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Show STATE LEGISLATURE I ADJOURNS WAS MOST EXPENSIVE IN HISTORY The Slogan "Jobs for the Jobless" Car- H ried Out to the Letter Machine H Plucked the Plums. H Declaring that It had carried out tho pledges of tho Democratic Platform, Plat-form, tho twelfth session of the Utah Legislature adjorned at 12:40 a. m. Sunday morning, nnd tired and weary tho solons rested from tholr arduous labors. Voters of tho state may havo supposed sup-posed that they elected Mr. Simon Bamberger Governor of tho Stato, and n number of citizens as memhors of tho lcglslaturo, but in so doing they havo mndo a great mistake Tho facts are thoy elected tho Democratic Demo-cratic Machine, nnd throughout the entire session tho manlphlators of tho machine havo been on tho Job. and havo driven it to tholr ontlro satisfaction. Tho machlno proparod tho bills, submlttod thorn to tho solons for Introduction, and wnltod patiently for their passago, and thon plucked tho plums. Tho legislature mado o wondorful record, ono that Is In a claBs by Itself, It-self, decidedly Democratic and In all probability ono that will not be equaled for many years to come. In tho matter of appropriating funds creating offices carrying largo salaries sal-aries It certainly Is without an equal in any community of Its class. Tho appropriation bill carries $3,207, J8C4.01, tho largest ever passed In tho history of tho stnte. Tho Public Utilities BUI carries nn appropriation of $50,000.00, and provides for threo members nt $4,-000.00 $4,-000.00 each per annum, and a Soc-rotary Soc-rotary at a good salary. Tho workman's compensation bill carries nn appropriation bill of $90,-000.00. $90,-000.00. Tho Water Bights Commission Bill carries nn appropriation bill Of $18,000.00 nnd provides for threo good positions. Tho Ogdon Exposltloln bill carries , nn appropriation of $100,000.00. Tho Mormon Batalllon Monument Bill carries an appropriation of $100,000.00. Nono of this, how-over. how-over. Is avallablo during tho next two yenrs ns several of tho Senators expressed themselves that owing to tho lack or finances any "bouquo't which aro to bo given out, should bo placed In tho hands of tho living." Ono of tho most glaring exhibitions exhibi-tions of creating "Job for tho Job-loss" Job-loss" wns In tho passing of tho bill Increasing tho Judges of tho Su-promo Su-promo Court from threo to flvo mora-bors. mora-bors. This net nlono creatod nn additional ad-ditional oxpenso of $15,000.00 Tho bill was passed "In tho twinkling . of nn oyo" Just boforo tho session adjourned, but not boforo Mr. Wll-1 llnm D. Bltor, President of tho Stato ' Bar assoclatllon, had cnllcd tho as-1 soclatton together and laid baro somo figures rolatlvo to oxact conditions. condi-tions. Mr. Biter snld that ono of the present mombers of tho Supremo Court opposed tho bill, whllo ono approved It, and nnothor had no opinion to express. Statistics show-i show-i ed that In othor western states, larg er than Utah, Supremo Judges handed hand-ed down moro decisions than they did in Utah, and In no caso wero statistics forthcoming showing that the bill was a nocosslty. Tho association as-sociation approved It, tho legislature passed It, and tho Governor appointed appoint-ed two good lawyers, for all of which tho PEOPLE WILL FOOT THE BILL. Tho most potty occurranco of tho ontlro session was tho 11th hour bill placing tho wardon of tho stato prison pris-on In tho hands of tho oxecutlvo. Tho bill passod by tho skin of Its tooth, nnd In so doing tho measure of a number of senators was taken. Senators Sen-ators Dern, Evans and Kimball Joined the threo Republicans In opposing It, to their crodlt. Sonator Funk admitted admit-ted It partisan legislation but Justified Justi-fied it on tho grounds that In previ ous legislature partisan legislation l had been passed. Senator Itcynolds wanted tho offlco abolished If a good H Democrat could not bo found for tho H Job. But Senator Olsen was tho Jolly l Jumplng-Jack. Ho was opposed to tho bill, and upon hurriedly entering tho scnato Joined in a voto ngnlnst l It, but upon learning that Senator H Colton, tho Republican moved to kill H it, ho changed his voto which permit- H tod tho bill to pass. Olson thon H looko'd up tho present law nnd found H It had been enacted by tho Demo- mM cratlc lcglslaturo of 1906. Clia- W grinned nt his actions ho offored nn H apology and moved to rcconsldor, but H failed to recelvo sufficient votes. Tho M Democratic lcglslaturo of 190G had H boen completely repudiated. U Thoso arc somo of tho things that H havo boon dono under tho gulso of M economy, for all of which tho PEO- H PLE WILL PAY. M It must not be Inferrod that tho H legislature has not passed somo good UU bills, In fact all of tho abovo may be H good bills, and wo aro not calling H attention to thorn In tho light of a H critic. Wo trust thoy aro good and H that tho stato will profit by them. It H certainly goes without saying that H thoy aro expensive. H Tho best part of tho entire ptoceod- H tngs Is that up to date, notwlthstand- . H ing all tho dire charges of corrup- H tion nnd crookedness hurled at Ho- H publicans, not ono of our fellow cltl- H zens has yet found his way to nils- H domoanors cot or a felon's cell. In- 2jV stead of carrying out their chargei P"iW of uncovering corruption, tho legls- L"S laturo and tho governor havo appar- jM ently bcon In high gleo nnd satisfied H contentmont to create "Jobs for tho H Jobless" and appropriate tho peoples' H money without any restraint what- Lfl ovor. pM |