Salt Lake Telegram | 1913-02-19 | Page 3 | House Kills Sunday Closing Bill after Protracted Debate

HOUSE KILLS SUNDAY CLOSING BILL AFTER PROTRACTED DEBATE Tb anion Sunday dosing bill It dead Tli. tad rarne shortly after S o'clock yesterday afternoon, after a debate that aad letted a little over two kourt aod that kad heee takea part in by a majority of tka memhsjrs of tko kouM. Finally a molioa waa mad to strike out tke enacting clause and tka motion carried by a vote of SI to 15. The figkt for tke bill waa led by Representatives Welliag and t'ardon. Tke o j. option was led by Repreeentev tlves Barnes aad Hnmberger. Representative Repre-sentative Dr. Jane tekolfield made tke longest tpeeck that eke hat so far made in the bouse. "We have beard muck here about rltirs of the first aad second class, but none of tke persons kara wko kave eiwken in favor of this bill are real deotaof eitber," asserted eke. " There ara in Salt Lake City 100,000 people. Of tkat lumber 10,000 attead church. If you peee tkis bill, what ara you going to do with tka other S0,000t The trouble ie tkat you ara always legislating leg-islating againat tka laboring man aad never rer him ' ' Repreeentatlve Kriebel't motion tkat the enacting elauae be stricken out carried. car-ried. Avea Anderson, Bamberger, Haruet. Barker. Cook. Crouch, Dastrup, Dar, Hammond, Jonea, Judd, Kriebel, Merchant, MrRae. Monaon. Pege, Reynolds Hwenson, Van WagoatT, COT and Speaker fteelv tl. . Noes Benson. Cardon. Mra. Cannon, Chrittensen. Durkam, Henrie, Hooper, Kimball, loveless, Morrlt, Oldham. Robinson, riontkerirk. Smith and Welling Wel-ling IB Absent and not voting Marriott, Mahev. Hlcolfield. King, Opensbaw, Beunion, Klwood and Nialeon a. Mouse bill No. HI, by Mrs. King, to amend the registration law so as to eliminate "dead" names, hae passed the houaa and been eent to tha eenate.