Show will investigate bill passes the lower house A TIME WAS aab tiie will he to state officers legislative SENATE thursdays proceedings moved to insert the opinion of the attorney general in full in the jour call on the question of tha eight hour ina as relating to employers of the state orison as ho considered it ot great importance carried the judiciary committee reported a for the title on jurors in the code pursuant to instructions given yesterday but that it be not adopted the report waa adopted erans introduced a memorial to conti ea asking for the opening of the ustah and reservations ahu the fort crittonden reserve re ferra i 10 the committee on federal relation chambers introduced S B ag to provide for tiie mannor of locating and recording and quartz mining claims the memorial protesting against the pis sige of the loud bill wu up for aas aage and passed title 5 asea of the code waa can B dred and amandel BO aa to allow for bee inspection in such counties as EO desire to be appointed by the county and to have bees taxed the same as other property and to do away with he special tax 01 five per colony now io effect senator evans a memorial t congress asking that the uintah and uncompahgre reservation and the fort crittenden Critte oden military reservation be opened or settlement and that tha state he the preference right tor at leaa u ninety daya to enter ahe lasdo opened toe memorial bates that nearly all alio available lands in utah had been taken up and sold by the konefal government priar to the admission of the S ate thereby leaving a very poor quality of land from which to select the lands granted to the stats the rates were suspended and the memorial adopted senate bill no 36 by chambers illative to the manner of locating and recording and placer mining claims consideration of the code was re edmed the subject of beas being discussed the investigation resolution went over bonse thursdays proceedings daring consideration of the journal a ensued in leeard to insert ica in extensor the amendment offered by shepard so sloan investigation resolution sloan and opposed admitting shepards epards Sh amendment inlo the minutes shepard waa by obrien in insisting inBi sting that his amendment co on record shepard claimed that the house wednesday gave him leave to reduce bis amendment to writing and that the original resolution and his amendment should braad on ine record side by bide shop nry 8 amendment was ordered put in the minutes mrs LaBarthe 8 high hat bill came up under suspension of the rules on her motion for consideration of senate these were trifling and verbal only and in then ensued a debate as to whether concurrence in senate amendments the bill kenner held that under the constitution the bill should bo re enacted shephard held otherwise aal cited the decision of the state su court in the election law case tho house and speaker seemed averse lo 10 taking any risks and nun tiu n to suspend the rules and put the bill on ita final carried keane asked il the bill was now open to dabate and the speaker ruled it was then made a ha morona argument against the bill holding it to be trivial and treating of an improper subject of legislation mrs la bailhe made a brief reply the bill and was followed in tte oame strain by Bannion and sloan tyl T also favored the bill it finally bills were introduced cy rollance Rov lance amending sections 31 and compiled laws of 1388 the bill extends the time for collection upon a judgment from six to eight yeara for collection upon a note from four to six years and on an open account two to four years it is also beet forth that an endorsement renews a note ity aileon for the batter protection of stockholders in corporations corpora tiona formed under the laws of the states oi utah for the purposes of carrying and conducting the business of mining by kenner tor tha payment of election of the capital punishment repeal bill recess was taken till p m the night session was devoted to the dia cassion ol 01 the resolution providing for an investigation of the church influence allegation the resolution finally passed chopard opened the entertainment with an amendment to have the hinves biating tia ting committee consists of the members of the supreme court the govern norand the attorney general this waa offered as an amendment to the amendment and althou cli not pertaining in any way to the amendment al presented bv shepard was admitted 07 the speaker objection was raided at the time and subsequently at intervals during the long fight that ensued but the speaker steadfastly maintained the position he hai assumed at the of the session obrien first raised the point of order cheh taylor then sloan the latter ftp from the chairs decision in vain kenner suggested that the legislature aoud not require the officials named to serve and at his suggestion the verbiage amendment was changed to politer form sloan disapproved petronely etro nely of the amendment it is not strange said hf that the gentlemen should return to hia first love he desires a republican committee of five to make this in retorted that he want sloan to investigate hia conduct and as for himself he feel adequate to the task of investigating sloan in tha belief that the investigation should not be conducted by putien to the senatorial fiant he had suggested five men all gentiles but one all unbiased and devoid of personal interest in the matter obrien expressed surprise that a t should say in effect that his parly was neither bg nor brave enough to settle its own differences kenner protested that the matter not the democratic Bemo cratic party but tin whole state yant ared the remark that there appeared to