Show 1 COUNTIES BILL ASSEDc I I Alfalfas Ofer No Further Opposition I Op-position to Hetropolitans I A DAY WITHOUT INCIDENT SIGNAL VICTORY FOR THE REPUBLICAN REPUB-LICAN CITY MEMBERS State Pays Expense or Criminal Prosecutions and Part of County Officers Salaries Bill For a Reform Re-form School Site Passed Another Railroad Bill Favorably Recommended Recom-mended Bill to Revise the irrigation Irri-gation Law Another to Validate Claims of Counties Against Selectmen I Se-lectmen Congress 31emorlnli ed For ail Appropriation For Shchits Indians Salaries Bill Considered Con-sidered The counties government bill passed I the house yesterday That is about all there is to say of that portion of the I day following the biggest fight of the I whole session which was devoted to the further consideration and passage I of the bill Like the proverbial calm after the I storm the day was as calm and I peaceful a the one before was stormy Not a Republican member of the Alfalfa I Al-falfa Club raised his voice in opposition oppo-sition t allowing the bill to be amended amend-ed in accordance with the resolution I adopted the day before except Mr Robinson j I I Rob-inson of Kane who was the only Republican I Re-publican who could not be whipped into line He occasionally delivered himself I I him-self ctf a caustic remark but that was all The Democratic Alfalfas being alone and so much in the minority that to fight would have availed them nothing I noth-ing sat calmly fn their seats and allowed al-lowed the bill to be amended then voted against it taking considerable delight in being able to defeat the emergency clause even i they could cause I not the bill which passed by a bare majority of two The bill as passed makes the state pay the costs of criminal prosecutions and part of the salaries of county officers cers all of the fees of whom go into the county treasuries It was a most signal victory for the Metropolitans who got practically I all they demanded at the outset only j I making sufficient concessions to the Alfalfa idea to appease the Republican Repub-lican contingent for the belaboring they lcn contingnt received to bring them into line The result redounds greatly to the generalship I general-ship cC Messrs Critchlow Nye and I Harris who conducted the Metropolitan i Metropol-itan fight for whereas it was at onetime one-time conceded they would be beaten out of their boots they came f with flying colors There was very little debate on the day during which the bill providing for I the reform school was passed bills were introduced revising the irrigation law and validating counties claims I against selectmen for excess mileage a railroad bill was reported favorably congress was memorialized to appropriate I appro-priate more money for the Shebits Indians In-dians of Washington county and the i consideration of the salaries bill was I begun MORNING SESSION A communication from the governor announced approval of H B No 86 repealing the meat inspection law A senate communication announced the passage of the Nye salaries resolution resolu-tion with amendments These were to include the two days of the special session and were concurred in The speaker signed S B No 71 relating to exemptions S B No 109 relating to storage and sale of unclaimed unclaim-ed freight and baggage and S B No 97 providing for making of deeds of real property sold at execution The judiciary committee returned the codification bill which had been referred refer-red to it as amended by the senate The committee recommended concurring concur-ring in the amendments requiring the members of the code commission to heal he-al men learned in the law and recommended recom-mended that the house do not concur in the amendment reducing the compensation com-pensation involved The report of the committee was adopted FIRST READING The house received from the senateS senate-S B No 119 providing for the county assessor to perform the duties of the sheriff in certain cases S B No 120 to legitimate the issue of polygamous marriages prior to Jan 4 1S96 REVISING IRRIGATION LAWS I Mr Murdock for the committee on agriculture and irrigation presented H B No 171 providing for a state engineer and water commissioner the establishing of irrigating companies for adjudicating and recording water rights and providing the manner of making appropriations The senate bills were read first and second times and referred and the tmes house bill ordered printed and filed for third reading A HOUSE BILL PASSED H B No 167 providing for the ic moval of the reform school for its conduct as the state industrial school I and for the appointment of a board of trustees therefor was read the third I i time and nassed ayes 27 nays 1 absent ab-sent 17 The affirmative vote not being be-ing sufficiently large to pass the emergency I emer-gency clause Mr Taylor gave notice I of a motion to reconsider I 1 Mr Mansfield whose vote was the only negative one voted against the bill because it placed so much of the I I expense upon counties The bill in its present form permits the adoption of the cottage system if a site with suitable buildings cannot I can-not be found