Show LIQUOR PROBLEM i i TALKED IN HOUSE Three Different Measures Appear Appe r During the Day CHIEF PAUL CONFESSES SES 4 ADMITS THE SUNDAY LAW LW IS TH SUAY V REGULARLY VOLT VIOLATED I 4 t The sale of ot Intoxicating liquor came caine cae up as a a topic In the house in three dif dlf different different ferent ways yesterday First it was as discussed in the committee on manu mau j i j and md commerce In the fore forenoon j I 1 noon where the Cahoon Choon liquor quor bill bi was j under consideration Next It I came up uPi i j jin I in the regular session of ot the house in inthe inthe 1 the debate over Senator Sena or H S Larse s j I i bill bi prohibiting saloons within five fv i i miles of grading camps or other oner pub i I mIes lie Hc works This was finally passed pass d with wih I j I amendments During the session Mrs amendment Coulter Coulte Introduced a bill bl forbidding persons under the age of 18 years yea to j I enter saloons I 1 I Chief of Police Samuel Paul was wa one oneat I of at those who appeared before the corn com I I on manufactures and commerce to testify regarding the Cahoon bill billIn bl billIn In his remarks he made two admissions admissions That saloons are kept open on Sun Sunday Sunday Sunday day day In II violation of ot the law 11 That hat he knew of at at least two in tn instances instances stances where drug stores have been regularly selling liquor at retail Sun San Sundays n days and other days In Ii violation of the law Chief Chef Pauls Excuse I the As an excuse for not enforcing I ordinances the chief chiet said his men were weN not able to get evidence He favored the Cahoon Caboon bill bi but it was explained that the chief is at I under the city ordinances relating to liquor r in his hi prosecutions and is not seeking g to prosecute under the state I I law laThe The chief left lef his livery stable at the request of Representative Cahoon and explained that he was s in a hury h r to o oget get hack back ck Consequently he was given right of way Nodding his head con cn continuously he spoke to the solons colons in Iii my opinion he said saId In the th course cou e of his remarks remark the drug dru store stores for forthe forthe forthe the last three or fd r S days lave have t sold of ot the whisky that th h men have got drunk on Part of o the saloons are open on Sunday but the th better beter class cass are closed But the better class cant afford aford to let the others take their th ir business The chief then declared my men and we we prosecute the and arid drug drugstores stores because they tey could t I get evidence How HO is whisky sold in drug sUes asked Chairman S L Chipman who comes com s from fr m American Fork and was in search of information Any way you want to get it i re replied replied plied pled the chief showing ready familiar familiarity ity Iy with the subject With soda soa or in ina ina ina a highball or any other way Keeps Watch On Drug Stores Have Have you ou or your otc rs ever in investigated Ir investigated the selling ceiling seUng of liquor In n drug dug drugstores drugstores stores asked Representative William WilliamE Wilam E White I have directed my men for tor the Ht h t I five or six six Sundays to look Into cig dt 1 stores stor s the same as saloons s loons the time big chief I He then added that he was leaving the collection of evidence and prosecutions prosecutions tons to the Liquor Dealers ASSO Na Nation tion ton because they could do it so 50 much better than the officers Yes mused the chief aloud its is a avery aYEry avery very perplexing thing Lots of ot peo people pIe think you Jou can cn stop II here he re but I just j wish some feller feler would woo come c me along and ad show how fer to do it u Former County Attorney Parley P PI Christensen and his former assistant I Fred C Loofbourow both favored the t e eI bill bi The latter later it developed with his I father Judge C F Loofbourow had bad drawn the measure for tor Representative Cahoon Choon Both Mr Christensen and Mr Sir Loofbourow believed that the bill bu was constitutional despite despie the argument of Judge 0 O W Powers that the clause cause making it I prima fade facie evidence of ot guilt guit guitI i for tor any person except the proprietor I I or his family to to be Inside a saloon on ona onI ona I a Sunday or holiday would invalidate e eIt It It Mr Loofbourow said the Indiana Indiana supreme court cour had held a a similar act constitutional Good Features e t a of Bill Bi Mr Christensen declared that the bill bl would have a tendency to place all aU the I saloons in the hands of responsible 1 men and place them under closer re restrictions j It I might keep some poor i men out of the business but this was wasn I not n t a traffic which the state should en encourage enI j I courage by making mang it i easy to enter Both he and Mr Loofbourow declared that the greatest trouble was as with wih the i saloons for which licenses were taken out by breweries Mr MI Christensen Christene de dei declared i dared that that the breweries ought to be beI I held h Jd responsible The bill bIl would wo ld tend I to stop the starting of saloons by Ir Irresponsible Irresponsible irresponsible