Show tiC A r I PROHIBITION BILL J KILLED BY SENATE j i t Twelve Members of Upper House I of Utah Legislature Decide State Is Not Ready for Prohibition Tho Cannon prohibition bill which jliad smooth Hailing In the house mot disaster the senate being hilled Saturday afternoon February 20 after tho most exciting day of the Houston by the adoption of tho adverse report I of thn committee on manufactures and coup wice to which it w ns referred Won Its receipt after passage by they e liouso of representatives Following are Iho members of the I Committee on manufactures and commerce com-merce whose ndvetse report was adopted by the senate killing the bill Chairman Kuehlor Senators John Y ti Smith Billion Hyde and Badger N Following Is the vote as cast by the 1 flcnate adopting the report of the committee com-mittee Senators Badger Htilanlskl 11do Kuchler Marks Seely Sevy Bennor X Smith Stookey and President t Presi-dent Gardner I Those noting against the adoption r of the report wero Senators Brlnkor Icon Burton Horslcy Miller Williams and Wilson t But thin Is not the end of agitation In favor of more rigId control of tho I liquor tralflo In Utah A substitute I measure for the Cannon bill has been t Introduced In the senate Briefly stated the bill Is a local option I I tlon and high license measure pro vidlng very exhaustively for every possible regulation of the liquor truffle truf-fle without killing it outright I A short session was held by ° the I house of representatives when r communication was received from tho governor announcing tho approval of house bill No 28 relating to state am for public schools whore the revenues were Insufficient ns well as senate 4 bill No 53 relating to the duties of 4 judges of elections and senate bill I j No 34 relating to the punishment of Ps convicts foe ibuault both of which + wero passed by the houso Wednesday Senate bill No 17 which had been 4 adopted providing for tho furnishing i of the ofllcea of tho governor and tho secretary ot state was transmitted to y the house and received the signature I of Speaker E W Robinson After tho discussion on tho bill to punish convicts guilty of assault the r r only ono of tho afternoon Rcpicsen native C Y Russell offered a motion that house bill No OS from time com I mttteo on State Mental hospital relating r relat-ing to the state caring for feebleminded feeble-minded and non lnsane epileptic children r chil-dren at tho state hospital should bo y t mad a special order for Tuesday 1hls was carried One of the bills approved by the El House Dill No 122 an act relating to levy of tuxes for tho establishment t and maintenance of free public II nrarien ami gymnasiums In cities of I tho third class and towns This Incas lire wa sintroduced by Representative I George A Fuller and was designed to aid in the betterment of educational educa-tional conditions In the smaller towns Four other bills of minor importance im-portance were passed while fourteen four-teen new bills wero Introduced The senate passed the house bill defining pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers and compelling pawnbrokers to make report to sheriff each evening In counties coun-ties of the first and second class Five now bills woro introduced one of which by Senator Brlnkerhoff will do away with tho State Board of hoop Commissioners if It becomes n Jaw Four measures wore passed by the house of representatives on Tuesday I February 23 Two of them were the t subject of a most interesting discussion discus-sion the being Intended to protect 1 workmen or persons seeking work through employment offices Ono of the bills passed was Senate Bill No 25 by Carl A Badger providing for tho licensing and regulating of employment em-ployment offices requiring employment employ-ment agents to give bond prohibiting the sending of female help to anyplace any-place of bad repute etc Tho other was by Representative Gardner an act relating to the protection of em ployes and for preventing superintendents superintend-ents foremen assistant bosses or any other pesrons from receiving or sox so-x licking money Under this measure superintendent or other persons In charge of workers are prohibited from receiving money or other consideration from persons on account of employment employ-ment The two other measures passed by the house were House Bill No 98 permitting the state to care for feebleminded and non insano epileptic epi-leptic children at tho State Mental hospital and House Joint Memorial No 3 asking congress to grant to thee the-e state of Utah for the benefit of Indian war veterans one million acres of land r The members of tho house were very much vexed because tho senate had i not returned the petitions In favor of prohibition sent to the upper hoilse I I S with the Cannon b II which was Ii nnzhlerr it In the senate a motion pievallltm that the senate bi requested request-ed to rent n the petitions to the hence Four