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Show LEGISLATIVE SIDELIGHTS Former Speaker Joseph, who appeared before the house Judiciary committee in relation to tho bills regarding Juvenile courts, has written a letter to the chairman' chair-man' of that committee. In which ho scores two membora whom, Mr. Joseph claims, Insulted him. In his letter, he declares that tho two members mentioned men-tioned "aro utterly devoid of common decency and gentlemanly etiquette." Regarding tho proposed capltol building, build-ing, the Logan Journal says: "All the signs Indicate that tho peoplo of Utah arc to bo taxed for the erection of a state capltol building, -which, it must bo admitted, ad-mitted, is needed. Lot U3 hope that tho administration of tho capltol fund, when raised, will bo clean and capable, that we may escape tho graft and loot scnomea that have attached to the varloua notorious notori-ous capltol robberies of late years In every contract from tho excavation to tho placing in position or tho List cabinet cabi-net file." m Tho Park City Record expresses tho hopo that tho mlno inspector bill, as all other bills Introduced In tho legislature legis-lature for tho protection and betterment of tho miner, will bo become law. "Of all hazardous occupations," say tho Record, Rec-ord, "mining la tho most dangerous, and every safeguard posslblo should bo thrown around It by tho enactment of fair and common sense legislation." The people of Jensen In Uintah county aro hard at work In an effort to Induco tho legislature to aid them in tho erection erec-tion of a bridgo over Green river at that point. This from tho Park City Record is self explanatory: "The5 Record most heartily Indorses tho stand talccn by The Salt Lako Tribune in tho matter, that If tho Bell and Independent telephone companies com-panies aro ono, and it is 'generally conceded con-ceded that such is tho case, they should bo consolidated and tho Imposition of double taxing tho patrons abolished. Thero has been much complaint in Park City in tho past on account of busincsn men and others being compelled to havo and pay for two phonos, when ono would moot every requirement; and now that it seems certain that both companies aro under ono control, stronuoua objection should bo mado by our local patrons to tho system of bolng "doublc-crossod," and a united movo mado to have ono of the two "systems" abolished. What say our business men?" As an echo of the Introduction of the federal bunch bill. Introduced by President Presi-dent Gardner of I he senate, tho story is being told of him that after the introduction intro-duction of the hill, a group of senators wcro chatting when tho president approached, ap-proached, ajid. in confidence, remarked that ho thought that bill of his would bo the better for a few changes. "That bill of yours," gasped an astonished solon, "say, Gardner, that's good! If that Is your bill, why didn't you make tho changes in It before you presented It?" History has not recorded tho answer of tho president, but It is said that he has refrained from a dlscus-slon dlscus-slon of "that bill of his" since. |