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Show UTAH LAWMAKERS Republicans Are Having Their Own Way. O.W. POWERS & C. E. ALLEN The Eouie Leaders of the Opposing Parties Part-ies Parley 1.. Williams the Democratic Giant in the Council No Strong Ee-publicana Ee-publicana The Bepg. on Record to Delay De-lay Statehood. ! The thirty-firet and undoubtedly the last territorial lpjislature convened at Salt Lake 'eete.rday afternoon. The majority of both houses is republican, and the whole session promises to be characterized bv a strong party epirit. The minority M ill get little consideration considera-tion at the hands of the majority. The following are the officers bo far elected. Each officer was elected by a strict party vote. COUNCIL. " M. A. Breeden of Ogden, president. Percy S. Sowers of Salt tLake, chief Henry R. Adam3of Nephi, sergeant-at-arms. Joel Hicks of Cache county, enrolling and engrossing clerk. R. G. Lambert of Salt I ake, chap lain. William Henry Payne of Salt Lake, Watchman. John M. Hansen of Millard county, messenger. """H HOUSE. A. B. Emory of Park City, speaker. ICE. Stanton of Salt Lake, chief F. J. Hendershot of Ogden, enrolling id engrossing clerk, fohn McKellar Jr, of Teoele, watch-in. watch-in. lasmus Clawson of Sanpete, mes3en- muel Y. Clark of Sevier, h lplain. 1'illiam Doxey, janitor. fie proceedings of the council yes- liy were not of special interest, ! only preliminary and routine matters being disposed of. E. W. Taylor of Salt Lake, distinguished himself. He moved that the majority be allowed to take their choice of seats , and that the democrats be given the privilege of taking what was left. The motion did not prevail. It is in the house that the fight will be the hottest. Judge Powers may be iaid to have already taken the leader-lip leader-lip in the democratic side, and it was kde apparent yesterday that there lis no one in the republican ranks, Jclnding Sir Oracle Varian and lie ponderous Allen, who can lope with him. The routine matters iad scarcelv been dieposed of when Judze Powers succeeded in placing his Opponents in the hole twice in quick f succession and be continued to have un with them throughout the session. "a presenting the memorial to congress asking that statehood be conferred on Utah without delay. Judge Powers said j he supposed there could be no division of sentiment on the matter and in view of its importance he asked its immediate adoption, without the delay incident to referring It to a committee. Allen objected. He wanted the memorial me-morial laid on the table that it might I take the ordinary course and go to a i committee. Of course the motion prevailed, pre-vailed, the republicans voting solidly for delay and the democrats voting solidly against it. Soon afterwards Judge Powers pre- J eented another memorial in fayorof """ silver and asked for its adoption, but Allen again opposed him and it took the course of the statehood memorial. Then Allen introduced his resolution to provide the members witb newspapers, news-papers, etc., and wanted it adopted at once. Judge Powers thought that if the statehood memorial and the eilver memorial were not of sufficient importance im-portance to deserve immediate attention, atten-tion, this resolution could afford to wait. The republicans stood by Allen to a ;man. however, although it was evident that they were not entirely happy over the record they bad made in a quarter of an hour. The house committee, Jacob Johnson, John-son, C.S. Varian and O. W. Powers, fixed 1 1 o'clock today as the time to take up the Dougall ys. Robertson contest for a eeat. Judge J. D. Jones is Dougall's attorney and Hon. Wm. II. King will appear before the committee com-mittee in behalf of Robertson. |