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Show H' ' THE LIQUOR LEGISLATION. H At last It seems truo that n commit- B tea Is getting down to real serious B work ln framing a bill to cover the B liquor legislation for thb stnto. Fur- H ' thermoro, It is following tho lines of j tho Hcpubllcau plutfoim us It should B do. In ono particular, however, It do- B ')nrts ,,ll"r from "10 Pntu outlined B' ln tho cninpnlgn Inst fall. BBB- When It came to tho question ns BBBt) to whether tho county outsldo of In- BBBr i BBB I corpornted cities should bo wet or I dry, tho commlttoo dccldod that tho question should bo left to tbo people BBW to Toto upon tho matter. This doos H not conform to tho Republican pint- J form, but It (loot, seem to meet tho H approval of a largo clement In tho I counties. Tho argument has been put up by tho people In tho county outsldo m oMncorpornted cities that If such clt- BBM ., tes should bo granted tho -right to r voto on tho question there Is really P no renson why tho county should not BBB have tho samo right. In this conton- i tlon, there Is much soundness. Tho BBB , one grcnt reason opposing It Is tbnt BBB: thcro Is not sufficient pollco protec- BBBB- tlon In the county to nssuro tho proper BBB restrictions of tho laws ln ensa the J j county should go "wet"; but thcro BBBj; ' can bo littlo doubt, In most counties, B ' s to tho result of tho election. It will H ho for prohibition almost beyond a V ' doubt, with Uio 'slnglo exception of BBH Salt Lnko county. BBH' Twenty-five per cent of tho electors I shall bo all that aio necessary to do- B1 mnnd an election In n district. The Ji elections In Incorporated cities shall !'! ho held on the 27th of .Tuna of the BBBB BBBl present year, and within ninety days B 5 thereafter n "wet" town shnll be Bi ready to go "dry," If tho voto so do- BBBBi B: Other features of tho bill' are being H' ngroed upon every dny, tho Badger H! ' bill being generally followed. It will B ' '" n11 Probability bo finished tomor- BBBB row when It will bo submitted to tho legislature some time thereafter. Wo H' are very glad to seo reasonable pro- BBBBfl BBB grcss made upon this lmportnnt mens- H lire, nnd only hopo that it will bo B speedily onnctcd Into law, onco It BBBBfl gets before tho legislature. |