Show SOME IE PLAIN TALK IN THE legislature opponents I 1 of prohibition measure make game fight in the tha house out but are arc B eaten beaten the house on monday february 16 refused lo ito reconsider uio tile vote by which the cannon prohibition bill was passed abid and tile the measure now goes to the senate I 1 with it will ko go the peti dioris which tho the house committee on judiciary detary have had which petitions carry thousands of signatures three hours of oratory preceded the decision to refuse to reconsider the vote in favor 0 of prohibition iq in the stale sta to of utah representatives hoi 1101 man and mcmillan shohe in favor of a reconsideration they charging that the cannon measure had been railroaded through the judiciary committee holmans speech was the sensation of the session being an ably prepared address delivered in a forceful manner holman charged that tho house as aa a body lias has neither considered the wisdom nor the feasibility of enacting any ny legislation of this sort the house has accepted public clamor and count counties ls petitions as aa self evidence of bf the necessity of such legislation and has acted accordingly without investigating into the inherits of the case by some sub rosa process beyond my powers of comprehension the cannon bill was passively accepted as the original and only panacea tor for tile the alleged evils at 0 the liquor traffic the C cannon n 1111 neither represents the intelligence telli tell igene gence e nor reflects tho the honest sentiment of tho the membership of this house other ather measures similar f an fn 11 substance and intended to correct the sama same evils were willfully disregarded and did didiot not receive the consideration to which they were entitled all efforts on the part of certain members to effect a compromise measure wore were ruthlessly cast aside the ma bority refused to concede a single point either in committee discussion or in floor debate thus forcing these members to appear as unalterably opposed to any legislation whatever tho the bill was railroaded through the committee e cittee and d the house and the manner of its final passage would have been a disgrace to any legisla five body the measure Is a makeshift and deserves to be reconsidered the reply of mr cannon the author of the bill was also very earnest lie he disclaimed that there was any church influence which had been made tr tc push the bill through the house yle he and other speakers akers resented the charge made by mr air holman that the had been railroaded through the ill c judiciary committee ebur new bills were introduced in the house and three met tl belr death in tho the committee none of which are of grave importance little of importance e was accomplished by the senate six bills of minor importance were introduced white while the committee reports were con I 1 fined largely to routine matters senator sert miller introduced a bill levying a state flato tax tor for high school purposes under ander the sections of a bill introduced by senator badger persons other than those authorized by law as surety companies who shall become bondsmen or sureties in any case must file with the proper county lt officer a duplicate copy of the bowl or other instrument in the county in which the he property behind tho the surety Is situated whereupon the bond or other undertaking becomes a lien upon the obligee the house on oil tuesday february ag H finally approved of four bills 11 B D 48 by pope relating to irrigating districts 11 D 85 a substitute measure providing tot for the exercise of the right nt f eminent domain by the addition of a now section H D 51 by thompson providing for the holding of farmery farmers tind domestic science institutes anti and sell schools in tho counties of the state rind ond H B 92 by wootton amend amending the law relating to the requirements for the certificates of teachers new bills were introduced amend ing ng the laws relating to tho the keeping of ditches in repair by adding thereto B n now new section providing a 1 penalty for violation thereof and creating a state bounty fund providing for a tax on certain livestock providing for the destruction of certain wild animals and repealing chapter 1 title 9 corn piled laws of utah 1907 under the terms of a bill introduced in the senate tuesday by senator benner X smith it will become v misdemeanor to cut down or carry away any growing thing from the property of another to dig a ditch or hole in the ground on oil property be yon yond wh what at the digger himself owns or to post bills or other signs upon the premises ot of tile the city any company or individual without the proper con fent ecat of the owner senator smith also introduced measures relating to the state board of pharmacy ing sale of poisons and an amend ment relating to certain agreements declared to be void unless in writing two bills were passed by the son ban ito S U D il 13 1 by miller mille r providing i hal at certain ni members embers of each board if f health in anti and county cor orations wr allons shall bo mein beia 0 of tho the f tate health officers convention and lill 5 11 0 by madgee accepting federal and and irrigation regulations within jio ho state twelve senators tors were in ill caucus callous tuesday night in an endeavor it Is claimed to tranie frame al m substitute bill to take tho the place of the cannon prohibition but while the meeting was a secret one it Is declared arod no solution or of tho the problem was reu reached clied the cannon bill which provides tor lor stute wide prohibition passed the house thursday afternoon by a voto vote of 30 9 to 4 with two of tile the members absent those voting against the b bill ill were russell mcmillen mcrae and holman of salt lake corint county hoi 1101 man and mcmillin changed their votes from the negative in order to move a reconsider antion alon of the voto vote by which the bill was passed and they gave notice that they would ouia do this the cannon bill Is a drastic meas ure tire and it if p passed assed by the senate and approved by the governor will mean absolute prohibition throughout tho the state the new law would prohibit the manufacture sale barter giving away or otherwise furnishing of alcoholic liquors within the state slate tho the term alcoholic liquor as used in act shall bo be construed to mean all spirituous vinous fermented or malt liquors or any imitation thereof or substitute or compound of any kind or description whatsoever whether medicated ted or not which contains any alcohol and which Is capable of being used as a beverage an effort was made by mr cannon author of the measure to have a county dispensary where liquor might be dispensed upon tho the order of physicians dills bills were passed by the senate relating to regulating and licensing employment bureaus and agencies appropriating for tho the us uso 0 of 0 certain school districts and for tho the increase in pay of teachers therein five new bills wore were introduced in tile the senate and seven in the house as aa well as a joint memorial demor aliling congress to grant grairt to the state of utah for the benefit ot indian war veterans of utah acres of 0 land fifteen house bills and ono one memorial were presented at the session of 0 the house of representatives on wednesday february 10 and one bill was withdrawn one of tho the now new measures refers to the manner of holding primary elections tho bill was present ed e by representative 0 ellas conway ashton and proposes to do away with tho the old manner of holding mary elections and to establish direct primaries candidates candidate will be na medon petitions according to the bill and thore will be no sch euch thing as party conventions T the he measure approved was 11 II D 75 by hodges relating to the investment of funds derived from the sale of public lands dy by vote tile the members of tho the house agreed to extend the time allowed tor tho the presenta presentation aln of bills from 30 to 40 days with the consent or of two thirds of the members of tho the house As tho the result of an hours dealbera dell bera tion of the senate two bills were passed and seven now new measures in produced trod one of the bills appi approved oved increases the salary of the supreme court stenographer from 1200 to 1800 a year the other relates to privileged communications at trials A measure was introduced which if it Is approved will enable salt lake city to try the des plan of city government senator seeley Is a after the experimental stations and has introduced a bill to abolish every experimental station in tho the state there was no session of tho the sen ate or house on friday february 12 a recess bel being ng taken in ill honor of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of abraham lincoln A number of the members of the legislature however took toola advantage of the offer of the off officers leers of the oregon short line and ami southern pacific railroads and made a visit to the celebrated lucan cutoff cut off |