The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-13


The Cannon prohibition bill which passed
the house on Thursday BY such an over
whelming ma jority is now dead. BY pass
ing the bill the house Of representatives
killed the measure as effectively as though
they had voted 1t down. The bill now
goes to the senate. where twelve out OF
eighteen senators are certain to vote
against it should it come up from COM
mittee for passage, which is extremely I'M
likely.
BY printing a poll Of the senate on the
measure yesterday the Deserct Evening
News. which has been fighting the battle
Of the prohibitionists, practically conceded
the defeat of the measure. It's poll showed
nine opposed to the Cannon bill. three ia
Voring the bill. three nOn-cOmmittsl and
three not poiled. Az least three of the
senators. non-committal and not pOIled.
will vote against the Cannon bill
At a meeting held on Tuesday evening
ten senator's agreed to vote against the
Cannon bill. provided that a measure pro
viding for local option and strict regula-
tion would be introduced Practically
every member at this meeting opposed the
Cullen hotel bill introduced b. the federal
bunch as q substitute for prohibition. A
bill is to be drafted providing for local
option and regulation which will Be agreed
upon in caucus and passed by The SEN
ate
New Bill to Be Passed.
The manner of the introduction of this
bill has not yet been agreed upon. 1t has
been suggested that the Oil be introduced
by the ten senators standing sponsor for
IT. In this way the blame for the defeat
OF prohibition would moi rest on any oIlss
senator, and in addition to that its pas
sage would facilitate II because its pas
sage would be a fOreg0ne conclusion since
everyone OF the authors would surely
vote for 1t and all debate over the queS-
ton would be eliminated
The provisions Of the proposed bill have
not been discussed in detail. It IS prob
able that the bill viii be so drawn that
the breweries viii suffer as little as pos
sible. The bill will contain hign license
clause and perhaps. a limitation of the
number Of saloons according to popula-
ton. tt will contain local option fea-
ture which will probably provide that
counties containing no cities Of the first
and second class may vote on the prohibit
ton. If the bill contains a general local
option feature the Bill will probably not
make the county the unit but Will make
the incorporated city or town the unit
Tn either case IL would insure Salt Lake
and ogden remaining wet"
Analysis of Poll.
OF the senators who announced them
selves against the Cannon bill in the News
poll Of yesterday Senators kuchler Bull
len John Y. Smith, Badger and Gardner
had previously announced themselves :
opposed to absolute statewide prohibition.
though favOring strict regulations. Sen
ators Marks. St00key, Sevy and Seeiy
were non-eommittai Senators Marks and
Stookey are from Salt Lake and were
elecCed on platform which was silent on
the liquor question The last Republican
county platform OF Sanpete county de
clared for local option. Senator seeiy.
however IS q hOidover senator and not
bound bT that platform Senator Sew
was elected from his district on a local
option platform.
Not polled yesterday were Senators Ben
ner Y Smith. Wilson and FFulaniski SEN
ator Euianiski has repeatedly declared his
opposition 20 prohibition ard Senator
Benner y Smith is also opposed to the
ardent pr0hibitiOnisL
Of those ciaSsed as -'nou-coumitfsf'
Senator Hyde is understood to oppose pro
hibition while Senators Williams and Bur-
ton favor IL.
Senator Miller is recorded as favorinE the
bill This is his position because his con.
stituents favor the measure His private
convictions are rather in opposition to
such sudden and drastic legislation. but
he takes the position that he is voting the
sentiments Of his constituents. not his
own. Senators Brinkerhoff and Horsley
are prchibitiOuists both from principle and
from the fact that the people Of the dis
triCts they represent are practically unan-
imous for prohibition.
From the expressions made by the mem
bers Of the senate the vote on the Cannon
bill. should it come before the senator's
without further amendment would be.
Ayes-Brinkerhoff. Burton, Horsiey. Mil
Ter. Williams. Wilson,
Nays-Badger. Builen Hulaniski. Hyde.
Kuchier Marks. See1y. Sevy. Benner y
Smith John y Smith, Stookey. President
Gardner-f2.
The Cannon bill comes up for reeonsid-
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