| Show SOME PLAIN TALK IN THE LEGISLATURE Opponents of Prohibition Measure Make Game Fight In the House But Arc Deaten lire house on Monday February 15 refused to reconsider the vote by which the Cannon prohibition bill WUE passed and thu measure now goes to the senate With It will go the petitions peti-tions which tho house committee on i judiciary have had which petitions carry thousands of signatures Three hours of oratory preceded tho decision to refuse to reconsider the vote In favor of prohibition in the state of Utah Representatives Hoi man and McMillan spoke In favor of a reconsideration they charging that tho Cannon measure had been railroaded rail-roaded Through the Judiciary committee commit-tee Holmans speech was tho sensation sensa-tion of the session being an ably prepared pre-pared address delivered In a forceful force-ful manner Holman charged that Thq house ns a body has neither considered tho wisdom nor tho feasibility of enacting any legislation of this sort The house has accepted public clamor and countless petitions as self evldence of the necessity of such legislation and has acted accordingly without Investigating Investi-gating Into tho merits of the case By some sub rosa process beyond my powers of comprehension the Cannon bill was passively accepted as the original or-iginal and only panacea for the alleged al-leged evils of the liquor traffic The Cannon bill neither represents the Intelligence In-telligence nor reflects the honest sentiment sen-timent of the membership of this house Other measures similar in I mibstanco and intended to correct the same evils were willfully disregarded disregard-ed and did not receive the consldera lion to which they were entitled All efforts on tho part of certain members mem-bers to effect a compromise measure were ruthlessly cast aside The majority ma-jority refused to concede a stogie point olthor In committee discussion or In Moor debate thus forcing these uoriibers to appear as unalterably opposed op-posed to any legislation whatever I The bill was railroaded through the committee and tho house and the manner of Its final passage would have beii n disgrace to any legisla live body Tho measure Is a makeshift make-shift and deserves to bo reconsidered The reply of Mr Cannon the author of tho bill was also very earnest He disclaimed that there was any church Influence which had been made tr push tho bill through the house He and other speakers resented the charge made by Mr Holman that the bill had been railroaded through the judiciary committee Four new bills were Introduced i 111 the house and three met their death In the committee none of which are of grave Importance Little of Importance was accomplished accom-plished by the senate Six bills of minor Importance were Introduced while the committee reports were confined con-fined largely to routine matters Senator Sen-ator Miller Introduced a bill levying a state tax for high school purposes i Under the sections of a bill Intro Juced by Senator Badger persons other than those authorized by lawns law-ns surety companies who shall become be-come bondsmen or sureties In any case must file with tho proper county coun-ty officer a duplicate copy of the bonl or other Instrument in the county In which tho property behind tho surety Is situated whereupon the bond or other undertaking becomes a lien upon tho obligee The house on Tuesday February 1C finally approved of four bills H D 48 by Pope relating to irrigating districts dis-tricts II B 85 a substitute measure providing for the exercise of the right of eminent domain by the addition of a now section H B 51 by Thompson providing for tho holding of farmers and domestic science institutes and schools In the counties of the state find H B 92 by Wootton amendlnr the law relating to the requirements for the certificates of teachers New bills were introduced amending amend-ing the laws relating to tho keeping of ditches Jn repair by adding thereto p I new section providing a penalty for violation thereof and creating a state bounty fund providing fdr a tax on certain livestock providing for the destruction of certain wild animals and repealing chapter 1 title 9 Compiled Com-piled Laws of Utah 1907 Under the terms nf a hill Intrndnrnd in the senate Tuesday by Senator Benner X Smith It will become r misdemeanor to cut down or carry away any growing thing from the property of another to dig a ditch or hole In the ground on property beyond be-yond what the digger himself owns or to post bills or other signs upon the premises of tho city any company or individual without the proper consent con-sent of the owner Senator Smith also Introduced measures relating to the state board of pharmacy regulating regulat-ing sale of poisons and an amendment amend-ment relating to certain agreements declared to be void unless in writing I Two bills were passed by the son He S U 13 by Miller providing I hat certain members of each board If health In municipal and county corporations I cor-porations shall be members of the tate health ofllccrs convention and J B 05 by Badger accepting federal and and Irrigation regulations within he mate Twelve senators were in caucus Tuesday night In an endeavor It is claimed to frame m substitute bill to taw tho place of the Cannon proud billon measure but whllo tho meeting meet-ing was a secret one it is declared no solution of tho problem was reached The Cannon bill which provides for statewide prohibition passed the house Thursday afternoon by a vote of 30 to 4 with two of tho members absent Those voting against the bill were Russell McMillen McRao and Holman of Salt Lake County Hal man and McMillln changed their votes from the negative In order to move a reconsideration of tho vote by which the bill was passed and they gave notice that they would do this The Cannon bill Is a drastic measure meas-ure and If passed by the senate and approved by the governor will mean absolute prohibition throughout tho state Tho now law would prohibit the manufacture sale barter giving away or otherwise furnishing of alcoholic alco-holic liquors within the state The term alcoholic liquor as used In this act shall be construed to mean all Hplrltuous vinous fermented or malt liquors or any imitation thereof or substitute hercfor or compound of any kind or description whatsoever whether medicated or not which contains con-tains any alcohol and which is capable capa-ble of being used as a beverage An unsiHrccsful effort was made by Mr Cannon author of tile measure to havo a county dispensary where liquor might be dispensed upon the order of physician Dills were passed by the senate relating re-lating to regulating and Hocusing employment em-ployment bureaus and agencies Appropriating 8000 for the use ot certain school districts and for Increase In pay of teachers therein I Five new bills were Introduced In tho senate and seven In tho house as well as a Joint memorial momor tillzlng congress to grant to tho state of Utah for the benefit of Indian war veterans of Utah 1000000 acres of land Fifteen house bills and one memorial memo-rial were presented at the session of the house of representatives on Wednesday Wed-nesday February 10 and one bill was withdrawn One of tho new measures refers to the manner of holding primary pri-mary elections The bill was presented present-ed by Representative Elias Conway Ashton and proposes to do away with the old manner of holding primary pri-mary elections and to establish direct I di-rect primaries Candidates will be named on petitions according to the bill and there will be no such thing as party conventions Tho measure approved was II B 75 by Hodges relating to the investment Invest-ment of funds derived from the sale of public lands By vote the members of tho house agreed to extend the time allowed ror the presentation of bills from 30 to 40 days with the consent of two thirds of tho members of the houses 1s the result of an hours deliberation delibera-tion of the senate two bills were passed and seven new measures Introduced In-troduced One of tho bills approved Increases the salary of tho supreme court stenographer from 1200 to 1800 a year the other relates to privileged communications at trials A measure was Introduced which If it Is approved will enable Salt t Lake City to try the Des Moines plan of city government Senator Seeley is after the experimental stations and has Introduced a bill to abolish every experimental station in the state There was no session of the sen ute or house on Friday February 12 a recess being taken in honor of tho one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln A number of tho members of the legislature however took advantage of tho offer of the officers of the Oregon Short Line and Southern Pacific railroads and made a visit to the celebrated Lucln cutoff |
