Show A CUBAN RESOLUTION Introduced in the Senate Yesterday Yester-day by Rideout THE CARNIVAL OF BLOOD GOVERNMENT 1TEHOBIAUZED TO PROCEED TO THE LIMIT A Vast Amount of Business Transacted Trans-acted by the Senators Yesterday Session Held last NightBill For Using the Automatic Ballot Machines Hamers Railway Bill The reading of the senate journal yesterday developed the fact that on Friday more business was done than ever before by any senate In one day in Utah The senate during the day acted upon i 11 committee reports allowed nine claims passed six bills read six bills I the third time read eight bills second time and eight first time killed four bills and one joint resolution disposed of eight messages from the house acted on six communications from the state board of examiners and one from the executive signed three bills in open session ahd held an executive sessiona record never before approached ap-proached much less equalled Although it was known that a great deal of business had been done no one dreamed until the reading that such a wholesale rustle had been indulged in The record was approved with a deal of satisfaction The senate then proceeded to do a whole lot of business on the code bill and while the record will not display as much type as the day previous the house went a long way in getting the bill in shape for final passage Mr Hamer of the judiciary Committee Commit-tee reported that the following sections as being covered fully by bills presented pre-sented and under consideration and moved they be stricken out Rail read Corporations Fish and Game Horticulture Land Board Public Schools Statistics He asked that the following Bills pass to third reading no amendments having hav-ing been approved Interest Loan Commissioners State Engineer Deputy State Officers Telegraphic Transfers Townsites and Joint Debtor which was agreed to Mr Nebeker called attention to a few needed changes in the insurance title which were agreed to Mr Rideout asked that the poll taj lav be amended As amended it ex cm > ted all who had served in fire departments de-partments from the payment of poll tax for a period of ten years after such service Inquiry convinced him that outride the cities in the smaller towns in ten years every man would be exempt ex-empt The law was changed so as < o exempt only during the term of service serv-ice THE LAND BILL The senate took up senate bill No 46 by the joint committee on public lands An act creating and defining the powers and duties of the state board of land commissioners providing I provid-ing for the selection location appraisement appraise-ment protection sale rental and general gen-eral management of the public lands of the state and for the investment of the funds arising from the sale and leasing of such lands and for the sale and protection of the timber on the lands of the state This bill makes some changes in the personnel of the board as now made < up the first section reading t A state board of land commissioners is hereby created which shall consist of the governor the secretary of state and five resident citizens of the state who shall be appointed by the governor gover-nor by and with the consent of the senate Not more than four members of the board shall belong to one political po-litical party Each appointed commissioner com-missioner shall hold his office for four years and until his successor is appointed ap-pointed and qualified Each appointed commissioner shall give a bond to the state with sureties I to be approved by the governor In the sum of onlyfive thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his duties which bond shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of state One portion of section 16 of the act reads Provided also that sales of such lands shall be made only to citizens of the United States or to those who have declared their intention to become be-come such Mr Chambers moved to strike out I the words who have declared their intention to become such and when asked his reasons said that many aliens who come here declared their I intention merely to acquire title fo property and never did become citizens I citi-zens If a native has to wait 21 years to acquire title to land surely a foreigner for-eigner can wait five years The senate however did not agree with Mr Chambers and declined to strike out the amendment a The bill provides that the governor shall be president of the board which I shall elect its own secretary who shall be paid nothing extra for his services I The board has direction control arid management ol all lands heretofore I granted or to be granted the state except ex-cept those set apart for public buildings build-ings and have power to sell or lease I It shall designate what lands shall be assigned to each specific fund deSV ignatcd in grants made by the United States Arid lands may be sold In amounts not to exceed GiO acres agricultural and saline lands 160 acres Actual and bona fide settlers can increase their holdings by purchase from the state to an amount not exceeding 480 acres The bill as reported provided that grazing lands might be leased for a period not to exceed 12 years Mr Nebeker of Tooele moved to make it 20 years This brought up Mr Rideout with a statement that such a term was too long ten years was enough Twenty years was almost a generation