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Show UTAH COMMISSION, The House Provision Abolishing the Commission Com-mission Struck Out of the Bill by the Senate; THE COMMISSION TO LIVE. But the Salaries cf Its Officers Where. Oh, Where are They Knocked Into a Cocked Hat. The Senate Chopped the Salaries of the Officers Down to $2000 a Year, a Cut of $3000 Each. $35,000 18 SALARIES PASSED. Hut One Democratic Senator Voted in the Altiruuiti ve anil Three Kepublicau S"euatorn in tin; Negative. Washington, June 2ft. The legislative executive judicial appropriation bill was taken up by the senate. The question being be-ing on an amendment as to the L'tah commission. com-mission. The amendment was agreed to. Teas 28; nays 24. The Louse provision abolishing the Utah commission was struck out of the bill, and two items appropriating 83,1 500 for salaries of five commissioners ud the expenses of the commission wre Inserted. Jones or Arkansas was the only democratic senator who Toted in the affirmative; affirm-ative; the republican senators who voted in the negative were Carey. Felton and War-ten. War-ten. Carey moved to reduce the salaries of the commissioners from fSOOO to $2000 and poke in support of the amendment and in favor of applying it to the survey of public lands, $15,000 to be thus saved. The amend ment was also fayored by Felton and Sherman Sher-man and was agreed to. The salaries of the commissioners are therefore fixed at $2ouo each. The vote on the silver bill and amendments amend-ments was ordered taken at 2 p.m. Friday. |