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Show Stewart. Strlnghara," Tolton. Wilson. Wootton and Speaker Hull 26. When this motion was lost Joseph moved to amend the bill by inserting a phrase excluding growers of vinous products from the provisions of the bill. Tolton moved to amend toy ' adding "malt and fermented products."- Joseph accepted the' amendment and there was a long wrangle over the amendment. It evidently being the desire of several to kill the bill by foolish amendments. . Then came a motion mo-tion to lay the amendments' on the' table: Just as the vote was being taken Wilson rose to his feet and shouted: "If you lay that amendment on the table the bill goes with it," and the motion lost. The vote on the amendment followed, and this lost.' On the final vote Joseph voted against the bill, but changed later, so that he could give notice of reconsideration. reconsider-ation. The vote uii the final passage follows: fol-lows: Ayes Allen. Austin. Christensen. Cot-tam. Cot-tam. Dean. Hone, Johnson, Jones. Joseph, Kuehler. Maughan. Marks, Merrill. Pace. Pancak. Panter, Peterson, Richards, Simons. Si-mons. Spencer, Stewart, Strtngham. Tolton, Tol-ton, Wilson, Wootton and Speaker Hull 26. Nays Anderson. A. V.. Anderson. J. A.. Carroll. Cromar, Edward, Flshburn, Gun-dry. Gun-dry. Hopes. Kinney, . Luther, Lyman, Mc-Crea, Mc-Crea, Miller, Roberts and Stookey 15. NO LICENSE CHARGE FOB HONEST FARMERS j TO SELI. THEIR FRODTJCE. i Simons' H. B. No. 92 Is a little one, but It took longer to argue Monday than did . Wrootton's sixteen-page affair that regulated regu-lated the powers of City Councils. The bill was a special order for Monday Mon-day afternoon at 3 o'clock and at 2:46 was called up. If the growers of produce could have heard the love and affection that . was displayed for them they would have forgiven much that occurred during the session, even though many of those who expressed the love were -against the bill. Hxpressions were made that would have swelled up Mr. Farmer worse than a hloatd row that had died of eating too re ""h. The bill was finally passed by a vote of M to IS, and then Joseph gave notice of camng tor a recoiMiueraiion Tuesday. The bill provides that all growers of fHrm. orchard and garden products shall be exempt from paying license in cities when they sell their own products. Just a simple little thing, but It aroused the commission men of the city, who saw in It. a menace to their trade if farmers were allowed to come Into Salt Lake and ' sell their produce wtthout having to pay for the privilege. Just before the bill was called up Speaker Hull vacated the chair, and called Representative Miller to fill It. During the entire discussion the gentleman from Emery sat aloft and looked wise, and if he knew, what was being talked about he knew more than half the members who did tfie talking. .Tfnen the bill had been read a third tlrtle several amendments, correcting the wording, were adopted. After a preliminary sparring match Kinney moved to Insert a phrase excepting except-ing cities of the first and second class. This was vigorously combatted by the friends of the measure and In the heat of " the argument. Hope moved to strike out th enacting clause. Then there was trouble. Wootton spoke strongly in favor of the bill." laying stress on the fact that the poor would benefit by . being able to buy their produce from the raiser without having to pay middlemen's profits. His voice shook with emotion as ' he portrayed the hardships. that would be suffered by the poor as well as by the farmers if the bill was not passed. Edward spoke ngainst the bill, saying that there were 220 grocers In Salt Late alone that would be harmed if the bill was passed. Austin and Hull favored the bill. When the Speaker took the floor he explained that he had had no intention of speaking on the bill when he left the chair, but that the arguments against it were such that he felt called upon to do so. Kinnev spoke against the bill, opening with a statement that he was a "poor but honest farmer," and when the laugh subsided sub-sided he said that he means It. as he had a larger orchard than any other member of the House and knew what he was talking talk-ing about. After an hour's debate the, previous question was put and the motion to strike out the enacting clause lost by the following vote: Ayes J. A. Anderson. Carroll. Cromar. Edward. Fishburn. Gundry. Hopes. Joseph. Jo-seph. Kinnev. Kuchler. Lyman. MeCrea. Miller. Pancake. Roberta and Stookey 16. Nays Austin, Christensen. Cottam. Dean. Hone. Johnson. Jones.. Luther. Maughan,- Marks. Merrill. Pace, Panter, Peterson. Richards. Simons. Spencer. |