Show PROVIDES A ANOTHER OTHEn MA MA- I CHINE I Thero There is another objection to te what I Is called the Badger liquor bill It puts put into tho the hands of ot mayors of cities th the power to appoint a commission wh who should have havo entire charge anti ami control contro of ot the tile saloon business Whom the they approved could be licensed and whom whon they di did cud not Indorse could not got a a. license Whatever man could ho bo controlled controlled con con- 1 trolled h by the mayor maor ml might ht with safet safety i expect Ills his application Uon for tor a n. license would bo favorably considered Whaman What Wha man was n not t for tor the party larty of ot th the I mayor would not get a n license license and an that Is all aU there thero Is to the matter Here Is the making of or a saloon machine machine machine ma ma- chine of or supreme and Indisputable powers An And so far as as Salt Lake Lalee 1 Is concerned hero Is tho the placing of or that tha machine in the hands of a patty party which o opposed posed Senator Badger There Thero was objection to enacting a law providing for a state commission to be appointed b by tho tue governor a aman aman man maim of or Senator Badgers Badger's party arty a n man mail manof of admitted courage and unchallenged honesty honest That could not be thought though of But a n machine of or incalculable greater grenter power could be provided fo for Cor Corthe forthe the tho Inv Inveterate enemies of both senator senate and governor This phase of oC the case casc m may nover never havo have moved the tho governor o But The rue Republican makes bold to call It to tho attention of ot the put putative tIc author o or of tho the bill and remind him him that hh his friends are at least ns as much entitled to his confidence as are his enemies I It was not a a. reasonable bill and that Is what that the governor asked forIt for It made a n classification of ot cities In di direct direct dl- dl reel violation of ot tho the constitution of or Utah And it did not repeal the classification classi classi- already aheady provided b by statute Here is the provision of the constitution constitution constitution tion which Is Ignored In tho Badger liquor bill Corporations for municipal pur pur- poses poseR shall not bo be created b by special laws the tho l legislature by general laws shall shaIl provide for Cor tho the incorporation organization and classification of ot ic M s and ami In proportion to population population lation which laws may be altered amended or repealed The law enacted at tho very beginning beginning beginning begin begin- ning of ot the lifo of the tho state declare the classification Thero There aro are cities clUes of or orthe the first cities clUes of or the second and cities clUe of or the third class And the Badger bill bm provided for tor a 3 new classification WITHOUT REPEALING G THAT EARI EARLIER EARLIER EAR EAR- I LIER IER E ENACTMENT OR AMENDING AME DING IT And Senator Badger should know that In California und under tr a constitUtion constitution constitution tion almost Identical with that of Utah entirely Identical as to this provision provi provi- sion a slon-a n statute precisely liko this proposed proposed proposed pro pro- extraordinary extraordinary extra extra- posed Badger bill providing an ordinary ordinal classification of cities has been declared unconstitutional It Is 1 needless to cite New York decisions where the tho constitution Is utterly dif dif- ferent erent A ease case in point Is certainly better bettor authority S |