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Show 'MET BILL FIGHTJIOWON Intense' Interest Aroused Over Measure: Several Amendments Amend-ments Proposed SALT LAKE. Feb 14,- The .stand-! ing room only" sign prpmlsefi to ap pear In Hie house or repreanlatlves tods with ihe opening or tho iiJit ..n the South wick anUcigarel bill In tenhe interest has been manifested! Since the bill was introduied and to da will mark inn beginning of th re.-, i riehi lor nn.l Hainsf ihe n,. ;.sur The Southwlck measure, known senate bill No. 12. was introduced Jan uary 19 the tenth day of the present Bession. Il tra-. eled through commit tee hearings, suffered one or two aoiendnients. had a hearing before th-Judiclary th-Judiclary committee of the senate and fin!l passed on February 3 with 14 ajres, 3 nays and 1 absent. SEVERAL AMENDMENTS Into the arguments favoring the1 passage of the measure wen broughl admission thai the bill was sponsored by thfi Mormon church, and ihese adnlssions brought condemnation from senators over the effort of rep rcsentaUvcs of the church to inject It dortrines Into the statutes of the Btate The measure was sent into the house the day after its passage In the senate, and M immediately became ri bone of contention, for its proponents attempted to have it placed in the hands of the house educational coir mlttee and lost. They then asked that the committee on manufactures and commerce, to which it had been . signed, bo discharged from consldera iion of tho bill, but the speaker n fused to comply. jt has been in the hands of this committee since Febru arj 4-and will come out this afternoou There has been no intimation of what the report of the committee will be on the bill, but mere seems to be a gen oral understanding that when It is r ported it will have attached Several nmenrlmen ' , i .'no. I r ,. . .owv. m iLumrti V lift "freak" features. As passed by the senule. th. bill would prohibit the sale of clgflreta or cigaret papers in the state; it would prohibit their advetrising in the state it would prohibit minors smoking in certain places and would prohibit anv person smoking in certain inclosed public place- Thc giving awrty of clgarets would be a misdemeanor, and any person thought to have ihcui fo; sale would be liable to have hi home forcibly searched for them. Certain members or the house, rea lizmg the freak" nature of the bill Hnd declaring that it could not be en forced but that it would prob..!.h m suit in ihe ' bootlegging" ol cigaret.; to minors, have offered a number or proposed amendments to the house committee on manufactures and com merce. and it is understood lhat some ihe.se -ii . ( amendment. i will be; incorporated in Ihe bill when II (a reported ott ot committee today. These suggested amendments would provide for the licensing of dealers in tobacco and only those persons recommended recom-mended by juvenile court Judges would be eligible to secure such licenses It would not prevent the sale of clgarets. but by the proposed licensing plan, would make the- penally for sale of tig-arets tig-arets to minors not only a misdemea nor, but would mean the immediate revocation re-vocation of such license. It would pre cni tobacco displays of anv kind by dealers in ihe commodity and no ad ertl.-.ing would he permitted in the stale of tobacco, cigars or clgarets EFFICACY OF BILL DOUBTED There is a sentiment among virtual ly every member or the house lhat some measure which Would really curb the use uf clgarets among minors should be placed upon the statute books of the state, but there is a leeling among many of them iha' th Southwlck bill would not bring th. 1 sired result and there Is a feeling anions iho others that only the South; wick bill can bring tho result, The probable action todcy when tho committee report is read, wjll be to al'einpt to disapprove it if it reports amendments to the Southwlck bill is il came into the house. If there is no amendments, it ie thought that an ef-Oi'l ef-Oi'l maybe made to have it placed at I he head of the calendar. This requires re-quires unanimous cous nt, and if such is objected to, a suspension of the rules may be voted by a two thuds majority ma-jority ami if the measure comes up for final passage before adjournment there is likelihood that an effort will be made to either pass or kill 51 beton ihe members ends i lie day's session. The house has uin bills on Its third reading calendar for disposition today, besides three which have been on the table 9ince Thursday. Il these are taken up ahead of the cigaret mdasuri ,t not likely that the Southwick bill will be reached until Tuesday Speed was made Friday In the house, eight bills being passed, and had not an adjournment beeu moved for the purpose pur-pose of a caucus the calendar mlgh'. have been cleared |