The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-20

Senator Benner Y. Smith. u wish to saw
that the committee has not had the bin
under consideration al all Some amend
ments TO the bill were suggested and will
probably be made in committee II il is
left in the hands of the committee.
speaking for myself alone, I wish to
say frankly that am opposed to any con-
sideration Of this bill until the house has
taken some action on senate bill u.s. That
bill passed the senate and has been side
tracked in the house, and the only reason
tnat / can see for such action IS that TN.
house IS holding back that bill for the
purpose Of coerCing this body into pass
ing house bill 20 Speaking for myself
and for no one else. I wish to say that &
Will not vote for house bill 30 in its
present form. nor in any other form. I'M
bill AS.
In its present form this bill. together
with other machine bills we have passed.
notably the fire and police bill, creates
one OF the biggest and most powerful
state machines in this or any other state.
Ins fire and police bill which YOU gen
tlemen passed takes the fire and police de-
partment Of Salt Lake City out of the
hands Of the mayor and puts It I'm the
hands of the governor. With the present
Dill winch you may pass. you may Judge
Icr yourselves what power YOU nut into
the nands OF one man for the creation OF
state political machine
The Des Moines bills. for better mu-
niclpal government. are now hanging i'm
the balance and will be vetoed ON the
grounds that the Des Mofues system
would create a powerful city machine
ana this in spite Of the fact that the Des
! MONIES plan calls for recall-a feature
which IS not possessed by your fire and
ponce Oil and feature which will
make utterly impossible the creation Of
/ any sort OF machine. I don't care what
/ action you take in this matter. nor what
your vote may be. you will not offend me
but ] do want to say that whatever this
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meet with my approval and never will. 1
wash my hands Of the whole affair."
Wilson Agrees With Smith.
When Senator Smith took his seat the
chair recognized Senator Wilson.
What Senator Smith has said" began
the venerable senator from Wasatch. ere
| minds me of story. A lady and a gen.
tieman approached each other from Oh
posite directions. As they passed each
other. both slipped on some ice and fell
70 the ground. The gentleman forgot
/ himself and swore. Then he saw the
lady and started to apologize, and the
lacy said; Don apologize. sir; you've
expressed my feelings exactly Senator
/ Smith, you certainly have expressed my
/ feelings"
Senator Kuchler then asked Senator
Badger whether or not ne thought the
sitting committee had had sufficient time
I to consider the bill. Senator Badger re-
l piled that such was his opinion. Senator
kuchler said that the sitting committee
/ had received the bill only that morning
and that the senate had been in session
almost continuously ever since. Then
| Senator Badger said.
Mr.. President. ] should he the last
one to put motion before this house to
put house bill 2l0 on its way to final pas
/ sage. 7 am unalterably opposed to many
features Of the BILL and il is only because
] desire some liquor legislation that I
urge this motion. More strongly than 7
Z desire that my own views be incorporat-
( ed into law do ] desire that some temper
/ aDce legislation be enacted before ad-
I jourHment. The house in dealing with
| senate bill rs and with house bill 30 IN
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