The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-02-20
PROHIBITION BILL
PASSES THE HOUSE
Only Four Votes Cast Against State
wide Prohibition Measure.-Will
Ask for Reconsideration.

The Cannon bill, which provides
Tor statewide prohibition, passed the
house Thursday afternoon, by vote
of 80 to 4, with two of the members
absent. Those voting against the bill
We're Russell, McMillen. McRae and
Holman of Salt Lake County. Hol-
man and McMillin changed their
votes from the negative in order to
move reconsideration of the vote by
which the bill was passed and they
gave notice that they would do this
I The Cannon bill is drastic meas
ure. and If passed by the senate and
approved by the governor, will mean
absolute prohibition throughout the
state. The new law would prohibit
the manufacture. sale, barter, giving
away or otherwise furnishing of alco
holic liquors within the state. The
term alcoholic liquor, as used In this
act, shall be construed to mean all
spirituous, vinous, fermented or malt
liquors or any imitation thereof or
substitute therefor or compound of
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whether medicated or not, which con.
tains any alcohol and which is capa-
ble of being used as a beverage.
An unsuccessful effort was made by
Mr. Cannon, author of the measure,
to have county dispensary, where
liquor might be dispensed upon the
order of physicians.
Bills were passed by the senate re-
lating to regulating and licensing en-
ployment bureaus and agencies.
Appropriating $4,000 for the use OF
certain school districts, and for the
increase In pay of teachers therein.
Five new bills were introduced in
the senate and seven in the house,
as well as a Joint acknowledgements
alizing congress to grant to the state
of Utah for the benefit of Indian war
veterans Of Utah, 100000 acres of
land
Fifteen house bills and one memo
rial were presented at the session OF
the house of representatives on We'd
nesday, February 10, and one bill was
withdrawn. One of the new measures
refers to the manner OF holding pri-
mary elections. The bill was present
ed by Representative Elias Conway
Ashton, and proposes to do away
with the old manner of holding pri-
mary elections and to establish d.
rect primaries. Candidates will be
named on petitions, according to the
BILL and there will be no such thing
as party conventions.
The measure approved was H. B.
rs, by Hodges, relating to the invest
ment of funds derived from the sale
of public lands.
BY vote the members of the house
agreed to extend the time allowed ror
the presentation of bills from 30 to
40 days with the consent of two
thirds of the members of the house.
AS the result of an hours delibera.
ton of the senate, two bills were
passed and seven new measures In.
troduced One of the bills approved
Increases the salary of the supreme
court stenographer from $1,000 to
$1,000 year; the other relates to
privileged communications at trials.
A measure was introduced which,
IL 1t is approved, will enable Salt
Lake City to try the Des Moines plan
OF city government. Senator Seeley
Is after the experimental stations
and has introduced a bill to abolish
every experimental station in the
state.
The record for new bills was
broken in the house on Monday, Feb
ruary 8, when nineteen new measures
were introduced. They provide laws
affecting educational boards and in
stitutions; mining and smelling: one
touches on the penal code of the
state and another proposes to estab.
lish~a public service commission for
the regulation of public service cor
porations. One is a combination bill
restricting the sale of liquor, prohib.
iting 1t and providing local option
one provides for the repeal OF an ex.
listing law; others affect the work of
county commissioners and fees and
salaries of public officials are affect.
ed, while numerous other subjects are
touched upon by the proposed legis.
lation
Bills were passed providing for the
creation of a good roads commission
relating to construction of state
roads; relating to salaries of state
officers; relating to time of filing APP,
plications for titles to properties in
townsites.
Six bills, five from the senate and
one from the house, were passed in
the upper house Monday and four new
bills were introduced Bills were
passed providing punishment for con
victs who assault prison guards; ap
propriating $500 to refurnish the Of
fees of the governor and secretary OF
state; appropriating $4,000 to the
widow of Deputy Sheriff Clark OF We
Der county, who was murdered; max
Ing testimony of husband or wife
competent in abandonment cases
Fight Ends Fatally.
Provo, Utah,-Daniel Snow, the 81