| Show high honors bestowed endowed on T two wo uintah B asin ato i fzens B 31 L ray E dillman of roosevelt utah wins senate leadership ONE VOTE HOLDS SWAY IN IM SENATE solon arriving in wheel chair C controls on nominees fate senator ray E dillman of roosevelt representing duchesne and uintah counties was elected president of the senate by a one vote margin monday shortly after the convening of cne nineteenth utah legislature latue ills his election waa assured when senator W D candland of mt pleasant counted noses and ana withdrew from the contest senator john 11 II knight of salt lake county in an invalids chair held the vote that decided the issue the announced republican caucus earlier in the day was marked by the absence ot of five ca adland supporters senator Di dillman lIman whose only opp opponent 0 on ane floor was dan B shields democrat salt lake received 10 republican votes and one democratic vote plough in a senate of 20 to make him president the senate transacted its first days business so far as it could in the unorganized anizel state ot of the houst ac cording to hoyle but there were several incidents that were not quite rout routine ie president A W ilna of the fl fi st presidency aricy ot of the L D S church po present besent to deliver the opening sprayer prayer of the session in vae senate preceded those orison a with a little talk in which as a member ot of the c constitutional convention he congratulated the members of the present legislature and decla declared ed that no legislature ol of the state has bas bad before it more complex and difficult problems than the p pre seit one enters chamber in wheel chair senator knight who had come a at t 31 11 tor for the caucus that was ivaa not beld had to OTer overstay stay the fhe 15 minutes ute s which it nad joad been SUD supposed DOse d would be necessary for the selection of a caucus mon nominee alnee to fo president he was sworn in in the meantime and when the time came to vote for the presidency was in the chamber n the wheel chair accompanied by i two white coated bo hospital spital atte attendants ad senators wilson mccarthy democratic senator from salt lake placed senator shields in nomination after senator malcolm A keyser republican salt lake had momina nominated ted MT mr dillman secretary of state milton H welling presiding until organization gave plenty of time for a additional addi nominations arid and then arde or deed ed the roll call which was read L cummings of salt lake acting as former secretary of the senate A few minutes later late mr cummings became secretary or of the pr present senate proceedings drop back into routine after that the first days proceedings id ieng dropped back into routine ma welling named senators W 11 griffin jr of logan and se bator aalde mccarthy to e escort S cort M mr r dillman to the chair after being sworn in to his hia new office the roosevelt senator expressed the hope that a aay ly feeling that raight might have arisen on accorn account bof ot the preliminary contests would be put aside and expressed the desire to administer adal bistel the duties of 0 the office as fairly and frankly as I 1 can regardless of party wad and of who may have sup supported parted me ii the preliminary battles 11 1 1 I 1 stand firmly said president dittman dillman on the proposition of tax who suppa supported ted reform and the people me do and there is no need tor for apprehension on the matter 7 L W t k M tw 4 Q N MCI M 11 0 M As NN X aau A M 4 fil 1 14 K y iv A 4 05 X 1 K U 1 n nf Y Z 41 1 pop 1 V 0 10 t 0 s 0 MA X n N f 1 I ar r A llull R ax 5 M el v N mg na k 00 f N 21 M A 4 41 T 4 4 12 M A 1 arr 1 V n I 1 W V TA A presiding officers of the regular session nineteenth utah legislature lepi slature elected monday senator eay E dillman of roosevelt duchesne county and uintah county president of the senate and james C hacking of lapoint uintah county speaker of the house of representatives photo courtesy of the salt lake tribune |
