Show anu I 1 ap pew e to 7 ap U S 11 A service salt lake city feb 3 9 passage of representatives hynons bill I 1 licensing wineries wintries win eries and distilleries n utah by the house and consideration and passage of old age pension in the senate marked the opening of 0 legislative procedure this week when both houses launched morning sessions the house passed tile distilleries bill by a vote 0 of 37 to IS with three absent representative granger or of iron changed tits his vote from no to yes apparently intending to give notice of reconsideration but representative Maitha kig of salt lake beat him to it by giving prompt noti kotite e that hint lie he would seek re considerations of 0 the house action later representatives mason of roxel boxel der and granger of 0 iron opposed tile the bill on the ground it did not provide proper regulation and supervision almost half the members explained their votes those voting tor for saying they did so in the belief it would develop a utah industry and thus benefit agriculture and the people generally the negative voters feared it might tend to increase drinking of wines and liquors liquors and that sufficient regulation of the business was not provided major grist from tile legislative mill during the week included a decisive victory tor for the maw old age pension block in the senate when it succeeded in earmarking a ii purposes seg appointment of a joint committee to investigate state departments part ments to determine where economy and efficiency may be improved and whether irregularities exist defeat ot of the progressive labor bloc in tile tho senate in an effort to force an amendment to representative bon ais increased compensation bill to include compensation tor for occupational diseases introduction into the house by representative william D wood of weber ot of a bill to provide for sale ot of wines and liquors by the drink in hotels restaurants and clubs and unfavorable action by the house committee comit tee on revenue and taxation on H B 45 by rep henry peterson of cache to relieve patrons of city owned utilities from pay paying ng sales tax on services rendered rend cred by these utilities liquor and labor played leading roles in bellicose scenes in the senate the liquor tight fight lias has developed into a three cornered affair between those supporting the control plan ot of senator ward C liol holbrook brook of davis which would allow unlimited licensing of beer sales but retain the licensing power in the state commes sion followers of 0 senators glenn E snow of washington mrs stewart and grover of salt lake who would divorce beer completely from state control and place it under local authorities and backers of representative wood of weber who would provide local control of beer and siso also legalize salo sale by drink of wines and liard hard liquor the liquor tight fight began before the senate judicial committee headed by senator ila iia hugging of weber when a public hearing was wag granted on senator Irol brooks state beer con coll arol and the snow stewart grover local control bills J outspoken mayor of 0 price branded the liquor commission a political machine more interested in building fences than in enforcing the law leon Forin fonnesbeck esbeck city attorney of logan echoed by charging that tunny things had been done in issuing beer licenses in the cache city thru granting 0 of them to undesirables while reputable citizens were denied them senator hugging added to the barrage against the commissions methods by charging that a license had been issued to one of the worst dives in the state in his homo home town 0 of ogden am M S robinson of american fork representing beer vendors lilt hit the iochi local control plan with an all assertion that most local boards did not know american government when they saw it and com patent to handle the licensing of beer sales the committee will have further hearings before reporting on the ole bills the liquor tight continued on oil the senate floor on oil senator holbrooks bill tor for providing tor for reorganization of 0 the liquor commission which was amended to broyde for one full time commissioner who will act as general manager the fireworks wore touched oft off when senator maw offered an all amendment to earmark a month famo liquor revenues for or old age pensions including a provision for marking up retail prices 60 pe pa cent above cost and maintain prices high enough to provide the pension revel revenue ue maw said the issue vias vaa one of 0 whether we were to have an all old age pension and provide for or it or not senator holbrook led the fight against tho the appropriation amendment men dment contending that all the revenues should go into the general und fund and then lot let tile the pensioners get them out it 1 they could the vote on the amendment showed baker griffin grover hopkin lindstrom lund nelson tanner and maw tor for it farr hoi 0 brook snow stevens stewart thornton against with billings II li olmes lamoreaux and royle absent the amendment carried and the bill went to the final dual reading calendar carrying the old age pension appropriation senator lindstrom sought to get annually erom work id in cities towns ant angco counties netiea senator holbrook promptly sought to got the liquor funds turned to school purposes gut but both failed ailed in their efforts Ilo however wever as a proposed offset to the school funds loss the house received a series of bills from its education committee intended to increase school support among these bills is one imposing a severance tax on persons and companies extracting natural resources from the soil uneasy lies the head of him who holds a state job as result of the bombshell of legislative investigation of state offices exploded in secret session of committee of 0 the whole the inquisitorial body has organized in secret and Is ready to begin its probe everyone Is wondering where the spotlight of inquiry will fall first and what it will disclose rumors humors are lying flying thick and fast about the legislative halls but as yet they are only rumors the fair trades practices bills 4 7 and 8 designed to aid the small and independent business man of the state slate by putting into effect some of the best features of N R A were given a hearing before representative grangers brangers Gr angers judiciary committee ot of tile the house the committee held tho the bills tor for further consideration the direct primary measure by senator maw was amended and rea mended on second reading and finally passed to the third reading calendar where it stands awaiting final action by the upper house the education committee of the liou house e presented a bill designed to put into operation the teachers tea chera retirement ti commission system created by the last legislature |