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Show sjUfl MUST BILL MEETS DEFEAT Party Pledge Fails of Con-stitutional Con-stitutional Majority in the Upper House. CALENDAR IS HEAVY Senate Disposes of Fifteen Measures; Will Hold Morning Sessions. The Clnvton anti-trust hill of Utah, one of the measures pledged by the Democratic and Progressive platforms, went by default yesterday when house bill Ko. 10 went into tho dust heap by failing to receive a constitutional 'iajority. Along with it went some of the hopes of labor organizers who bad DPen 1,1 a'm0:it constant attendance at the legislature since the opening day. Hope was nut entirely abandoned, however, after Senator Chez served notice no-tice that he woitid present a motion to-ilav to-ilav for reconsideration of tho measure. The bill received the vote of the majority ma-jority present at the afternoon session, the roll call showing 0 ayes and rj nays, but one vote was lacking for a constitutional consti-tutional majority and the measure was lost. The Salt Lake senators stood solidly by the party pledge and all five voted in favor of" the bill, Senators Cbea, Clyde, Seegniiller and Stevens also supporting sup-porting the measure. Senators Bevan, Bradley, Colton, Parker and Heynolds voted in the negative. Is Party Pledge. Before a vote was taken, however, everything which could not be found in tlie Clayton act was eliminated, with little, opposition offered. Senator Olson Ol-son asked that one sentence not included includ-ed in the Clayton act be left as explanatory ex-planatory to another portion of the bill, but this "was voted out. Also there were several provisions or qualifications in the Clayton act which had been omitted omit-ted in the bill before the senate, and nil these were inserted. Senators Bevan and Parker offered spirited opposition to the measure during dur-ing talks Before the senate, and the bill was championed bv Senators Armstrong Arm-strong and Olson. Senator Armstrong declared that its enactment was necessary neces-sary to the fulfillment of a party pledge ami that pledge he considered in the light of a contract with tho people. peo-ple. He expected to vote for the bill, lie declared, regardless of any personal .opinion in the matter. Pledges Shattered. President Funk and Senators String- ham and U'ootton were not present r when the vote was taken. f . But the failure to pass the Clayton -anti-trust bill was uot the only action t'-ikcn by the senate yesterday against the fulfillment of- party pledges. In fa't, it seemed a had day for nailing down platform planks, as the workmen's work-men's compensation held aloof and the proposition to reapportion the representative represen-tative and senatorial districts of the . state was voted down by tho "cow county" delegation. President mk asked to be excused from the afternoon session to attend the funeral of Mrs. Joseph V. Merrill, and delegated Senator Frank Evans to occupy the chair during his absence. With the exception of the Clayton anli-trust measure, most of the other bills considered during the afternoon were of minor importance. Senator Chez succeeded in getting his bill through which will keep Ogdeu a city of the second class for some time. The bill raised the population of cities of the second class to 50.000. The proposal that city marshals and justices of tho peace in the smallei towns should be elected, instead of appointed, ap-pointed, also was indorsed after the lull had been amended so as not to affect af-fect town marshals. Representative llecker's bill regulating the handling of cold storage products was read for the third ' time, but consideration was postponed until today on a motion by Senator Armstrong. lie expressed himself him-self as in favor with the general prin- eiplc of the bUl, hut was of the opinion that it mibt militate against horn' industry, in-dustry, and asked a little time in which to look into the question. Ogden Second Class. The bill providing that the land board might be sued was heartily indorsed in-dorsed by some of the solons from the outside districts, but the proposition was voted down. The demise of the bill was delayed temporarily, however, on a notice by Senator Olson of a mo- , tion to reconsider. The opposition to the measure declared that it was bad policy to make any state department liable to suits and insisted that the placing of the land board in such a position would eventually work a hardship hard-ship upon all state departments. The senate also acted favorably upon the bill from the lower house requiring registration of trained nurses. I'ifteeu measures were disposed of during the day, but the end of the calendar still ' remains several days away. The senate sen-ate will convene at 10 o'clock this morning to renew the attack. |
