Show HOUSE KILLING BILL Yesterday Condions Were Unfavorable Unfa-vorable For Pasage of Bills + PROPOSED LAWS DEFEAT LAVS t PROHIBITION STAa BOU AND DICT LEGILTON 4 eons Ieoluton Passed For n Constitutional Amendment to Permit Txton I Cities For Support of County SchooIGov errs Vet S stained + Altogdther the house of representa tes was In session over five hours yesterday yes-terday but very lIttle work of a tangible tangi-ble nature was accomplished The greater part of the morning session was devoted to the consideration of the Re publcan potato starch bounty bil I Populist Smiths initiative and referendum referen-dum proposition and Bennions resolution resolu-tion proposing a constitutional amend I mont to permit the collection of count school taxes on city property The poI po-I tato starch bounty measure and the Utopian plan for direct legislation by I the people failed but the school ta proposition passed after receivIng further fur-ther attention at the afernoon session A large portion of the afternoon session ses-sion was given orer to Bennlons local I option or liquor prohibItion bill I was time wasted the measure failing to I pass I The first veto from the governor on I a bill providing for the funding of floating Indebtedness of counties was sustained Other message from the governor gave notice of the approval of two bills and a memorial to conqrCs DEBATE ON BOUNTIES House bill No 126 by Welch was the frt measure called up for considera ton The bill provides for a bounty of 1 cent pet rpund in lots of not less than 10000 pounds on starch of standard stand-ard quality manufactured from potatoes pota-toes The author of the bill pointed out the benefits that would accrue to the entire state bj fostering this infant industry in-dustry to the extent of 10000 In bounty Representative Jackson declared the bill was based on a system of paternalism paternal-ism to which he was oppose Tather he favored melting the bill provide forgiving for-giving employment to every man out of a job Answering Yclhs argument of encouraging en-couraging home Industry Laplsh de cared heme industry would If carried to its legitimate conclusion close down all commerce and stop every railroad train in the country Jaclsons motion to strike out the enacting en-acting clause was lost by a vote of 16 to 16 Bennion Bramwel Fisher Greenwood Home and Wheeler voting with the Republicans present against the motion Johnson made an argument against payment of bounties layIng stress upon the point that the legislature had no right to payout public funds for any private purpose whatever Bennion declared himself in favor of paying bounties to encourage infant industries While a Democrat ise stood for bounty on sugar beets and was not ashamed of his position Richards followed fol-lowed in the same strain Cook and OXeI announced themselves them-selves In opposition to the system pf bounties The bill was then put on Its passage but failed to pass by a vote of 15 ayes to 19 noes Bramwel BennIon Fisher and Greenwood being the only Demo I crts voting with the bountjseekers I INITIATIVE AND RFERRENDUM The substitute for house Joint reso luton No 5 by Smith proposing a I constitutional amendment providing for direct legislation by the people came up for passage but failed to pas by a vote of 21 to H two less than the require majority of votes for passage Representative Smith made one of his characteristic speeches favoring the adoption of the initiative and refer rendum doctrine of the Populist party Representatives Brwel llywater Ca1ster ChrIstansen Crosby Far Forman Fulmer Greenwood Hansen N J Harris Holmgren Home Jackson Jack-son Johnson Lapish Larsen Law Parry Hedd and Shepard voted In the affirmative Theauthor of the resolution resolu-tion gave notice of Intenton to reconsider Senate bill No 29 by Hideout de elating that eight hour labor of any kind on public property shall constitute a days work was taken UP discussed and put on its passage the vote re suIting 19 to 16 four short of the required re-quired safe majority epresentatve Miller gave notice of Intenton to move for reconsideration The senate amendments to Ivers fire insurance bill were concurred in an later the engross d copy of the bill was signed by the speaker and the chief clerk and transmitted to the senate for signatures f The engrossed copy of house bill No 31 by Bywater to authorize sheriffs to collect a fee 01 commission on sales of property under execution to judg meat creditOrs was signed by the speaker and the chief clerk and re ferret to the senate for signatures A resolution offered by Representative Representa-tive B water was