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Show THE LEGISLATURE Robebtson Will in All Likelihood Like-lihood be Unseated. NO FIGHTING YESTERDAY Contingent Fund $1,000 To Cut Out the TJtah Commission $1,000 for th Needy -Tbe County, of Carbon Minimum Liquor License Public Printer. The Dougall-Robertson contest has been heard and thoroughly discussed by the house committf e on elections and a decision is looked for at anv time. From the fact that Messrs. Allen, Johnson John-son and Clark are the majority members mem-bers of the committee it is not difficult to surmise that their report will be in favor of the uneeating of Robertson and giving Dugall a certificate and a seat, as the republicans need another member mem-ber to give them the two-thirda neces sary to apply the gag rule by carrying the previous question. In both houses there wa? no particular particu-lar debate and everything went off smoothly. The council did what was expected in meekly accepting the non-concurrence of the house in the "free trade" amendment that was tacked onto the memorial asking for the remonetiza-tion remonetiza-tion of silver. Seaman did attempt to make a point by having the memorial 6tate "demonetization in 1873," but the others were cantent to let the mat terdrop. The council also cut down the appropriation for contingent ex penses from $2,000 to $1,000. Williams introduced a measure designed to validate val-idate all bonds sssued under the school law of 1892. Breeden, apparently undismayed un-dismayed by the killing of his two pet " workwomen's" measures, has entered upon a campaign to reform the code of civil procedure regarding arguments of couneel and uniting of causes of action. Iu the house Varian introduced a bill designed to eive work to the needy and appropriating therefor the munificent munifi-cent sum of $1,000. Allen introduced a bill to give back the election machinery machin-ery to the probate court3 and county officers and to carry on all elections under the old laws, Bligbtly amended. Hatch presented a bill to make the county ofCardonout of all that part of Emery county lying north of the tnird standard parallel, and another one relating to the practice of medicine. medi-cine. Tolton introduced a bill to make $400 the minimum liquor license in cities of the third claes. towns and precincts. pre-cincts. Pigman sent in his boiler inspector in-spector bill. The presentation to both houses of a petition protesting against the election of J. B Bloor to be public printer, attracted at-tracted some attention. The report of the priuting committee was not received, re-ceived, though expected in the two chambers. |