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Show LOCAL OPTION BILL I PASSED BY SENATE I Amended in All Ways Desired by Enemies of Its Pro- f Jiibition Clause. t i: CITIES NOT AFFECTED BY t H ELECTIONS OF COUNTIES i Brewers' License Cut Down 50 fil Per Cent; Other Changes s -'M Made in Bill. S 'l Shorn of everything which was either t 1 wanted by tho prohibitionist wing of j tho senate, or disaproved of by the op- !. IH position, tho substitnto for tho Cannon , bill, a mere shadow of its former solf, ' I.H passed tho senato by a unanimous voto ; ,H Wednesday afternoon. i 'H Thoso who assembled to hoar tho bill , ' passed or defeated at tho morning ses- ( ' sion woro disappointed, because all tbe H refcrenco they heard mado to it was i the quiet motion of Senator Badger jH that further consideration of tho meas- ure go over till 2:15 p. m. The motion r fll was seconded by Senator Kuchler, ; which fact alone, was enough to mega- ( phono to the spectators that an agree- ment had been reached between the ' warring factious, and that fact, in the " light of tho previously shown weak- ' ncss on tho part of tho bill's suppor- - ters, was sufficient to tell that the ngreement embodied all that the op- position desired. H When tho matter came before tho J , houso at the aftornoon session somu '1 amondmonts woro quietly proposed and TH accepted, which changed still further 1 'H the complexion of tho measure till noth- ! iH ing, practically, remains of what it was, or at least of tho drastic part of ' '1 its sections. 1 Tho elections previousb provided for I in June are put back till September, r and the coiug into effect of whalovei may bc decided upon by the olcclions. ' if any are evor held, is set back till January, 1910. ", Under this chance, the manufacturers 'jH ofjliquors. provided their business is i declared illccnl. instead of going out of business in September, arc granted i the further timo till the following ' ti The following very important and VH far-reaching amendment was proposed 4H by Senator Kuchler, and accepted: ':H Kuchler' s Amendment. . ,H Tho provisions of this section, or of ' ;H this act, shall apply to cities containing - , more than 12,000 inhabitants, when the 1 'H legal voters of such cities shall have 'IH voted In favor of prohibition as a scp- ; i' nrate unit, which they may do upon potl- r MH tlon as provided In this act for conn- 1 ties. Tho Intent and meaning hereof is ;,'H that such cities shall bo placed under TH the same provisions as arc herein pro- ilH vlded for counties, ' H The manner of holding said elections , if BH In said cities shall be the same as ap- im IH plies to the subdivisions mentioned In H tin? preceding sections; with the exeep- V 1 H lion, that whero county commissioners nre mentioned in the preceding sections, ' 1 city council shall bo substituted In lieu M thereof. And when county clerks are '1 mentioned, city recorders shall be sub- 'H slltutcd iu lieu thereof. It may bc said iu passing that the foregoing amendment is one nf the . jH things that has stood in the way of ' tho passago of tho bill during the past IH five weeks, as it was that long ago , that the senator from Weber county commenced his contention for its place in the legislation cn this subject, and it was the principal reason for the disagreement at the meeting held so secretly iu tho Commercial club build- , ing in the early stages of tho fight against the present bill. Senator Stookey offered an amend- ' jH meut calling for tho appointment bv tho board of examiners of threo stato inspectors of tho liquor traffic, whose powers shall bo flic same ns those of deputy sheriffs.' anil whose p.iv shall be not to exceed $1500 per year, to-gcther to-gcther with cxpeusos. , Concerning Retailers. Vll Under the provisions of the bill as , .; jH amended, retail dealers will have till .Tub to tear out the doors and win-dows, win-dows, with the exception of those in front, as provided, and seal up other , openings. One of the surprises of tho bill is I ho fact that, it carries with it au amendment by Senator Wilson, a staunch prohibit ionist, and an out-spoken out-spoken enemy of the saloon business, providing for tho reduction of the brewers' license, as provided in the first draft of tho bill, by ' HO per cent, making the license of H brewers, who, under tho former terms , of tho bill, woro to pay $5000, $2500. and so on down tho scale. 'i These are tho principal amendments , with which the bill finally passed tho senate, and with which it will make Continued on Page Seven. " ill OPTION BILL PASSED BY SENATE J Continued from Page Three. tpenrance in the house, and while L"-" somc lively tilts, nothing Ptr1 of importance happened to it. mh:uph the bill nasscd unanimous-J'SiKBt-out of tho seventeen senators n ) Iptetl for it explained their votes. f ipricflv and others at length, of fas it is a fair average of the TS given for supporting the mens- Jductaut votes, the remarks of Biilleu aro quoted, lie said: Bullcn's Keasons. is In harmony with the Cache 'puhllcan platform In 'the last It Is In harmony with my views i It poes. I have realized for o that a strict prohibition bill pass the senate. It Is a ques-whlch ques-whlch many of our states have riwi for over naif a century, and ag iis still In Its experimental stage stlon with many conflicting: opinions .) the wisdom and exnedlencv of the ' i tls Involved In Us solution. The cn--1 sunt ef prohibitory laws are stI-i stI-i Jliair.pt n-d by the limited control Istate.? over trade, as I understand t'stnte can prohibit the purchase, t? of Its citizens, from cltlzcna of . sJalos, of alcoholic liquors for his f -Ibsuinption; no stale can Interfere nJgKnsporlnlion into another stato of BWwTts eonsigned to a citizen of IPrtstati- for his consumption; s"v-jniortliern s"v-jniortliern states have passed pro- I i .iF' laws since the "Maine law" 0 I ' and 0111 of hl3 number four-Lvjav four-Lvjav confessed to a failure by re-their re-their laws, leavlnc but tli re . als, Maine and Xorth" Dakota with -!itv. Prohibitive laws, and these three JMnave the law under constitutional . Btnenta. In Kansas, where a pro-iKy pro-iKy , . ,ias ec'n m operation slnco Vylln his message to the Kansas leg-delivered leg-delivered January S, 1007. Gov-ilCIHocli Gov-ilCIHocli said: " believe It would bo Bo establish a siate hospital for ine-afB ine-afB f,.r tn- treatment of alcoholism. IIP8. lhs new medical dopartment of ' Jlfie "n,v?rsI nilKht be wisely cn-SP'1 cn-SP'1 i lls SC0I 'o include treatment 3lkc 5 0 ,ln'orlunates." (MF- Tv;o SidG to Question, 'alficount of these facts it will be jp seen that there nrc two sides tn the question, and the more one gels Into It the more intricate it becomes With full faith and Implicit confidence In the Judgment of the senate in going on record against radicalism, which too often results In disastrous reaction, I did hope that they v.iuld accept the report of the majority of the committee on manufactures and commerce and accept section SO. which provides for a statewide state-wide submission. I think there Is safety In the Judgment of tho people expressed at the ballot box. after a careful survey of the- Issues Involved. Under such methods meth-ods I cannot see that any one should object, for It would be a question of majority rule, and the American electorate elec-torate -wo must recognize the nearest to. tho Ideal In the solution of great questions. ques-tions. The majority of the senate thought otherwise. Legislation is more or less a matter of compromise, and It cannot bo expected that each Individual senator should ha.vo his ideas alone govern In great questions. It is a good measure: tho regulation features are drastic, and If the optional provisions do not send the entlro state dry thv are In harmony with the policy of the Washington. D. C department of the Anti-Saloon league, "of gaining prohibition by piecemeal Instead of striving for everything at once and gaining nothing," -which, after all, Is. tin-course tin-course most surelv calculated to produce results for reform. It will make Cach.' county dry. |