Show SOME VIEWS OF legislators ON prohibition A senator from salt lake county will actually give his constituents some consideration cannon s prohibition measure the most important one that has been introduced lineup line up of the judiciary committee the prot bajon bill introduced d in the hoube on oil enday 0 all othel legislative events of the week its introduction marls marl s the initial step on the pirt part of tile the temperance advocates advocat esi in ii a hard bt struggle ruggle for prohibition whether or not the bill pauses pa seq it will be remembered remember Ld as a not notable ible event of the present legislative asem bl another bill was introduced in th house last week bearing on prohibition but the measure introduced yesterday es s the official bill of the league endorsed by the leaders of the movement it will he the bill which will bear the brunt of the fiedt it N was nas as introduced friday b representative jospeh J cannon who shortly after his election identified himself with trie toe prohibitionists the bill when introduced was promptly referred to the committee on judiciary the following are the members of the judiciary committee of the house which will A ill pass on the cannon prohibition bill tog ther with bleir probable line up on oil the measure ci idi brignani Br igbani ii clegg cleg of silt salt S alt lake county bounty lawvey non committal thompson vice chairman cha irmin millard billiard county merchant favors prohibition holman Bing harr salt lako county newspaperman I 1 against prohibition archibald summit county business lu siness man favors pope wasatch county stockman non committal moms washington county lal lawyer kyer favos McC mccraken ralen weber county lawyer non though believed to favor prohibition tion randall kandall weber county business businessman bubi man noncommittal wootton utah county favors local loca I 1 option at present with ultimate pro hibi tion the fate of this bill is harf I 1 fore cat but certain it is to i big figure in the future politic e of the present legisla legislators torb demanded by the people ca bartered by politicians there is lung hing seriously wrong with kolii I 1 con editions in utah and the will not submit tamely to this kind of thing cannons bill ought to be enacted into law prohibition Is ib needed and the legislature has it in W it power to enact this bill into law the writer over overheard hearda a cl ci between a state senator horn salt lake county and a citizen in a street cai recently on the prohibition measure presented to the legislature the citizen asked the senator what he thought of the prohibition measure oh replied the senator there are arc things of more importance to the state than prohibition well says the citizen supposing you get an expression from bour constituents in this county and that expression strongly urges you to work for prohibition what would you doa 1 I would give it every consideration of course and then I 1 would mould use my own judgement jud gement as to what was best in the matter replied this statesman 7 that senator evidently understood what the deal was between the politicians and the liquor think of a senator elected by the people then if those people who elected him to be a legislative servant unto them desire him to perform some specific act he will it consideration and then do as he pleases that is a public servant with a vengeance that senators course will be eagerly watched on this measure and he may hear bome thing drop about the next time he bobs up for political office domce the 1 he politicians can help some towards getting a man elected but the people also hive have 1 i I si sa so and the district from which this statesman hail in salt lake county lb ib strongly for ile ic will hear of that conversation a apin ain T ti dat ne the follow byg 11 g mil mi resting cresting interview with the members member of tt tl p house committee on ludi ciari Bri brichant chana clegg chairman chaiem tn I 1 cannot kive give my views without i a lengthy explanation holever Ho hov ever vever any measure that will result in permanent good ind and work justice to all concerned I 1 am in favor fa or of orvil thompson vice chairman I 1 am a for statewide state wide prohibition rock al pope 1 I would like to see the most effective law po possible sible placed on the statute book divid 11 morriss I 1 am not pre pared to talk on the matter at present harvey P randall As one of the judici judiciary ary committee I 1 am not dot prepared to mike make a statement tat ement at present james B mccracken I 1 am for prohibition but I 1 have bane not considered the bill in detail 0 john H wootten I 1 am unequivocally for prohibition there is no doubt in my mind that the prohibition measure will pass both the house and senate T L holman I 1 am opposed to prohibition just as I 1 a am opposed to lawt any other blue law intended to curtail or take away aay altogether the natural of the individual it is not the function of government to determine what a mans tate taste shall be or how his appetite shall be satisfied atis fied and any legi legislation lation so intended is not only unnatural and inhuman but in my opinion absolutely unconstitutional prohibition as a scheme for preventing the drink drin practice is impracticable such a law if enact enacted cd lannot cannot and will never be enforced william archibald I 1 am for statewide v de prohibition and prohibition strong I 1 arn am not in favor of giving anyone the right to sell bell liquor I 1 believe if druggists or any one else have the right to bell liquor on prescriptions prescription script ions or otherwise the effect of a prohibition law would be nullified I 1 do not think it to 10 give anyone the right or special privilege to sell whiskey |