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Show and economy bills during the session. Senator Frank Evans will also introduce intro-duce a public utilities bill and there will be a flood of other bills iu'the Senate to amend existing laws, it is asserted. The caucus selections for positions in the Twlfth legislature were as follows: fol-lows: e Senate. Secretary W. S. Dalton, Salt Lake. Minute Clerk John W. Geiger, Salt Lake. Docket Clerk J. F. Holbrook, Millard. Mil-lard. Sergeant-at-Arms Jed Woolley. i Davis. Engrosing Clerk Mrs. Bessie M. Mattingly, Salt Lake. Mailing Clerk Mrs. Orson Riser, Weber. Committee Clerks Miss Amber Hansen, Box Elder; Miss Ella McMur-rin, McMur-rin, Cache, and Miss Lillian Anderson, Ander-son, Salt Lake. j Watchmen Rialdo Merrill, Garfield, and Paul Walton, Salt Lake. House. Speaker J. F. Tolton, Beaver. Chief Clerk Adam L. Peterson, Weber. We-ber. Minute Clerk Miss Anna Meirer, Salt Lake. Docket Clerk Frank Rippon, Summit. Sum-mit. Sergeant-at-Arms N. J. Neilsen, Cache. Engrossing Clerk Edward Hanson, Cache. Mailing Clerk Miss Anna T. Crea-ger, Crea-ger, Salt Lake. Chalain George Bilings, Utah. Assistant Sergeant - at - Arms George Webb, Washington. Messengers E. B. Hawkins, Utah, and George Beeson, Grand. Doorkeeers Harrison Edwards, Sanpete and Edward Parry, Iron. Watchman Thomas Rees, Wayne. Janitor Andrew Newton, Juab. Committee Clerks Mrs. Annie Wy-song, Wy-song, Weber; Miss Maud Fosgren, Box Elder; J. Pratt Duke, Wasatch; Miss Hattie Peters, Box Elder; Miss Jane Q. Kimball, Salt Lake, and Miss La Von Chandler, Salt Lake. Members of the Senate. First District Achibald Bevan (D.), Tooele. Second District James W. Funk (D.), Richmond. Third District Richard Stringham (D.), Woods Coss. Fouth District Joseph Chez (D.) and W. J. Parker (D.), Ogden. 'Fifth District James W. Clyde (D.), Heber City. Sixth District George H. Dern (D.), W. W. Armstrong (D.), C. L. Olson Ol-son (D.), Wesley K. Walton, (P.). Fank Evans (P.), Salt Lake. Seventh District H. T. Reynolds (D.), Springville; J. H. Wootton (R.), American Fork. Eighth District Daniel Stevens (D.), Fillmore. Ninth District Orlando Bradley (D.), Moroni. Tenth District Quince Kimball (D.), Panguitch. Eleventh District William Seegmil-ler Seegmil-ler (R.), Kanab. Twelfth District Don B. Colton (R.), Vernal. Members of the House. First District Wynn L. Eddy (D.), Brigham City. Second District George Y. Smith (D.), Smithfield; Joseh E. Cardon (D.), Logan; W. W. Jones (D.), Wells-ville. Wells-ville. Third District Arch McKinnon (D.), Randolph. Fourth District D. L. Boyle (D.), Ogden; J. S. Campbell (D.), Ogden; D. D. McKay (D.), Huntsville; J. G. Widdison, J. (D.), Hooer. Fifth District James S. Hopkins (D.), Coydon. Sixth District Francis H. Nalder (D.), Syracuse. Seventh District J. Alex Bevan (S.), Tooele. Eighth District Joseph G. Bywater (D.), Elizabeth J. Hayward (D.), R. W. Young, Jr., (D.), Charles M. Hecker (D.), Robert E. Currie (D.), J. W. McKinney (D.), J. T. Raleigh (P.), Grace Stratton Airey (D.), Salt Lake; Daisy Allen (D.), Garfield; Thomas P. Page (D.), Riverton. Ninth District J. L. Boyden (D.), Coalville. Tenth District George A. Fisher (D.), Heber. Eleventh District O. H. Berg (D.), Provo; Edward South wick (D.), Lehi; Alma Greenwood (D.), American Fork; Lorenzo Argyle (D.), Lake Shore. Twelfth District L. W. Curry (D.), Vernal. Thirteenth District Oscar Cazler (D.), Nephi. Fourteenth District H. R. Thomas (D.), Wales; J. H. Mace (D.), Gunnison. Gunni-son. Fifteenth District Frank T. Bar-nett Bar-nett (D.) , Storrs. Sixteenth District Nephi L. Williams Will-iams (D.), Castle Dale. Seventeenth District F. B. Hammond Ham-mond (D.), Moab. Eighteenth District J. E. Heppler (D.), Richfield. Nineteenth District Frank Pratt (D.), Hinckley. Twentieth District J. F. Tolton (D.), Beaver. Twenty-first District Reuben De-witt De-witt (D.), Marysvale. Twenty-second District Sylvester Williams (D.), Thurber. Twenty-third District John King (D.), Escalante. Twenty-fourth District George W. Decker (D.). Parowan. Twenty-fifth District Arthur Pax-man Pax-man (D.), St. George. Twenty-sixth District David D. Rust (D.), Kanab. Twenty-seventh District George A. Adams (D.), Monticello. Twenty-eighth District G. V. Billings Bill-ings (D.), Duchesne. UTAH LEGISLATURE . N0WJSESSI0H TWELFTH SESSION OPENS WITH DEMOCRATS IN FULL CONTROL CON-TROL IN BOTH HOUSES. Senator Funk of Cache County Chosen Chos-en