| Show MRS LA ARTHE S BILL I I I Lady Representative Would I Abate the Bonnet Nuisance INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE IT WAS THE FEATURE OF YESTERDAYS YES-TERDAYS PROCEEDINGS Kenners Income Tax Measure Fixing I Fix-ing Up the JournalThe Railroad BillElection of a Senator Several Sev-eral Amusing Incidents I I I I Mrs E K La Barthe of Salt Lake I City has won the distinction of being the first woman to introduce a bill in a Utah legislature and in accord with the eternal fitness of things that bill was a measure designed to abate a strictly feminine nuisancethe wearing wear-ing of headgear in public places of amusement The house seemed disposed dis-posed to receive the measure in a spirit of levity and was rebuked for ungentlemanly un-gentlemanly conduct by one of the more gallant members ZMr Kenner of Salt Lake who has wasted no opportunities for proposing legislation yesterday brought forward a bill embodying that demand of the Democratic platform which calls for an income tax Many other measures relating to subjects sub-jects of general interest were intrr duced and the house also adopted its rules and that the members nihL devote de-vote their undivided attention to the senatorial contest adjourned until Monday ROBINSONS BILLS Robinson asked leave to withdraw bills 12 and 13 introduced by him on the previous day and asked that all reference to them be stricken from the I journal These are the railroad and insurance bills two measures that had I seen much service in the last legislature 1 legisla-ture Mr Robinson explained that he I had introduced these bills for a purpose pur-pose and that purpose had been accomplished ac-complished It is understood that his object was to compel the house to reconsider re-consider its action concerning the first i I reading of bills in full as these were I i of extreme length and their reading I I would have consumed a day or more I The house however had changed its I I views upon this subject before it I reached Mr Robinsons secondhand bills Leave to withdraw was granted Wilson Wil-son rebuking the gentleman from Kane I for trifling with the house HONESTY OF THE JOURNAL J OBriens motion that all reference to the action of the house by which it was decided upon the previous day I that the first reading of bills be by I title only be stricken from the journal inaugurated an animated discussion of the honesty and propriety of so I fixing the journal that it would show what should have been done instead jot j j-ot what had actually transpired Kenner said the journal was supposed sup-posed to be a correct record of the proceedings pro-ceedings If the house had gotten itself I into a tangle over the first reading of bills he insisted the members from I Salt Lake should be excused from all responsibility Everything had been i going along smoothly until the house was bulldozed into an error by the I gentleman from Kane and he was glad to be able to say that the responsibility I re-sponsibility rested upon the Republican I minority The house had no right to patch up its records in order to hide I its blunders from its constituents I At this point the motion was ruled out of order CONSIDERATION OF RULES The special order of the day consideration con-sideration of the rules was then taken up and after a few amendments the rules were adopted as reported by the committee Wilsons motion requiring that an appeal from the decision of the chair be demanded by four members instead in-stead of two aroused a protest from I the Republican minority of three in behalf of the Populist minority of three which would thus be deprived of the right of appeal The motion was defeated The provision requiring that the yeas and nays unon the first passage of each bill be recorded upon the journal 1 was stricken out by Shepards motion As the rules now stand they require i the concurrence of five members in a demand for the yeas and nays Robinson Robin-son pointed out that this was a hardship hard-ship upon the Republican minority of three who might desire to place the majority upon record upon some im I portant measure but would be unable I to do so + I Thoreson was willing that his vote j should be recorded and so1 was Gibson i The latte in his quaint style related i i how he had been enabled to refute a I campaign slander and save himself I from defeat in the recent election by Ithe I record of his vote as it appeared in the journal I A discussion of the rule relating to the printing of bills gave opportunity II I for various Expressions in favor of economy but it was decided to empower I em-power the committees with authority to print 200 copies of all bills and resolutions II reso-lutions unless otherwise ordered by