| Show DEATH PENALTY fOR CONVICTS IS Smiths Bill In House Hausa And Awaits Signa ture tura SURVIVES ALL OPPOSITION Ii I 1 II III lIy I Its lIa The house houe yesterday r afternoon passed senate bill No It II by Benner X after Iter a lively debit debate In which tau C lolIn Holman Dyreng and Wootton talked against Int t the bill The measure ure provides that life In prison who h my may s an assault upon any ny oth other convict t or upon On the warden or guaM or 01 upon an any other periam with any nr deadly weapon or In instrument strument of any n kind or by means mean of force or by administering any ny poison OWl one or deleterious substance n e to tn produce great t bodily Injury shall hall upon conviction tit be punished with death The debate centered on th the motion ante by CIa Clegg to strike out lb the en cl enacting acting clau clause K Mr r I egg said a similar mitar Insecure ure had been Introduced in 10 the I leg two hlo years ra ago 0 and nd that It had felled to pu pass In hi his opinion the there re reasons opera operating II nil to effect tb the defeat of Ih the measure muno were just JUM as forcible and nd powerful today all as they were re at that time lie He said the was too ton drastic and nd while h he was In favor of nf providing every protection necessary ry for t the warden and guard of the tiro yet theM thees men know with whom wham the they have hae to deal and hd usually tall take pre precautions accordingly Tn In the Ih opinion ot of Mr Clegg CIn the passage ot of this bill would place In the band handa o of unscrupulous prison officers a means of Jf doln doing away at will 01 with Ith prisoners who ho might be under an while th the ot of the lIp prison et at th the present time Ume were nut lIot to 10 be included In such ch a category yet 01 Mr Clegg I add the act If placed on the th statute books book was likely to remain there ther a long lona time and th the using o nt lIU such h power was eon to th the spot of lIb liberty rt and jus JUH justie tie tI He H was opposed to I the h Idea or of capital punishment almost for tOl an any crime but when the legislature under undertook took to In enforce the death penalty for any other crime rim bUt murder In hi his opinion It was JUI a step tep ba backward kard into the dark dalk age rather than a tp step for tor forward ward to liberty and nd enlightenment AVENUE TO Representative Holman It said hI he thought tilt the very ry intent of th the bill might be defeated In enforcement its for tor the reason that a life prisoner with no hope ot of liberation night slake act an assault Ull on th the guards for the purpose of getting a mans to end his ala own ea ci Representative Dyreng of Ia te thought the too dra and andone nd 0 one calculated to Plat place In tM the hands of prison omela a power por which mt might and nd might not be wielded with justice In case ot of erring on r side Id h he was of the that it II should hould be beon beon on th the side Id of mercy Representative Wootton also ale opposed th the giving ot of lIu such h y por It to prison and argued r that th the bill was M not calculated I to make makl th the more mon tractable oe 11 less Inclined to tn make mek an n attack on n prison guards should hould an opportunity for fOI escape be offered R Representative annon concluded th the debate H He sal said that tM the general cx x of Putrid wu was that tit they never sought t t Jump Into any situa situation tion where heri someone else 1 would kill the but would always alway kill them themselves selves I veil Every prisoner who attempts to MC said did Mr Canaan to the attempt mad up hi mind that he would kill any ny and all tenons fron who endeavored to at atop p him and that mur tier dr w was In ht hi heart and h he would not to ca carry It out It If such convicts kne knew that death br w t the result of their attak on other per persons sons thO there would be fewer attempts to escape made In th the state prison n RIlL I PASSES M K Morrie uC of Washington county Hardley of grit It take Lake county and Doriua of lan talked against striking out the enacting clause I Ing that the thO warden arden and nd guards rda were entitled to all tb the protection i from vicious Iou convicts which h the legs lature could give tre then I The TIte question being railed for tor tit the bin bill passed d b hi a vote ot of t li I Ity ayes 1 h nays 6 5 absent and nut not voll voting I and Homan Holman wh who voted vote against Inal I the tho measure ourt changed their