Show CANNON BILL BILLIS IS DECAPITATED It IN I SENATE Twelve Senators Declared to toBe toBe toBe Be Unalterably Opposed to StateWide State Wide Prohibition ENTIRE COMMITTEE IS ARRAYED AGAINST IT SUBSTITUTE MEASURE PROVID PROVIDING PROVIDING ING INC LOCAL OPTION NOW BEING DRAWN Despite predictions to the contrary the day da of doom for the Cannon proM prohibition prohibition bill is in sight Before tie the t e con convention convention of ot the Republican prohibition prohibitionists to bo ho held hold in tho Salt Lake theatre next Wednesday the senate will have killed the bill beyond hope of resurrection resurrection resurrection tion This conclusion was made practically certain by a secret caucus of twelve members of the senate yesterday esterday after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon The caucus was held hold in the tho may mayors mayors mayors ors office after the ad adjournment of the senate The sergeant guarded one door to the room fOmIn in which the caucus was waR held and the assistant guarded the theother theother theother other No one save the members of the senate who had been asked to meet in inthis Inthis this room was permitted to enter When the caucus began those present were President Gardner Senators Marks M Seely Miller Kuch Koch Kuchler Kuchler ler Benner X Smith Bullen Builen Hyde Sevy Se John Y Smith and Badger Shortly after the meeting began Sen Senator Senator Senator ator Miller was called out by Senator Wilson Vilson and about half an hour before beCore its conclusion Senator Kuchler left Jelt After the meeting adjourned the sen senators senators senators who ho were at the meeting were They admitted that the Cannon bill and the prohibition question were the subject of discussion lon That final and definite action concern concerning concernIng ing lug the Cannon bill was taken at the caucus and that the tho death sentence was pronounced Is the tho accepted belief bellet Other Oth r Bills Considered Other bills concerning the liquor question were considered and one of these which it is understood had the greatest support will be b introduced be before before before fore the end of tho the week All AU of the twelve who were at the caucus during nearly all of tho the time that the meeting lasted are opposed to the Cannon bill though it is understood that not all of them are agreed on the provisions of the substitute bill to be introduced The substitute known as the Cullen hotel bill drawn by b the federal bunch has few advocates At a similar caucus held a week ago by the senators ten members of the senate pledged themselves to vote against the Cannon bill This solid phalanx of ten has been unbroken Two others opposed to the Cannon bill have been added to the ten which in insures insures cores its death Included among the opponents of the Cannon bill bilt are the five members of the committee on manufactures and com corn commerce commerce merce of ot the senate to which this bill has been referred These are Senators Rudolph Kuchler chairman John Y Smith Herschel Bullen jr Carl A Badger and J 3 A Hyde Within a few days this committee will submit a re report report report port to the senate son ate recommending that the Cannon bill be killed And the re report rl report port will be adopted probably without debate Strict Regulation Provided As a substitute bill the measure to be agreed upon in caucus will be Intro dued probably by the tho committee on manufactures and commerce This bill billis billIs billis is being drawn by Senators Badger John Y Smith and Hyde all of whom are members of this committee The measure It is said provides for local j option the unit not yet decided upon Some of the senators favor county local option others would make the municipality the unit and s still till others Insist on local option by b precincts Strict regulation is provided by b the bill The number of ot saloons Is limited and there is some suggestion that brew saloons are to be limited by the bill One phase of the liquor ques question question question tion which is said to be under consider consideration consideration atlon by b the committee drafting the measure Is a proposition to put the li Ii licensing censing ceasing of or saloons In the hands of a i commission to be appointed by the mayor not the governor as is provided I by the Cullen hotel bill Under the pro proposed proposed proposed posed provision the mayor would be empowered to appoint a commission of six to the discretion of ot whom would be left the licensing of ot saloons and the en enforcement enforcement enforcement of saloon regulations One of ot this commission would be appointed for two years another for four tour years and the third for tor six years Biennially thereafter a member of ot the commission would be appointed for six years by the mayor The fate tate of such a bill is uncertain The amount of ot opposition which It would meet with in the senate will de depend depend depend pend on the unit provided for by the Continued on Page 3 CANNON BILL IS I DECAPITATED IN SENATE CAUCUS Continued From Page 1 I local option provision Six members of the senate will probably vote against any other than statewide prohibition Three or four others will oppose any thing save county loc option Unless a compromise measure Is agreed upon no measure for prohibition regulation or 01 local option will pass the senate senat at atall atall atall all which is exactly the result hoped for by the breweries Should any bill other than statewide prohibition pass the senate It is be believed believed believed that the house will reject It since a majority of the members of the house feel that if no action of any kind is taken at this session of ot the legislature the die prohibition question will be made madean an issue In the next campaign and a legislature that will surely pasS pro hl HUl be chosen 1 |