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Show j THE SENATE. frnco Declared on Contested Bills Until Un-til Speeches Can Be Though Out. ' It looked for a whllo llko there would "good fighting nil along the lino" in tho , Senate yesterday, but the battle was postponed post-poned for a few days. Three bills have como up for third rcad-" rcad-" ing that promise to givo the Scnato vis-, vis-, itors and tho members something In the ; nature of entertainment. Passage of each Jour WaS lolayc;d at thc eleventh St'. hi)3 iust now "old Ing tho center 3i tv, al,t?,nt,?n in the Senate aro tho "land 1? Jt ,'. ho "registration" and "sheep iri?.?1Jn,S9lPn. bllI Sonator Walton Is 2futnc flrst tw; Scnator-Clegp tho I r" JThe registration bill was up Mon- aj and provoked considerable discussion I 5aiJ8e OI,tho unusual dlsbretlonarv pow-1 pow-1 ViS lvcn,th.S registry agent. It wa3 mado : TC0 .gpccIalQrder for .yesterday at 3 o'clock, but when that hour arrived Senn-tor Senn-tor Bamberger, who la hostllo to the bill ns It wns reported out of commlttco, huc-ceeded huc-ceeded In having It recommitted. Tho Elections committoo now haB it, and it is believed tho objectionable matter will bo purged beforo it Is reported back to tho Gonatc. Big- Tight Averted. Had this bill como up for final passago yesterday a bitter fight would havo been mado on It. Senator "Walton's land board bill, which Is a partisan measure In that tho members of the board arc to be appointed by thc Governor without regard to political po-litical affiliation, was read tho third time. Its troubles began when Sonator Rasband moved to reduce the membership from five to three: reduce the salaries of tho members from $1200 to $300: and increasing increas-ing the term from two to four years. Senator Walton argued that tho Increasing Increas-ing business of tho land board makc3 It Imperatlvo that there bo more than three members. In reply to questions by Senator Sena-tor Lawrcnco asking for an explanation why tho board be strictly partisan Instead In-stead of non-partisan, Senator ' Walton said ho believed tho peoplo wanted a Ropubllcan administration in Utah, and that It would be as well to Insist on thc Governor's, Secretary of State's or other depnrtmonts becoming non-partisan as tho land board. Catachised the Author. Sonator Barber asked if a board composed com-posed of a majority members of one party and a minority of another wero not a partisan par-tisan board in fact If tho majority did not mako it partisan. Senator Walton side-stepped. and Senator Bamberger mado an appeal for minority representation. representa-tion. He cited the action of tho President of the Senate In giving thc minority members mem-bers representation. Ho said It was a principle recognised by Congress. "There Is no reason." said he. "why politics should ever enter in tho business of the land board." Senator Bamberger asked that a final consideration go over until today, and as there were no objections thc bill will bo takon up for passage this afternoon, when It will bo attacked In several quarters. Senator Clegg's sheep commission bill ncems to have a side to it that promises a row. It is reported that several persons per-sons Interested In gracing In Idaho, among them E. H. Calllstcr, arc fighting tho bill with vigor. When Senator Calllstcr Cal-llstcr asked postponement of action on tho bill until he can hear from sheep men In his district, Senator Larson's brlatlcs became be-came threatening. Larson Insinuates a Iiittlo. He announced -that an insignificant minority of sheep men were opposing thc bill, though It is favored by thc most representative 3heep men In tho State. Ho Intimated that any attempt to delay action was a species of filibustering that is not Justified, and he objected to any dilly-dallying. Senator Calllstcr declared that his request for a postponement is not dilatory tactics ho simply wanted to hear from his constituents This explanation explana-tion was accepted and thc bill wos made the special order for Monday at 3 o'clock. Among the four new bills Introduced In tho Senate, that by Senator Qalllster repealing re-pealing tho fish and game laws and creating creat-ing a complcto new lnw Is most Important. Impor-tant. One of Its provisions Is to do away with spring shooting. Tho substance of tho now bills wllj be printed in tho "Calendar" herewith. Reports by Committees. Sonato bills Nos. 3, 25 and -10 and House bill No. 9 were reported out of committees. com-mittees. Two were recommended not to pass and two to pass. Thc bills killed were S. B. Mo. 3 and H. B. No. 9. Tho former sought to establish experimental farms. Tho other to tax proceeds of mines Those on which wero favorable reports were S. B No. A, to fix thc fiscal year for Utah, and S B. 25 Is substituted by a commlttoe measure granting certain powers to Boards of County Commissioners. Commis-sioners. House bills No. 21, 16, -10, IS and 4 wero received and committed, .and H. J. M. No. C, petitioning Congress to make an appropriation appro-priation for road building, wns received and tabled. Senator Larson was granted unanimous consent to withdraw his bill No. SS. to establish preparatory trade schools as branches of tho Agricultural college. .The Senate accepted an Invitation from Dr. Kingsbury to visit tho University of Utah Friday forcnoona, and H. J. R. No. 2. extending moral support to the school of mines and mining, was referred to tho Committee on Mines and Mining. Adjourned until 2 o'clock this afternoon. |