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Show I 1939 Legislature Leg ture Will Convene Con e January 9th . . at Salt Lake -AIT AIT < - , SAI T I.AKE IAKE LAKE . CITY With WiU1 the thepi th ( pi p < nli nil g of the 193B 1939 S.S SS ( ' . session < ; lon of the theUtah thUtah ( Utah If'gL IfgL Irttslnttire ' laturf ' only sllchtly slightly more moretlHU1 mortthan tlHU1 two " ' wpeks 'I'f'k Ifk ' < ; away Bee live Hivestate < ; tate polltlclins polltic-hns polltic hns - have havf ' turned turnffi their theirattention theirattention attention toward , Io lorKanlzatlon tmtlon or orIhE otthe IhE ' heavily helHlly Uemocmtic Dt-mO Dt mO - "r1tc r1tc < " ! law makline mak makling ling bodv bod\ bod bodvThe \ bodThE The " < ; state tate con constitution < ; tltutlon provl providesthat f ' that the thf ' lefflslature If'gi.laturt Ifgi.laturt Ifgilaturt ' . " < ; shall hall meet on ontip on(1 on1 tip ( c < ; second econ Monda Monday } of January in intIp Intl tIp ( odd } icars ears placing plllClng the 1939 1939op'nln 1938op"nlnK 1938opnlnK op'nln opnln ' " ' on January 9TIlt B 9 BThe The TIlt ' state < ; tate senate will w1l\ w1l w1lbe \ bealled be called -alled alled . - torder to torder rder by I'3ecreta I3ecreta ' Secretarv rv of St.a Sta . State t E E EMon EMonson Mon < ; on who will preside prNllde until thl thesenators " < ; I'nator Inator ' elect elf'Ct elfCt ' one onf ' of their num numI I pr er as < ; , Sicnate enate Jlrt president ' ldt'nt ldtnt ' to wield wieldI wieldII wieldIP II ( f ' K - Krl g-a\el g a el \rl rl \ \ for Hie the remainder rl'n1alndl'r rln1alndlr ' ' of the thf theI ' I I " session 1 ' < ; lon lonI sessionT T I i 1 the tllf ' I l o 01 i-sc i sc - $ ( ' thf ( lie ' temporary tf'mporan tfmporan ' prf pros ' " dinr ctlnv officer " wlll , III be I f > ' a R m member ber of or ort ofII t II t e p < ; state t.a ta . t < ; supreme upl"f'mt uplfmt " ' " court to be a.p ap a.ppc . aptx pc it II ted tt'd ttd ' by Secretary Secl"t"tary Seclttary " of State Mon - - " soi "oJ oJ prior to th the ( " tirst flr"t flrt " " session "e"sion esion " TIle Tliesupreme I Isupreme | supreme court 'Ourt Ourt ( ' justice jusLlce in . turn t.urn wUl wUlmO willmove when a per permanf'nt permanent mO\ mO mOoff \ ( ' off the rostrum manf'nt manfnt ' speaker spe'aker ' is < ; selected elected b > } the thehot thehoise thehoiseture hot S { " U " lal prl\'llc.e prlllc.e prl 'llc.e llce \ ( ' . is for the le-gisla le gisla legislature - ture to meet mf'f't mfft ' ' at 12 noon on the op opening op- op opt"nng - " ening t"nng tnng ! ; ds day dayAn } An official conva convass s of votes l Inthe thf " Nov 8 reneral general election showt"d showtd showt"dthat showedthat " that the tht > senate will be composedof compJ6edof compJ6ed . : of 21 Democrats DemocraL . and two tw'O ' Republl Republleans Republlcans RepubllcansThe eans eansThp The Thp membership mf'mbershlp mfmbershlp ' of the hoi hot Be Beof eof of rt'pre rtpre ' representAthes t < ; > ntathes ntathes111 \ will \\111 111 be composed composedof of 45 Democrats DMnocrats and 15 Republl Republlclln Republlcans RepubllcansIra clln Ira A Hufrrlns Huwno ; of Ogden111 Ogdcn Ogden \ will \\111 111 re rerrlie 'j\1 'j j 1 ( ' \ ' in III animo is support for prf"At prfAt prf"AtdeJ " presidel deJ c\ c n cof \ of the ' 193fl 1939 state senate sf'nat.e sfnat.e sfnate ' . It ItapPf.ared itappeared apPf.ared apPfared " . R\ R \ R1day ' nday 1day afternoon afU a.ftea aftea . " a m t > "tln tln ( " etinK of a group jtTOUP of senatorIncluding nators natorsIncluding * Including leader It"adf'1"s Itadf1s " ' " * of what had been 'n n be ' - - - - Ills lili opposl opposition oppositionSenator lion lionSenator Senator Huyfln.s Huyflns Hugg1n . . dell delivered \ er ! " to the themeeting themeeting meeting : a frank statement statemen t of his hisposition hiposition * position declartnt decJarlng he would trea.tall treatall treat . all factions of the senate equau equallyand ) ' and be bf " In no po way bound bo to any anygroup anytroup group In Ln he legislature or In the theparty partv outside the legislature legislat.urf legislaturf legislatureAfter . ' After Aftf'T AftfT ' the meeting meettn Wend Wendcll ll Oro- Oro Oro'Ver Oro-ver Oro ver - - 'Ver Ver ' of Sal Salt t Lake who nad an announced nounced his candidacy ayalnstSenator against againstSenator Senator Hunrlns Huggins withdrewThose withdrew withdrewThose Those present aald Mid they thev had been beenn&iired beenniired 11 & ured b } 0 } Senator Sena.tor . 