Show j II I fI VL 0 8 J I Irv rv J llO vo g D including politicians poli- poli including folks The many anY folks liciana n m nin and a of run win win-Af- nine mine nine who prognosticatorS prognosticators who predict Utah Lc Leg Leg- Twenty-first Twenty d d that the would provi provide e the most im most mOlt interesting and most ot or nfl aU B Beehive hi e state law law- laWmaking making gatherings were able to it i the chortle I toM told you yon 1 o 0 before first week of th the 1935 session had d The political horo were aco 0 in the black with their figur figur- figurin figur- figur figuring control in ing ng that taxation liquor and nd social security le would take the spot tight early in ion activities The great rent pre pre- pro pro- preponderance of tax bills bill bm speedy in- in in of liquor and curly appearance on the le legislative e oriTon of industrial compensation hid labor and other social lc legis legislation is- is lation sat ion proved l their pre casion hor- hor to be he right And speaking of or the right right the Ig- Ig leg Ig legislators with southpaw tendencies s cre early in the fore with mew vrr mt meas- meas a- a arr's to out leftist irs rr's tending carry dt ts s In social legislation and tax tax- tax tax-a ton on in particular More conserva conser t t e senators and md r the Ule challenge and prepared prepared ed ed d to do battle a against le leftist that thit they ther believed cd would go mr toward wrecking business and industry throughout th the state Bills to raise taxes bill taxes bill to low- low billa to take care of tax monies collected poured into the le e hopper dur during lg the tw ini- ini i i- i work A dozen or more will willbe willbo be 00 up for early consideration with no one apparently knowing just l the proposed measures me will equalize in the matter of state rev nue needed to carryon carry on go governmental governmental tal functions durin during the next two years ears Senators will obtain the he ideas doas of or the state tax commiSSion commission along this line in an early meeting between commissioners and the committee on revenue and taxation It was shown quickly that a bat bat- battle battie bat battle tle tie royal loyal Is in the offing between the tax-cm-mores tax and the tax tax-em- tax Tesser Jesser Perhaps the bills into laws will equalize the income and outgo That tax increases in n some lines of ot business will be made are practically certain That here will be reductions in others otherA 1 Is also a certainty Skirmish lines were thrown out early in the season on the liquor control battlefront with the intro intro- introduction of two oppositional meas- meas ores cres looking toward the solution of f f the how to buy a drink m in Utah The question of re repeal al d s in favor of some somo sort of li- li li liquor quor sale before the legislators had iad ad taken their seats for Cor the open open- jn lag ing opening of the session It had resolved it itself el into the problem of how hard bard liquor in particular should be bo con con- conveyed conveyed con conveyed to W the thirsty First came a bill purported to lave the sponsorship of the Corn Com Com nit e of 49 appoint appointed d by Gover Gover- Governor Governor nor Henry II It Blood and Blood and hence hief executive approval This was followed by the Salt Lake Cham Chain Chamber bet ber of Commerce bill The initial offering provided for the sale oJ of ani aH stuff in state operated and chamber controlled stores only The cham cham- private ber bill authorized the sale in pd- pd Va vate licensed stores Representative Warwick C Lam Ulm of Salt Lake county threw n u monk monkey y wrench into the state machinery by deleting see sec sec sections ions ons authorizing the sale of liquor in hotels restaurants and eating P if I s-i s if all restaurants arent aren't eating places He made enough other ther drastic changes as introducer of f the measure to cause supporters of f after the tho state sales to wonder if d- d af ter all nIl hi bill was a committee ad ministration measure eit r Lamoreaux clarified this sit sit- nation somewhat by declaring that the deletions and changes were his and ind nd his only The result may be that another bill sponsored directly 1 by y the governor may be offered With the Salt Lake legislator left hanging banging onto the well know limb Some legislators from beyond th the limits of Salt Lake county pro pro- fess less profess to be bothered 10 local n 31 l lA A concerning the option clause in the Chamber of Commerce bill They invy see in in it the thc establishment of Salt Lake City as a base of supply for hard bard liquor in n u case many or of the other counties vote ote dry by petition and election They also hold that th these se sc siry ry counties Ul 3 will be with bootleggers gers and faced with the im urn Im- Im importation of much hard stuff from the bi bly city But say the proponents of the state stores dores also atno it bill it at- at al so no contains a local option clause clauie Speaking of or Mr Lamoreaux-he Lamoreaux Lamoreaux ha already y won for tor himself the the nick of Perpetual Motion because of his pronounced ties