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Show Legislature Meets ' in Special Session at Governor's Call! Ratification of Woman's Suffrage Amendment to United States Constitution Principal Business; Busi-ness; Gavel Falls at Noon Today. J JOIIX E. ITEPPLER of Richf'd, . or.e of the most poptt'ar ntcnibers ' o: t lie 'pgisiaiUTO dtirin? Ihe last j session, sernis to to the strongest j candidate qt the speakership of the I lower house during the special session i which cor4venes at rtoon Today. This was apparent from unofficial converse- i ioDs that took place in Salt I.r.ke ho.1 lobbies last r.ight anions; members who ! had arrived in the city. I. D. McKay j o: Osden probably will be the n:ost j ! rrorninent opponent of the southern , t'tah Iciriiiator for the prosidinff office, j A' the san:o time there developed j yesterday a rr.pid collapse of the boom I started during ;hc wek for a woman j speaker. Nor n sinV member of tho legislature in either branch who arrived ar-rived yesterday failed to express himself him-self as bein? carnesny desirous of mak-ip.e mak-ip.e tiie oxrrn session as brief as pos- i sible. :o finish trp by the end of the j week. Tor this reason more than any j other, it is contended, a. maji should swin'j the jravsl in the lower house in ordrr that business may be expedited us much as possible. j Many members who arrived yesrer- ; day spoke in opposition to a caucus, I i n c 1 u d i p. e r. r. u m b e r of the prominent! party leaders of the mcior:" t:om various vari-ous psrts of the state. Unless there) is a chance in ser.'imerit his morning, j it is not likely tha- c. caucus of the J Democrats will be held prior to thtf j hour or oonveniuj. May Take Recess. j If 'here appears To anv difficulty nbotit organizing th.e houe after the 1 session opens. : r is possi b'e adjourn- n-.OLt may be take it a once for n cat:- j u? to vrtlc organiictiu matters, but j did nor seem certain Aosterday. Ti was pointed out by several members; ho w -ever, that if there should be a close vote on some measae, it? constitutionality constitution-ality miht bo questioned in the courts because of the doubtiu: memberbhinj .of Mr. Welling and Mr. O "Xeih ! Mr. Welling has been acting as chief probation officer for the -juvenile court commission, and Mr. O'Xeil has been 1 acting p.s a cVpu.ty fish and game commissioner. com-missioner. Both men resigned r hese positiop.s during the past week, contending contend-ing ths: they were entitled to thir seats if they relinquished their other state positions. It is almost certain, however, that the question over the right of Mr. O'Xeil to sit in tho house will be nif f ieient to put him out. of running for the speakership. It is pointed out that should he be elected speaker, every measure passed at the si oc tal session might be cc'stioneu in the courts, because es sneaker he would be required to attach his signature to all bills before they became laws. To Avoid Taking Chances. In view of the fact that the principal business of the special session is to rat-ifv rat-ifv the amendment to the national constitution con-stitution permit t ir.g t ho women of the United States to vov, the desire is. expressed ex-pressed by a number of legislators to make certa.n that r.o action will be taken that might possiblv invalids; any bill passed. Should the margin of states required for ratifieation be close, the women of th cntir countrv might be deprived of the balio in the next preidentinl election if Utah's ratification ratifica-tion happen d to prove keystone, and t h o action o : the I e gi s 1 a t u r e was attached in the courts. In the legislature jjossip abou the (;t- vest :t, :i v There was urnr:s!r.".' :orel the scttiempit of questions of se-! se-! lection of officers on tro floor. ' In the senate Ther-1 will be no nues-i nues-i 'ion n? to the presiding officer. President Pres-ident James V. Funk is here and pre-! pre-! r-ared to cai! tho upper branch to or-; or-; cer when the two hands of t!e official e!oek point skvward. : But the senate, as well as the house, i will have to wrestle with the question 1 of clerks and