as Pesident of Senate, While J. Frank Tolton of Beaver is Speaker of House. Salt Lake City. Both branches of the twelfth session of the Utah legislature legis-lature were organized by the Democrats Demo-crats in less than an hour at the opening meeting on January 8. In the lower house the organization organiza-tion was effected unanimously by acclamation, ac-clamation, every member having been elected on a straight Democratic or fusion ticket. Three holdover members mem-bers of the upper house offered a feeble fee-ble resistance to almost every proposition propo-sition submitted by the majority, but In the end voted that the action of the majority be sanctioned unanimously. unani-mously. Senator J. W. Funk was elected president of the upper house by a vote of 14 to 3, the Republican members mem-bers having caucused as solemnly as though in control, and selected Senator Sen-ator Don B. Colton of Uinta county as their candidate for the presidency. Representative J. Frank Tolton of Beaver county was elevated to the speakership of the lower house by acclamation. ac-clamation. It is generally believed that early action will be secured on the prohibition prohibi-tion and public utilities measures. The state-wide prohibition bill to be submitted to the legislature will provide pro-vide that the sale, manufacture and possession of intoxicating liquors in the state shall be prohibited. Two exceptions are made. Grain ilcohol may be obtained for scientific md mechanical purposes and fermented fer-mented wines for sacramental purposes pur-poses by application to the district :ourt. Medicinal purposes and physicians' prescriptions will not be recognized. Having intoxicating liquors in one's possession is deemed an infraction of the law and the right of search and seizure is granted. Sending liquors across the state line into Utah for .purpose otherwise than specified in the bill is deemed an infraction in-fraction of the law. One is barred from giving intoxicating liquors away. Bootleggers and those having liquors In their possession are not distinguished distin-guished under the law. The penalty Is fine and imprisonment for the first Dffense and penal servitude for the second. A commissioner of prohibition is to be employed at a salary of $4,000 a pear. The public utilities measure will provide that the commission shall be composed of three members whose salary sal-ary shall be $8,000 a year each. The commissioners are to be appointed ap-pointed by the governor with the advice ad-vice and consent of the senate, and may be removed by him for cause. Only two commissioners shall be of :he same political belief. The commission shall have the power to regulate rates, service charges, tolls, conduct and business of my railroad or public utility in the state. It shall have the power to sause systems of accounts to be established es-tablished and cause utilities to file schedules of rates and reports on their business as often as the commission commis-sion may require. Corporations to come under the jurisdiction of the commission are lommon carriers, pipe line companies, gas companies, electric companies, telephon and telegraph companies, water companies, smelting corporations, corpora-tions, warehousemen, cold storage sompanies, coal and oil companies, cement ce-ment companies, flour mills, sugar companies, com-panies, packing houses, creamery and canning companies and salt companies, com-panies, and all other corporations which the commission may find to have contol of a given business. Representatives from the southern part of the state are to make a hard fight in the legislature to have sufficient suf-ficient appropriations made toy the legislature to complete the Grand Canyon highway, which It is proposed shall run from Salt Lake south to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado by way of Cedar City, St. George and the Ari-tona Ari-tona strip and return by way of Kane, Garfield, Piute, Sevier and Sanpete counties. The southern legislators claim this is one of the most Important subject to be threshed out before the legislature. As the Democrats have planned it, Senator C. L. Olson of Salt Lake will introduce the public utilities hill and Senator Joseph Chez will Introduce the state-wide prohibition toil. Whether there will be any changes in this plan is not certain. Senator W. W. Armstrong Arm-strong of Salt Lake county will introduce intro-duce a number of proposed efficiency |