voles In order or ordel del der to move moe rr for a It on of the h bill today ch house da passed cd house Joint resolution N Nu 2 by by which th the Legislature was asked tu to ap approve prove the ot of I the regents of th the of i lWI tab t ful power to take tak ot of tb of tile the ea foundation for tM the ad of teaching The plan Jui have I Iu I In been n drawn to include th the state tat un u in Ie the I list of b beneficiaries and the Ul Utah University wishes tu to take of tM tits plan which provides among other things for t the pensioning It 01 v professors I 1 UX nJ Randall of f w wU Web U hu house joint Uon No w which proposes an t 10 the tate state as lul 1 The Th following tulln W tAl amend amod the ot of U the tit of Utah I is Mtr herby submitted to I the ht of tM the lit Mute of ta It fur tur their approval or na t I I of t It II of list of t hs Mate of Uta b Ud rod I the seine IM I iii amend Ito I Ito to read u as follo bc I The legislature shall 1 b by law a uniform and equal rate rat of Ii us et and es all property y yIn In th the tats conI ta Its Ita vane au I and shall prescribe by il law such regulations r a shall 11 secure MUrt A ajust Jut just fur for taxation of 01 all vr petty so I that hat every y person and re 01 shall JIU pay a ta tea In proportion W ta th the of hi his or 11 oIW ar II its proy pru provided that It a of t debits bU from fro credits may IIa a provided fr r that the I of t tt t the l of I U the ata lull Ull tOWNS inu uJ pUblic IlL kilt with will U the th raa 1 f fur either 1 worship gr pu Ir pros lAud cud plates if pat Mid or wad for I It too or corporate t shall h front Ik II 1 Ie rr tore ul and nd taws owned cod and u bw std ur 01 fur Cur Irn gall lapels aul b by or 0 or the individual tiers r aL t hull nut bv bo Laud long Iou ar Ih dory shall ahall hr nod d dand and rod ru rot purpose 1 od further I hili rein 1 and nd t ii 1 b 0 fro 11 hi further fUIth that III ale of tit the I may liI br ul u O re It h II easel 1 lu III curl ud ss mat w hr p by Ie Ina I d rill hul h thin w a of r I preel h said lIld hull ie t I Pir I Iby by general ene law of widows widow and orphan orban children who ar bona flue nde residents of the state ot of Utah shall be exempt from ta taxation lI Pee 2 The secretary of tate state I Ibby is hereby ordered to give aie this proposition t to be published In at least leut ono one nw news newspaper paper In eel every county of the state tl wh where Ii a n la II printed and puh lI fur tur al I least two month III Ing th the next general election 3 2 Thill TAIs shall ehU be sub II to the electors electr of the state tte at al althe atthe the next neat general election for their up or 01 disapproval all official bal ba ballots lots used al t such uch election shall have be printed or written thereon the words worde Pot fIor th the amendment ot of section cUon I A ar UI II ot of th the constitution rei relating Un to taxation an and property exempt from bom I tUon YolI No and shell otherwise be prepared and nd to t the electors oleto u as may be otherwise I provided by I law and nd ballot shall hall hallbe be received and counted and can elAn canvassed and nd returns return Iho thereon be matI In the same aam manner and nd In all respects as I is or may d bt provided by laW In Inthe inthe the case of the election of officer see t 4 This II amendment If adopted at said d election shall hall take lake effect sal atI salbe be In force and nd effect from and slur the bt 1st day of January 1011 NOI I PI In the hope of pr a debate which will throw some Hm light lIht into th the problem ot of cattle railing In Utah Len n nAll slur All Brinkerhoff has haa tb the III ht the legislature tu to lObo show cause aU wh why the lIu state tat hoard board ot of sheep hp not be abolished The Thc matter mat tel was waa thrust upon his hili fl low by Brinkerhoff In the novel form of nf t bill t to abolish the commission In the speeches h d de rending the commission senator hopes to find material to 10 tar stir the h cattlemen to a of their grievances that will result In an n ad of lr the situation to their bell base nt The bill which la Is brief is Ie as iI Iowa Tb That t upon the approval of tb thi act ct th the term of off office ce of the present state board of heel commissioners be end nd th the Sine same I Is terminated and the present commissioner of ld state board u us such Much commissioners on and after uh such approval shall hall not 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