Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-01-14 | Page 14 | Condition in Lower House is Unchanged

CONDITION IN LOWER HOUSE IS UNCHANGED Those who expected a clash between the opposing fact ons of the lower house of the sta e legis ature 3 esterday were d sappo nted Both factions met at d f ferent times in the hou e chamber When the Repub cans met one of the a 1 es was present and when the a es met a 1 the Republ cans were gone Tl e men bers of t e oppos ng s des did not frat ern ze n the house chamber but were apparently on good terms wl en they met In hote lobb es and e sewhere The Repub leans were the f rst o the job yesterday Tl ey arrived In a bod at 10 o clock esterday forenoon and were called to order by L R Anderson of Sanpete who t e Republ carrs con e d s the speaker of the house Mr Ander son ca ed t e ro I and twentj three mem bers a 1 Repub leans responded Wllford Dav the Republican floor leader imme d ately moved an adjournment unt I 2 o c ocl tomorrow afternoon Tl e n ot on was promptly carr ed The allies arrived In a few minutes and at 10 30 o Clock P P C tensen th,e c 0 ce of the fu onis s for speaker ca ed the 1 o se to order The ro was called and the speake declaied t at a qu6rum was present t e twenty th ee members of the alHed fo ces ha ing responded to the calL Some amusement was occasioned by the prayer of Representative Heber J Meeks w o at the su gest on of t e speaker a ted as chap an In con lud ng a p aje Representative Meeks p eaded O Lo d he p s and make somethi g of us If 3-ou can The Journal of the preced ng day was read by t e chief c er c and with minor corrections was appro ed It was sug gested that the comm ttees vhlch were appointed to not fy the governor and the senate of the organ zat on of the house malte a report George F Goodwin chairman of the comm ttee o not fy the governor repo ted that t was customarj for the comm ttee to notify the go er or to act jo ntly with a s m ar comn ttee from the senate. Tie sa d that the ouse had not been not f ed of the appo ntment of sucl a comm ttee by the senate and therefore tl e 1 ouse committee was await ing the pleasure of the senate B D Nebeker cha man of the com m ttee to notify the senate r ported that his commi tee had de Ivered o the sen ate an off clal commun cation inform Ing that body of the o ganizat on of the house Attent on was called to inv tatlons re ceived to attend a d nner at the Con mercial club ton ght Mr Page sa d that the p ogra nme ca led for an address by t e speaker of t e ho se and e desired to know whether or ot Mr Chr stensen was to be ecognlzed bv the go ernor and the Comn er a ul as the speaker of the ho se Mr C rlstensen rep ed tl at the organ zation of t e ouse as at pres ent const tuted was recognized by eve y o e w o knew a j thing about par a mentary p ocedure and hat t was cer ta n that he would be recogi zed as tl e , speaker of the 1 ouse TZa. y in the sess on of he a 1 es the c ef c erl was di ected to asce ta n whether or not the leg s at ve supples cons sting of stat onerj 0 1 ca s and o er ma era wou d be s pp ed b t e sec e ary of s ate At f jst tl e secrets y of state dec ned to pro de t Is prop e tv but at t e c ose of t e sess on d so stat ng howeve t at e was do ng so ue e y as a 0 esv and no as a e ogn 0 of e a o of e o j gazaoof e uebtefsossj TVE nssg daeep o he a, e a as ef c e k of e o se Tea ad o ne s o befo noo s p da 0 un eno th s a noon a o lock