and her believed it would foster monopoly He moved to make the term ten years Mr Nebeker withdrew his amendment amend-ment The president called Mrs Cannon to the chair and Mr Evans rose to speak upon the question Mrs President said Mr Evans Mr Evans said the chair Evans was then proceeding to speak when Nebeker of Tooele rose toa point of order The gentleman will state his point of order My point of order is that under the rules the gentleman must address the presiding officer as Mr President The point of order is well taken said the chair I Mister President said Evans i I Mr Evans replied the chair i Mr Evans said the question was a grave one Long leases meant monopoly monop-oly The term of 20 years would be I urged by those who wanted to lease I grazing lands Now the state will suffer suf-fer from this system Take the grazing graz-ing lands and lease them for ten years and at the end of that time the lands I will be so Improved the range so much better that an advance in price could be had The state would lose money by the long lease Besides leasing for 20 years means the shutting out of competition and our children will suf for if the legislature passes this bill in this form it will be held responsible for the error i SI V Npbeer of Rich said he had no I doubt of the condition in Utah county I I Perhaps there the term of five years I would be I better but in other counties I I 20 years was none too much It would < 0 f Improve the ranges and be of material aid to the cattle interests The motion mo-tion to Insert ten years failed Ayes 7 nays 7 a sent 4 and the limit is 12 years Mr Snow offered an amendment in the following words After the word villages and before the word they insert Or where the inhabitants of cities towns or villages vil-lages have used grazing lands continuously continu-ously for a period of ten years for grazing purposes The president called Senator Harbour to the chair and took the floor to advocate ad-vocate the measure saying it was a good provision Mr Evans did not like the wording because it might produce conflicts strife and litigation over lands so many claiming preference rights The bill as amended did not allude to ten years or any other term and was the safer plan If the ten year plan was adopted wealthy men could come in and deprive bona fide residents of their rights Senator Nebeker of Rich said such an amendment ought to prevail The citizens citi-zens of Lehl Draper and Alpine ought ito Ito I-to have the preference right to lease these lands and this amendment provided pro-vided the best methods Mr Snow said the southern part of the state was peopled with inhabitants most of whom owned cattle The sheep have destroyed the ranges and the villagers vil-lagers need protection for their stock ranges 7 Mr Evans declared he was working for what he believed to be right and while he felt that he was going to be defeated he was going down fin the belief be-lief that he was right President Nebeker called attention to the villages In Cache Valley They used the ranges near the foothills and are entitled to first choice in the leasing of the lands He said the little village of Lehi needed the law City senator City exclaimed Mr Evans 1 beg your pardon The city of Lehi and the city where Senator Johnson lives needs this law The amendment prevailed Mr Rideout moved an amendment restricting re-stricting the amount to be leased to 50000 acres by any firm person or corporation cor-poration President Nebeker said this would not prevent any rancher from leasing 58000 acres in his own right and haying hay-ing every cowboy In his employ taking the same amount There was no use encumbering the statutes with this kind of legislation Senator Rideout said If he did not know better he would imagine himself in a Republican senate There should I be some restrictions Mr Evans said he was against the president There should be some restrictions re-strictions The same feelings which prompted him to fight against the Republican Re-publican bill last year seemed to be cropping out If there was no use in restricting this amount of grazing land then there is no use restricting any lands This provision can do no harm and may do some good so let it be Incorporated Mr Hamer said the restriction was for a large amount and If there Is to be any restriction at all let it be Ices Such a restriction was no restriction at all Mr Rideout said 50030 acres was a tract of land nine miles square and was an immense amount of land He would favor even less but was willing to let this go to a vote The amendment prevailed DISPOSAL OF FUNDS The disposal of the funds derived from sale of leased public lands is provided pro-vided for as follows The board shall make the necessary orders for the Investment or disposal of the funds derived from the sale and rental of public lands of the state In the state treasury Such funds shall be invested for and on account of the specific purpose for which the lands were granted in government state county city or school district bonds or in first mortgages on Improved farms within the state but no loan secured by mortgage on such improved farms shall exceed onethird of the I market value of the same exclusive eve ein I of the Improvements I and in no case I shall exceed onehalf of the assessed I value Whenever the board shall order the Investment