I new measures three of which veto recommended by the rommls i loiinr on uniform state laws were Introduced The only ripple of excitement In tho senate ucriirrcil wheu Senator Jlurton at the request of Senator Wilson moved the itconslderatlon of the adoption adop-tion of the report of the manufacturers and commerce committee recommending recommend-ing that till Caution prohibition bill othtrwUo known to fame as senate hill No 37 bo not passed The minority mi-nority was able lo muster but four votes however When McMllllns bill providing for a commission to revise the laws pertaining per-taining to revenue and taxation and appropriated 10000 for the purpose came up In the house for final action on Thursday February 18 it met with a hostile reception being finally Illlcd by striking out the enacting I clause the vole being an overwhelming overwhelm-ing one Dlllii wero passed provldlng for tho furnishing of tho governors olllco and making n1 111 roPriot ton therefor Forbidding For-bidding the salt of pools on horse races and providing u penalty there for Amending Section 1811X3 Compiled Com-piled Laws of Utah 1897 relating to the election of the members of tho board of education Amending Section Sec-tion 2050 Compiled Laws of Utah 1107 1 and fixing the salary of tho clerk of the supreme court the I reporter re-porter of the decisions of the supremo court the adjutantgeneral tho assistant assist-ant adjutantgeneral and tho stato hank examiner And an amendment to the laws relating to the Incorporating Incorporat-ing of towns Fourteen now measures meas-ures wero Introduced the last bill I resented being numbered 187 The senate was not so liberal In proposing new lawn or approving tho largo batch of the pet measures of different members of tho legislature ilicady Introduced and Senate Bill No GO relating to transient stock was passed The rumor Is being freely circulated in the senate chamber cham-ber and on the streets that at least twelve senators have decided that tho Cannon prohibition bill should not become be-come a law and that when the measure meas-ure is taken from tho committee it I will bo slaughtered A bill made its appearance In tho house Thursday upon the Introduction of Representative Hanson which provides pro-vides for local county insurance associations asso-ciations The proposed measure provides pro-vides that such associations who shall Insure against loss by fire shall bo formed by not less than twentyfive members who shall own an aggregate aggre-gate of property to the value of 50 000 and further provides tho terms under which they may incorporate and carry on business Wednesday February 17 was avery a-very tipsy day for tho members of the present session of the state legis latino of Utah hllo a veritable Hood of now measures were Introduced Intro-duced In both tho house nnd senate the house set its seal of approval 1 ppon eight bills while three bills wore passed by tho senate as follows fol-lows Relating to tho building of county school houses providing for their erection under the superintend cncy of an architect mud providing tho manner of the same appropriating appropriat-ing 35000 I for the entertainment of tho G A IL during its national encampment en-campment In Salt LAko City appropriating appro-priating 2000 to be paid to William Forsberg for injuries sustained while In the discharge of his duty as a state employee Bills passed by the House Amending Amend-ing laws relative to tho assessment of property to punish certain convicts con-victs for committing assaults upon others by means of force or otherwise other-wise amending tho laws relating to the duties of Judges of election amending the laws relating to the requirements re-quirements of certificates of teachers relative to tho competency of nits Land or wife to testify In certain cases amending Compiled Laws ot Utah relating to tho name of the State Normal school its relation to tho state university courses of study normal scholarships certificates and C diplomas amending Section 1891X20 Complied Laws of Utah 1907 relating relat-ing to the powers of the board of education ed-ucation amending Section 3411 Corn riled Laws of Utah 1907 relating to privileged communications nnd the rights of witnesses To provide a permanent fund for the general maintenance of the University Uni-versity of Utah Including tho branch normal school and tho Agricultural college of Utah Senator Stookey has introduced a bill in the senate Senator Carl Badger submitted a resolution providing for the submission submis-sion of a constitutional amendment to the people at tho next general election declaring for statewide prohibition pro-hibition The proposed amendment provides that tho manufacture sale or gift of any Intoxicating liquor in tho state except for medicinal scientific und mechanical purposes shall bo forever prohibited and for tho enactment of laws by the legislature carrying out this provision |