Show VETOES PROHIBITION Bill v. v MEASURE ADOPTED BY B UTAH UTAI-L LEGISLATURE NOT APPROVED t B BY y GOVE i OR SPRY SPRY S S 'S V I A b 1 i C J I Executive Declares Members of Legi Leg Leg- i lature Were Pledged to Submit J Question of St StateWide State te Prohibit prohibition 1 tion to the V Voters Salt Salt Lake City Governor Gover Governor o William lIam Spry has vetoed th the the- stat wide state wide prohibition prohibition pro- pro bill which would have placed Utah in the dry column on July 1 V 1 t 1916 1 Governor Spry on Thursday Thursdays March 18 filed fIlec senate bill No 50 known e as the Wootton bill with the secretary secretary- of or state with a lett letter r of disapproval which under the constitution of Utah amounts to a veto I The governor stated that no m mom mem- mer m- m her ber er was pledged to en enact ct a prohibition law but that such pledges as were were- j given were to tue effect that the 4 question should be submitted to a. a a- a 1 vote of the people of the state The The- message also aiso sets forth that there 1 2 Is on the statutes statutes' of the state at the present time a local option law which 1 makes it possible for communities ta be dry if the residents desire j jIn ij In addition the legislature just adjourned ad- ad i- i passed a bill which was signed signed sign sign- ed by the governor which prohibits the shipment of intoxicating liquors into dry territory ry thereby strengthen strengthen- l ling J ing log the prohibition in those tho e sections y which have acted favorably under the ocal ocal option law In commenting on the bill t the e governOr governor gov- gov governor said that the bill was hedged about by a support that turned a deaf deat ear to those who would have amended amend- amend ed cd it to meet various objections among whom was the governor who urged that provision be made for compensation tion to those whose property would b be rendered valueless j 1 H He declares that he urged the leg legIslators leg leg- to incorporate such uch a clause and lulling flailing therein had requested that the time the bill would T 1 have become come effective be extended 1 The legislators also turned a deaf deal eat ear eatto to o this request He also said that he believes the people of the state have a right to express themselves on the question not through representation that has promised one thing and provides an- an ther His concluding objection is that the bill abolishes abolishes' th the saloon and anth makes n kes he druggist the dispenser of alcohol and ind wine on the physicians physician's lion ion with the generous allowance of or ofa a maximum of one quart of t liquor under under under un- un der each prescription |