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Show LEGISLATIVE BILLS .1 RESPONSIVE TO PROMISES Utah's long-desired publicity utilities utili-ties bill, as drafted for the coming legislature by the sub-committee of which Charles C. Richards is chairman, chair-man, was submitted to Governor Simon Si-mon Bamberger Thursday for suggestions. sugges-tions. The governor will probabl) return re-turn the bill to the sub-committee Monda or Tuesday and his sugges-tlons sugges-tlons will be considered. The measure meas-ure will then be submitted to the full steering committee for delivery to the legislature, which convenes! Monday The prohibition bill, drafted by a ! sub-committee of which Senator Jo- I seph Chez of Ogden is chairman, will j be submitted to the full committee at 3 o'clock this afternoon at Salt Lake. After examination, the draft will probably prob-ably be submitted to the governor. The prohibition bill will be the first measure passed by the legislature. New Bills Have "Teeth." While hurrying to the train on his way to Salt Lake at 8 o'clock this morning, Judge Richards was asked if any "dental work" had been done In t els on the proposed measure. Replying, Re-plying, emphatically, he said the bills have teeth, sharp and strong enough for the desired purposes. Askd concerning the taxation bill, in the drafting of which he is assist- I ing, Judge Richards reiterates his re-1 cent assurances that the measure would place the rich and the poor upon the same basis, that its provisions 1 would prevent the rich from escaping their just share of taxation and that it would greatly reliee the burden of the poor. "Every Knock a Boost." Asked it the drafting committees were reading the editorial pleas of I reactionary newspapers in defense of tnteresl opposed in the proposed leg- islation. Judge Richards said: 'The committees are working opn ly and have nothing to conceal. The sole aim is to fulfill the platform and campaign pledges of the Democratic party The fullest publicity is welcome." wel-come." He added a remark to the effect that every knock from certain sources is a boost for political reform. When his attention was called to the declaration by Mayor Abbot K. Heywood, in a speech before the can-ners' can-ners' convention yesterday that in all the publicity concerning the proposed new laws, he had not read a single line promising constructive legislation, legisla-tion, Judge Richards laughed and re marked that the opposition regards the proposed popular laws as 'destructive-' rather than constructive. Hi had no further replj to the mayor's remark. oo |