prohibition BILL B I 1 L L IN UTAH SENATE MEASURE IS DRASTIC IN ITS TERMS AND STATEWIDE IN EFFECT would prohibit the manufacture sale and drinking in public of all beverages beverage containing iz IV percent alcohol Stat statewide prohibition was submitted to the utah senate on january 20 in a drastic bill drawn oy by the utah federation of 0 prohibition and betterment leagues and the municipal league ol of utah senator john 11 IL wootton of 0 utah county introduced it at the request of these organizations and no sooner had he done so than there ensued an exciting skirmish over t the he measure in which senator IV wootton otton and ills ilia allies were victorious victoriously by a vote of ten to eight the tilt came over the question of to which committee the bill should be referred tile tho measure provides for straightaway light statewide state slate wide prohibition without any reference of the matter to the vote of tile the people such as has been talked of previously it if it Is passed by both houses and signed by the governor it will go into effect on the first monday in june 1916 it repeals all other laws on the statutes relating to tl the a sale of liquor arlio tho act would prohibit the manufacture sale and drinking in public places of all beverages containing 1 16 per cent alcohol or more it would wipe out the breweries saloons and buffets it prohibits the sale of liquor for any purpose whatsoever except for medical mechanical and scientific pur purposes P oges o and for use as a sacrament by religious lous bodies the complete list of committee assignments sign ments was waa announced on january 20 in the house by speaker L R anderson the democratic progressive and socialist members of the committees were selected hy by a committee from the allies while tile the republican members picked by the speaker one hall half of all the membership ot of the committees are republicans and the other halt divided among the allies the allies have one more chairman chairmanship 9 it ip than the republicans Republic ang thirteen now bills and one resolution appe areu in the senate on jana january 20 and eight bills and one resolution in the house people who cant find a seat in a r treet street car or railroad train need not pay any fare it if senator J it edg bealls senate bill Is enacted into law amid considerable talk about restricting strict ing the prerogatives of 0 the people and all that sort of thing senator willard s hansens resolution providing that senators should not introduce bills by request unless they had bad carefully read them and subscribed to their provisions was pocketed in the upper house bouse A resolution requesting the capitol commission to grade the state stale capitol grounds and authorizing the ex expenditure of for this work has been introduced A white slave law for use within utah prohibiting the transportation of girls and women from one town to another in the state for or immoral purposes is proposed in a bill introduced by senator D 0 rideout of salt lake fourteen bills and one resolution was introduced in the senate on january 19 while in tile the house four bills were introduced and one bill and one resolution both originating in tile the senate were posed by the house and sent to governor spry for ills his sig signature na three of tho the tour four bills introduced were presented ou on request of lations zat lons ions the liverymen liveryman livery men of bougham backed one bill the tha railroad unions IL a second bill and the ilia state bar association another many members of the house propose to give request bill the right of way over other legislation mondays session of the ills senate was short and the nearest approach to the transaction of business aside from the introduction of bills was a discussion of the joint resolution in produced trod by senator joseph chez providing for the appointment of a joint join t committee to prepare i a oom complete revision ot of tile the tax laws lawa 0 of the state relief tor for tile the situation in salt lake county wherein tile the county commissioners have been unable to carry out the intent of the Imor mothers pension law because of lack of funds funda Is 13 proposed in a bill introduced by D 0 rideout of 0 salt lale lake provision Is made for the and referendum in legislation jn in utah in a bill introduced by senator senate joseph chez of weber the bill also provides that the hamd general system may bo be adopted with reference to laws ordinances resolutions and franchises granted ty by political subdivisions january 22 was pay day in tile the leg fa lature vouchers were signed affidavits made as to the number of miles traveled and small yellow checks were given to each member and to the employees IV it II kadd of sn sell junn tile the most mileage lie ile lind had traveled miles of it on oil horse back in order that d alir 1 e state supreme court and the law library may bo be properly equipped when these departments are moved to the new capitol senator rideout has introduced a bill creating the office of assistant librarian and supreme ourt court marshal members of the senate and the house spent tuesday forenoon inspecting spec ting the now new capitol they were the guests of tho the state commission on the inspection trip it Is ablo able that before tho the close of tho the session the legislature hlll will meet la in tho the new building I 1