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Show WORK OF THE LEGf SL ATURE . . " . ' . of the calendar, although the Titian-haired Titian-haired gentleman from Salt Lake rose to such frequent points of order that the gray-haired. Speaker pro tem be-' came angered and sent the sergeant-at-arms to keep him In his seat. - In the Senate yesterday the nomination nomina-tion of Caleb Tanner, to be State En-. En-. glneer, was promptly confirmed. Previous Pre-vious to the vote on. the confirmation a communication was read from A. F. Doremua, the present State Engineer. Baying that he did not wish his interests' inter-ests' to interfere hi any way with those of the public and -anile he was sensible of the honor his friends would do him, he wished to be considered entirely out of the way. ' In addition to the nomination of Mr. Tanner, the Governor sent in a num-' num-' ber of other nominations. Of this number-were L. B. Anderson, J. S. OsJer and John E. Curtin to be Sheep Commissioner, Com-missioner, who failed of confirmation last week. Other nominees conQnned were: . ..... Board of Labor and Conciliation-John Conciliation-John Davis and Thomaa C. Pancake. Lewis and Clark Exposition commissionRudolph commis-sionRudolph Kuchler, Wesley K. Walton, F. M. Fishburn and Webb Green. Members of the State Board of Land Commissioners William Spry. John - De Grey Dixon, William H. Thain, H. M. Hays and- W. D. Candland. During the afternoon session, thirteen thir-teen bills were passed. One was killed by adverse committee report and two on rollcall. There was considerable discussion on N. B. No. 171. which fixes a penalty for making false statements as to one s wealth and responsibility. Senator Bamberger maintained that it would be a great hardship to compel a man to make public his losses in busines?, and that it was bard to convince a man when he was losing ground, when he really is, and that he had more sympathy sym-pathy for the man who failed in business busi-ness than for the salesman who overloaded over-loaded him with goods- in order that he might secure the commfssions. Senator Bennion also favored the eli-mination eli-mination of the objectionable clause, and the objectionable matter was stricken out by a decisive vote. The bill as amended was passed. Senator Callister's memorial to Congress Con-gress to enact legislation to protect the ' production of alfalfa seed in the United States was turned down. Little difficulty was found in the passage of Senator Parks' bill appropriating appro-priating $500 for the purchase of copper cop-per medals for Indian war veterans. H. B. 178, requiring private banks and bankers to make at least four reports re-ports to the Secretary of State was passed with some few amendments. H. B. No. 232, which provides for the codifying of the irrigation laws with several important amendments, was passed without an opposing vote. This was undoubtedly the most important bill of the day |