of any part of the general gen-eral school fund or any permanent I fund held for investment said board I shall notify the state auditor of such j I order and the state auditor shall draw J J i warrant tot the amount stated In the notice In favor of the president I and secretary of the board and the state treasurer shall pay such warrant out of the funds designated The annual an-nual Interest on all farm loans herein provided for shall be 7 i per cent provided pro-vided that the expense of investigation of titles and values shall be paid by the intending borrower The board shall be the legal custodian of all notes mortgages and other evidences of indebtedness in-debtedness arising from Investments of state funds made by It and shall collect col-lect all interest due the state on all Investments Interest so collected i shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the fund to which it belongs on the last business day of each month Whenever the state I board of examiners shall so direct the interest derived from the investment of funds belonging to the respective state institutions shall from time to time upon proper requisition therefor I be used for the maintenance of said institutions and whenever the board shall order the use of said fund or any portion thereof it shall notify the state auditor of such order and the state auditor shall draw a warrant for the amount stated in the notice in favor fa-vor of the Institution which Is entitled I thereto and the state treasurer shall I pay such warrant out of the funds designated I The rate per cent first reported was 7 ser cent Mr Chambers amended by J making it 6 per cent Mr Hamer moved I the rate be 10 per cent Mr Snow called attention to the conditions con-ditions governing such loans All improvements im-provements must be deducted and then twothirds of the assessed value of the remainder deducted If this law as amended were permitted to obtain the state would become the biggest fchylaclc In the country It was proposed to put II the burden on the farmer and charge him more than a private bank would do under the same or even better conditions condi-tions Mr Evans opposed the 10 per cent amendment It was outrageous Why the state floats its bonds for 4 percent per-cent and it might just as well i borrow money at 4 and lean It at 10 Mr Hamer withdrew his 10 per cent and offered one fixing it at S per cent I Mr Evans continuing said if the rate was to be cut down by the state I the exorbitant rates prevailing here I would be reduced in the interest of I the farmers President Nebeker said the senate I should consider whether farmers should be permitted to borrow or not The I law Drovidps that the board rna Invest In-vest in bonds at a low rate and should I the farmer be permitted to borrow on I the same terms The amount of red tape in making a farm loan Is considerable I consid-erable and the ordinary rate is S per I cent But cut it lower and the farmers may be barred i Both amendments were lost and the bill then passed I A CUBAN RESOLUTION I Ito I Mr Rideout introduced a memorial to congress respecting the condition I existing in Cuba and praying that honorable body to intervene to protect I the American citizens and to take immediate Im-mediate steps to stop the carnival of I blood now being enacted on that island is-land Whereas Cuba has declared her independence in-dependence from Spain and resorted to war to maintain such declaration I and Whereas Scain is attempting to I perpetuate its dominion over the Island I and to accomplish such end is carrying Ion I-on the most cruel and bloody war I know to modern time neither respecting f respect-Ing the property the liberty nor the lives of cur citizens nor the flag of our i country and I Whereas The people of these United Unit-ed States pause in their praises to God for liberty bestowed and shudder to I hear the unheeded cries for help wafted Ito I-to our shores on every breeze and i sicken at the picture of rapine and j murder enacted under the guise of I war in Cuba and Whereas The United States has the j right and power to protect its citizens i in the pursuit of life liberty and prop j I I erty in all the world and the further j I right to protect the weak against the i unjust aggressions of the strong on this continent therefore be it I Resolved By the governor and legislature leg-islature of the state of Utah that the congress of the United States is hereby memorialized to exercise all the force necessary even to a declaration of I war to protect the lives and interests of American citizens in Cuba and to stop the butchery of men women and children and the further exhibition of the carnival of blood now being enacted en-acted on that island And vour memorialists will ever Dray Mr President said Hideout if i I had my way I would put a bombshell near the White House and shake up that hardshelled oldI was about to say Democrat but I will not I object to this sort cf Uineuace said Mr Caine Mr Cleveland is president I pres-ident of the United States hI dont care If he Is retorted Ride out He is not above criticism I I ask that this memorial be made the soeclal order for Monday at 4 j oclock said Mr Evans I I I object to any special order said i Mr Caine Mr Evans request was agreed to and the senate took d recess until S oclock THE EVENING SESSION At