Show Under the Capitol Dome i By y Win Vm T. T Iglehart for tor U Utah Uh h Pr Press sa Service Last week In the legislature was pretty much of a span sparring Ing match among the Democrats while the Republican minority sat by and occasionally heckled Attention was on liquor c controversial 1 ni matter lter since Omar celebrated the pressing of the grape and upon giving Governor Herbert B. B Maw a contingent contingent contingent con con- fund Cund of half hal a million dollars or so zo The subject of liquor being whit what it ft Is was mostly kept behind behind behind be be- hind doors that just swung enough now and then to give ghe a glimpse se of an immemorial struggle struggle gle glo that this legislature seems bound l 1 to perpetuate Insofar as its power permits The senate Saturday decided as the house had done before to give tb the tho liquor commission more working capital D But t they removed by amendment some of or the the house louse had placed upon liquidation of this capital that thatis is to be for the maintenance of a liquor stock Sol Selvin the sage little senator senator senator sen sen- ator from Tooele sort of nut nut- shelled the argument by saying the question here is simply whether we are going to make liquor a a- revenue producer or whether we are going to control tho the use of liquor Proponents oT of the respective points of view have yet to disclose where the argument will wind up or when Governor Maws Maw's budget request request request re re- re- re quest for a contingent fund that he has enjoyed managing for the past ast four tour Y Ipe j with vl h a a. vigorous vigorous vig vig- orous rebuff from a subcommittee tee of the joint appropriations committee Maybe Its It's an Indication Indication indication Indi Indi- cation that Governor Maw hasn't the control over the 1945 1946 legislature legislature legislature legis legis- lature that he had in 1941 and 1943 At any rate this subcommittee subcommittee subcommittee recommended that tha-t the contingent fund be renamed and given into the control of the state board of examiners composed composed composed com com- posed of the Governor the secretary secretary secretary sec sec- of state and the attorney general The wail wan against this report led by Senator Lorenzo LorenzoE E E. E Elggren Salt Lake Democrat very much irritated Ira Huggins the Ogden Democrat dean of the senate who Is chairman of that subcommittee and his vociferous vociferous voc voc- cohort Selvoy J. J another democrat representative form Springville SprIng The upshot of this argument hasn't come to earth yet Efforts Efforts Efforts Ef Ef- forts to get harmony among the democrats having apparently failed Saturday Clifton Kerr the Tremonton house republican leader apparently wearied said As a member of the time minority Continued on Da page pace e four tour Under the Continued from page one party Im I'm getting tired of trying to servo as a 3 referee of a democratic democratic democratic demo demo- cratic caucus 1 But despite failure of or the legislature legislature leg leg- to sol e either of or these problems they did pass quite a u a- afew few bills of minor nature touching general problems only incidentally With Vilh less than two weeks eels of legal tenure left lert to them the members had not yet et solved school financing broad post war planning legislation legislation legislation legis legis- lation appropriations to state departments institutions 31 an and n d services or special The appropriating appropriating ati g Adrian C. C Hatch in the house warned that the special requests embodied in bills now pending total or thereabouts far more than anybody anybody anybody any any- body yet sees money for Of course no legislature goes without a little fun fuu The curly haired an and vigorous blonde blondo j from Summit Lawrence told the house a while ago go that it would certainly be a shame If lC the members members mem mem- bers hers left their sense of humor at home after the house had been chided e for levity So the senate went out full blast on the polygamous bull act The bulls and md their amours were spread all aU o er the record The law new restricts em But Dut who enforces the law remains to be seen Tom Argyle Davis county democrat one time nemesis of ot game poachers was still wondering wondering wondering ering what's going to happen t to the tho prop proposed sed revision of or the bame control commission Tom Jones the San Juan to stockman demonstrated successfully success successfully suc suc- cess fUlly the succulence of his Blue Mountain lambs at a n. dinner dinner dinner din din- ner he lie gave ga off ocr the Ule record at the state fair grounds Toms Tom's lambs didn't win any state fair fall ribbons rib rib- bons They were too well and aud deliciously dismembered Elisha Ellsha Warner Wainer newspaper- newspaper ing ing senator from Payson put up upa a well documented plea for the Inclusion of the Central Utah Vocational School at Provo into the state vocational training He has come nearer than anybody yet In ill getting real consideration of that institution Most 1 legislators will be able to tell their constituents the true significance of the Geneva steel plant when tl they ey get home because the they saw It themselves on Washington's birthday a They will undoubtedly declare that every ery Utahn mus must pull for the continued operation of that enterprise after the war Lobbyists are funny Mostly because they are so utterly ap ap- ap- ap parent A lobbyist is a guy or a agal agal agal gal who tries to put the heat on for this bill or that bill They take themselves so confoundedly confounded confounded- ly seriously seriously hut but they thoy are an Integral integral integral in In- though unofficial part of o el every ery legislature take tn-ke em this time there time there are folk infesting the marbled capitol corridors advocating advocating ad- ad to the lawmakers lawmakers lawmakers law law- makers every ery cause from cosmetics cosmetics cosmetics cos cos- to more dough for Supreme Supreme Supreme Su Su- Su- Su preme Court Justices from beer taxes to more dough for teachers teach teach- ers rs from air fields to pea pea-ch mosaic Now No as a matter of fact tact a lot of these buzzers know a lot lotmore lotmore lotmore more about the particular subject subject subject sub sub- than the legislators And a alot alot lot of their information is of undoubtedly great value alue in shaping shaping shap shap- ing lUg laws But ther are funny |