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Show Utah Vote Ends Prohibition Era Convention Casts 36th Vote for Repeal at Capital Ceremony; Blood, Ivins Address Meet; Temperance Urged. Obsequies for the 18th amendment amend-ment to the Constitution of the United States were conducted Tuesday at the Utah State Capitol. The constitutional convention of the thirty-sixth state ratified the 21st amendment to the Federal Constitution and thereby gave it nation-wide effect The funeral services were decorous de-corous and dignified, but not sorrowful. sor-rowful. It was exactly 3:31 p. m. when Dellgates S. R. Thurman of Salt Lake cast the final "aye" vote of the 36th state for the ratification of the 21st article of amendment to the Federal Constitution, which vote, he said, was the decisive vote. "When this vote is cast," be announced an-nounced "the proposed 21st a-mendmen a-mendmen twill have been - ratified. . "Mr. President, I vote aye." UTAH THRILLED AS BEING THE STATE TO MAKE THIS GREAT CHANGE President Ray L. Olson of the convention said, "'Utah, thrills with pride at being the state which brings, about this change in the constitution, which Is a change in the interest of good government". About the nearest thing to respect re-spect for the dying 18th amendment amend-ment came from Anthony W. Ivins, member of the first presidency of the L.-D. Church,, who addressed the convention as a member" of" the last preceding constitutional convention held in Utah, that of 1895, which drew up the basic law of the state. President Ivins said he was not there to speak of politics, or of prohibition. He might in some sense be said to resemble Marc Anthony at the burial of Caesar. The formal address of Governor Henry H. Blood at Tuesday's constitutional con-stitutional convention, was forward for-ward looking in its aim, and stressed stress-ed the importance of the event symbolized by Utah's vote, He said: "The eyes of the nation are at this moment turned toward Utah. Utah, the thirty-sixth state to complete Its vote for ratification of the twenty-first amendment of the Federal constitution today is accorded the privilege and the sol-j sol-j emn responsibility of taking final action officially removing from the constitution the prohibition amendment." The Govenor went on to say: "After the recording of the vote of this convention today, this state and the country at large will be facing the method of control. "I am convinced that there is wide-spread and perhaps almost unanimous desire to promote temperance. tem-perance. Such differences as have arisen have to do in large part with the manner of bringing about this important accomplishment. Surely there is wisdom enough available to meet the issue here presented. "It Is to bo hoped that such legislation leg-islation as ultimately is deemed necessary, will be enacted only after calm, sober, clearminded and Intelligent study has been given to the subject, and then by the exercise ex-ercise of wise judgement. To this task the entire citizenry should dedicate united efforts, not as winners or losers at the election, but as loyal citizens of the state and of our common country. "So far as our own state is concerned, con-cerned, I have already acted In line with the suggestion made herein by7 the appointment of a committee of leading citizens, later to be enlarged by the addition of men and women from all over the state, who will be charged with the duty of making exhaustive research re-search In the line of control of the liquor traffic and report its findings." find-ings." Deligate Franklin Riter of Salt Lake saw in the repeal of the 18th amendment the death of the bootlegger boot-legger and the racketeer, and In its removal "an open road to better bet-ter times and happier days." |