The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
HOUSE PASSES
SPRY'S SOP TO
THE BREWERS
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HE BREWERS
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Il DO not know said Mr. Thompson,
why exceptions should be made of Salt
Lake and Ogden. l think that the bill
with this amendment will be passed and
that the governor will sign II. If he feels
like vetoing IL, he would not dare to do
SO for fear of the wrath that would come
upon him"
Fuller made the closing argument He
said that ogden is the home of the great
whisky king, who wields a powerful in
fluence TO dethrone the manhood of the
boys" The amendment was lost.
AS to Mining Camps.
Holman's amendment to exempt ineor-
porated cities in mining districts from the
county feature and that they be made
units in themselves was defeated. Mr..
Holman said there was no reason why
every Incorporated city should not be
unit.
IF there is a reason why Salt Lake
should be exempted said Mr.. Holman.
there is double reason why mining camps
should be- BY reason of the charac-
ter of their population these are the very
places which should be eliminated from
the county local option feature"
Mr. Holman said that there was no rea-
son apparent to him except that the gov
ernor was a party man.
Mr.. Pope held that to exclude Bingham
NNHhN CAe~So lNSASidtiOn anu bhGiEAVAS
unconstitutional
Another Amendment Fails.
Another amendment proposed By Mr..
Holman read to the effect that all in
corporated cities should be exempted
This was lost also.
Ashton, at the night session proposed
an amendment to eliminate the state
board of examiners as the body given
the power to grant licenses In its stead
ne proposed to give this power 10 the
boards of county commissioners. There
were many earnest speeches on this SUBJ
jet. Mr.. Morris asked how the state
board of examiners was going to ascer-
tain who is entitled to a license and who
is not. He reiterated his previous state
ments that the principles of American
government were being usurped, and that
a dangerous power was being placed in
the hands of single individual.
4 am not prophet, nor the of
a prophet said Mr.. Morris, but if the
class legislation that you have passed ia
this house this session does not come
back to cure you, am no prophet at
The vote on the Ashton amendment
was:
reng, Fuller. Funk, Hammond. Hayes.
Henrie, Hodges. Holman, Holt, Morris,
Murdock: Nelson. Randall, Smith. Thomp-
Rippers-Anen. Archibald. Bower Ciegg.
Davis. Dorius. Eerdley. England, Han
sen. HayCOck. Jensen. King. McCTacken.
William Mcmillan. Hugh A McMilin.
McRae. Nelson, Parmley, Pope. Porter.
Russell Thornley,. Webster. Wootton, Mr..
Speaker
Explaining Their Votes.
Nearly all the forty-four members pres
ent at last nights session explained
their votes, and in doing so went miles
out OF their waE to talk about some
thing which had no more to DO with the
explanation of their vote than an Ar
mazda has to do with a railroad bridge.
Everybody seemed TO be indulgent, how
ever, and the speaker permitted a iati
tude fer from anything that the rules
might cover.
In his final broadside Mr. Holman said
that he had either been in a Rip Van
Wrinkle sleep for many days. or a num-
Der OF the members are cOnsummate fall
sifiers. | have it at my tongues end, and
could say things that / know to be true
that would make any guilty man sneak
away with a shamed face. If the liquor
interests could work you, and you were
easy. that was their business
McCracken said that he thought the bill!
was nothing but "a sop to the brewers,
but he believed that IL would give twenty
five counties the right to pass on thus
question for themselves. He had no doubt.
he said. that very soon the desired end
absolute prohibition-would be realized in
Utah.
A Miserable subterfuge.
Mr. Thompson said. in announcing his
vote:
I deem this measure a miserable sub
terfuge. 1t is nothing more than a ratifi-
cation of the deal that has been made be
tween the Republican leaders and the
liquor interests 1t is the worst piece of
infamy that I have ever seen, and the
stigma that attaches to a man who casts
his vote for this measure will stay with
him as long as his life lasts. He is Moth
ing more than an accessory after the fact
Of the deal"
Mr. White refused so to stultify his man
hood as 10 permit any man 90 tell him
what to do when he represented con-
stituency. He knew that his constituents
are not satisfied with this bill, especially
with the manner in which it has been
crsmmed down the threats OF the MEM
beTs.
Adverse reports on house bills Nos. 126
% and 2Z3. other liquor bills, were adopted
in the house yesterday
When the conference committee report
was made in the senate il was laid on the
table awaiting the action Of the house.
These signed the committee report:
Senators W. y. Williams. s. ]. Stock
ey. Charles +. Marks. Herschel Bullen. jr.,
f. c. Horsley and Representatives John
N Davis. r. NJ. Pope, w. S. Hansen and
J. H WoOtton. While three of the MEM
bers Of the Joint committee did not sign
the reDOrf there was no minority report.