Show prohibition BILL IN UTAH SENATE MEASURE IS S DRASTIC IN ITS TERMS AND STATEWIDE IN EFFECT would prohibit the manufacture sale and drinking in public of all beverages containing jve 11 percent alcohol statewide prohibition was submitted to the utah senate on january 20 in a drastic bill drawn by the utah federation ot of prohibition and betterment leagues and the municipal league of 0 utah senator john 11 II wootton of utah county introduced it at the re quest of these organizations and no sooner had he done so than there ensued an exciting skirmish over the measure in which senator wootton Vo otton and his allies were victorious by a vote or of ten to eight the tilt caroo came over the question of to which committee the bill should bo be referred the measure provides for straightaway statewide state wide prohibition without any reference ol of the matter to the vote of the people such as has been talked of previously it if it 1 la passed by both houses and signed by the governor it will go into effect on the first monday in june 1916 it repeals all other laws on the Bt statutes atutes relating to the sale of liquor the act would prohibit the manufacture sale and drinking in public places of all beverages containing 1 per cent alcohol or more it would wipe out the breweries saloons and buffets it prohibits the tha sale of liquor for any purpose whatsoever except tor for cali mechanical and scientific purposes and tor for use as a sacrament by religious bodies tho the complete list of committee assignments sign ments was announced on january 20 in the house by speaker 1 R anderson the democratic progressive and socialist members of the committees were selected by a committee from the allies while the republican members were picked by the speaker one halt half of all tho the membership of the committees are republicans and the others other half divided among the allies the allies have one more chairmanship than the republicans thirteen now new bills and one resolution appeared inace in the senate on i january 20 and eight bills and one resolution in the house people who cant find a seat in a street car or railroad train need not pay any fare if senator J R edg haills senate bill is enacted into law amid considerable talk about restricting strict ing the prerogatives ot of the people and all that sort of thing senator willard S hansens IIan sens resolution providing that senators should not introduce bills by request unless they had c carefully a re read them and subscribed to their provisions was pocketed in the upper house A resolution requesting the capitol commission to grade the state capitol grounds and authorizing the expenditure of for this work has been introduced A white slave lanfor law for use within utah prohibiting the transportation of girls and women from one town to another in the state tor for immoral purposes Is proposed in a bill introduced by senator D 0 rideout ot of salt lake fourteen Your teen tills bills and one resolution was introduced in the senate on january 19 while in the house four bills were introduced and one bill and one resolution both originating in the were based by the house rind and sent to governor spry for his signature three of the four bills introduced were presented on request of organizations zat ions the liverymen liveryman livery men of bangham Ding hain backed one bill the railroad unions a second bill and tho the state bar association another many members of the house propose to give request bill the right of way over other legislation senate was short and the nearest approach to the transaction of business aside from the introduction of bills was a discussion of the joint join t resolution I 1 introduced n trod by senator joseph chez providing for the appointment of a joint committee to prepare a complete revision of the tax laws of the state relief for the situation in salt lake county wherein the county commissioners have been unable to carry out the intent of tho the mothers mathers pension law ika because of lick lack of funds Is proposed in a bill introduced by D 0 rideout of salt lake provision Is 13 made for the tha initiative and referendum in legislation in utah in a bill introduced by senator joseph chez of weber the bill also provides that the same general system may bo be adopted with reference to laws lawa ordinances resolutions and franchises granted grant cil by political subdivisions january 22 was pay dabin day n the leg vouchers were signed affidavits made as to the number of miles traveled and small yellow checks were given to each member and to the employees W it redd of san juan rec reald ld d tha joost mileage he lied had traveled miles of it on horse back in order that the state supreme court and the state law library may be properly equipped when these departments are moved to the new capitol senator rideout has introduced a bill creating the office of assistant librarian and supreme court marshal members of the senate and the house spent tuesday forenoon in the new capital they were the guests ot of the state capitol commission sion on the inspection trip it la 9 able that before the close ot of the BOS sion alon the legislature will meet lix in the new building |