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Show EXTRA SESSION OFf LEGISLATURE IN JULY WnilOlT (OST TO Till! PPOPMi, HOUCVKII. Soloim Mik Uoniol Our Itiinior Tliat l.lquor Intrrcstn An Out to IK'fent the Nntlnnvvldc Conntlliitlou-nl Conntlliitlou-nl Amendment Ma) AIo Knrrnn till oldlcr Por fAiinlng IJIcciloti. That n special onedn) session of tho Utah legislature wilt be called In the early part of Jul) to consider rallH cation or tho national prohibition amendment nnd tho matter or giving suffrngc to soldier In the field hai been practically nssund by letter from legislator throughout tho statn favoring such action The letter are In repl) to communication sent out by llcpresenlatlve Hlchard W Young, Jr., father of tho boncdry bill, and Senator Colbert I. Olson to members of the legislature, nsklng them how they felt ns to the matter of calling a special session and whether the) would forego their regular per diem nnd also pa) their own expense Ka-vornble Ka-vornble replies were received from practical!) ever) member or the house and the senate. The matter wo rirst taken up with Oov Simon llambcrger, who expressed express-ed himself on favoring nn extra session, ses-sion, provided It could bn held without with-out additional cost to tho state It has been explained that tho particular reason for calling n special session nt thl time I that It would glvo nn opportunity op-portunity for tho same legislature which passed the prohibition legislation legisla-tion nt II last snnslon to consider the national amendment In n light favor nbln to Its ratification If ratification of the national ami ndment were de firred until tho next leglnlalure meets, chance for Its successful adoption might not be nn great. It Is claimed, Innsminh nn the complexion of tho leglnlatiiri inn) be changed One of the objedn, It In ilalnud, In (tilling the extra session Is lo prevent the liquor Interest from launching n nmpalgn nt the fall diction In nn tfrorl to elect men who would decline to rntlf) the nntlouwlde prohibition amendment to the innntltutlon or the United Hlnle. Humor have been iiirrent ror man) week In the effect liinl n spei IhI session might be called the governor for the purpose of set tiring legislation diemed necessnr) or ndvlnabli nl thin time Onn mnl-tir mnl-tir speilfliHll) mentioned In Hie let-tirn let-tirn to th legislator I thnt of making mak-ing II ptMrtlble ror aoldler In tho Held, either in Ihe training enmpn or over-sen, over-sen, to voti nt the time or the rait election. "There In little doubt Hint the extra session will bo lulled," Heimtor Olson mi) "Practically all the senator. I know, have expressed Ihomselvc a cordially In ravor or It, nnd I ex pect tho governor lo call It some tlmo during the early part of Jul) " "With possibly one exception," Hi P rcsentntlve Young )i, "tho member mem-ber of tho hnuso of representatives approved of calling a special eslnn to stUe the Important question or prohibition nnd suffrage or soldier on dut) 1 have turned over to the governor gov-ernor all the reports and communication communica-tion rmm them, nnd wo nro now uwnlllng hi nctlnn In the matter" Asknl whether II wn tho object or the special session to nit on emergent) emer-gent) appropriations to inrry on war work, siltli a that rr Ihe state council coun-cil or deft use, Young replied that so far u he knew thl would not (onto In fore Hie legislator and that only the two matter mentioned would take up tliclr time |