| Show IN I SENATE I o Election Contest aud 1 id I tC Bill BillBE Billi BillBE i t I IBE BE DECIDED THURSDAY THU DA Y t CO WILL GO O S Tomorrow the fate of the McMillan bill tull and the Bernes election contest on test will be by the slate s ate These Thee two subjects were p J made the tiie special I order of business J for Thursday ThurMay when a i decision i is s to be reached in one ase tase as to w whether nether or not BOt t th thi senate seite follow the example of the House bouse In overriding the eto veto and in the th other as a to o 0 whether the elections committee shall be allowed allow to tc go behind the returns to decide th the contest of Ephraim E phi aim P Ellison for tor the thet fleet wt t of John G M Barnes The election rape rase took two or three thre new turns yesterday as a a result of ot which it remains for tor the entire endre senate enate instead of ot the committee to o determine wb Barnes shall Khali be bt cl red elect elected elected ed on the face o or of the re rf s or w whether aether a long drawn out oRt inv shall be commenced Two Reports Exports i Both sides eiden of the question were heard by the senate in lii two reports report one ole by b a majority and the other by a minority of ot the committee As a of a meeting metting of the corn com in the te morning the committee T had split and Chairman Murdock MurdO k with f L Alder Bennion Dennion and Johnson reported that they a majority o ol of the committee had decided to W go behind the returns and Inest investigate e thoroughly thor the claims t of Nt th thc Contestants Th The T report stated that it hd n hd been also decided d to t make the state 1 istead of or the contestants pay all an of the costs cost of the thi except attorney fee fees f It the confirmation of the senate on the action of the committee in this regard The l lt Th report t likewise said id that the committee had conferred with the attorneys on both sides ldes and bad had also had under con consideration a proposed ed report r port submitted by b Senator Tanner mner anner The latter which Mr Tanner Triner re returned r rl 2 l I turned as aa the minority report declares thai t the claims charms set bet forth in the petition of t would not justify the com corn committee committee in going oI behind the returns Ready Heady to Investigate Mr Murdock announced that the committee wa wee ready to begin sum RM summoning moning witnesses e and bringing ballots from front Davis county to begin the investigation inv mv at t It iO next Monday tt the senate should decide to confirm Us its hUnte Unless s th Ith this expenses are paid by the state Mr Murdock explained it will willbe willbe willbe be impossible to carry on the tIon i and aDd will win shut off oft the contest The attorney torney l for r the contest conte t luie demanded ed that his itis client does doe not feel that he can afford to pay the costs COlta There Theft ra a good deal of debate be bero foe ro e it was wae Agreed to postpone action until Thursday at 3 When Ten Ti ners report was wae w rind read r Senator Kiesel KieHl f moved its adoption and tie the t e motion was waa seconded by St Lawrence objected He e argued ed that four out of Jive five of the committee were ere opposed opp to it ithe The Dhe he opinion of the t e committee committe should e e regarded Bennion also aJ o d deferred the action of the of t the committee Our only object in that report repart he ei said w s to have bave the senate confirm our decision in regard to placing the thep p f lh ri K tile the stat B Attacked d Tanners report I declaring that it tt did not cover the sit situation sitI Ua n hi in dealing only with illegal UIe votes 1 and jd the difficulty of 0 relying upon the i oraa ori of or voters uTh The committee he concluded only asks that justice Uee ju be done To not al allow allow low this investigation would be shut hut shutting shutting hutting ting the doors of justice in the Ule face of this contestant con te tan 1 Senator said M that as n Senator Ainson who 4 resen ed peti petition r tion tio would not Bot be tee present until Thursday lie he moved that the consideration consideration tion of oC the tw reports be deferred un wn until until til that day It was carried despite an objection raised rained rat by Johnson who pro protested protested L tested that the committee wanted to be begin begin beL L gin serving subpoenas returnable Mon Moa day at 10 a m and H it would be necea necessary sary feary to know whether the senate was wasu wilting illing u tile the e state ste should stand the cows COB It If the senate e should refuse to sanction this investigation it would be folly to appropriate money fur for it now wets was 8 President Evans suggestion sug z 1 McMillan Bill BUI Up ispAs As the tSie contest was wu hung Up tip by Senator absence 