Show HOUSE PASSES BENNION BILL resolution proposing an amendment for higher funds approved enactment con considerably sider ably altered before f ore vote speaker steps in speaker S M jorgensen surrendered his seat as presiding officer to ellas S woodruff at friday afternoons session of the state hoise of representatives while he made a tight fight on the floor of the house in support of the bennion resolution favoring amendment of the state constitution soi so that state school funds could be distributed on a different basis although the bennion resolution was adopted it was wag amended in a manner which drew strong protest from speaker jorgensen who declared that he would rather see the proposal defeated than successfully put through in its changed form in ill the end however he voted in favor of the amended proposal the first sweeping amendments were made by owen dennion bennion of mt AIL emmans author of the resolution there was a de demonstration ration in the house when mr De bennion suggested his changes before following tile the usual custom of explaining the provisions of the measure which he had introduced and urging favor continued on page eight HOUSE PASSES BENNION BILL continued from page one able act iori D ensues many abany of the members of the house arose from their seats and there was a burst df 0 t hand clapping As speaker jorgensen had movee move from the rostrum to the seat on th ill ficor vacated by mr woodruff he was as ine included in this ovation particularly ticul arly by legislators who were close enough to him to see t that 11 at he had taken a place among then mr air proposed that instead of providing that 70 0 oaf the state school funds be for the education of every child of the school age in utah the sum be reduced to 40 lie also favored eliminating his proposal that a state and city school district equalizing fund be created this would leave the state constitution substantial substantially lyl in its present form except that the present sum of 25 assured every child ot of school age would be increased to 40 further amendment was wafe made by A W hansen of fielding representing hofelder boxelder box hox elder county who is recognized leader of the agricultural group in the house mr air proposed reduction from 40 to 35 this was done in face of the opposition of speaker jorgensen who insisted that tile the sura sum assured for cor each child should be 55 vote taken As first cast the vote on the Be donnison resolution solution yo was forty six in favor of it seven against it and tw A absent II if IT II crouch of morgan who had voted against the proposal changed his position stating that ho he would ask for reconsideration at saturdays session because W D of moab representing grand county had bad been denied opportunity port unity to speak against the resolution on call for the previous question which arbitrarily closed debate this made the record vote forty seven yeas six nays naya and two absent those recorded as voting the resolution were dalton Dal toTi fletcher goggin hammon hammond ammond II and II ather absent members wore were lar winans all members of the salt lake delegation excepting mr air goggin voted in favor of the amended resolution |