Show BILL MUSE OF MUCH TALK MUCH opposition TO THE commissioner OF prohibition FEATURE those bill declare would cover the while opponents say salt lake city prohibition was again the feature at ane capitol on january 19 heber J grant president of the betterment league and ohn henry bvans secretary give endorsement ol 01 the league to the young state wide prohibition bill much opposition was expressed at state house to the commissioner of prohibition feature on ground of ex pense those favoring the bill claim that would cover the appropriation while those opposed claim that would required many leaders in the party in the senate and the louse are favorable to the 2 per cent alcohol clause 0 the boyden bill A delegation of retail liquor dealers called on governor bamberger and urged an extension of time for baitlon lie said he would veto any bill which did not august 1 the date for the law to become effective the session of the state senate on january 19 broke the record of the present legislative term in the awn her 0 bills introduced for considers con sidera alon and in point brevity fifteen measures varying greatly in import ance and character were presented and referred to the re frence commit tee within twenty minutes time some of the most important meas ures proposed in tha senate were prepared at the instigation and under the supervision of the league of manid of utah among many things of perhaps lesser importance they called for the creation ot a park corn mission a widening of the aton powers of the city commission the fixing of the city treasurer a bond the apportionment of the expenses of assessing and collecting taxes giving the municipality jurisdiction over land etc to the source of its water supply the rendering of tho board ct aduca alon liable to special taxation and cial assessments and the making of the water tax or rental a lien upon the property the house passed the bill amending the garnishment law so that the same set of facts are required to as to attach the house declined to adjourn saturday deciding to meet at 2 clock on saturday salt lake city whether utah shall retain its national guard organization of two squadrons of cavalry battery and hospital corps in the event con gross provides tor a system of sal military training may be decided by this session of the legislature governor simon bamberger sent a special message to the two houses of the legislature on january 17 in w aich he asked that their committees on military affairs meet and formulate a program after complimenting the national guard of the state its officers and men the governor in his message pointed out universal military training would oblate the necessity for a national guard it Is known that since the conference ot governors in washington governor imberger prefers a state constabulary if the uni versal military training proposition goes through on the financial aspect of the situation the governor declares it would cost in the ensuing two years 19 maintain the guard and he advises that the item be looked into carefully by the committee in the senate on january 17 the greater part ol 01 the dav was devoted to caucusing by the democratic mem bers and listening to reports of the legislative reference committee ow ing to the death of admiral dewey the senate adjourned early in the afternoon senator evans moved a reconsideration of the vote on the providing foran lion in the coal shortage but his motion was defeated two bills were introduced in the senate and five in the house an investigation and an audit of the books of the state land board was or dered on january 17 by governor B imberger F D brown an expert accountant tor the salt lake ogden railway has been placed in charge of the examination ot the affairs of the land board the investigation will extend back to 1909 W D candland became president of the board mr brown took charge of the and he said that he e pecked it to take six months or more the chiropractic bill was deuced january 19 by argyle of utah and bywater of salt liko introduced the bill he had prepared abolishing capital punishment in tills state other bills and resolutions were in produced trod including those extending the terms of sheriffs and the prevent ang of combinations in dairy and egg business A bill to curb alleged alon on the part of persons or cor po rations aad companies engaged in the dairy business and tho sale ol 01 eggs and poultry was introduced in the house by southwick of the measure provides heavy penalties it provides that infraction of its measures shall constitute a misdemeanor gay simon bamberga is to be callee by the bouse to issue proclamation closing the schools in districts in the state where it ha been determined that people are sat tor want of coal r W A 4 atri |