The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-02-27
PROHIBITION BILL
KILLED BY SENATE
Twelve Members OF Upper House OF
Utah Legislature Decide State Is
Not Ready for Prohibition.

had smooth sailing in the house, met
disaster IN the senate, being killed
Saturday afternoon, February 20, after
the most exciting day of the session,
by the adoption of the adverse report
of the committee on manufactures and
commerce, to which 1t was referred
upon its receipt after passage by the
house of representatives.
Following are the members of the
committee on manufactures and COM
MERGE. whose adverse report was
adopted by the senate, killing the bill:
Chairman Kuchler, Senators John Y.
Smith, Bullen, Hyde, and Badger.
Following is the vote, as cast by the
senate, adopting the report of the com.
mittee: Senators Badger Hulaniskl,
Hyde, Kuchler, Marks, Seely Sevy
Benner X. Smith, Stookey and Presi-
dent Gardner.
Those voting against the adoption
of the report We're: Senators Brinker-
hoff, Burton, Horsley Miller, Williams
and Wilson.
But this is not the end of agitation
In favor of more rigid control of the
liquor traffic in Utah. A substitute
measure for the Cannon bill has been
introduced in the senate.
Briefly stated, the bill is a local OPP
ton and high license measure, pro
viding very exhaustively for every
possible regulation of the liquor traf-
fic, without killing II outright.
A short session was held by the
house of representatives, when d
communication was received from the
governor, announcing the approval of
house bill No. 28, relating to state aio
for public schools where the revenues
were insufficient, as well as senate
bill No. So, relating to the duties of
judges of elections, and senate bill
No. "a, relating to the punishment of
convicts foi assault, both of which
were passed by the house Wednesday
Senate bill No. II, which had been
adopted, providing for the furnishing
of the Offices of the governor and the
secretary of state, was transmitted to
the house and received the signature
of Speaker e. w. Robinson.
After the discussion on the bill to
punish convicts guilty of assault, the
only one of the afternoon, Represen-
tative G. Y. Russell offered a motion
that house bill No. 9S, from the COM
mittee on State Mental hospital, relat-
ing to the state caring for feeble.
minded and non-insane epileptic chill
dren at the state hospital, should be
made a special order for Tuesday
| This was carried.
One of the bills approved by the
House Bill No. 122, an act relating to
| levy of taxes for the establishment
and maintenance of free public IL.
Draries and gymnasiums in cities OF
the third class and towns. This meas
ure wa sintroduced by Representative
| George A. Fuller, and was designed
to aid in the betterment of educa.
tional conditions in the smaller
towns. Four other bills, of minor i'm.
| portance, were passed, while four
teen new bills were introduced. The
senate passed the house bill defining
pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers
and compelling pawnbrokers to make
report to sheriff each evening in coun-
ties of the first and second class. Five
new bills were introduced, one OF
which. by Senator Brinkerhoff, will
do away with the State Board OF
sheep Commissioners IL 1t becomes a
law.
Wednesday, February II. was a
very busy day for the members of
the present session of the state legis.
lature of Utah. While a veritable
flood of new measures were intro.
uuced in both the house and senate
the house set its seal of approval
upon eight bills, while three bills
were passed by the senate, as fol
lows: Relating to the building OF
county school houses; providing foI
their erection under the superntend
ency of an architect, and providing
the manner of the same; appropriate
ing $4,000 for the entertainment OF
the G. A. X. during its national en-
campment in Salt Lake City; appro
priating $4,000, to be paid to William
Forsberg for injuries sustained while
in the discharge of his duty as a state
employee.
Bills passed by the house; Amend
Ing laws relative to the assessment
of property; to punish certain con
victs for committing assaults upon
others by means of force or other
wise; amending the laws relating tC
the duties of judges of election
amending the laws relating to the re
qulrements of certificates or teachers
relative to the competency of hus
Land or wife to testify in certain
cases; amending Compiled Laws o
Utah relating to the name OF Tho
State Normal school, its relation L
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