| Show ALL REVERE LINCOLN BUT FEAR PRECEDENT House HOlse Divided in lU Opinion as asto asto asto to Making Birthday a Holiday Vocal pyrotechnics J marked the pasa pas- pas rage sapo a o of or Senate bill No 2 In the tho House yesterday afternoon when members expressed their views on omi the question of ot making Lincoln's birthday a a. legal holiday The bill passed h hy by a good majority but It will he ho called caned up to for l' l reconsideration today and nn an effort will wUl be bo made to secure a unanimous passage of ot the measure The Judiciary judicial committee that sad had the bill made mado two reports Tho TIme majority majority ma ma- was against the bill while whIlo the minority favored it IL When the bill was called today tolay Chairman Brigham Cle Clegg g requested that the majority re report report re- re port be ie withdrawn but hut other m mom mem- m- m hers jers refused to permit the time action said ald that tho the majority members did dd not wish to go o on record If the tho bill was WIS passed On motion of George A. A Fuller the minority report was mado the report of at tho the committee Then tho fireworks be began n. n Representative c Orvil L. L Thompson I declared that Abraham Lincoln's memory should be revered and celebrated cole cele by making his birthday a le legal al holiday Representative D. D II H. Morris declared his love reverence orenco and re respect respect re- re to the memory of or the martyred President but said he objected because because be be- cause he did not wish to see the statutes encumbered and that would occur If It the tho Wn way was as paved for the te legalizing of birthdays of or other groat gloat men William Archibald declared that such a n holiday hollday would bo be a a. great boon to the laboring men He was wu in favor or of or the mt measure Hugh HuSh A. A McMillin al also o spoke In the same vein Mr Cje g spoke of Lincoln in the tho highest terms but declared that If It birthday raa vaa le leUze l others would TTe c suggested ono gy r for celebrating tho the birthdays of ot all n great rent men J. J M. M 1 Murdoch and Rock 1 K I. Pope Popo did not wish to encumber the statutes but E. E C. C A Ashton J. J J. J Cannon and ond others favored th the passage passage pas pas- sage of tho the bill The vote voto was Ayes Ayes Anon Allen Archibald Archibald Archi Archi- bald Ashton Cannon England Fuller Ful Ful- ler her Funk Hammond Haycock Hol Hol- man King McCracken McRae H. H Me n NIelson nelson Parmley Porter Randall Randan Smith Thornley Thompson I Webster ebster and Wootton Noes Baker Noes-Baker Baker Clegg Dorlus Han- Han sen Henrie Henric Morris Murdock Pope POlle and Robinson Later Mr Ir Thompson asked served eMed notice pion sion to vole vote nay and mat hat at he would call can for tor a reconsideration lion don of the tho bill loda today He wishes o have it passed unanimously I |
