Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-25 | Page 1 | Liquor Licensing Bill Tabled

I or r. r CENTS I 1 LICENSING BILL f. f TABLED STATE STORES WILL NOT BE RECONSIDERED Murdoch Drops Move for Fear of Killing His Liquor Measure The liquor l issue sue that threw the state house of representatives into turmoil last week Monday was handed hand ed to the senate when a scheduled house motion to reconsider the state store bill passed Wednesday was wa-s not made Representative William Murdoch D. D DJ Salt SaIl Lake private licensing advocate ad ad- who Wednesday gave notice of a motion to reconsider abandoned I his plan on gro grounds it it might force action common sense bill bUl he sponsored red with Representative Will Wil R. R Holmes Hom and that consideration tion how might kill the common sense sense plan The house houe then voted to table the Murdoch Holmes bill biU and the Rich Bletzacker ards-Bletzacker measure measure for outright repeal of the Utah statutory tion lion Turned Over to Senate By its the house c handed toe the entire controversial issue over to the senate since the c common sense and repeal bUbo bilk were verc tabled with an understanding v they would be left lef there until the senate enate acts on the state store plan The state store bill that passed the house Wednesday y with drink sales eliminated was to go 10 to the thc senate Monday J However the senate appeared disposed disposed dis dis- dis posed to place water waterland and other important important im im- im measure ahead as it was learned that the sifting committee powerful all gr group up plans to delay action on liquor at least A week That the senate sifting committee is virtually the upper house was Continued Continued on Page Pue Two HOUSE T TABLES ABLES LICENSING BILL L Continued from Irom Page Pace One Ont made clear when President Herbert B. B Maw announced the committee has full power over the calendar determining de daily what measures are tobe to tobe tobe be considered The house suspended rules Mon day morning to pass house howe bill a companion measure to the metropolitan metro metr politan water district bill It will allow cities to retain water without putting it to immediate beneficial use The high highly 1 controversial produce dealers license bill was a 1 special order order order or or- der of oC house business soon won after convening convening con can for the afternoon session t The senate showed a burst of ot speed Monday morning when it passed 13 bills bilL In rapid session after the sifting committee had brought them out for consideration They Include senate bill 7 to regulate regu regu- late conduct of ot party part primaries and 12 stale state bar bills to give Utah a uniform uniform uni uni- form criminal code Six more bar bills and a n proposed constitutional amendment calling for appointment or ot state supreme court and district court Judges were on the afternoon senate te calendar