Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-20
GREAT LIGHT NOW
BREAKS IN SENATE
Badger, Smith ct al Fall in Line
On Stand Taken by
0eseret News.
REVOLT ON MACHINE BILLS
Bcnncr y. Smith sounds Note of
Warming 70 cgislator~-Incidcnts
or a Lively Session.

Up TO the time that the senate took
% recess yesterday afternoon In moot
at o'clock this morning the anil
liquor Legislators were complete mas
ters of the situation. When house him
,lo the hybrid measure passed bv tho
lower branch, was submitted Co the
senate shortly before noon yesterday. IL
was referred by President Gardner Tn
the sitting committee. That body is
composed of Senators Bcnner X. smith
carl A. Badger and Il T HuIanlal,i.
When IL was suggested to Senator
Badger that he had two against him.
Poe replied that he did not believe there
would be- any trouble. that the COM
mittee would promptly report the Han
sen bill for consideration OF the senate.
The sequel proved that senator Bad
ger had placed entirely too much conn-
dence IN his colleagues as 70 unaniuitv.
Both senator Smith and Senator Hu-
lanish refused 90 report on the hin
and they received sufficient support 10
entiely thWart Senator Badgers at
tempt TO bring IL before the senate.
BENNER X. SMITHS REPLY.
The Incident occasioned one OF the
Iiyeliest half hours seen In the senate
since the legislature convened. After
vain attempt IN caucus to gain his
pointe senator Badger asked I'm open
session that the sitting committee be
relieved of further responsibility I'm the
premises To this Benner X smith.
who Is chairman OF the sitting commit
tee, replied
Il wish 10 say that the committee has
not had the bin under consideration M
an some amendments to the bin were
suggested and win probably be made
in committee IL il IS left IN the hands
OF the committee.
Speaking for myself alone, I wish
10 say frankly that I am opposed To-
any consideration Of this bill until the
house has taken some action on senate
bill las That bin passed the senate
and has been sidetracked In the house.
and the only mason that I can see for
such action is that the house Is holding
back that bill for the purpose Of coerc-
ing this body into passing house bin
go. Speaking for myself. and for no
one else. / wish TO say that I will not
vote for house bin 240 I'm its present
form, nor In any other form, until the
house takes SOME action on senate bill
14s.
MACHINE BILLS
In its present form this bill togeth-
er with other machine bills we have
passed, notably the fire and police bill.
creates onN OF the biggest and most
powerful state machines In this or any
other state. The Gre and police bin
which you gentlemen passed takes the
fire and police department Of Salt Lake
city out OF the hands OF the mayor and
puts il IN the hands Of the governor.
With the present bill. which you may
pass, you may Judge for yourselves
what power you put into the hands OF
one man for the creation Of a state
political machine.
THE Des Molnes bills, for better mu-
nicipal government are now hanging
in the balance and will be vetoed. on
The ground that the Des MONIES sys- I
tenn would create a powerful city ma
chine. and this In spite OF the fact that /
the Des Molnes plan calls for a recall
a feature which is not possessed by
your fire and police bill. and a feature
which Will make utterly impossible the
creation OF any sort Of a machine.
don't care what action you take ina this
matter. nor what your vote may be,
YOU Will not offend me, but ] do want
To- say that whatever this legislature
does with this bill, IL does not meet
with my approval and never will /
wash my hands of the whole AFFAIR"
BADGER FOR TEMPERANCE
Senator Badger in explanation OF his
action in trying TO bring the bin Up
for consideration, taking # from tn
hands Of the sitting committee. said:
Mr. President, I should be the last
one 20 put a motion before this hous.
to put house bin $40 on it's way %
nnal passage. / am unalterably on
posed 10 many features Of the bin. ana
80 rs only because I desire some LIQUOR
legislation that 7 urge this mJtIln.
More strongly than ! desire that my
own views bee Incorporated into law 90
J desire that some temperance legislg-
tion be enacted before Adjournment
THE house In dealing with senate bin
llS and with house bin 40 undoubtedly |
made a parliamentary mistake. bur 1 |