Show PUBliC HEARING ONI ON I II i P PROHIBITION BIll I I THIS THIS EEK WEEK I I Public hearings bearings on tho the prohibition but bill will be week cek according to plans bein being made by Senator William chairman of the committee on agriculture J u e and irrigation which bleh has the W Wooten bill in charge At a a. meeting following the tho senate senateS S session this afternoon the members of the committee read over the bill and informally discussed ed its is provisions While no rio official statement was made members of the committee seemed gen gen- en emIly sa satisfied with it h the measure rc r A public public hearing for those in favor or of prohibition may be held tomorrow afternoon and a public bearing for tho those thoc e opposed on Wednesday afternoon An executive o session of the committee rna may follow follo- on Thursday and if It the bill biJJ can I be approved and aud amended in time it may be reported back hack to the house honse Fri Fri- day In Iti that event it might come ome up for passage early next week eek When asked today whether there was as any possibility that the committee would n recommend that tho measure be mado made a constitutional amendment thereby providing pro for lor a n referendum without tho the possibility Of its iJ being il ii- ii legal logal Senator Sc said fold II Wo We vo cannot delay prohibition that long The people of tho the state want rant t i it as soon oon as possible and by makin making it U a constitutional amendment it would be he delayed a y year ar and a half longer than by br tho the present measure A A constitutional amendment could not be bo voted upon until the next general gen eral oral election in the fall talI of 1 1916 16 and we could not have havo prohibition for tor some Ome time after that No we will n put the present bill t through rough If U tl the te e people want ant a constitutional amendment later they can have havo it it In the meantime they will have havo prohibition without delay dela- |