0 V BUl1ngs BUlln BUllnof * of Duchesne tha tliat t he would not notI notrun notrun I run No other othl"r othlr " prospective pr(1lPf'cth"l pr1lPfcthl ( ' ; ' " candl candlrtate'l candldates rtate'l rtatel ' have havl " been prominently men mentlonf'd mentloned tlonf'd tlonfd ' and ft It was wa1 ! freely predictedth predictedI predicted predictedthpre thpre < "re re " \ would ould be none nont noneTwo " I ' \ Two 1\\0 1 0 Salt Lake coiintA cO\lIlL cO lIlL \ " Democrats Democratsae a\e a e \ alr"eadCMt already alr"ead\ alr"ead alread " \ CMt ca t their hats hat * Into IntoI intothe ! the ring In the expected exp'ted expted ( " ' battle forhe for forhI I hI ' ipeakership lIpt'akershlp lIptakershlp ' of tlie the hou hall . " " * First to enter t.h th . the ( " race wan W8IS Shel - - - do'1 do1 clo ' i R Brewster Salt Lake City Cityprotresslve progressh ( " bourbon who said he hefelt hefelt felt hU his chanoea chaJ.0e6 chaJ0e6 . fer IT election as ass aatpeaker s aker are very good after hemet he mt"t mtt " wiently recently with 23 other mem members member bers of the houseC'arrylng houae house houaeParry C'arrylng Carrylng ' Parry tn the bannei bannel of the con conSf'TYll conserva Sf'TYll SfTYll ' Iw h-e h e - membera mC'Inbers mCInbers ' of the majority majorityparty majorityparty party in the lower house will w1l1 be beRep Rep W Douglas Alien Allen of Murray Murraya a prominent member of the t.he . houaeat house housea.t a.t at . the 1937 1 37 session sessionAlso Also reported as hcptng hcpln to ta takea ke kea a crack at . the tre "ipeakership ipeakership cpeakershlp ; " are areHeber Heber Bennlon Bennion col1 conservative . , ervatlve ' < Dem Democrat ocrnt . from frem Da Dagwett tt county and P Pq J < Mathakle Mathakl , . Salt Lake county pro progrt'ssle proTessh grt'ssl\e grt'ssl grtssl e grt'ssleIn ( ' \ e eIn In addition to deflnlteh definiteI ' . decld decldIt decidii It K II : the memberehip membenhlp ; of the 1 leftitlature 1s 1slaturf laturf ' the thf ' offlclal official canvas canV11SS * also alsowttled alsosettled wttled ( othfr ohE"r ohEr " con contests tes L\ L Lthat ' \ that wirre re "tin tin ' " ' till In doubt after unofficial unomclal re returns return turns * had been compiled from the . . . teneral genf"ral genfral " election f'lectlon flectlon f'lectlonMost ' electionMost Most Important waa was the definite definitepa.s.sage definitepajisare pa.s.sage pas.sage passage . of constitutional amend amend- amendment amendment - ment number one provldinf providing fora for fora a new state school equalizing fund fundThe fundThe The official otn.cial otncial . count showed 62.098 62098 62.098vote . XOWvotes vote ' ! In favor of the proposition propositionand propositionand and 59.K55 59K55 59.855 59855 . . against againstA a alnt alntA * A companion measure also dPAI dPAIIng deniln Ing with school fun funds s was wa de- de defeated de defeated - feated with wlt.h wlth . the oOOclal offlc1al tabulationttandlnr tabulation tabulationst st nding at 5S 56 908 0 < yea yes 60 6070 706 < noThe no noThe The third * . proposed constitution constitutional al amendment amf'ndment amfndment ' that was wa on the bal ballot ballot lot . and provldinc providIng for le 1eg1sJat1ve 1eg1sJat1vecontrol Ulatlvecontrol control of wng WBRes and liourt hours on onDubUc onpublic DubUc works work < ; was defeated defentffi by more morethan morethan than 20 20000 000 voteo vote6 In tlie the omclal omclaltabulation offlclaltabulation tabulation The Thf ' count waji was 41421 41421yes 41 421yes yes 6180'7 61807 Bl KT7 ' noTIll no noThe The TIll ' ran8sa ramas-s ramas s ran\8s ran 8s \ . - < ; \\a a \ was . made mnde b bi } th thestate ! " statf ' board of canvassers ca.nvasser canvasser . ' ! underthe UI1 'T T < ' 'Tthe the direction of Secretary oC of ) State StateMonson Monson . |