Show UTAH legislative GOSSIP happening in both branches ot of ninth general A salt lake city president gardner of the senate presided at the joint session of the legislature on tues day when hen the presented his message the reading ot of which mccu pled about tv tac hours the governor be nf ne liberally applauded at the con blusson of u the reading the first of the liquor bills that will probably be introduced a the pre present bent session was presence to the bouse house by morris of washington it provides for an amendment to the law ot of 1909 and Is 1 designed to orange the blon of the old law with regard to vine broers gro ers sir morris al aldfo ao in produced trod i bill providing for an appropriation of for or roads and bridges in NN washington ashington county the house passed senate bill no 1 providing tor for an appropriation of for the expenses of the present legislature the ebern et ern union telegraph corn com pany was nas granted grunted permission to es a branch office adjacent to the house the only other business taken up by the senate tuesday was mas the with nith dram drapal al ot of the resolution introduced by williams Nill ianis of silt lake rel atle to the engrossing of bills mr nir 1 W ill lillann tarn said that he will III soon introduce a bill 0 ering the line matter bait salt lake city the opening ces res slon of the utah legisla legislature turo was mas held on monday i january janu try 9 the tito latniak ers will be in session for sixty days and possible longer hinry gardner r of utah county has been chosen president of 0 the sen ate while lille E NN robinson of cache county was the choice of the mero mem bers for speaker of the house in the senite there are sixteen republicans and wo democrats while in the house there arc are thirty republicans and seven democrats alle there will undoubtedly be the usual flood of bills introduced in both branches of the legislature at the present session and there will be pro pre seated four measures in which aich all ot of the people are vitally interested the liquor question will most likely be among the first of the important matters to be lie considered practically every republican senator and member of the rouse of representatives when asked what the liquor legislation would likely be says that the pledges as contained in the party platform will ill be carried out they declare they w will 8 stand tand for or that legislation wh cb will most effectually curb the evils ol 01 intemperance one of the provisions of the bill will probably be prohibiting the sale of in toxicants outside of incorporated cit lee lea that the latter shall determine what la Is best tor for them in this matter and that that part of a county outside of the cities of the first second and third classes shall constitute a voting 9 unit to settle the question for them selves it will provide for local op tip tion within the incorporated cities with high license ana and strict regula tion the proposed income tax amend ment to the constitution Is another matter that will no doubt receive much consideration and a bill provid ing for an amendment to the bbate constitution making it legal for this state to make an appropriation of a portion of the state taxes for the support of high schools will be made into law many of the senators cena tors and members of the house are known to be in favor of this enactment espee lally tally those from counties where they have no high schools further legislation for good roads Is another subject in which all are deeply interested is state aid Is needed in I t ie te construction and maintenance of public roads it Is known that a measure amend ing the divorce law and providing that a final decree may be granted in cases case where plaintiff and delen defendant dant have hav laed separate and apart for one year or more will be presented thus aim ing to do away aar with me formality of coining coming twice into court initiative and referendum bills drawn up aloni the lines of the oregon laws will be launched by the democratic members member A me measure aure providing for the recall 0 of I 1 state county and city officials will be presented and it Is expected that sev mev oral eral bills will come before the house dealing with the election of united states senators by the people al at though the choice of the can candidates didat a will ill have to be affirmed by the leg ts lature A bill will be presented providing sired mired by various constituencies will ill moving picture shows on sundy sunday to be known as the sunday closing liw A measure similar in effect was mas in produced trod nt at the last session and came near becoming a law lan the weber cownty d legation is 19 a measure to place all the ishmol s bool finda of the state cities ani countley count lei out at interest of not less than two per cent bills dealing with mith Ili livestock estock fish i and gamp game bridge bridges roads and ampro for all manner of things de einred by various constituencies will also appear in due time |