be fear of a real in vesti gation we must settle our dit ourselves be argued wilson interrupted interrupt ad to remark that the legislature using accused could not try itself there ia no caio c aio made against any member resumed nor will there be anny I 1 believe I 1 dont accuse mr wilson and I 1 dont access mr shepard of being influenced by the church do you accuse me rhe gentlemen dont desm to court an investigation quite as much as they did concluded favored the amendment he fear an investigation and he believed it should be conducted by disinterested te rested parties sloan inquired if the speaker had any knowledge that tho named would serve and romney replied that he did not but supposed as they were gentlemen they would do so cook of bos elder maintained that the resolution contained a charge against ayery member just before this meeting said he 1 I heard mr loaa charge a member with having bean governed by church influence now would it bo fair for that man to appear before mr sloan or mr sloan io appear before me or mr callis parry was in favor of inviting some outsiders to conduct the investigation as the legislature time dotson briefly but to the point we have spent half the session in electing a sinator and now it is pro to spend the rest in ascertaining hew it waa done said he thompson inquired if it was not possible that bome phase ol 01 the matter might not yet reach the supreme court which would be de barred from hearing it if the members conducted the investigation ti shepard abono to answer when koy lance with much sarcastic emphasis that the query was directed to the chair the chair is unable to answer positively said the speaker alst shepard answer or ask the at torney general volunteered sloan roylance Boy lance stated opposition to the resolution and amendment amend menH he be aseved the whole affair childs play kimball ot cache county objected to calling it a rif lioa affair soma men may yet be put behind the bars if the charges ol 01 bribery are he 1 I am not afraid to trust the judges price believed that the contest should end and the reeo luliOn be dropped when ib was possible to allay tho bitterness already engendered the possible result of this investigation said he is the of Baft lins ao that we be left without a senator K men really were subjected to church influence it cant be proved tho amendment was put and carried konuck obtained tho floor there will bs dissatisfaction no matter what isdoro individually I 1 favor ai investigation vesti gation ho concluded by moving that the whole matter be tabled Koj lanco supported the motion to table baoan desired to explain why he would vote aye he claimed that there was a purpose to defeat the purpose of the original measure and bo wanted it laid on the table shapard said the author of this resolution now wants it laid on the table only ye berday it was of the greatest importance ho seeks to hava it laid away I 1 want to ascertain where the church influence coined in I 1 demand that this be made hanson the republican member who gave the deciding vote to bawling alao explained hia position when his name was reached on the roll call ho evidently believed that the motion to table would carry for he emoke of the fato staring the resolution in the face he he favored ahe ro ri r t 0 o first place and that ii duj biava eon better received had not the author attempted to fortify it with a challenge gowhe No added the same gentleman has issued a defiance again I 1 say I 1 court an X tave been ridiculed and criticized criticised or my course still whatever the result retribution stares this legislature in the face 1 believe that the resolution should be adopted in order that mens honor and integrity might be vindicates orllis aard he would vote to table but for the imputation under which he rested t believe said be in allow ing the astute chairman of the democratic slate committee to the sands to bis hearts content the politicians itic ians hae consigned me to a deep grove bat when slander and mis resen were sept away by the winds of justice then my honor will stand forth brightly therefore I 1 demand the investigation and defy hurling these charges at me sloan said 1 have come in tonight lor a very tal d are of criticism and some considerable abuse some baa e seen fit to intimate that I 1 have been makina light of this affair and am anxious to recede from the position taken by me I 1 haye been in earnest all through this 1 did state I 1 would retract what I 1 had said if the evidence were forthcoming but it haa not been forthcoming it be manifest to all that thare is no honest intention of treating taij resolution in the fair spirit in which it was offered the plan is to destroy its intent entirely and to bullyrag ahe measure and as I 1 before stated bacasse the members of alna house dare noi themselves I 1 vote no taylor made a very rancorous attack on sloan chosa father he said had been a very dear friend of his 1 I regret said be that this man for I 1 may call him young should step down from his high pinnacle to wander in the and filth that he has w produced trod in this resolution much might be said regarding the resolution but it is unnecessary As for myself I 1 want to seo and my church defended from thia wicked onslaught I 1 the fullest investigation I 1 want to know if the noble head of that church must confine himself lo 10 ha book of mormon and the doctrine and covenants and may not malie a single choice of a man for the high placa of united senator charged that shepard himself dibut believe that the supreme court judges would act tha motion to table tailed 19 to 21 the shepard plan was finally adopted by a vote of 22 to 12 |