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Show UTILITIES MEASURE IGKCUSSEO Final Decision on Draft of Bill Has Not Yet Been Reached. REPORT IS SUBMITTED Corrupt Practices Act Also Is Under Consideration by a Committee. The Democratic steering1 committee met last night at the Newhouse hotel to hear the report of the sub-committee on public utilities. A tentative draft of the proposed bill was presented at the meeting and discussed to the extent of about three hours. Just what was accomplished ac-complished was not announced, but it is understood that at least one more meeting meet-ing will be held before the final draft of the bill is decided upon. Last night's meeting was attended by eleven of the thirteen members of the legislative committee, Thomas P. Page and Edward Southwick failing to respond to roll call. The various sub-committees of the in-' in-' a ugu ration committee aJso met at the : Newhouse hotel and compared notes i with the general committee. It was de- cided that as soon as Governor William : Spry returns from the east a committee from the Democratic organization will wait inmn him and invite him and his staff to participate in the inaugural ceremonies. Another meeting of the inaugural in-augural committees will be held at the ! Newhouse hotel next Wednesday night. Another Meeting Today. The commit tee on corrupt practices ! will meet this afternoon at 4 o clock at the Democratic headquarters at the New-house New-house hotel. Many reforms in connection connec-tion with voting and elections are said to be included in proposed bills which have been tentatively outlined by State Senator Joseph Chez of Ogden5 a member mem-ber of the committee. The corrupt practices act, as drafted by Senator Chez, limits the expenses of election campaigns, prohibits the employment em-ployment of paid workers, forbids the use of automobiles to transport voters to and from the polls, forbids libel and misrepresentation of a candidate and his principles, and requires each candidate can-didate to designate a personal representative, repre-sentative, who shall be responsible for his campaign. There also is a provision that each candidate must file an itemized item-ized statement of all expenses within ten days after election. Senator Chez also proposes radical changes in the method of voting in a bill which it is proposed to introduce at the coming session of the legislature. legisla-ture. 1 Party Emblems Taboo. v The bill is intended to do away with party emblems and designations on the official ballot. It proposes that the candidates be listed in alphabetical order or-der with a line under each one for independent in-dependent voting and that all voting machines and mechanical forms of voting vot-ing be relegated to the discard.' Two other sub-committee meetings have been announced for next week. The committee on irrigation and reservoirs is scheduled to meet at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning and the committee on taxation some time Wednesday. The time for the latter meeting has not yet been designated. des-ignated. The proposed bill on workmen's compensation com-pensation as drafted by the commission appointed by Governor Spry two years ago was discussed yesterday at a special spe-cial meeting of the Utah Insurance federation. fed-eration. The meeting was held during the. noon hour at the Commercial club. H. B. Windsor, secretary of the commission com-mission and a member of the federa-' federa-' tion, was the principal speaker. He outlined out-lined the various important features of the bill and replied to questions propounded pro-pounded by other members of the federation. fed-eration. The bill as outlined met with the general approval of those present. Will Give Banquet. At the meeting Wesley King, chairman chair-man of the executive committee of the federation, nominated James W. Collins as chairman of the banquet committee, which will have eharee of the annual banquet of the organization. It is planned to hold the annual banquet some time in February, but the date has not yet been selected. The question of a revision of the insurance code of the state was also brought up at the meeting. No action was taken, however, as the opinion of all present was that the code in effect was among the best in the country and would stand the test for several "years to come. Congressmnn-elect Milton II. Welling was in Salt Lake yesterday on personal business, and announced that he expected expect-ed to make a "get-acquainted" trip to Washington some time in February. |