Show WEEKS REVIEW OF LEGISLATURE Prohibition in House and Pub Public Public Public lic Utilities Bill in Senate Chief Measures GOOD ROADS LEGISLATION PURE FOOD ACT SUBMITTED IN UPPER BRANCH Easily the feature of the week weck we k In the legislature was the acrimonious debate dE at Friday on the Cannot Cannon prohibition bill The members at times did not mince words In charging one another with un unfairness unfairness unfairness fairness The chairman of o the to Judi Judiciary ciary lary committee Mr Clegg came ame In for a deal of adverse criticism and he ho criticised right back again The charge was made that t t the majority railroaded the bill through the commit committee tee and reported It favorably for pas passage passage passage sage and that the protests of some som of the members Holman and amI Clegg In ip I particular r were of no avail The mi ml minority minority report was signed by Holman alone and he went on record as saying that he was against prohibition pro but In favor faor of If the passage passage of any bill provid providing providing ing for reasonable regulation He ia Js for a compromise If It ft can be brought about Clegg made a speech In which he said he wanted everyone to have a fair hearing before tho the committee which they had not yet yot yo had he said lId Finally the majority report was w s re fe referred erred back to the committee committees s 5 The Curten hotel bill prepared by the federal bunch has aroused the Ire of Qt the senators The senators favor some of the tho provisions of ot this bill but they resent the Interference of ot the Sign of the Four and especially do they re ro resent resent sent the methods employed by these officeholders to drive them with whip whiplash whiplash whiplash lash That there will be a number of or other bills Introduced In both houses there seems to be bo little tittle question The proposition has been made that a com corn compromise compromise promise bill be drawn and introduced in the senate providing In effect for tor local option for tor high license for ere OZ the limitation of the number of ot saloons say nY as one tot to every thousand of population tion for a clause and the abolishing of ot back rooms or wine rooms and all chairs and tables In n brief brier for fora forIt a It system of ot strict regulation a The petition of the business men to the legislature Friday against absolute lute prohibition Is 15 the th first real genuine protest that has ha been made against the wave wae The prominence and character of those hose who signed I nd it made ma mathe the members member sit up tip and take notice On the ther side of the question both the house and the senate continued during the tIle week to be flooded with wm pe petitions petitions petitions containing thousands of ot signa signatures signatures signatures tures These came from various parts of the state It is one of or the things suggested SUl I by a house member that these petitions be carefully considered and the age of every enry person perROn taken taR en into account THe charge has been Indi Indirectly indirectly made that many children have been permitted to attach their names to these petitions in I order to swell awell the roll Aside from the prohibition question probably the most Important matter to tol come to the attention of the legislature was wall the Introduction In the senate sEm te of ot the bill providing for a commission on public p utilities This measure is far tar reaching In its scope It includes rail rall railroads railroads roads telegraph telephone street car carlines carlines carlines lines electric lighting and power plants gas plants and matters matter relating to pub lic service and md public utilities The bill billIs billis billis Is extremely long and doubt has been expressed as a to the advisability of com corn bining all of the subject matters matten In one one measure Instead of putting the tho various questions into separate bills Tie The T e rea reason re reson son for this Is that if the bill Incorporates portes all aU of the matters referred to and It should be ba unconstitutional on one point the whole law would be a dead letter whereas If the questions were wera dealt with In Ii separate to form the end sought to be pe attained would have hac havea haca a less rocky rucky road travel Whether the overturning of ot any My section would have havo the effect of destroying toe the com coni commission com commission mission If one were created or whether er it would simply deprive it of the powers given to It by that section Is a question not no quite clear In the th minds of many of ot the legislators jc The pure food bill Introduced in the theS senate S nate Friday Is designed to create a 11 commission which shall hall have super supervision supervision supervision vision of foods and food products The bureau is to consist of nine members at the head of ot which shall be the gov governor governor governor The state chemist is made a member mem er as s are also the secretary se of ot the state board of health the state food and dairy commissioner one practical farmer one manufacturer one mer mer chant one livestock man and one ne non non producer The governor r is to to appoint the members not designated in the act alt The street corner comer talk is that f a the bill Is viewed ewed with favor The proposition prop of ot building an ar mory mol will soon be submitted sn In the form of a bill it will can call for an ap of ap the plan is as it Is ia understood now to erect the e building on a part of or the site The state Is row now paying ing a q rental for tor the guards present quarters which wi ch an an amounts amo to a total that will more than pay the interest on oi the sum required r This sum la l I to be borrowed from the state board oard of or land commis Until a new armory or r r at a least new quarters qua rs are secured se for the guard the assertion of a war depart denart ment officer is that equipment will remain practically Pr the He same as i s It i Is now with its old guns and obsolete apparatus The Th passage of the Sunday closing bill In the house no se during the week weak if it should become hE lome a law will wUl make a ma mii ma tenial J difference in Salt at Lake on Sun days das There Thero will be no theatres no no ball tames games mes and no dancing or r roller skating rinks This bill la 1 practically the thes same me as that which was introduced U q anti passed P Sed the house two years Y ars ago age Riders lUders put on it In Jn the senate senat had the effect eff t of killing the t e measure One of these riders rl ers Vas ivas that tha resorts should be included This of course would J hu ut up La and the th resort In Emigration n canyon 4 The A In congress for the set setting setting ting tins aside of acres of In fa InI I I 1 this IhU state to be sold for tor the purpose of ot raising funds for the building of ot ft a State ouse and the establishment of a system system tem tern of good roads passed and will be bewell bewell well on its way to Washington present presently pre ent ly Iy The amount to be derlY U from rom the sale of ot this segregation of or tile tle public p domain is to be equally between n the capitol and the good lion tion Of ot the seven good roads bills intro introduced Introduced in the house e six were wre favorably I reported One On relating r to wide Ide tires was killed In hithe the committee This ac acton acton ton tonj was taken because as at the Intro Introducer ducer lucer said the measure which provid provided ed for tor wide tires was practically alY coy cov covered ered In the t e bill m relating 4 a tax on vehicles The T committee reports wore were adopted Two telephone regulation bills were introduced In the tho house during the week One of thorn them t m provides the rate ef or rental to b h charged and the other provides for the Interchange of service so I as to enable the tho subscribers to one system to have haYe the tho benefit of service on another The bill follows follos a report that the Bell and u Independent people are in fact under the same control The governor has I signed the bill bU pro providing viding for tor the addition of ot ln birthday to the list of legal holidays In Inthe Inthe Inthe the state The trip of the legislature to the fish Ush hatchery hatchel at Murray fe rs 1 expected to re reo result suIt sult in the establishment of a number of hatcheries In other parts of ot tile state The visit of the members of the house and Ind senate to the Agricultural college at Logan yesterday was highly suc sue successful successful from every ever standpoint A number n of bills relating J to educational educational educational affairs were were Introduced during the week V While none of Ut the changes change Is radical J there thoro will be a different or order ordel order der del of things if ff the bills pass ac It H is expected that the tho legislature wilt will adjourn Thursday over till Monday in order that the members may ma go to their hornet homes for birthday whIt which falls on Friday |