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Show THE FIFTH DAY A Partisan Debate Occurs In The Council. THE HOUSE WAS QUIET. A Bill to Allow Defaulting- Stockholder Rights of Beieaiption One to Enable aA-ieBsc.rs to Catch Transient Sheep Herds Other Measures of More or Leas Importance. In the council vestarday an hour's time was wasted in trying to determine the meaning of a rule. - ' The memorials on statehood, silver and DDuuty were read Second time. A lengthy and comprehensive mil itia bill entitled, "Militia Code of L'Uh," was presented by Booth of Salt Lake. i Booth of Salt Lake introduced a bill for an act to regulate the record in? oi title notes or conditional evidence of j sales. Also for tlie amendment of section sec-tion 3474, chapter 3, title 9, compiled laws of Utah, providing for the foreclosure fore-closure of trust deeds in the same manner man-ner as mortgages. Booth of Provo presented a bill to ! amend section 22, charter 79, of session laws of 1892, relating to the payment of : jurors, witnesses and phonogtaphic re porters and providing that "oertifi- ! cates shall be received at their full face value." j Seaman presented a memorial which aeked that congress donate the industrial indus-trial home to the territory, to be dis- os jd of in such a way as may be prescribed pre-scribed by act of the legislature. Williams introduced a bill extending Ithe veto powers of mayors and author izing the removal of appointive officers. AVilliams introduced hill to authorize author-ize private parties to serve summons in c ivil suite. Claim presented by Hon. Jacob S. Bjreman for $1,750. equivalent for legal le-gal services, was referred. In the sonsideration of tha joint memor.al in favor of free silver a partisan debate ensued. The democratic demo-cratic side nade an ineffectual attempt i.) incorporate two amendments, one stating that prosperity is assu red only when "commerce is unrestricted" and one stating that silver was demonetized demone-tized in 1S73. Booth of Provo, and Booth of Silt Lake, led the debate for the majority, while Williams and Seaman made able defenders of the democracy. Willi ame grew very sarcastic sar-castic in his advocacy of the passage of the measure, and Seaman followed up the attacks with some very telling 1 points on republican measures and inconsistencies. in-consistencies. Hart, of Logan, too, did some very good epeakine, and was a power for the minoriU. Booth, of Provo, admitted the guilt of the republicans repub-licans in their acts on silver, and was I fair enough to admit that hard times I are due to republican legislation. Tay- W lor and El Jre lge distinguished them- I selves by the wild nature of their I statements and the hopelessly illogical I coaclusions they drew. The 6ilver I memorial was amended bo that hard I times are blamed to demonetization J aud threatened free trade legisla- I tion. I IN THE HOUSE. Warner presented a claim tor $1,750 from Judfee Boreman for looking after . the intereets of the territory when its ! lands were being contested for on the ground of containing mineral. The tends were worth over $300,000 and f V ere was a contest in the local land i office, three berore the co-cmieFioner , an i two befoie the secretary of thein- Urior. Svandford presented claim, $(, of 1 Corey Brothers of Ogden, for livery services for the benefit ot the grand JU IV. Stindford presented the biennial report re-port of A. M, Musser, fish and game ommissioner, which he asked ehoald be read and 2,0 X) copies printed for distribution. dis-tribution. Kp-u-8 presented a claim of Spencer CI. w ou & Co. for $164 for storage. stor-age. Johnson presented a petition of resi- j dents of Sanpete county, asking for ! the passage or a law requiring railway rail-way companies to publish lists describing describ-ing cattle killed by them. Match presented a petition from tht county court of Grand county, in favor of the passace of his bill pre-eented pre-eented yesterday to attach part of San Juau to Grand. It iB stated that this change will be for the benefit of all persons concerned. The commission on capitol grounds reported. Stoker introduced a bill on artesian wells, designed to prevent the seepage of the upper country by the wasting of water consequent upon the continuous flow of water from such wells. The residents of the upper country-have bren clamoring for such a measure for some ttme. Powers introduced a bill for an act allowing stockholders of corporations to redeem their stock when sold for non-payment of assessment. Also a bill to provide for the protection pro-tection of game aud birds, designed to make grocers and merchants respon sible if any of the creatures enumerated enumer-ated are found in their possession out of season. Varian, by request, introduced a bill to provide liens for mechanics remedying the .defects in the old law that operated azainst mechanics. Also a bill to prevent the introduction introduc-tion of mlectuous diseases through the agency of domestic animals au i to prevent pre-vent the sale of unhealthy meats. McBnde introduced a bill to allow assessors to assess one month earlier in order to catch those transient sheep herds which are wintered here and jnoved in the spring before the Beason gets around. After much discussion the eight hour bill passed the house. The bill allowing barber shoos to open fu Sunday also paestd. John C. Graham, manager, and the Enqi.'irer company, defendants in the suit for lible brought by R. R. Irvine yesterday filed in the district court f demurrer to the complaint. The demurrer de-murrer simDiy states that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to consti tute a cause of action. It also states severally that each alleged cause of action does not state facte sufficient to a constitute a cause of action. Deputy Marshals Berry and Henry returned from Provo Valley this morning and had with them one Daniel Bigelow of Wallsburg, a pris oner. Bigelow was arrested on a j charge of unlawful cohabitation. His 'alleged plural wife, Clara Ostensen, who is mother of a bouncing baby boy, three or four months old, gave bonds in Wallsburg to appear before the grand jury. It will perhaps be remembered that Bigelow was arrested some two years ago or more on a similar charge and skipped his bonds of $1,209. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Fair Highest Medal end Diploma. Dr. K. G. Maeser delivered a most able lecture indeed last evening before the polysophical society ot the B. Y, academy. His subject was, Apostle Paul, and for an hour and a quarter the old veteran talked most Interestingly, Interest-ingly, giving out new idea after new idea to the many pupils betoie him. To the old pupils of the academy who happened to be present, the lecture was a rare treat inoead, a gUmpse into and retaste of the old time intellectual feasts they used to enjoy so much when the revered veteran was at the head of the academy. By reference to our amusement column it will be seen that Friday night the management of the Proyo opera house give a grand carnival and masquerade ball which is to be the affair af-fair of the season. The lists of names on the several committees, and the further fact that the affair is to be under un-der the direction of the board of directors di-rectors as well as the management, i3 sufficient guarantee of the character of the affair. Let every citizen of Provo be present. Let us have a good time and help out the institution which is of so great importance to the city. |