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Show iPROYIDESPLATFORM BEFORE CONVENTION SENATOR DESIRES CHANGE IN METHOD OF DRAFTING PARTY PLANKS. Committee Would Be Expected to Prepare Pre-pare Platform Before Holding of Election of 'Delegates to Party Conventions. Salt Lake City. Political platform committees will come into existence in Utah if a bill introduced in the senate on February 10 by Senator George H. Dern should become a law. Such committees com-mittees would be selected at least two months before the holding of the election elec-tion at which delegates would be chosen to the state convention called to adopt a. platform. The measure, if successful, will do away with the present pres-ent practice of formulating the party platform after the convention has assembled, as-sembled, f With but one dissenting vote, the house on February '10 passed a measure meas-ure placing a heavy tine or imprisonment imprison-ment upon persons or corporations who use any false or misleading or deceptive statements in advertisements of any kind. The bill is designed to further strengthen the law already on the books. ' Senate bill No. 30 was passed by the house on February 10 without debate and by a unanimous vote an unheard of procedure. The bill makes proof that a fire was caused by sparks from a locomotive prima facie evidence of neglect upon the part of the railroad. The house also disposed of house concurrent, resolution No. 3, by Morris, killing the measure by a vote of 2S to 12. The resolution proposed an amendment to the state constitution to permit the monthly instead of the quarterly payment of state officers. Another amendment to the state constitution isr proposed in house concurrent con-current resolution No. 7, by Morris. It is designed to modify the limit of bonded indebtedness which may be incurred in-curred by cities and counties. The present law provides for a percentage that was based upon a partial valuation valua-tion of property, while the property valuations for assessment purposes are now the full amount. V |