe first frt matter mat r taken up was wa the appropriation bill bi that tat came from the senate with wih a number of items changed The house refused to concur in ii the te amendments ad mith Anderson and Hatch were appointed MI committee to confer with wih a committee e of the senate Later in the evening eveni g this t ls committee re reported reported ported in favor of the salaries sa arles as originally originally fixed by time the th house In favor of for the national guard guardS cutting out V the item iem of for traveling 11 It 1 I and appropriating 33 for forState forState forState State Auditor V Morgan Richards In Inthis Inthis this form for the appropriation bill bi was wa put upon its It passage on motion moton of Ben I Iner ner ncr X Smith and was unanimously passed thirtyfour members member voting Senate V bill bi requiring railway companies to fence the private lands through which railroads run was passed ased The enacting clause of senate bill bil extending the terms of sheriffs from two to four years year was wa stricken out by bya a decisive vote ote Senate bill bi by Love providing for revenues for forthe the state and county gov governments government governments for 1901 and 1902 was wa passed V Fish ish and Game Bill i The only feature of the evening ses session session sion that had life in it was wa the te consid consideration of senate enate bill bi tIme the fish and ad game gme bill bi It I came cam before the house on the report of the conference committee headed by Representative South Sout The Te only change of importance made in the te conference was providing 2000 for special cial olal deputies d The report of the te corn com committee co p was wa adopted but when the bill bl was put upon Its ts passage it i was wa de defeated defeated defeated by b a vote yote of 13 to 16 Then the I fun fuu began Several members announced that that they did not understand that tat they were voting on the bill bi but thought they were voting on the amendments and a wrangle V ensued Finally Finaly the speaker ordered another i ter This time the vote was wa 21 ayes and ad 12 noes noe so 50 that tat the bill bl wan vas wa again agan defeated not getting a majority After Ater the transaction transaction tion Uon of some routine business Representative Representative Van moved to sus suspend suspend suspend pend the te rules rule and reconsider the bill bi under suspension This was done by a vote of 25 2 to 10 7 7 and then the fish and game bill bIl was wa brought out once more Again Agin it was put upon its Ia passage and ad again agin it was wa defeated by a a a vote yote of 21 V to ta 13 12 But yet the friends fren s of the te bill bi would I not let up Later Lter In n the evening Rep Representative Representative Homer Homer made another mo motion motion tion ton that the t rules be suspended and the bill bi be reconsidered After much parliamentary sparring this motion moton prevailed by a vote df 25 to 7 and the bill bil was wa before t tle house once more mor Harmon Haron then ten moved move that the te bill bil be amended in regard V to spotted trout amende tout permitting them tem to be caught and sold Gardner Gadner moved to strike ou Vou the words word stable barns brIs tents tet camps and ad wagons in the section naming the he places that the ric could uld search for fish and ad game gme when he was satisfied fed that the laws las were being bing violated Another amendment offered provided that deer could be killed kled only from Oct Oct 15 to Nov 15 These Thee amendments were wee all aU adopted and then ten another vote yote was taken on on the bill bi t This hiIs time it i carried by the vote of ot SO h to O V 3 |