adopted expressing sympathy with Representative Hansen in the death of his mother The substitute for house bi No 133 by Johnson to permit attorneys to designate to the judge or clerk of court or sheriff the newspaper or newspapers In which the legal notices of their clients shall be published was taken up ant passed by unanimous vote The committee on railroads recommended recom-mended passage of senate bill No 12 by Hideout rcaUng to the sale of unclaimed un-claimed freight Passage of senate bill No 4S by Smoot to make city recorders e officio city auditor In municipalities of the thirdclass was also recommended by the committee on elections The committee on public health reported re-ported beak without recommendation senate bill NO 41 by Evans to prohibit pro-hibit persons under the age of IS years from chewing or smelting tobacco COUNTY SCHOOL TAX PLAN BennIons resolution proposing an amendment to the state constitution so that taxes for the maintenance of county district schools may be levied and collected on property located within with-In the limits of cUe of the frtclas came up for consideration 1n support of the resolution Representative Ben nion called attention to the fat that a simia proposition was defeated at the last general election by a narrow margin of 72 votes and would not then have been lost had It not bee for the opposition of the daily press Representative Johnson made a convincing con-vincing argument against Mr Ben nions contentions and Harris N J supported Benions views on the taxation ation question aton hour for thp convening of the joint assembly having nrlvCl further consideration of the resolution was postponed till 23 p mOn m-On reconvening In the afternoon Representative Rep-resentative Richards continued the debate de-bate In favor of the passage of the resolution Representatives ShEpard and Jackson also exposed what they termed the unjustness un-justness of the measure Representatives Flsler McQuarrie and Laplsh supported the resolution in the Interest of thd free school system and on the theory that the wealthier districts and the heaviest taxed should bear greater burdens The vote on the passae of the rose luton stood 29 ayes and 8 noes Representatives Rep-resentatives llywater Farr Hansen Ier Jackson Johnson Lloyd and Shepard voting in the negate GOVERNORS FIRST VETO The frt veto message from the governor gov-ernor was received late at the afternoon sessIon and the measure disapproved was house bill No 10 hy Calster to authorize counties under certain restrictIons re-strictIons to fund and refund floating IS97 indebtedness existing prior to Jan 1 IS97The The governors objections to the bill were stated to be on constitutional grounds Inasmuch as the constitution forbids the creation of any county debt in excess of the revenues 1n any current cur-rent year All indebtedness of counties beyond the legal limit was validated by an act of the first state legislature effective ef-fective June 5 189 and provision was made thereby for funding such indebtedness indebt-edness created prior to Jan 1 iSIS Any heating Indebtedness of counties accruing ac-cruing since that date I beyond the prescribed limit of revenues for any current year as the supreme court has held would be void and the enactment of any law seeking to fund or refund such indebtedness would be unconst tutona On the other hand If Mi lard or any other county las not yet availed Itself of the benefits of the act of the legislature of 1896 o fund its floating debt the law proposed would be surplusage and unnecessary Immediate consideration was given to the veto message and on the question shall the bill 1as notwithstanding the governors objection therqt01 the vQte resulted in 38 noes and I ayes Repre sentatves Jackson and urdocle changed their votes from aye to no leaving only Johnson Lapish and Smith voting in the affirmative A message from the governor announced nounccd his approval of the substitute for Fishers memorial to congress praying pray-ing for reimbursement to citizens of Utah for services rendered and losses sustained In the Indian wars In Utah a third of a century ago and also the substitute for Calsters house bUr No lS to exempt cItes of the third cass from the requirement to publish their ordinances in a local newspaper before the same shall become effective Another message from the governor I gave notice of his approval of house bill No 134 by Shepard to authorize any railroad company to purchase the I noncompetng line of another whether or not either company Is Incorporated under the laws of Utah LOCAL OPTION DEFEATED Consideration of house bill No 63 by