Show UNDO ALL WORK V THEY HAD DONE Committee on Liquor Bill j 1 Accomplishes Nothing at Morning Session TIE THEMSELVES INTO KNOT HNOT THEN UNTIE IT I. I Manner of Issuing Licenses Cause of Involved Dis Dis- Dis The special committee having in charge chargo the work of framing a a. liquor bill spend two and one half hours in argument ment meat this morning at the end of ot which time th they had accomplished absolutely nothing of ot a definite nature What little they had done earlier in inthe inthe inthe the session eslon was undone just before belore ad The Ille committee absolutely i ignored the advice ice given in a front page editorial in the tho party part organ this mornin morning that the they get et busy and report a bill in or orreS reS resign JJ That article by the way left the committee as S much much- in the dark clark as over RS S to what tho the latest attitude assumed as as- by the organ i is trouble this morning was on see sec lions ions of the Badger bill biH relating to the application for jor licenses es and the ri right ht or of appeal Before this matter was taken up ra Jacob ob Evans Eans county attorney of Utah Ulah county p and tIle the the real rell author of the IIa Hayes es bill appeared before the committee o and defended sect sections ons of that lull mu Evans m expressed the opinion that perhaps per per- haps the Democratic officers in in sonic pome sections of the st sUte te would not the law unless it was was a state re regulation bill bilI At least thoy might not be over o overzealous overzealous zealous to enforce the law if it were left to them E- E Evans talked for nearl nearly a half balf hour on sections sect of the Hayes bill Smith doubted if the thc 1 legislature rad ad the power to pass a bill that would compel com corn pel pE-I city councils and county commis commis- commissioners commissioners t td pass certain laws Before the committee got tot down to real action it had bad wandered off onto the question of county attorneys and ju justices tices of the pe peace ce a subject that wag wat appa apparently enU not germane to that under tion Badger Beads Reads His Bill Badger proc proceeded to read those sections sec sec- lions of ot his bill relating to applications for licenses The bill provides that there thero shall be two to sacs classes of or licenses one a full license which shall bo bf for one year and the other a special license which shall be for tor a shorter time It provides for the method of ot filing applications for license with whom the application shall h be filed riled the namo name of ot the tho applicant and If It is 15 a the names of all 11 of the members of the firm that clubs can sell only to members and then only onh to those who ho drink the liquor purchased on the premises The application Is to 10 contain the tho names of or five free holders in Iii the voting district In which tho the saloon is to be granted slatIng stating stat slat ing that they know now tho the applicant and that he is of ot good moral character and worthy of ot the I license flood the application Isto is isto isto to be published or posted for two weeks either In a II newspaper or b by not less than five re posted notices Protests to the granting of ot th the license must be bo filed flIed within t ten tn n days das after the expiration of the publication or posting of or tho the notice May A Appeal peal to Courts The hilt bill provides s that hearings Jugs shall shah be beheld beheld beheld held before tho the city council or the county commissioners and al also abo o provides for tor the right of ot appeal I b by either side up to the supreme court This was the rock on I which the tho committee spilt Up to this section things had gone along peacefully I There Thene had been a few questions asked t hut none of the tho members of or the committee commit commit- tee appeared to go JO Into any serious discussion discussion dis dis- dis on the tine other sections Smith said that p perhaps the appeal clause would stop some ome of or the shaking down that too often was practiced In the granting of or license to saloon menEan men Evans E who took an active part in the discussion from om time to time was In fa faor favor fa- fa a. a vor or of ot leaving ln the matter r in iii the hands of or city councils and county commissioners commission commission- ers CIS without the rI right ht to appeal Badger thought that the app appeal al clause would do much to clean un UD political tyr tyr- ann anny He was In favor tavor of state wide regulation Evans Gives His Advice Evans E d declared that conditions In curf different dif cur di- di f ferent erent r nt parts of the state slate differed red and J thought that It should be left len to the local communities to decide what the they wanted with regard to regulations He said that while some ome sections might want a certain hour at which saloons should b be closed d. d other sections might want a n. different hour Smith sug suggested that the hour be bo made I 12 ocl o'clock cl midnight sari and that the local communities be given ghen the tho right to restrict the hours if Ir the they saw fit nt Me He announced that he was wal absolutely opposed to any bill which would permit all nl night ht saloons Says Democrats ts Might Try If It we dont don't do something to chan change e pr present conditions said eald Badger th the Democrats will have an excellent chance to do so two to years from now and thoy ought to have tho the chance He Ho moved mOed that tho the right of appeal from tine the dec lon of or a ell cit city council or count commissioners bo be made a tL part of the bill After ACler considerable argument the tho motion was put and abd carried b by a vote four our to one I Those hose voting for or the motion wore were Badger Bad Bad- ger ser Smith Kuchler and Wootton cotton I The lone vote against the motion was recorded by br Pope Badger then moved that the bill contain contain con con- tam tain a clause that would woul expedite the procedure in such appeal cases rather than ha have such cases go through the proc procedure pro pro- c dure as In other cases Pope said he was In favor t of a a. short clause In the tho bill relating to appeals but anted wanted to let the present procedure apply appl to such cases Then They Change Their Minds 1 The he motion was ft finally Hll put and thid nd carried by 11 a vote yote of four tour to one tho negative vote ote ote being cast by Pope Then followed a half hours hour's argument as us to what it would mean If the right of I appeal was granted whether or not It H would be mandatory on the part of ot the he elt city council or county count commissioners to grant lant the licenses If it tho the applicant nt answered an- an satisfactorily la the tho questions which might be provided In the tho bill Wootton then moved mo that the vote on the question of or n appeal be bo reconsidered Und dud tine the motion motton carried with lla Badger cr atIn voting rot vot In ing 8 It This left the committee no further along than th it was wan whon when it met metas metas mets as s far as any actual results are arc 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