The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-06
LIQUOR DEALERS
SCORE VICTORY
INTHt SENATE
Senator KuchIer Out Maneu-
verS ProhibitioniStS and De-
featS Substitute.
''WETS" ARE TRIUMPHANT
IN PRETTY SKERMISH
BADGER Is oUTPoiNTED IN DE-
cIsIVE PARLIAMENTARY
BATTLE.

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/ y HOW PROHIBITION, LOCAL OP- =
= TON AND REGULATION DIED. y
= The vote on a motion to bring the =
y substitute prohibition bill before the =
= senate for immediate action: y
AyeS-Badger, Bulien, Burton, 3
4 Horsley, Hyde, Sevy, John Y. Smith, y
= William Wilson, President GaTdndr =
y 10
= Noes-Huiariski. KuchIer. Marks. >
= Miller. Seely, StoOkey-6.
| = Absent-Benner X Smith, BrinkeT- =
y hOff-2 y
\ The senate rules require a two =
= thirds vote TO make any bill a special =
. order Therefore TO make the sUbsti- 4
/ 3 tute measure a special order twelve y
3 votes were required The action Of =
y the senate buries the bill beneath a y
y long calendar. where its death is y
y practically certain. =
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Through remarkably clever parliament
/ airy maneuvering the anti-prohibitionists
7 in the senate yesterday scored a signal
victory over the prohibition element and
probably accom- plishSi the death of any
and all prohibitory legislation during this
session of the legislature.
On the substitute bill for the Cannon
prohibition measure there was new
alignment Of the senators which evidenced
a desertion from the ranks Of the anti
prOhibitiOnists. Senator Carl Badger who
voted agains. prohibition. yesterday as
sumed the leadership of the prohibition
lists. Senator Rudolph Kuchler fought for
/ the antt-prohibitionists and by his skill
/ Iul skirmish work outgeneraled the Fro
hibitiOn members.
Of the sixteen members Of the senate
who were present yesterday afternoon
Senator Badger had ten and Senator
kuchler six, but Senator KuchIer mar
I OLE o--fr-
gers ten were put to rOut and the minor
ity ruled the session.
The contest was on the action on senate
Dill JAS, the substitute offered by four
of the committee on rhanufactures and
commerce, Senator Kuchler dissenting
BY new amendment the substitute was
made not a regulation and local option
measure. but a statewide uFohibifion
measure we'll in that il provided for
3 special election I'm July, 1919. in which
the question Of statewide prohibition was
10 De submitted TO the people of the state
BY introducing such an amendment at
the last minute the prohibition members
hoped to steal a march on the opposition
and TO rush the bill through this morn
/ IIlg- Inc statewide prohibition election
/ amendment was considered quietly by the
majority Of the committee on rnanufac-
lures and commerce and the minority
consisting only Of Rudolph KuChler. tho
chairman, know nothing of il until a few
minutes before the committee reported
on the bill.
Wnen the final meeting was held on
the substitute bill Senator Badger pre-
sented the new amendment. Senator
Kuchler voted against the amendment
and the two reports were Immediately
made out and submitted to the senate
-Four members Of the committee signed
the majority report and Senator kuch1cr
signed the minority report. When the re
ports were read Senator Kuchler was not
present, and both reports went over 10
come up for consideration this morning at
1913 o'clock.
The First Surprise.
The first surprise came yesterday morn
ing when Senator Kuchler who was ey-
pscteo TO make fight for the adoption
or the minority report. moved that thu
majority report Of the committee be
adopted. He said that he had submitted
the minority report, not because he was
opposed to all of the provisions of the
bill, but because he was opposed to Dor
tons OF the bill, especially the new ser
ton added by the committee. Though he
moved to adopt the majority report ne
reserved the right to contest some of its
provisions when it came I'D for final mas
sage Inere was no objection to this
move and the majority report was uuaUi-
mOusly adopted.
In the afternoon Senator BADGER started
the real prohibition fight which resulted
in what Is perhaps the greatest victory
scored by the liquor interests during the
present legislature, since it has apparently
the liquor interests during the session of
the present legislative assembly. Senator
Badger moved that the bill be made q
special order for final consideration this
morning at 10 o'clock
Senator Kuchler then said.
1T is true that this bill is q very i'm
pOTtan bill and that IS the very reason
that it should be given careful c0nsfders-
ton An amendment has been added b.,
the majority Of the committee that is far
more important than the original bill. This
amendment is Of vital Importance and
should be given the most careful consid-
Grafton This amendment was never seen
nor heard Of by the chairman OF yoUn
committee until within five minutes of the
time that the report Of the majority Of
the committee was made. There is no
sound reason for this bill being acted
upon until the members Of the senate have
made themselves familiar with this i'm
poTtant amendment
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