in the making m or of motions Hes He's lone more in the movin moving business thus far than practically aU all the jo iii un rest unrest of the house m members into on one also The Salt L Lake kc legislator has al- al al so 20 proved hh elf prolific in the Ule of important bills lie Itc i sponsored an old age pension m mesa s rIT fire raising the ma maximum pensions 0 o O In addition to the all ahl taut tant nt liquor control bill Ho isalo is also alo I preparing preparing a unicameral ne- ne neI house fr for early introduction introduction I tion lion It would foIl follow ow almost Iden- Iden Identical identically lines laid down in Nebraska Nebraskan In l n the system sponsored b by l Sen Sensor tor sor Norris Most active of the upper house in the thc introduction of bit It It Senator Ward ard C Holbrook of Davis is count county He has already in- in introduced In Introduced four tax bills one increasing in ing income taxes s and another he ng t ii Jd corporations and andl The non non sink t institutions in jag senator in is also re responsible for foru fora u it hill 1111 tn taxing cigars smoking and andI in A chewing tobaccos and snuff Hes lie He I f ays it jl i i for lor revenue raising purposes pur par purposes poses only Other activities of the Davis DavisI I county senator include the introduction introduction introduction tion of or three bills changing party machinery in conventions and eke eke- elec elections He lie also niso nl o led It'd in efforts to ex- ex extend extend ex extend tend the period of redemption from tax sales for taxes of the yeat yeas yea's l R 1929 and 1930 successfully 1930 Another Holbrook bill permits the federal government go to buy lands for flood and erosion control But although they have introduced ed cd no bills and made no motions the really busy legislates are Pre ident Herbert B Maw of the Ben se- sen senate ate and Speaker Walter K of the tho House Between sessions it itis itis kis is one conference after another with them Both welcomed the week-end week diversion of ot a few hours houra awa away from rom I The ri rigid rigil id economists watch economists watch watchdogs dogs of the treasury and rug rugged ed savers savel'S of the tho peoples people's money lost money their first battle for econom economy in instate instate instate state expenditures when both house and senate defeated motions to reduce tho the set committee salar galar- salaries salar- salar salaries ies of legislative employees In the senate Mr Holbrook inov- inov moved ed l to cut the salaries of the secre secre- secretary secretary tary and chief clerk twenty per percent percent cent Representative e Grant Mac Mac- Macfarlane Macfarlane Mac Mac-farlane farlane made a similar effort in the lower house The Tho Davis county solon wanted to establish a policy of economy right at the start but found only four senators willing willingto to save about by cutting sal sal- salaries sal salaries aries cries It was really only a skir skir- skirmish skir- skir skirmish mish raish and must not be taken as an indication of open-hearted open spend spend- spending spending spending ing by either cither house Anent Senator economy economy Senator John JohnM JohnM JohnM M Wallace of Salt Lake county in addressing the upper house had a afew afew afew few words to say against continuing continuing continuing ing to heap burdens upon the citi- citi citizenry citizenry citi citizenry in order to satisfy demands for public activities that do not represent actual imperative pres pros present present ent necessities Senator Wallace after a week week- weekend weekend week end end anal analysis Sis of f bills already offer offer- offered offered offered ed warned against possible over loading a willing horse by adding unbearable burdens to business and pro property erty within the state He held that legislation now in n the two house houe hoppers might add burdens exceeding many times over the mCl most t optimistic view of possible re recovery ery co in business for lor years to come Although he referred to no par par- par par- particular bills it was believed that the Salt Laker referred more par par- par par- particularly to such measures as the house industrial bill amending the state in- in in law and to increased tax tax- taxation taxation tax taxation on industry business and banking The women solons expect to w be particularly active in the further further- furtherance furtherance furtherance ance of social security legislation The two seven in the senate and five in the house are house are likely to form f orm coalition a to push such meas measures measures measures ures as have to do with the bet bet- bet t tennent betterment of ot living conditions Allor All of or the women legislators were assigned to good committee showing memberships m showing that the senate and house leaders lenders recognize their importance among the law law- lawmaking lawmaking making law willbe making body of the sate They will be especially well represented In committees having basing in ha to do with pub pub- l lic public ie health universities and colleges state training school and the like Ilka |