responsible persons for short times The question queston of ot prohibiting drug I stores store from selling liquor except on ona ona a physicians prescription as proposed by the bill bl came up A saloons ns a saloon remarked Mr I Christensen and a drug store is I a drug store If I a drug store wants to toI sell sel liquor it i ought to pay for tor It and I be treated the same as a saloon Mr Ir Loofbourow took a fall fal out of the drug stores Takes Fall Fal Out of Drug Stores When this thi Barney Eckstein case was wa up he lie said a girl under 16 years old admitted to us that she had ob oh tamed tined six cocktails that afternoon at ata ata ata a soda fountain in a a drug store The Information was given us upon condi tion ton that we would not use the evi evl dence to prosecute the druggist so sowe Sowe sowe we were unable to do anything with that particular case City Marshal Michael Mauss of Mur Slur Murray ray rJ spoke especially in favor of ot the clause claue requiring screens to be drawn on Sundays Before Murray incorporated incorporated rated as as a city he said he had hard work keeping the saloons close on Sundays Sundays One of ot the first frt things the new city council co did was to pass an arm ordinance requiring that a ii full view of ot the bar be allowed from tram the street on Sunday S Since then he had had little difficulty in keeping the th saloons closed Chairman J H B Anderson Anderon of at the Salt Lake county board opposed the the clause forbidding tor drug drub stores to sell sel liquor except on prescription He urged d let letting letting ting drug stores sell sen liquor without such restraints restraints Former County W J Home Horne spoke in favor fao of the tebi bill Local Option Clause The local option clause In the bill bl was discussed to some extent wih without with without out any conclusion being reached The sentiment appeared appere to be that local option opton would be Impractical cUcal In busi bud business business budness ness districts but desirable in resi residence rei deuce dence ence districts The The committee will wi holti hoj ho one une or two meetings before ink tak taking tk ing tag action acton Senate bill No 1 b H S bl by 8 Larsen and house bill No 5 I by Mrs Irs Coulter were practically Identical and the house yesterday afternoon took up the Larsen bill as It had passed d the bl I pas sen senate senat ate at This measure forbids the grant granting ing lag of licenses for tor saloons within five miles mUes of any grading camp public work or any place where more than tan men are employed in the construction of f any mine smelter or r roth other oth kindred Cahoon moved to strike trie out out all aU ret ref e I i i I j j i j I 1 j i j I 1 j I i i i i I I j I j I I 1 I I I I I I I to mines and smelters smelter Its Is good to keep saloons loons from a anew anew anew new mine or a new Dew factory factors declared Mrs Mr Couler Coulter Im Im opposed to the traffic alto altogether ato altogether gether geter said ald White ie but as a long as a the saloon is a recognized institution n nI I dont think tInk new mining camps should be deprived front from having them tem If they want them them Sell SeD Se Bad Liquor McFarland took the same sae view Bo o did Richards Spry Spra was for vew the te bf bill Condon took the same attitude be because b because cause among other oter things the saloons near grading gading camps sell sel the most vii vil villainous vi stuff imaginable Molyneux olye x thought the bill too sweeping Ca Ga CaI boons motion moton to strike out all al refer reter reference reference ence to t mines and smelters carried crIed The emergency clause claue was stricken out luckily for the bill as a it after afterward afterward ward yard developed Molyneux tried to get removed the words or any ay kindred enterprise e but failed Stone moved to strike out the enacting clause but this cause failed Done sought a but buti Barrett Barret persuaded the house that tat it was time to stop the habit of pr Redd objected to the bill bU because I It forbade the te granting of licenses as soon as a a railroad or ora a amine amine mine reached an already established town It t was declared in the course coure of the debate that the bill bi might aught stop the granting of all al new n w saloon licenses In BIngham for example if any work employing over pen nen were undertaken in the vicinity On the vote was as follows fol ws Ayes Adams Anderson Anderon Barrett Barett Cahoon Child Chipman Colton Con Condon Condon don Coulter Couler Done Hall Hal Haslam Halam Hawley J E B Johnson McRae Mer Merrill rill nh rU Nash Peterson Richards Roberts Rober RoberS Smith S ih Spry Watts Watt White Wie Hull 26 Noes Brink Evans Eans Lee Luther Luter McFarland nd McKinnon Molyneux Redd Robison Stoker Stone Wilson WIson Absent 12 and not voting 7 The new new bill bI Introduced by Mrs lIr Coulter Couler went on the calendar as house bill bU No 87 It I prohibits any person under the age of 18 years entering any place where intoxicating liquors are sold at retail Penalty Is a fine pf 25 Imprisonment for not more than n thirty days or both The measure wa was referred to the judiciary r committee |