| Show UTAH legislative GOSSIP happenings in both branches oi ninth general assembly with only six members of the senate favoring tho the measures tho the public utilities and antipass anti pass bills were killed in tho the senate on saturday the public utilities bill provided for the creation of a commis commission commissio n which would have been given groat attitude in tho the co control atrol of railroads power telegraph and telephone tele companies etc the senate on saturday passed the marks bill creating a relief fund for disabled firemen thirteen measures met their death in tho the senate on saturday while three were given quietus in the house after having been killed on the floor of the lower house friday afternoon 11 B no authorizing a special tax levy on curbs and borders for beautifying the city was taken up tor for reconsideration saturday and passed by the house without a dissenting vote after one of the most animated discussions cus cuss lons of tho the present session the senate liquor bill passed the house bouse on saturday the vote being 25 to 16 with three members tin absent sent those who voted against the measure were allison All lson cole ekman harshberger Harsh bergor hines holman jones madsen mcrae morris peterson russell welling woolley and zelmer holman changed his bis vote before the result of the vote was announced in order that he move for reconsideration of the measure which may be come e a law following the approval of the governor the liquor bill as passed provides that counties outside incorporated cities and towns are dry territory and will not vote at the first election later they may vote upon petition of twenty five per cent of legal voters local option elections must be held june 27 1911 all over state except in county dry territory elec eions may be held each two years thereafter upon proper petition each city town or county outside of city or town shall constitute a separate unit and shall vote separately and independently street regulations for the conduct of saloons are provided and penalties fixed for violation of the law there was plenty doing in the senate a to friday afternoon twelve bills bill 5 being passed and elvo killed the house passed two bills and hilled six while two new measures were introduced three liquor bills were slaughtered in the senate on friday by adverse committee reports the measures were by james W funk democrat who wanted statewide state wide prohibition a bill by president henry gardner which was a copy of the hayes bill and one by senator carl A badger was used largely as a basis for the committee bill that was passed by the senate on thursday by a vote ot of fo fourteen arteen to three senator J A hyde secured the passage ot of his bill on friday providing for the issuance and disposal of bonds in the sum of or for each county excepting salt lake tor for tho the building of roads and bridges jn in the state and the apportionment of the money to the various counties in tho the state slate after having remained in the hands bands of the house judiciary committee for a month IL B no creating a state racing commission and legalizing gambling once a year was reported unfavorably friday afternoon and killed by the adoption of the report tho the bouso on friday killed the harshberger Harsh borger bill which prohibits the use of political party emblems on election ballots by adopting an unfavorable report of tho the committee on elections at present the party to which a candidate belongs Is signified by an eagle rooster or flag the house housa committee on irrigation on friday introduced a bill which provides that any appropriated water may be turned into the channel of any natural stream or into a reservoir constructed across the bed of any natural stream and commingled with its ita waters and then taken out either above or below the point where emptied into the channel president gardner has put the ban on the lobbyist and all who are engaged la in lobbying are requested to keep away from the senate chambers with but ono one dissenting vote the senate on thursday passed the liquor bill presented by the special committee senator L bl olson democratic member of the senate from sanpete county cast the only voto vote against the bill senator J W funk of cache the other democratic member of the senate voted for the bill the sixteen republican members voted tor for the measure rne asure seven bills were approved by the senate on thursday and four by tho the house three new men measures were in reduced in each branch making the total lu lif the senate and 28 in th house |
