Show iv GOV BAMBERGER I READS MESSAGE URGES THE LEGISLATORS TO CONDUCT A STRICTLY BUSINESS BUSINESS BUSI BUS NESS ADMINISTRATION Recommends the Passage of tion Measure aind aad Public Utilities Bill and Favors Repeal of the Present Tax Law Salt Lake City Governor Governor Simon Bamberger In his message to the joint session of the legislature on January 9 urged that the platform promises ot of the Democratic party be enacted into law Ho lIo warned the legislature to guard against the passage of radical or freak legislation and declared that it would be necessary for the state to issue of bonds in order to meet the deficit inherited from previous previous pre pre- if it no method Is devised for increasing the revenues of the state Governor Bamberger admonished the legislature not to give appropriations to any state institution for buildings and and declared it must keep the appropriations appropriations within estimated revenues When he urged the quick passage of a wide state-wide prohibition bill he was warmly applauded He covered a wide widefield widefield widefield field in his message and asked the legislature to appropriate money in hi order that all departments of the state government might be investigated and anda a report made to the next session of the legislature For more than an hour Governor Bamberger read to a keenly appreciative tive audience and then because of hoarseness surrendered his manuscrIpt manuscript manuscript manu manu- script to the clerk of the lower house who finished the reading The governor called attention to the deficit in the state treasury and emphasized emphasized emphasized em em- the necessity of economy in inthe inthe inthe the conduct of the states state's affairs Prohibition Prohibition Pro Pro- was the one measure which ho favored of an extremely nature He recommended the enact enactment enactment enactment ment of a public utilities bill bilI an antipass antipass anti anti- pass law which would curtail the influence influence influence in in- fluence of free passes on men in public pub pub- lie lic life a workmen's compensation act the repeal of the present tax Jawin law Jaw lawin lawin in favor of the law in e effect two years ears ago until a better measure could be put into effect the initiative and re referendum referendum ref ref- corrupt practices act nonpartisan nonpartisan nonpartisan non non- partisan judiciary the budget system and consolidation of certain boards hoards and departments and the abolishment of others As a whole he declared he and the party favored a strictly business administration along progressive progressive progressive pro pro- lines Evidencing the sincerity of intention intention tion of the Twelfth legislature of Utah to make this state dry dryas as the Sahara desert so far as ns intoxicating liquors are concerned the Ule house of representatives representatives on January 9 without waiting to adopt rules or name committees unanimously permitted the introduction introduction I tion of house bill No 1 I by Representative Representative R. R W. W Young Jr of Salt SaIt Lake known as the prohibition bill bilI and house joint resolution No 1 I by bythe bythe bythe the same representative providing for fora a constitutional amendment emb embodying embody embody- dyIng dy- dy ing wide state-wide prohibition Five bills were were introduced In the upper house bill No 1 providing for foran foran foran an appropriation of to defray the expenses of the twelfth session Bill BUl passed unanimously on the first reading and was referred to the lower house S The caucus selections for positions in the legislature were as follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows e Senate Secretary Secretary W. W. W S. S Dalton Salt Lake Minute Clerk John Clerk John V. W. Geiger Salt SaIt Lake Docket Clerk J. Clerk J. J F. F Holbrook Mil Mu- lard Sergeant-at-Arms Sergeant Jed Woolley Davis Clerk Clerk Mrs Bessie M M. Mattingly Salt Lake Mailing Clerk Clerk Mrs Orson Riser Weber Committee Clerks ClerIcs Miss Amber Hansen Box Elder Eder Miss Ella Ea Mcl McMurrin rin na Cache and Miss Lillian Anderson Ander son Salt SaIt Lake House Speaker Speaker Speaker-J. J. J F. F Tolton Beaver Chief Clerk Clerk Adam Adam L. L Pe Peterson erson We Ve her ber Minute Clerk Miss Clerk Miss Anna Salt Lake Docket Clerk Frank Clerk Frank Rippon nippon Sum Sum- mit Sergeant at N. N J. J Cache S Engrossing Clerk Edward Clerk Edward Hanson Cache Mailing Clerk Cerk- Miss Clerk Miss Anna T. T Creager Creager Crea Crea- ger gel Salt SaIt Lake Messengers Messengers-E. E. E B. B Hawkins Utah and George Beeson Deeson Grand Harrison Edwards Sanpete and Edward Parry Iron Committee Clerks Clerks l Mrs Annie Wysong Wysong Wysong Wy- Wy song Weber Miss 1 Maud Fosgren Box Elder J. J Pratt Duke Wasatch Miss Hattie Hattle Peters Box Dox Elder Eder Miss Jane Q Kimball Salt Lake and Miss 1 La Von Chandler Chander Salt Lake |