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Show H THE RIDICULOUS MOUSE IN UTAH. H What is known as the "official liquor bill" was introduced in Hj the lower house of the Utah legislature, on Tuesday, by the judiciary H ' committee. The custodian of the "official bill" has been procras- H J tinating, but within a week of the last day of the session of the legis- Hj I lature, he rushes into the legislative body, and, all excitement and H i quite exhausted, hands over a message. H Having followed this liquor debate irom the first days of the Hj legislature to the present, we are forced to predict: H "The mountains are in labor,; a ridiculous mouse will be brought M forth." H J The "official liquor bill' leaves conditions practically as they H are at present, but- grants the right to the citizens to vote for or H against licenses and calls for a general election in city, town and H county units on June 20, 1911. H , The measure prevents aliens from securing a license and an ap- H plicant must be over 21 years. The hours that a saloon is allowed H to remain open is fixed at from 6 o'clock in the morning to midnight. j The governor is ordered to proclaim an election by May 11, H calling a general election in all city, town and county units to pass H the question of licenses or no licenses. The majority of the votes H cast, provided they are a majority of all the votes cast at the last H election, shall be deemed as 'deciding the question. If there is not a H majority or the vote is equal, conditions shall remain unchanged. M The manufacturing and wholesaling of liquor shall be subject to M the rules and regulations of the various administrative bodies in their H district. H Elections may be secured on a petition of 25 per cent of the voters H and an election shall not be held oftener than once in every two m years. H Persons securing license shall give bond that they will not run a M disorderly house, allow picture shows or other amusements in the m place or allow gambling or gambling devices to be maintained. m Bonds shall not be lesB than 500 or more than $1,000. Licenses m .shall not be less than $400 a year and, in first and second class m cities, shall not exceed $600 for wholesalers and $1,500 for retailers m The term of a license shall not be less than six months or more than m one year. In cities of the first and the second class the license shall H not be less than one year. M A provision isalso made that a district court can revoke a m license upon complaint and three days' notice. H Recalling tho campaign of last year and the loud talk of pro- m hibition, and tho promises made of "dry" territory, we are driven to m the conclusion that many of the promises were made simply to be H brokon. The proposed liquor legislation, as measured by the cam- H paign speeches of the Republican orators, is nothing more than a H farce, |