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Show "V, 2 Amendments Adopted at Repub-lican Repub-lican Caucus Are Incorpor-ated Incorpor-ated in Measure. H PROVISION FOR MAJORITY H VOTE IS STRICKEN OUT Country Members Opposed to Proposition; Courts Given Complete Licensing Power. The special committee appointed by the Republican caucus Thursday night has drafted the proposed amendments to the liquor bill which were agreed upon by the caucus and will present, litem to the legislature this morning. As the amendments have been agreed upon by the majority of the members ol each house it Is expected thai they will be speedily adopted when the bill conies up for rbconsldcratlon and final passage this morning. ... All amendments suggested by the afi- nnlnlsiratlon were accepted save tlie lmcndmenl which provides that a majoritv at a liquor election must be equal lo or greater than a majority of the votes cast ui the last preceding general election, nils proposed amendment created so much opposlilon on the part of the country members that it has been dropped and will become no pari of the bill. The liquor question was brought up in each house Friday morning, benator Bonner X. Smith moved that the bill be recalled from the committee on enrolling and engrossing and that one member of a. conference committee be appointed from the senate. There was no objection to this procedure and the president named Senator Smith as the member of the conference committee. On a similar action in the house, Representatives Rock M. Pope and YV". L. Hayes wero named as the house members of the con-rerenc con-rerenc committer. Senator Smith acleu as chairman of the committee. Amendments Are Made. The amendments indicated by the cau-cus cau-cus were ni3(le in the bill and other parts of the bill were revised to conform to those amsnrfmenls. The principal amend -ment madj was with reference to the taking away from councils of the llccns-Ing llccns-Ing power in cities of the first anil second classes and placing it in the hands of the district judces. The amendment is in-serted in-serted in the bill where the manner of the issuance of liquor licenses is pre-K pre-K scribed. The amendment follows: ' '"In cities of the first and second classes, after ihe bond of the applicant shall be approved as herein required, the application for a license, together with the bond, shall be filed promptly by the cltv recorder of the citv wherein the ap-plication ap-plication Ik made with the district court or the clork thereof of the county in -nlileh such city is located and upon the disirlct court in such county making an order that a licensp shall issue upon such application tlie clerk of the court shall HBW transmit a certified copv of such order HBV and the copy of tun application and bond HHV to the city recorder of the city wherein the application is made: whereupon tlia cltv council of such cltv shall cause the HBpJ license to issue as herein authorized and HBV no such license shall issue until the dls- HBV trict court has made the order herein HBV specified. "Anv application for a license to sell Intoxicating liquors may he refused for HHV cood cause In the discretion of the dls- HHh trict court of the county In which the HBV cltv of the first or second class wherein HHV license Is sought may be situate, the city council of the cities of the third class. h the board of trustees of towns, or the HBpl boards of county commissioners of coun- I Courts Given Power. Throughout the bill amendments are made Inserting the district courts among the llcensinc boards to which reference Is made. The Badger amendment providing that anv person selling liquor without a license li-cense is guilty of a misdemeanor Is inserted in-serted In the first section of the bill. Another amendment made Is the elimination elimina-tion of the part of the bill limiting clubs Tvhlch may be permitted lo sell liquor to cit.'eH of the first and second classes. Under the bill as amended clubs may sell liquor anywhere in the stute. The definition defi-nition of a club is supplemented by the provision that It must own 55000 in real property and its annual membership dues must amount to at least $12. The minimum club license Is advanced from S200 per vear to $400. and the maximum from $1000 to $2000. Clubs are not permitted, per-mitted, by the amended bill, to sell Intoxicants In-toxicants between midnight and 6 o'clock In the morning. Public Dining Rooms Excepted. A. provision was added by the committee, commit-tee, under the orders of the caucus, which declares that nothing shall be construed con-strued to prevent the serving In public dining rooms of intoxicating liquors with meals. In addition to the amendments made in the principal liquor bill, the committee has amended three of the Hayes bills and will recommend their passage. The bills relate to the charter powers of city coun- ells and are amended In order to conform , to the amended liquor bill. 1 t , The report of the special conference y 1 committee was being prepared Friday ; nlKht and will be submitted to the legis-3 legis-3 lature this morning. It is expected that all of the Democrats and a few of the $ Republicans in each house will oppose the amendments, but it Is believed that , ' -i the amended bill will pass by a safe majority. ' ' ' Senate Sifting Committee, i .' The b'enate Friday morning authorized the appointment of a sifting committee into the "hands of which every bill pend-' pend-' --j Ing before the, senate committees war. 5 placed. The committee consIstB of Hen-.'. Hen-.'. ators Badger, Smith and Wilson. |
