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GOODWIN'S WEEKLY 5 fl
WITH THE LAWMAKERS
WEEKLY REVIEW OF LEGISLATURE AND LEGISLATORS
" AND SOME COMMENT
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TfnrTliy is a speaker? And, by the
YY way, why Is a . legislature?
Tho present session started out
wth a bang, so far as the house was
canoajned, -while the senate huddlod
a bit closer In its cloak of dignity, and
lqoke-d on in silence. There Is so
much artificial dignity about a senator-
stato or national anyway.
It xisod,to be that the House of
Representatives had a speaker mere
ly to give Harry Joseph a job, but n w
adays tho legislators elevate a man
to the speakership to show him how
little ho counts in the general man
agement of things. Down In the in
terior of Emery county, at Castle Dale
or thoreabouts, W. J. Seely was cut
ting somo ice as a politician. He was -looked
upon as the champion of the
, vlllnge when it came to politics, and
none of the boys had anything on
hfm. Ho should worry about that!
The legislature seemed hard put
far speakership material when out of
ton cltizons of Salt Lake county, an
oven half dozen of tlem male, there
wasn't a lawmaker, would-be or other
wise, who was considered timber. Here
in the capital of the state, from which
radiates all the inspiration, tho
thought, tho ambition of Utah, not
Qi$9 In ton was regarded as sufficient
ly equippod to preside over tho ses
sion of JhCL lower house. So .Seely
tr&Jnod for tjie honor and grabb'ed it,
'boating one of his collengu.es to it by
a nose.
After he was elected he didn't seem
to know what ho was supposed to do,
for tho houe was in a fearful mlxup
nil the time, and all parliamentary
records for motions, amendments,
substitutes; .points bf order and ap
peals from the chair wore shattered
into atoms. Out of the hubbub Speak
er Seely learned something. One Mr.
ritt'bey, who isn't nearly as uncertain
as his name would indicate, seemed
to havo had rather a well defined plan
whjoh woatherod tho confusion and
was carried through to fruition. This
pln was to take from the speaker
the only thing that makes tho job
Uil W&i'th while the appointment of
OQinmlttooa.
Many a good legislative record has
been spoiled by falluro to land a
chairmanship. And, by the same
token, many a chairman of fat com
mittee has made himself a power dur
ing the brief interval of loglsmanla
that comes to afflict us qnce every
two years. Before the gentleman
from Emory knew what wag the
question before the house, the Ma bey
' Dwson from Davis county had up
sat all precedent by forming a coali
tion with the fourteen Democrats, and
forcing through a motion to name a
committee on committees. The func
tion of this committee would be to
name all tho committees Sor tho
house, thus saving tho speaker con
siderable annoyance and labor, and at
the same time eliminating him as a
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real factor In the distribution of pat
ronnge. If tho members of the lowor
house had filed past the speaker's
desk and hissed Into his ear what the
Virginian says must always be accom
panied with a smile, they could not
hava Insulted him more. And tho
marvel of It is that Speaker Seely
stood for It, thus loworlng himself
In the estimation of 'all those who
know a good sport when they soe ono.
The following day the Mabey
Deu.ocratlc combine rubbed It in by
pretending that they were willing to
conciliate to the extent of letting the
speaker" In on the committee. Mind
you, the Salt Lake county mombers,
Hko so many wooden men, had sat
dumbly by all the time the fun was
going on. There was chance for some
t one to raise from the lower ton and
become a loader. It was up to tho
men to do It, and since they didn't, It
certainly was no place for the women
members to show an active Interost.
The .speaker was permitted to gv on
tho commlttoe, as balm to his wound
ed feelings, but all the time tho com
bination was In control, and the
speaker himself Is as much of a non
entity on the committee on committees
as he is as speaker of the house.
No one denied him the privilege
of reading the committee's selections,
howovor, thus malting them public.
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The Utah Federation of Women's
Clubs is sending out the following ap
peal: "Will you use all tho Influence pos
sible with your legislative represent
ative to have a bill pnssod giving the
girls of the University of Utah a
dormitory? Such a building is the
most urgent ne6d for the bettorment
of the girls. It would furnish a
social center for all the girls of the
University and a home for the out-of-town
girls. With these girls who
are away from father, mother, and
homo, 1b our deepest concern Such
a building would moan better sanitary
conditions, bettor food for less monoy,
and most Important of all, proper
home envlronlTient. Enough deslr- .
able boarding places are not to be
had In Salt Lake City."
Speaking of C. R. Mabey of Boun
tiful reminds us of the Utah Develop
ment loague. It will be a remarkable
oversight on Maboy's part If he
doesn't get something fat for the
league before this session Is ended.
For be It known that he may bo a
member of the lower house, but he
Is a member and officer of the league
first.
Senator Geoige J. Kelly of Ogden Is
hot after the question of Interest on
public funds, and 'has already Intro
duced bills providing that all public
funds be placed in bunks that will
pay two per cent Interost upon them
Also he Is busy introducing health
bills, particularly those pertaining to
offshoots of ougonlcs.
TO PRACTICE tiAW.
Will H. Folland, Republican county
chairman, has resigned his position
as reporter for Judge George G. Arm
strong in tho Third district court, and
bogins, this week, the practice of law.
The logal profession Is by no means
so overcrowded that thore Isn't room
for men of Mr. Folland's type. He
has a big future ahoad of him, and he
has demonstrated that ho Is big
enough to fill It.
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