Show h PAC ACE DOVE I IN N HD HOUSE SJ WAR WAn IN IN SENATE Three Holdover M Mem Members m- m bers of Upper House Promise Fireworks Convened at Noon 4 ITH no more than a score WITH of curious onlookers in the g galleries of the two houses the twelfth session of the legislature opened noon today What t will so O 0 down clown In Iii history perhaps perhaps per per- haps as as- the most momentous moment session Utah ever experienced experienced tho the peoples people's session it will be called called was was Ushered In inauspiciously I f The opening pening cessions cs fons of oC both houses resembled quiet unostentatious business business bustness busi bust ness ness meetings as the legal groundwork groundwork ground ground- work for fol the legislative work to come was was laid Only a handful ot of ou outgoing Republican state officials lingered about th the halls of the tho lawmakers and these aided in an informal way the perfunctory business of or launching the tho session j The present session controlled ab absolutely ab- ab rol oI tel by the Democratic party will produce more reform legislation in sixty sixty six six- ty days than most states have had 1 Inas in inas as many years it if the Democrats keep their campaign promises as incorporated ed In their platform An ambitious program has been mapped out prohibition prohibition public utilities workmen s compensation taxation and revenue re reform initiative initia initia- tive Uve and referendum the Democrats have Ilave also promised to install a state statewide statewide I wide system ot of good roads give ghe state slate aid to irrigation regulate the cost of living reduce taxes of at the tho poor by hr I making the rich tax taC dodgers pay protect protect protect pro pro- lives and health of ot workers make the Judiciary nonpartisan pass an anti antl- lobbying bill bUl reduce the number of or state boards hoards and commissions and do doa a great many other things in iii the way of or legislation that work Into the tho general scheme f HOUSE HARMONIOUS 1 Today the house was harmonious The senate wa nt Three holdover senators in the upper house houto hung together to gether confessed that they were the remnants oC ot a once powerful and grandiloquent o organization anti and promised prom prom- I to pec become me a real active minority throughout tho the fireworks that thai are arc to te bo shot oft off as the tho session progresses Senator J. J W. W Funk of Cache county was made president of the senate b by a 2 1 vote rote of ot 14 to Senator Quince Kimball was the only absentee He also would have voted for Senator Funk Senators and Wootton voted for tor Senator Colton for tor president the ithe former having nominated him Senator Funk graciously voted for tor Colton and Colton Cotton voted for tor J Senator Olson of Salt Lake nominated oed ed Senator Funk for tor president in a aVery avery avery very happy and also very brief brier speech In which he lie declared no other mem memo ber r of or the body hody was better qualified by experience and training than Senator Sena- Sena J tor Funk E L Hc He has won tn the tho confidence of the people cople sai said Senator Olson lie Is la the uie choice of the Democratic caucus 4 i- i Senator nominated Son Sen ator Colton and then Senator Wootton the nomination Juat luit to Continued on o 3 1 L Ii I WAR AR IN SENATE AS SOLONS SUNS MEET MET Continued from tram pa page pago o 1 1 show you TITO wo still sun have a om united party party ho be added Senator Colton Cotton later moved to make Senator F Funks Funk's election mou Chief Chief Justice J. J I K Ic Frick of the su supreme supreme supreme su- su preme court ha had haa J sworn In tho the new members of tho senate Ho Hn also administered nd- nd ministered the oath to President Funk am and again administered an au oath to the tho officers and of ot the house houle who had been selected b by tho DemoI Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic caucus Senator ena or Wootton presented d a 2 list 01 o of senate officers and nena 1 by Alex Buchanan of ot Salt alt Lake as M secretary sec eec but a a. party vote ote defeated th the minority choice and the tho majority se selections selections selections se- se later were cre made mado unanimous REPUBLICANS CONSENT I After b being whipped up upon n every I party patty test the Republicans consented I to mako make every motion unanimous Senators Parker Colton and antI Olson were named to lO notify the Ufo house that the senate nato had or organized Senators Senators and Reynolds were app appointed on the Joint committee to notify the governor ho that an any executive executive tive messages would b bp acceptable Senators Evans Dern and Chez Ches were cro appointed on on the rules com committee They already ad had hod been named b by the caucus and had drawn drayn up a report which will willbe willbo b bo be adopted Go Governor