Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-10
CHANGE OF SENTIMENT SEEN
Over Night ReadiuStment Takes
Place Which Puts Porter
Bill in Grave.
Clegg TO submit Minority Report
Which WIN Allow Use of Liquor
For Medicinal Purposes.

The situation with regard to the pro-
posed prohibition legislation in the
house has changed over night. and tho
lineup Of yesterday has been upset.
Three distinct reports on II. b. 76which
is Porter's prohibition measure, We're
20 have been submitted 20 the house.
Only one Of the reports got i'm, but that
was not because they were not pre-
pared. Tho majority Of the commit
tee opposed the Porter bill yesterday, as
they do today. Pope and Archibald.
constituting part Of the minority, sub
mitted their report, and Clegg. chair
man OF the committee, who favored the
Porter bin with amendments. stands in
the same position today with regard
90 the Cannon bill.
As matter Of fact. the judiciary
committee this morning decided 70 KIN
the Porter bill Pope and Archibald
had the floor FOR consideration of their
minority report submitted yesterday.
and 10 was due TO come up today as
first business under head Of commit
tee reports. They have decided TO
withdraw their report on the Porter
bill and they viii join the majority
report on the Cannon bill Holman
VIII submit a minority report against
the bill, ana Mr.. Clegg will submit
another minority report favoring the
BILL but with certain amendments not
recommended by the majority report.
FAVOR CANNON BILL.
As the Cannon bill. IT, 3. 81, win be
recommended for passage by the ma
jority OF the committee, Il viii be
without tho drug store clause and will
not permit the manufacture or sale %
liquor for any purpose whatsoever not
even for medicinal or sacramental pur-
poses. Clegg Is in favor Of permitting
the manufacture and sale of liquor for
| the purpose or medicinal and sacra-
mental uses only, and his recommen-
| dalton win be along that line.
BY consent, II. h. 1877 by McCracken
1 was introduced IN the house today.
4 The bin relates to the liability OF rail-
road companies to their employees IN
certain cases.
House Joint memorial 2. offered in the
! house this afternoon by Representative
Morris. is designed to place at the dis
posal of the state the money set aside
! for the matchmaking and grading Of
approaches and roadways on the state
capitol site on Capitol hill. The expen-
| diture Of $4,000 for this purpose was
| favored by the session in 1907, but the
law as passed did not make the money
available.
Representative Henrie by consent this
| afternoon introduced a bill designed TO
provide for a tax on certain animals
and to provide for the payment OF a
| state and county bounty on others.
Among the bills introduced In the
house this afternoon was H. b. l35,
making II misdemesnor for any per-
son or corporation or other employer
20 engage boys under the age Of IS
years as elevator operators
IL. b. 1856, by Porter. provides that
no action may be undertaken in which
is involved property which has not
been assessed
II. b. 1874, by Ashton, the direct pri-
mary law, is given extended mention
In another column.
In the senate and IN the house this
afternoon the bin providing for a COM
mission form Of government In cities
Of the FIRST class was introduced Sem
ator Benner X. Smith is sponsor for
the bin in the senate while represent
tative Cannon presents it in the house
In the senate 70 Is known as senate bi /
100 IL provides, IN over 40 printed
pages, for the salient features Of tho
modified Galveston plan as adopted in
Des Mones. Five commissioners are
20 govern cities with recall and refer
endum features. In the house the bill
is on the calendar as house bill 40.