and the appropriation carried is 12000 I today The bill will pass when it comes up I READ AMENDMENTS The salaries bill was taken up and j read as amended until shortly before the noon hour it was laid aside to admit of the reading of the amendments I I amend-ments to the counties bill proposed by the counties and judiciary committee to whom the bill went at the close of the day before Recess was then taken till 2 oclock AFTERNOON SESSION The house at the opening of the afternoon session concurred in further senate amendments to S R No 22 the Australian ballot law made to make the bill conform to suggestions made by the governor The state auditor submitted the financial statements of the counties of Box Elder Beaver Emery Cache Carbon Car-bon Davis Garfield Iron Juab Morgan Mor-gan Rich Sevier Summit Sanpete Tooele Utah Ulntah Wasatch and Washington The speaker signed H B M No2 relating to San Juan Indians WOULD SHOOT THE MEMBERS The clerk read the following communication com-munication Mr SpeakerYour committee on photography and portraiture desire to report that we have carefully examined ex-amined the faces of this honorable body and have decided that it will be safe to take chances on breakage straining or otherwise damaging the camera and therefore Invite your honorable body compose l as it is of alfalfas and metropolitans also the employees and reporters to present themselves at the west entrance of this building at 5 oclock sharp for the purpose of there and them being shot W I this invitation is accepted would invite the assistance of Messrs Robinson Robin-son of Kane and Smooth of Utah as grouping and posing committee Reminding Re-minding you that it isnt necessary to have this appear in the Journal Yours respectfully j BEARD CHAIRMAN The speaker furnished a little amusement amuse-ment by announcing the reference of the communication to the committee on penitentiary and reform CONFERENCE COMMITTEE The speaker appointed as a conference confer-ence committee to adjust the differences differ-ences between the two houses relative relatve to the codification bill Messrs Nye Taylor and < Howard bi lIessrs A RAILROAD < BILL FAVORED The railroads committee by its chairman Mr Cazier llr reported recommending recom-mending for passage Mr Morrisons railroad bill No 155 regulating rates charged by railroads for hauling coal coa Mr Cushing presented a minority report re-port adverse to the bill on the ground that there is no present occasion for H The reports were not acted upon COUNTIES BILL PASSED The consideration of the counties bill was resumed and after the adoption of amendments conforming with the resolution adopted the day before was passed There was no debate and no objection raised by the Alfalfas to the amendment inserted The provisions of the bill over which the great fight occurred between the Alfalfas and lalfas Metropolitans are now covered aa follows That each county by the proper of ficers may issue juror and witness winess certificates for per diem and mileage to me t which money is to be drawn from the state treasury and deposited in the county treasury such mileage and per diem to be paid pr paid upon presentation presen-tation of such certificates In civil cases the litigants demanding demand-ing a jury shall keep on deposit each day the sum of 16 to cover jurors eec diem That each county shall bear the en tire expense of summoning all jurors and aT wtiosses in rriiarcases in the district court and all expense of preliminary hearings and of all wit resses summoned before grand juries That the county shall pay all expenses ex-penses connected with the apprehension apprehen-sion and detention of criminals up to the time they depart for the state prison from county jails That the state shall pay to the county onehalf of the salaries of the county attorney of the treasurer clerk and sheriff and of the assessor That the state shall pay all stenographers I steno-graphers fees in crimnal cases That each county shall receive and appropriate to its own use all fees collected col-lected by clerks of the district court and all other county officers 1 Mr Harris was given consent to change the provision to 20000000 which only allowed counties TO have a county auditor which have an assessed valuation of 15000000 The office if coroner was by amendment amend-ment by Mr Critchlow and Mr Nye abolished the provision to take effect January 1 1897 S B No 119 by motion of Mr Lewis inserted as a section of the bill I provides that the assessor shall perform per-form the duties of the sheriff when the latter is absent or when he is an interested in-terested party On motion by Mr Critchlow the office of-fice of court commissioner was abolished I ished and such commissioners directed to turn into the state treasury such I funds as are in their possession When the bill was placed on final I nncraand 1Ur Mansfield registered h S pinion that the bill as nowconstructed I j in the relation which the state and I counties bear to each other in dis i trict court proceedings would not be a I I I success I was his opinion that the I bill was in7 this respect unconstitutional j I unconstitu-tional