Show t r 1 j J 1j g THE DAILY TRIBUNE SALT LAK CITY UT + HMO TDAY aiOHXI a JANTJABY 21 1901 u uccamo suddenly as timid QS rabbit He was afraid to vote on cither aido of any question for fear Injuring the chances of the b1l1He took part In no debates and spent most of his time carefully watching the proceedings so that he might bo absent when the roll was called on any disputed question In the course of a few weeks Senator Jones and hia bill came to be a Senator stand Ing Joke In order to add to the humor of the situation tho committee to which commileo It hud been referred reported It I whlc1 nase and It was put on Its second read ing Menmvhilo tho bill with Its won derful measures of reform had been noticed In the newspapers all over tho country Some of them had seriously I Indorsed it others had brutally made fun of It I more had treated it in a I semihumorous vein all had mentioned the name of Senator Claudius Brutus l Jones as Its father I was natural I that Senator Jones shpuld feel noturil I fects of this publicity Ho carefully saved all the Jppint and carried I them around In the same pookot with I the bill He followed tho members oC I bgth Houses of the Legislature to their omsi 1H < yftrt them > dqwn oh jtffe u laughter but Senator Robinson was Ir as grave a n Judge Well ho aatdthoro are thirty oC us hero and I think we ought to have at least S3 apiece on a bill of that Im portance Gentlemen said Senator Jones you all know my views on the Jon ul Joct of corruptly Inquonclng legisla tion But J regard this bill ns tho moat Important measure ever brought before tho Legislature I you will wait the a few minutes I will go and get money C tj While Senator Claudius Brutus Jones was absent the Senatorial caucus hur rledly broke up When ho got back the billiardroom was entirely empty Which explains why a certain famous reform measure of a few sessions ago dropped HO suddenly out of oltrht Chicago Tribune I |