the evening session Senator Aquila Nebeker Introduced senate bill 5Gto enable counties cities or towns to use patented automatic voting or ballot machines The bill was introduced intro-duced by request It empowers boards of county commissioners city councils or town boards to provide for the use of voting machines for all elections All elections at which such machines are used must be held under regulations prescribed in the bill provided that no machine not patented In this country shall be used A voting machine is defined de-fined to be an automatic voting or ballot bal-lot machine which registers records and counts all votes for each candidate or question to be voted or balloted upon The machine authorized by the till must have a register compartment register tapes or mechanical counters keylevers or push rods and record sheets The ballots tabulated lists of offices and nominees are so arranged that they agree with the numbers on the keys in the same line Instruction cards are also provided for to direct the voter how to manipulate the machine ma-chine The machine must also provide for voting an entire party ticket by pressing a single her A RAILWAY BILL Senator Hrmer Introduced senate bill 57 It provides that every ralroad corporation cor-poration owning or operating a railroad rail-road in this state shall be liable for all damages sustained by any agent or servant thereof by reason of the negligence negli-gence of any other agent or servant thereof vJthout contributory negligence negli-gence on his part when sustained within this state and no contract rule or regulation between such agent or lIablJl servant shall impair or diminish such I GIFT LEGACIES The ways and means committee through Senator Snow chairman Ve ported a substitute for senate bills 5 and 33 on the taxing of gift legacies and succession tares The substitute which is senate hill 53 provides that all property passing by will or the interstate in-terstate laws when the owner has been a resident of the state or if a nonresident non-resident when the property is located In the state chit ll be subject to a tax as provided in the bill In case pror erty passes to father husband mother wife child brother sster wife or widow of a son or the husband of a daughter or of any adopted child or to any lineal descendant in every such case the rate of tax shall be SI on every S100 of the market value of the property provided the tax Is levied only on the amount received by such person in excess of 55000 In all fcther r cases the tax Is made Sa on each 100 of the market value of the property prop-erty Estates valued at less than 5300 shall not be taxed All estates shall be appraised immediately after the death of the owner and the tax shall I i become 1 due and payable at once If I not paid within 13 months 10 per cent I j interest attaches and a discount of 5 per cent is made if paid within six months Administrators are charged with the duty of deducting the tax before be-fore delivering any legacies or property subject to the tax In cases of uncertainty r oth heco I certainty the courts may appoint appraisers ap-praisers upon whose report the court I shall assess and fix the market value I of the property Malfeasance by appraisers ap-praisers is made a felony The county I treasurers shall collect and pay to the state treasurer all taxes due and payable I pay-able undei act EDUCATIONAL BILL I Senate bill 35 the educational bill was then taken up The measure is I a lengthy one covering 67 pages There were plenty of amendments of ferred among them being one provid ing for compensation for members of i the state board of education I Mr Snow did not think it advisable i to pay the members because they were for the most part paid officers in the employ of the state Mr Smoot thought a reasonable compensation com-pensation waa necessary The state could afford It and the services would j be much better by reason thereof I Mr Rideout believed the sum of 4 per day for the time actually employed was reasonable and favored such an amendment I The proposition was agreed to Mr Johnson wanted to strike out that portion of the bill relating to text books and substituted a provision providing pro-viding for the supplying of them by the state He declared abuses crept in under the present system which should be corrected The state should supply the books as under a general law they could be obtained much cheaper Mr Evans called attention to a prohibition by the constitution of any such action on the part of the state and the proposed amendment was defeated A discussion ensued over the prop osition to limit by law the amount of compensation to be paid school trustees Mr Evans declaring the people could be safely entrusted with such matters The point made was sustained by the senate Another lengthy discussion ensued over a proposed amendment providing that school children who have neVEr attended school before must enter within the first four weeks or be de barred from the term This was op posed by Mr Evans who feop a vigorous speech against it Finally a compromise was effected by which cities of the first and second class can so prohibit but the law goes no further The bill passed third reading but owing to lack of a quorum a vote was postponed until tomorrow at 1120 The senate adjourned until Monday at 10 oclock a m |