Gornor Bamberger will address ss the tho Joint session of oC the legislature at noon tomorrow Three additional employee of the senate Renate made their app appearance arance at thep the tho opening opening- p of oC the Uie t session O. O B B. Huntington Hunting- Hunting ton of at Utah county W was selected as as chaplain Miss Edna Monson of Weber county was was' was aas appointed a no stenographer and Amos Bradley of ot Sanpete co county nty became ono one of oC the st stalwart door door- keepers Chaplain Huntington officiated today for r the efi first tUm time Charles J. J E. E Gulbranson was sworn In as doorkeeper The Tho Democratic caucus committed a blunder by selectIng selectIng select select- Ing Nick Gulbranson to this post but b t upon finding finding- that he had died a n. year ago his brother was named With only two members absent the house of ot representatives of ot the twelfth session of t the e l legislature e took their seats scats at noon The event was marked U by a a. lack bick of ost ostentation A handful of spectators tors watched the tho proceedings from the galleries I I. I E. E Diehl Diehi chief clerk of ot tho the 1915 1916 session of ot the Utah legislature presided presided presided pre pre- sided at the opening of ot the tho session The secretary of at states state's certificate of election elec I I tion was read by J. J R. R Letcher chief I deputy secretary of state Roll was called by Letcher and every member of the lower house responded with the exception of at W W. W. W Jones of I Cache county and L L. L W. W Curry of ot Uinta county It was ns explained that both members were detained on account of oC Illness MEMBERS SWORN Tho The members of the house were sw swam sworn rn Justice W W. M M. McCarty McCarty Mc- Mc Carty of the Utah supreme court administering administering administering ad ad- ministering the oath ath Nominations for officers of the house were were called for The The- name name of ot J. J F. F I Tolton Totton of ot Beaver county was presented I Iby by F. F B. B Hammond of ot Grand county I for tor speaker Dr Grace Stratton Stratton-Airey Stratton of at Salt Satt Lake c county seconded the thc I nomination In seconding the nomination of oC Mr Ir Tolton Toton for tor sp speaker kar Mrs Alroy Airey ex explained ex- ex that she had been elected as as a n. Progressive Sho She declared d th that she was supporting Mr Tolton olton for tor the speak- speak because ho he had given his solemn promise in caucus that he would faithfully faithfully faith faith- fully support those thos measures in tho the Democratic platform which were In Inaugurated Inaugurated inaugurated In- In by the tho Progressives She made specific reference to tho prohibition and the public publio bills J. J Alex Bevan of ot Tooele county I I Socialist member of tho the house also seconded the nomination of ot Mr Tolton declaring that every plank in the Dem Democratic platform was acceptable to to the Socialist party On motion of at J. J W W. McKInney of Salt Lake county the election of oC Mr Tolton Talton was declared unanimous by acclamation F. F b B. B Hammond and Elizabeth H. H J. J Hayward HaWard were appointed a a. committee to fo escort tho the speaker to the chair Sp Speaker Tolton thanked the members of ot tho the house for tor the honor conferred upon hum him He Be repeated his promises made In caucus and referred to b by Dr Alre Alrey Airey promising to support all measures measures meas meas- ures ures to which tha s constituents hadON had ON FUSION TIckET I He declared that he was elected on ona ona a a fusion ticket arid and that he ho was re responsible re- re re- re to both Progressives and arid D Democrats Speaker Tolton contrasted the forthcoming forthcoming forthcoming forth forth- coming session with others that have hae gone Kone before d declaring that it called for much new legislation He Ue referred to to past l legislation as IlS putting n new w patches on old clothes cloths Motion loUon was made that the chairman of tho the n nominating committee s submit submit sub sub- b- b mit tho the names namos of or the persons selected for tor the subordinate positions The Tho list listas was as tho the same same as that agreed upon jn In caucus The rhe first t vote ote of tho the house was taken on the division of seats scats Motion was marIa male that the women members be e I permitted d to 10 ha have vo first choice of ot seats and members who vho had served In previous previous pre pro sessions second choice The motion motion motion mo mo- tion provided that the other members draw lots lota for tor seats An n amendment w was offered providing that the bigger ger counties be permitted to seat their representatives together The proposed amendment was wai voted down by a vote of 22 to 21 1 and the original motion carried A recess was taken while the tho members morn mem bers belS selected the seats mem-j mem |