the house A QUESTION OF GRAMMAR Mrs La Barthe neatly scored a point against Sloan upon a question of grammar gram-mar the latter giving the lady member mem-ber a severe shock by informing the I I house that a certain rule should read 1 lie on the table instead of lay on I j the table Mrs La Barthe defined the distinction between the verbs to lie j and to lay whereupon Sloan surrendered I surren-dered and the house showered applause upon its bright lady grammarian Mr Gibson the grayhaired and gallant gal-lant member from Uintah did not believe I be-lieve that the rule requiring alphabetical alphabet-ical arrangement of members names I for roll call should apply to the ladies but that they should be permitted to place their names wherever they desired de-sired His views were adopted and Mrs Anderson of Weber whose name has headed the list is relieved of the embarrassment of answering first in the roll callA I call-A committee on salaries and fees was I added to the list recommended by the I rules committee The rules were then adopted and 200 I copies were ordered printed INTRODUCTION OF BILLS I The following bills were introduced H B No 12 by Roylance For the I protection of fish and game and defining defin-ing the duties of fish wardens H B No 13 by Mrs La Barthe I To compel the removal of high hats and other head gear at places of amusement I H R No 914 by Callis Governing the fees of justices of the peace I H B No 15 by KennerProviding for an income tax and an inheritance taxH I H B No 16 by Romney An act revising re-vising the general statutes of Utah Code commission report H B No 17 by Shepard Relating to fees to be charged by the secretary of state H B No 18 by Ray Relating to the powers and duties of thestate board of land commissioners H J R No3 by Dufiln Concerning the annexation of the northern portion of Arizona to Utah MRS LA BARTHES BILL I When Mrs La Barthes theatre hat bill was read the house tittered and Kenners motion to refer it to the committee com-mittee on public health created uproarious up-roarious mirth The motion was carried but Soren son suggested that it was rather ungentlemanly un-gentlemanly to treat the measure in this spirit of levity The chair ruled the Imotion out of order and ordered that the bill lie I upon the table tAN t-AN EMBARRASSED CLERK I Romneys bill H B No6 was the report of the code commission a very bulky volume of several hundred pages I The house seemed to still be somewhat some-what confused as to its duties concerning I cerning the first reading of bills and as to what course it had decided to I pursue When Sloan demanded that the bill be read in full Chief Clerk I Thomas gazed at the member in astonishment as-tonishment and mutely held up the I immense volume I demand that the bill be read at length repeated Sloan The clerk turned pale and directed an appealing glance to the speaker Let the bill be read said the speaker and the clerk desperately attacked at-tacked the first chapter of a report f thefull reading of which would have consumed a week Shepard here came to the rescue of the house by calling attention to its decision that the first reading be by title Upon motion of Sloan the bill was passed to its third reading and re I I tt 7 a f I f r AI l I 1 Jli 1 i rr t 1 I i i p 1 c l t I 1 i 7 r 1 t1 II I I MRS LA BARTHE ferred to the joint committee on judiciary SENATORIAL ELECTION Taylor of Salt Lake as if fearing that the legislature might overlook the important duty of electing a United States senator called up his resolution resolu-tion embodying the provisions of the federal statutes and moved that it be I placed upon its passage Kenner renewed his point of order I of the previous day that the legislature legisla-ture had no power to regulate the election elec-tion of a United States senator which was fully provided for by act of congress con-gress The point of order was overruled and the bill was referred to the committee on elections Mr Taylor was still determined de-termined that the election of a United States senator should be provided for I and moved that the election he made the special order for next Tuesday at 2 tion p m but later withdrew the mo I THE RAILROAD BILL I Chairman Kimball from the committee commit-tee on railroads and common carriers reported the railroad incorporation bill with some few amendments and it was made the special order for next Monday at 3 oclock i Upon resolution offered by Thoreson I a special committee consisting of I Thoreson Stewart and Wilson was appointed ap-pointed to adjust such changes in the clerical force of the house as were desired de-sired and to secure the services of a typewriter and a stenographer The house then adjourned until Monday Mon-day |