and would therefore be a fail ureMr Robinspn also asserted himself i regarding the bill He considered it in its present form entirely unjust I He was one of the Republican Alfalfas Al-falfas who could not be whipped into line When the roll call was ordered Mr Egan desired to be excused from voting but the house declined Mr Lowrey was excused he having been absent during i the greater part of the consideration Mr I I Nebeker of Salt Lake was willing to try I the law a year and therefore voted aye 1 and Mr Sorenson did likewise for the I I reason that while the bU did not please 1 him in all resects he had confidence the al senate would insert the proper amendments amend-ments The vote was as follows Ayes Beard Bolitho Condon Critch low Cushmgr Cazier Clark Fergusson of Salt Lake Harris Lewis Morrison Mor rill Murdock Nebeker of Salt Hake Nye Radditz Stevens bnedaker Shafer Sea vy Sorenson Taylor Thorn Thompson of Millard the speaker 25 NaysAndrus Bernheisel Egan Gibson Gib-son Heiner Howard Larsen Lemmon Monson Maughan Manslleld Nebeker of Rich Roblnson13 Absent The Democrats succeeded in defeating the emergency clause and took pleasure in the fact that though the hU becomes ala a-la w it will not go at once into effect A WORTHY OBJECT Mr Andrus was given consent to introduce in-troduce a memorial which reads To the Congress of the United States Your memorialists the governor and legislature of the state of Utah respectfully respect-fully ask your favorable action in the mutter herein set out mater In Washington county this state are a few families of Indians known as the Shebits Some years ago through the acton ac-ton of your honorable body and the commissioner com-missioner of Indian affairs a small appropriation ap-propriation was secured for these Indians and disbursed under the direction of Hon A W Ivins of Washington county in providing farms houses mules wagons and other utensils for general farming The Indians at once settled down and went to work and have been working steadily ever since their progress being most gratifying and there having been something of an increase in their numbers num-bers But through constant use and the lapse of time some of the mules are dead the Implements are in many cases broken down or altogether worn out and further assistance is needed The testimony of those who have had opportunity to observe is that the money spent on these Indians was well spent and they are progressing towards civilization cii zation and 3 selfsupporting condition as rapidly as possible Your memorialists in view of the pram o ises would therefore ask a further ap propiiation of 510000 to be applied as needed for the relief of these Indians un tier the direction of some reputable citizen of Washlntrton county and hoping for your immediate and favorable action her on we will ever pray TO MAKE SELECTMEN PAY Mr Harris was given consent to intro duced by request H B No 172 To vali date the claims of counties against age county selectmen of an excess of mile ageThe memorial and bill were read first and second times and referred THE SALARIES BILL Consideration of the senate salaries bill consumed the remainder of the day I Mr Thorn moved to amend by reducing the salary of land commissioners from 51200 to 1COO t Mr Morrison moved to amend the amendment to make it 15 < Roll call was demanded resulting in II the defeat of the motion by a vote of 10 I to 2 The roll call on Mr Thorns motion I followed the amendment prevailing by a I vote of 20 to 18 Mr Morrisons motion prevailed after I considerable discussion as to the duties of the officer reducing the salary of the I I supreme court reporter from lOC to S SOO fJm I INSISTED ON ROLL CALLS Mr Monson moved to reduce the amount allowed annually to the clerks of the rtipreme court from 10 1500 The same old contention ensued over which the members fought at the time the supreme court bill was passed the gentlemen advocating the higher amount I arguing that the time of the clerk was I I consumed the year round and that he i had to hire and pay a competent stenographer sten-ographer Those opposed could not be made to see how the time of the clerk could be so absorbed when the court sat but sixty I days and considered that competent peo pie could be employed for less money than the bill provided All the Democrats I were favorable to the 1500 amendment I arid many of the Renublicaris favored a I reduction but not so radical The result I 1 re-sult was more motions to amend and on each a roll call was demanded Mr Harris l Har-ris rol to amend the amendment by making the amount 1800 The motion lost by a vote of 23 to 12 Mr Monsons motion then failed by a J vote of 22 to 15 Mr Robinson then moved to make the I amount 1S50 after the speaker had held 180 motions to reconsider the former vote I I I on ifOO out of order which were made I by gentlemen voting on both sides of the I Question the motion being made to I straighten out the tangle Tne motion I I prevailed by a vote of 22 to 18 prevaie notice of a motion to I Mr Seavy gave notce moton reconsider 11 and the house adjourned to I i have their pictures taken by Mr Beard |