| Show UTAH E W IN 0 TWELFTH SESSION OPENS WITH DEMOCRATS IN FULL CONTROL IN BOTH HOUSES 8 senator a funk of cache county choa chas on en as resident Pes dent ident of senate while J frank tolton of beaver Is speaker of house housa salt lake city both branches of the twelfth session of the utah legislature were organized by the democrats in less than an hour at the ahe opening meeting on january 8 in the lower house the organization was effected unanimously by acclamation cla mation mailon every member having been elected on a straight Dem democratic democrat ocra le or fusion ticket three holdover members of the upper house offered a feeble resistance to almost every proposition submitted by the majority but in the end voted that tho the action of the majority be sanctioned unanimously senator J W funk was elected president ot of the upper house by a vote of 14 to 3 the republican members having caucused caucuses caucus ed as solemn solemnly lyas as though in control and selected senator don 13 colton of uinta county as their candidate for the presidency representative J frank tolton of beaver county was elevated to the of the lower house by acclamation cla it Is generally believed that early action will be secured on the prohibition and public utilities measures the statewide state wide prohibition bill to be submitted to the legislature will provide that the sale manufacture and possession of intoxicating liquors in the state shall be prohibited two exceptions are made grain alcohol may be obtained for scientific ind mechanical purposes and fermented wines for sacramental purposes by application to the district ourt medicinal purposes and physicians prescriptions will not be recognized having intoxicating liquors in ones 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 of the law one is barred from giving intoxicating liquors away bootleggers and those having liquors in their possession are not distinguished elslie ul slie A under the law the penalty Is fine and imprisonment tor for the fir first st offense and penal servitude for the second A commissioner of prohibition Is to be employed at a salary of a year the public utilities measure will provide that the commission shall be composed of three members whose sal iry shall be a year each the commissioners are to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and may be removed by him tor for cause only two commissioners shall be of he same political belief the commission shall have the power ower to regulate rates service harges tolls conduct and business of iny railroad or public utility in the state tt t t it shall have the power to cause systems of accounts to be established and cause utilities to file schedules of rates and reports on their business as often as the commission may mav re auire corporations to come under the jurisdiction uris luris diction of the commission tire are sommon carriers pipe line companies gas companies electric companies telephone tel ephon and telegraph companies water companies smelting smelling sm elting corporations warehousemen cold storage companies coal and oil companies cement companies flour mills sugar companies packing houses creamery and sanning co companies and salt companies and all other corporations which tho the commission may find to have bontol of a given business representatives from the southern part of the state are to make a hard fight in fit the legislature to have sufficient appropriations made by 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 arizona arisona strip and return by way of kane garfield Gartl eld plute flute 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 bill and senator joseph chez will introduce the statewide state wide prohibition hil whether there will ill be any changes in this plan Is not certain senator W W armstrong of salt lake county will introduce a number of proposed efficiency and economy bills during the session senator frank evans E vans will also introduce a public utilities bill and there will be a flood of athert b bills alis in inthe the senate to amend aed existing laws aw it Is asserted the caucus selections tor for positions in the twelfth legislature we were re as aa follows e senate secretary W S dalton salt lake minute clerk john W gelger geiger salt lake docket clerk J F holbrook millard 1 sergeant at arms jed woolley dails En grosing clerk mrs bessie M mattingly salt lake mailing clerk mrs orson riser weber committee clerks miss amber hansen box elder miss ella macmur on cache and miss lillian anderson salt lake watchmen rialdo merrill Merrl ll garfield and paul walton salt lake house speaker J F tolton folton beaver chief clerk adam L peterson weber minute clerk felss anna salt lake docket clerk frank rippon summit sergeant at arms N J cache engrossing clerk edward hanson cache mailing clerk miss anna T creager salt lake Cli chalaine alain george utah assistant sergeant at arms george webb washington messengers E B hawkins utah and george beeson grand doorkeepers harrison edwards sanpete and edward parry iron watchman thomas rees wayne janitor andrew newton juab committee clerks mrs annie wysong weber miss maud Pos fosgren gren box elder J pratt duke wasatch miss hattle box elder miss jane Q kimball salt lake and miss la von chandler salt lake members of the senate first district achibald Achl bald bevan D tooele thoele second district james W funk D richmond third dist district brict richard agliam D woods coss I 1 fouth district joseph chez D and W J parker D ogden fifth district james W clyde D heber city sixth district george 11 derti dern D W W armstrong D C L 01 son D wesley K walton P fank evans P salt lake seventh district 11 T reynolds D Spring springville ville 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 R kanab twelfth district don B colton tr R vernal members of the house first district wynn L eddy D brigham city second district george Y smith D smithfield joseh E baidon D logan W IV jones jone s D wellsville 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 J D cooer fifth district james S hopkins D coydon sixth district francis 11 nalder D syracuse seventh district J alex bevan S tooele thoele eighth district joseph G bywater D Ulli elizabeth abeth J hayward D R W young jr D charles AT hecker D robert E N currle currie D J W mckinney D J T raleigh P grace stratton alrey airey D salt lake dalay daisy allen alien D Gi garfield arfield thomas P page D riverton Rl verton ninth district J L hoyden boyden L Co alville tenth district george A fisher D heber eleventh district 0 H berg D provo edward southwick lck D lelii alma greenwood D american fork lorenzo argyle D lake shore twelfth district L W curry D vernal thirteenth district oscar bazler D nepal fourteenth district H R thomas D wales J H 11 mace D gunni son fifteenth district frank branle T barnett D storrs sixteenth district nephi L williams D castle dale seventeenth district F B hammond 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 dewitt dewill D marysvale Marys vale twenty second district sylvester williams D thurber Thur ter twenty third district john king D escalante Escal anfe twenty fourth district george W decker D parowan carowan Pa rowan twenty fifth district arthur D st george twenty sixth district dav david id D rust D kanab twenty seventh district george A adams D monticello twenty eighth district G V billings D duchesne |
