Show under un der utah s capitol do dome ine by special correspondent complete report and analysis of state legislature now in session passage of representative kyn byn ons bill licensing wineries wintries win eries ard dis clis til eries in utah by the house and consideration of the ou oll age pen sion ision and relief measures measure 3 in the iho senate marked the opening of legislative procedure this week iveel when both houses launched inon ing sessions the house passed the dastil distil abill bill by a vote of 37 to IS 18 ith three absent representative granger of iron changed his ote from no to yes apparently inter in ending to give notice of recon tion but representative marthakis Martha Alart hak krs s of salt lake beat him to it by giving prompt notice that 10 lic would seek reconsideration of the house action later I 1 I 1 representatives mason of box bo elder and granger of iron opposed the bill on the ground it did not provide proper regulation and supervision almost halt half the members explained their votes those thore voting for saying they did so in the belief it would develop a utah industry and thus benefit agriculture and the people generally the ne negative voters feared it might tad tend to increase drinking ol of wines vines and liquors and that sufficient regulation of the business was not provided liquor income earmarked for old ago age pensions major grist from the legislative mill during the week included a decisive victory for the maw old j age pension bloc in the senate I 1 when it succeeded in earmarking a month from liquor funds for pension purposes appointment of a joint committee to investigate state departments to determine where economy and efficiency I 1 may be improved and whether irregularities exist defeat of the progressive labor bloc in the senate in an effort to force an amendment anent to representative Bonacc is increased compensation bill to include compensation for dional diseases introduction into the house by representative william D wood of weber of a bill to provide for sale of wines and liquors by the drink in hotels restaurants tau rants and clubs and unfavorable action by the house committee on revenue and taxation upon 11 II B 45 by representative henry peterson of cache to relieve patrons of city owned utilities from paying sales tax on services rendered by these utilities liquor and labor liquor and labor played leading roles in bellicose scenes in the senate the liquor fight his developed into a three cornered affair between those supporting the control plan of senator ward C holbrook of davis which would allow unlimited licensing of beer sales but retain the licensing power in the state commission followers of senators glenn E snow of washington mrs stewart and grover of salt lake who would divorce beer completely fr from om state control and place it under local authorities and backers of representative wood of weber who would provide local control of beer and also legalize sale by drink of wines and hard liquor I 1 the liquor fight began before ithe the senate judicial committee i headed by senator ira huggins oi of weber when a public hearing was granted on senator holbrooks state beer control and the snow stewart grover local control bills J bracken lee outspoken mayor of price branded the liquor commission a political machine more interested in building fences than in enforcing the law leon fonnesbeck Fonnes back city attorney ot of logan echoed by charging that funny things had been done in issuing beer licenses in the cache city through granting of them to lo undesirables while reputable citizens were denied them senator huggins 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 home town of ogden AT S robinson of american fork hit the local control plan with an assertion that most local boards know american government when they saw it and competent to handle the licensing of beer sales the committee will have further hearings before reporting on the bills bilis reorganization reorganisation of liquor commission the liquor fight continued in the senate floor on senator hoi brooks bill providing for of the liquor commission which was amended to provide aorl for one full time commissioner who will act as general manager the fireworks were touched ott off when senator maw offered an amendment to earmark a month from liquor revenues for old age pensions including a provision fur for marking up retail prices 60 perl per cent above cost and maintain prices high enough to provide the pension revenue maw said the issue was one of whether we fight to have an old age pension and provide for it or not senator holbrook led the fight against the appropriation amendment contending that all the revenues should go into the general fund and then let the pensioners get them out if they could the vote on the amendment showed baker bakera griffin grover hopkin lindstrom n s lund nelson tan ran ner and maw for it farr I 1 frisch risch knecht holbrook snow stevens stewart thornton against with billings holmes lamorfaux Lamor caux and royle absent the amendment carried and the bill went to the final reading calendar carrying the old age pension appropriation senator lindstrom sought to get i annually from the liquor fund for enforcement work in cities towns and counties senator hoi brook promptly sought to ge get