Dennion to provide for local option by cites and counties against the sale of intoxicating liquors created more than I its share of discussion Johnson and Shepad endeavored to I secure the adoption of an amendment malting the provisions of the bill ap plcable only to the smaller towns In tne I state but the proposition was voted down Bennion declared there was need or prohibition of the liquor traffic In the country tons and also in the larer cities tes Lloyd sad he was opposed to inter bering with the present laws which so well he thought regulated the sale of Intoxicants Speaking in opposition tQ the bill Jackson recited his experience JI Ne brska when prohibition was in vogue and he was on the staff of the Omaha Bee In a space Of ninety days he purchased pur-chased liquor from 3600 places In pro I hibIton towns hers said his experience had been that prohibition does not prohibit and I that more drunkenness and crime exIsted ex-Isted In towns where the liquor traffic I was restrIcted than In the free andes I and-es mIning camps An amendment proposed by N J HarrIs to permit cites of the lrst and second classes to vote separately from the balance of the county on the local option or prohibition was adopted I Wheeler said the enactment of the law would make lars sneaks and thieves of the people Shepard was emphatic In his declarations tons that prohibition laws had proven 1 failure In Kansas and other states where they have been tried With prohibition pro-hibition of the liquor traffic a failure within state lines he could not see how the laws could be enforced In cites and rural towns In Fishers opinion moral suasion and not sumptuary laws Is the effectIve I indulgence effect-Ive method In of Intoxicants regulating an Inordlnlte The author of the bill answered the I arguments of the opponents to his measure I meaure Just as the roll cal was commenced I for the passage of the bill Represents tve N J Harris sought recogniton from the chair to offer an amendment but he was ruled out of order As orer usual the slowmovIng member from Weber endeavored to obstruct the legIslate leg-Islate proceedings by appeal lg from Speaker Roylances decision nut knowIng know-Ing from pat experience the temper 01 the assembly he withdrew ifis appeal The bill was then placed upon Its passage receiving only IS votes to 21 against Representative Robinson gave I notice of moving for recons eraton In order to enable Mr Hard to propose a further amendment to the bill The eighteen voting for the bill were Rep resentatves Bennion Bramwel By water Calster Chrstansen Cook Crosby Hansen Johnson Laplsh Mc Quarrlc Miller Murdock Parry RoOd Richards Robertson and Smith FRUIT TREE INSPECTION Bennlons house bill No 102 to amend the fruit tree Inspection law by malting its provisions more effective In operation came up on reconsideration It having passed on Saturday by twen trthree armatve votes The purpose pur-pose of reconsIdering th1 bill was to enact the measure by a twothirds majority ma-jority thus permitting It to become operative on date of the gpyerJors approval ap-proval A slight amendment was proposed posed and adopted relating to more rigid inspection of Imported inston nursery I stock at railway stations The bill was then repased by a vote of 38 to 4 The committee on forestry recommended recom-mended passage with amendments of I house bill No 16 by Holmgn to pro vide a bounty to encourage the cult I vaton of forest trees on prarie lands A communication Irma the senate gave notice of its rejection of the substitute sub-stitute for H01mgrens house bill No 95 declaring that adverse possesion cannot be obtaIned by any person to property held for street or other public purposes for the reason that the matter mat-ter is covered in the common law I Shepard asked and obtained consnt to introduce house bill I NO 130 TIme Ut ahn ll idms to amend section 3245 of the revIsed statutes by making the entire wages or a married man exempt from execution for a rod of sixty days from date of entry of judgment and the wages of a single man for a period of thirty days Instead of exempting only half of such wage The bill was referred to the committee on judiciary At 450 the house adjourned till 9 I ocloclt this morning I Legislative Observations I I Two members of the Fint sate le islaluro were Interested vIsor yerter I day at the joint assembly They w < e i caRepresentative Gbbs of Box Elder I and exRepresentatve Maughan of Cache I Representative Lav r te telpl eat yesterday of a handsome bouquet f from Mrs King Mrs Dale Mrs Miller and othefeminlne admirers 9f his at tude on the senatorlaiquestien I i I 0 |