80 so was WetS action on the bill deferred deterred for tor the same me cause The bill was reported back by y the uie committee on public health with wilt unset unan unanimous recommendation of the commit committee 4 tee that it be parsed notwithstanding the governors Yeto veto The report was adopted by ay th n u urben te Then n Thomas 6 the com corn committee COMmittee said aid that tt InasmUch l u as ut the e mat matter matter matter ter had been in abeyance so 80 long IonS he would vote v te e to leave have unanimous consent to have aU wes es so 50 the mea measurer o aIt t be e road to the Dd and third t q sad nd placed upon Il Us Its pets pas PUI sage r objection Mocked blOcked this thin i move n then mo move that the rules be oe suspended Lawrence checked this move m ve with a 8 aV V f protest on behalf of ot th theeb ent Al Aleon p eon Bon The latter he be said bad had ak asked d to toI IrA I have h ve the measure go SO 5 over ORr u ul W he f should return 4 Senatorial y Senator Kiesel said ald I think is ut At fair talt as Senator Allison 4 a friend of the governors veto he be should be Je permitted to make his hia speech for I am informed he has bas been these e many days day tay Senatorial Se Courtesy demands that we hear Sen Son Senator Senator ator stor Allison lie He has some convincing reasons why the governors veto should be sustained If It not as an act of son sen senatorial atonal courtesy the fact tact that the gov governor governors governors s veto is before us ought to be of or enough nough importance to warrant a short deley and Mr Allison AllI on has haa strong str ar argument arguments arguments Kiesel moved to make it the special order for Thursday at atThe 23 The only thing we can do re remarked remarked remarked marked Smoot is to wait walt for the dip dis distinguished senator from Weber Peo Pen People People pie are not dying oft by the fifties or 01 hundreds nor yet by thousands in III the tate of smallpox The eminent phy ician w who ho has crested created all this disturb nee would not say 1 that when I 1 saw sew lim im this morning mornin If as Senator Kiesel Kle l ays ea Mr Allison AlU on is loaded I should like to wait wail and hear bear him shoot boot of his hia hisgun hisgun gun just ast to hear how it sounds sound Theres no reason why we should hould vait wait for Mr Allison protested prote ted Thomas You y ou who oppose this bill bUt have liae made up your minds and we have made up tAp ours Theres no use dillydallying any longer lon lonAld Ald r renewed Kiesels Kiesel motion post postponing I action till un Thursday After Kiesel had amended again to tomake tomake tomake make the day Monday Mond y this proposition preposition was voted down i to 12 12 the rules rule I being suspended for the purpose e and ud by a vote ote of 7 to 8 9 Thursday wee was set jet t Substitute Sub Railroad Bill BUI Senate bill No 18 IS one of the two railroad bills billa by Whitmore which have been in the hands b of the railroad i committee was wn reported adversely b by bythe bythe the committee 7 yesterday In its stead a substitute was offered The report was adopted The bill originally pro provided provided provided vided that railroad companies should lie he h ld liable Hable for damages dam 8 done by hi by locomotives Tb tutt provides pr they shall nt not t be 5 the thc farmers build theil r o barns bern and end stack stark t pil hay lla and keep other buildings feet from th the tracks There T re were two special orders of ut business when the senate returned from the services at the tabernacle at 4 80 One OUe was Sr S B No 50 providing nc for MOrE jJ feo f feos for fore ji jq jestice court Our service service and the other was the invitation imitation received re lv from the Colorado CoJo o legislature Senator Johnson who in introduced Introduced the bit bU announced that he lie would withdraw it having havin learned that the house ho se had passed a tiiU which cov covered covered ered eyed the same ground Bennion of the judiciary committee however h wever insisted d that the report of the committee rejecting the bill be Adopted and it was waa done Colorado Jol d Declined When the Invitation tor r the Denser O nyer junket onee up and ando BD o n had been received from froma a ay any y old railroad company a commit committee tee iee t of three consisting of Senators Sternum beema an a A Whitney and Pr Ident was waa to formulate a 11 suitable Il decimation t of the invitation e 11 sincere regret egret etc The Th committee on os 0 a motion of Bennion was w also instructed jn to confer with the house hoove h junketing committee This Itla gave Lawrence a 8 chance to sug aug suggest pat gent that the th senate sen te ought to have a 8 permanent junketing committee too Theres Cheres no telling what we may have before us he be said |
