Show ARO Bill mu rA PASSES H HOUSE t tRed Red Flag Measure With That on Peonage Is Sent to Senate After Approval by Majority F. F r OR the first time timo in it the present session passage o of bills was accompanied Thursday by more than passive opposition The bills in question were the Currie Cardon don red flag bill and the amendment to the so called caned peonage measure making It p possible for an employer receiving money from an employed to be convicted on the uncorroborated uncorroborated uncorroborated un un- un- un corroborated testimony of the complaInIng complaining complaining com com- witness The Cardon bill No 21 was re returned returned returned re- re turned to the floor by the committee Wednesday without recommendation Chairman Miles 1 explaining that the committee did not desIre to commit Itself on the measure When the bill came up for tor passage it met with the objections of Representatives Currie and Morris of Salt Lake who declared declared declared de de- that while white the red flag was the accepted emblem of disloyal organizations organizations organizations or or- it was also the banner of 10 loyal al bodies such as the Moose club Morris said that while white or organized organized organized or- or labor was strongly opposed to the I I. I W. W W. W and similar organizations organizations It was felt that no good could come of antagonizing the I. I W W. W. W and that conciliatory measures would be best Morris moved to strike out the enacting clause thereby killing the the- the bill bill but the motion was lost 31 to 7 1 those voting for the motion being Currie Hansen Hinckley Johnson Kelly Morris and Tanner BILLS PASSED The Currie bill was passed by a vote of 33 to 8 S and has been oen sent to the senate for action along with the Cardon Car Cars don bill bUI The objections to the measure were on the clause permitting conviction conviction conviction tion on uncorroborated testimony 3 This clause was supported by Currie and Morris on the grounds that in the past it had been difficult to secure convictions convictions convictions because the transactions involving involving ing the payment of money by e eto to employer had been almost alwa always s 's between the two men concerned with no witness The motion to strike out this clause was made mad by Representative tive the Douglas A. A Baxter and was lost Those voting against the bill were Brown Day Doty Hinckley King lang I IllIes Miles Quinn and Welling several of them explaining that their only opposition opposition opposition op op- op- op position was to the testimony clause BILLS INTRODUCED Three bills were Introduced Thurs Thurs- da day Currie introduced a substitute for his day ay of rest treasure measure making it mandatory for employers to grant one day of rest in seven to every em em- poye except In case of emergency Involving in involving involving In- In life or property A bill by Representative King calls for the barring of claims against the estates of deceased persons after a lapse of eight years In which no ad ad- ad I or executor has been ap ap- ap- ap pointed The bill bUl also allows a period of one year ear after passage of the act for forthe forthe forthe the appointment of administrators and executors of estates WATER MEASURE Amendments of laws relating to control of water and water courses by cities are arc proposed In a a. bill Introduced in introduced introduced In- In by Representative Bullock of Utah county It would give city councils or commissions right to annually annually an an- fix the sum necessary to meet expenses of controlling regulating and distributing water and to collect assessments from users or water The law liw relating to abatement of action is amended in a bill introduced introduced introduced intro intro- by Chairman Miles of the judIciary judiciary judiciary judi judI- ciary committee It provides that right of of- action shall shaH not abate with the death of the persons in whose favor or the rights exist but may be carried on by representatives of those I persons for benefit of their heirs In Incase Incase Incase case of the death of he he person against whom the action is brought j I the measure provides that prosecution prosecution tion may be against his estate A mass meeting of residents of the west side Salt Lake will be held next Wednesday night at 8 S o'clock at the Fourteenth ward chapel on call issued by members of pt the west westside westside side committee The meeting will be for discussion of the McKInney l measure meas meas- ur ure Introduced in the senate Dente providing providing providing pro pro- viding for representation of the west westside westside westside side on the city commission It Is asserted that residents of the section are assessed taxes on worth of property and are entitled to direct representation on the commission |