the liquor funds turned to school purposes but both failed in their efforts however as a proposed offset to the school fund loss tho the house received a series of bills from its education tended to increase school support among these bills is one imposing a severance tax on persons and companies extracting natural resources from the soil of equal fire and intensity as the liquor fight was the batt battle that centered around is H B I 1 when it came up for second reading in the senate this bi ull which increases tho the compensation for accident and death to the ox X tent of 5 and 10 per cent for each dependent chi child id up to five was vas prepared jointly by labor and i employers the backers declared senator eldred M royle boyle of utah county promptly challenged the statement contending that the federation of labor re represents only one third to a half of labor in the state he started the rumpus when he read twenty pages of h his is own 58 as an amendment to the bonacci measure the amendment being designed to provide compensation for occupational diseases also senator lindstrom championed the bonnacci bill as it stood saying he favored occupational national pat ional disease compensation but he did not feel that there was I 1 sufficient data on this subject to proceed at I 1 the he present time senator baker of tooele thoele said he could support H B I 1 but he regretted that it did not include occupational diseases the royle proposed amendment lost on a viva voce vote and royle then voted for the bonacci bill to go to third reading but in doing so remarked that it was just a shakedown for labor for another two years legislative investigation uneasy lies the head of him if who holds a state job as a result of the bombshell of a legi legislative slatie investigation of state offices ex plodded in secret session of corn com cittee of the whole the inquisitorial body has organized in secret and is ready to begin its probe everyone is wondering where inhere the spotlight of inquiry will vill fall all first and what it will disclose rumors are flying thick and fast about the legislative halls but as yet they are only rumors among the house members from outside counties named on the investigate ing ng committee are heber bennion jr of daggett walter K granger of iron francis S lundell of utah county L B johnson of rich while outside members of the senate group include clarence E baker of toole warda hoi brook of daws davis conrad of sanpete San pete 1 under a quiet but effective attack by speaker joseph W je jensen of weber senator holbrooks resolution designed to cut off state aid to private agencies went vent to defeat in the house for the first time during this sess session on Speaker Jensen took the floor I 1 whon when the holbrook resolution came up and proceeded to sho show w how the small state aid to the citizens rate association alone had save C utah people some a year through lowered freight rates after his talk the resola i tion was tabled and the following I 1 day was called up and killed representative walter K gran igers memorial merr ional to congress to defeat dei i efforts to repeal the long short haul clause of the I 1 CC act 1 to protect utah interests was tak ian ln up under suspension of tai the rules and passed without dissenting vote the pett bonacci bill requiring production to cease when the militia is called out in strikes developed some opposition in the hou house s e but passed representative mathis of washington led the opposition contending such a law was unnecessary because no governor had ever abused his powers irk in utah senator royle was successful in having the senate pass his bill aorl for the checkoff system of paying pas ing 1 union farm organization and teacher association dues while senator lindstrom got favorable action on his bill for a junior coli col i lege at price A new agricultural i cooperative bill was pres presented anted to the house by representative M I 1 E boyden of summit publication of county commissioners proceeding proceedings edIn gs senator L E nelson made a gallant effort to prevent i 1 able committee action on S B go 90 by hopkin to require county corn com 1 ners ers reports of their proceed 1 ings but the majority of the committee consisting of senators farr thornton and were adamant and voted the bill b allf out unfavorably it is is now nov awaiting g consideration on second reading calendar the fair trades practices bills 4 7 and 8 designed to aid the small and independent business men of the state by putting into effect some of the best features of the were given a hearing before representative dangers Gr angers judiciary committee of the house the committee held the bills for further consideration the direct primary primar Y measure by senator S benator maw was amended arn ended and re amended on second reading ani finally passed to the third reading calendar where it stands awaiting I 1 final action by the upper house i the education committee of the house presented a bill designed to put into operation the teachers retirement commission created by the last legislature legisla tuio senate bills 35 and 36 by grover and lindstrom relating to city owned utilities and their financing drew heavy fire of 0 apo iton at a pubic hearing before the senate state and mun municipal affairs committee |