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Show I 1 1 " 1 ' -, f,-V- , , . ....... J ---I--' . . l a. .1 , tea, I Lai . -J All day yesterday the federal crowd, ton.istinjr of United States Llarshal Fpry, Ualted Statea Bevenue Collector E. IL CaUiater. atfd Unftel Statea Surveyor-General , Thomas Hall, strove to compel the Speaker of the Houie, IL "8. Joseph, to appoint their ( protege, Brigham CUrz of Salt Lakg, ehairman of the Judiciary committee. . When Jo aeph departed for liia kome last aven-ins: aven-ins: the name of Cleg? stood , on the list of appointments to be made today, as head of the committee. - . The majority of the members of the House and J. U. Eldredger Jr., chairman chair-man of the Republican county committee, commit-tee, are in favor of Hairy J. Bobinson of Bingham. It ia said that ha was promised the place lonjf bafore Cleg waa. spoken of. -. He waa Joseph 1 bentenant In the fght for the Speak -erahip and his name waa on the original liat for the Judiciary committee, prepared pre-pared by the Speaker. .- . f . May Be CpitWork. .; ; r The rederal ' contingent waa about the "Wilson hotel last evening strutting around like Roman .tribunes. When Joseph left he had apparently accelei to the request of the 1'ederal gang. The members of the Honse, as a rule, looK upon the matter as a, piece of spite work, because Robinson prevented Atha "Williams of Binyham from also becoming becom-ing a federal officeholder, .' ilembers of. the House who are against consolidation vef the University and . the Agricultural college, declare that aa effort is being. made to pack the Committee on Educational Affairs. It Is eonteaded that Representative J. M. Mills, who is to -be a member of the committee, was -also. one of the members appointed by the Governor -to investigate the conditions ef the eol-lege eol-lege and the University be is said to b ia, favor of consolidation. . Insurance BUI to. . , ' . ". ; The first bill of importance was introduced in-troduced at the session yesterday afternoon, after-noon, by Senator Benner X' 8mitk. The bill provides for an insurance department which shall have tha execution execu-tion of insurance laws. " The ehief officer offi-cer 'of the department shall be a commissioner com-missioner of . insurance whose salary will be $2000 a year. He is to have chief depety whose salary will be $1500 a year. Au of the expenses of the department de-partment shall be taken from the insurance in-surance fund, and all the receipts shall go into that fond. The commissioner will be appointed by the Governor and will take his place July 1, 1897, il the bill paasea. - ; - No one iaterested in an insurance eornpanyk beyond the extent of holding a policy, will be allowed to hold the job. The insurance commissioner shall have an offiee at the 8tate capitol and may employ all the office force he needs for the proper transaction of business. Each year he shall make a report of the insurance companies doing business in the 8tate. Bailer Secretary of State. .. Aa an argument for the passage of the bill, it is said that this work has been-carried on by the offiee of Secretary Secre-tary of State, and that it haa made the work of that office too heavy and cannot can-not be transacted properly by him. The bill waa referred to the Insurance Insur-ance committee, of whieh 8enator Her-schel Her-schel Bullen, Jr., is the head. Senator Hollingsworth moved that a committee be appointed to segregate the message of the Governor and that the parts be delivered to the various committee for consideration and reference. ref-erence. The motion was amended by Senator Basband and passed. President Love named Senators Basband, Hollingsworth Hol-lingsworth and Bullen to accomplish the task. Boles Bar Lobbyists. In the absence of the chairman of the Committee on Rules. Samuel C. Park, Senator Charles E. Hollingsworth of Ogden presented the report of the committee to the Senate. Senator Hollingsworth Hol-lingsworth declared-that the only variance vari-ance in the rules from thoae of the last session was in regard to lobbying and the privilege ot the floor being gAnted chairmen of State boards. Upon the motion mo-tion of Senator George N. Lawrence, the rules were adopted. ---mma-at-a-a-a-aa-a-a-a-ata-aa-aaj.-AVk-a-A-avaw |