other emplovees. Adam ! Peterson, who was clerk of the senate : in the last re citlar session, is now an ' employee of the state board of eqtiaiiz.i-' eqtiaiiz.i-' tion, and should he a'jain trke the t-ierk-; ship rf the senaV thre might be ri- ous questions as to the payment of his i salarv, as that would put him on the state payroll twice. i The house will also be without a thief 1 eierk, as Huo B. Anderson, who served at the resiilar session, is now Tre?i.iin as -hide? of the itiveniie court in Salt ! Lake countv. I is also no-ible that Cue duties of S. T. rhit taker as n direct or of the s'ate fr.ir board will 'prevent h i s a 1 1 e n d i n s to the duties c f ' tresr.t at rrms cT the house, the po- sit ion he f : 1 i e d d i : r i n e "ho : pillar 1 session. j Employees to Be Named. j Members arriving y-serdr.- from the1 I outlying districts said thev wer" cer- I tain t'..:.t a number rf t! e o i-of-' own t ) employees of the hist regular session ; would not be on hand today, r.. 'hey j i had not been officially notified of 'heir j ; reappoint n" cnt to their old poscions. ! As n iruit there is a possibility that1 sonic dei.iv in jjett inj down to husir.ev- I (: :n?v result from a shortage of help. , Considerable d'n-ussinn was heard i amon;; the lejilr.ors last rhht to tthe legality ,f permi'tinj two members (.f th"1 houe to bit in the ririal es-I es-I rion. Mr.nv n-eniVjcra con 'end that 'when A r h u r Well : n i- of Murr.nv and 1 William O'Xeil of Duschne. followini ' t li p ad" inurnment of the regular session, .i-c ptt-d ta te o;:"f'S wi ' h sail ri e : ; -trh-jd :hrv nu'omr.ti'-p.r.y made them-s them-s i " r i n e i c ii d e to membership in h ? Irtish?. tur, and could nor now propo'lv j ; sit in Ts-;oa 11:1105 thev were re. ele v eh '-Vlicther : hir -en'y will be ; eh a ill n g-fd t odn v, ci lier b" Pernor -n t 3 I '01 Tpemcers of tlie fpubla n minority I little tendenev in.iicated upon tho par" of the members crenerallv to prevail upon the povernor to reintroduce any pet measures that might have been lost at tito last session. The lrile.tors seem to be in agreement with the executive execu-tive that only the most urgent matters be brouch up, ana that thev should be disposed of with a minimum of discussion. dis-cussion. May Limit Debate. Ii e c o m m c n a t i o n may b n 1 a do as soon as the session opens that specho be limited to ten minutes. .1. K. t ar-don ar-don of I.oijan, one of the administration administra-tion leaders in the last session and author au-thor of the ' bluo sky" law, spoke strongly in favor of limivd dehate lat nijjht. Mr. v'ardon urifed the limitation , .of iebate early in the regular session. j and had his ndvice been followed the I ) usual congestion at the end of the ses- . j sion might have be-n avoidt'd. ! Rut there were other members who 1 desired to exercise their oratorical powers pow-ers to the limit, and it was not until I the frenzied closing days that it was ! podbl to get through anything re- j sembiir.T a jjag for ambitious ora'ors. -Hu it is believed that with the t:rg:nt t desire for an earlv adjournment amonc all members, llmire.i dchnV rules will 1 mrt with favor in both houses as soon ! as the session open. j The question of who will rail :he houe to order today was one .nlo tin-! der d :--uvsion last n ight . In the ab- senee of the former speaker, C. Kir'n- I ards anv member of the houe rr.nv rail 1 I the session o order', it has ben liehi. Ttst who will do it remains to be seen, ' ns up to a late hour last night no or j panired plans for opening th" --ion were mad''. At a regular session it has been en- j t o m a r v for the secretary of state to) call he session to ord'ir, he -ecret ar v ' li irn .-"I t in one houe and his depatv in ! 1 the other. Tollowing this he rea ls th j certification of election, and a iustieei of the Mipreme i-ourt swear- in tl-.e members. However, Ml mem ! ers ha now t n h en the o;. t h of 01 1 ire. and no f uch luty devolves upon the secretary; of ?;'ie. Therefor it m.iv be a ''fr0' for a 11 " for t li o ho it or of r r.ilin t he t.pt he of tla1 io.rer I'ou1-,' to order. ( |