The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-02-25
PROHIBITION BILL
KILLED BY SENATE
Twelve Members Of Upper House OF
Utah Legislature Decide State Is
Not Ready for Prohibition.

The Cannon prohibition bill which
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 it was referred
upon its receipt after passage by the
house OF representatives.
Following are the members of the
committee on manufactures and com.
merce. whose adverse report was
adopted by the senate, killing the bill:
Chairman Kuchler, Senators John Y.
Smith, Bulen Hyde, and Badger.
Following is the vote. as cast by the
senate, adopting the report of the com.
mittee: Senators Badger, Hulaniski
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-
hon, 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 op.
ton and high license measure, pro
viding very exhaustively for every
possible regulation of the liquor traf-
fic, without killing 1t outright
short session was held by the
house of representatives, when
communication was received from the
governor, announcing the approval of
house bill No. %, relating to state aio
for public schools where the revenues
were insufficient, as well as senate
bill No. IS, 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 T.. w. Robinson.
After the discussion on the bill to
punish convicts guilty Of assault, the
only one of the afternoon, Represen-
tative c. Y. Russell offered motion
that house bill No. IS. from the com
mittee on State Mental hospital, relat-
ing to the state caring for feeble
minded and noninsane epileptic chill
dren at the state hospital, should be
Nnd Ia. aff taJ AL. e., Ma.
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 II
braries 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-
tfonal conditions in the smaller
towns. Four other bills, of minor i'm
portance, We're passed, while four
teen new bills We're 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 If 1t becomes a
law.
Four measures were passed by the
house OF representatives on Tuesday.
February 23. Two of them were the
subject of most interesting discus
hni in To
workmen or persons seeking work
through employment offices. One of
the bills passed was Senate Bill No
rs, by Carl A. Badger. providing for
the licensing and regulating of EN-
ployment Offices; requiring employ
ment agents to give bond; prohibiting
the sending of female help to any
place of bad repute. etc" The other
was by Representative Gardner, an
act relating to the protection of en-
ployes and for preventing superintend-
ents. foremen, assistant bosses or any
other pesrons from receiving or so
Letting money. Under this measure.
superintendent or other persons in
charge of workers are prohibited from
receiving money or other consideration
from persons on account of employ
ment. The two other measures
passed by the house were House Bill
No. SO. permitting the state to care
for feeble-minded and non.insane cpl
leptic children, at the State Mental
hospital, and House Joint Memorial
No. 3. asking congress to grant to the
state of Utah, for the benefit of Indian
war veterans, one million acres of
land.
The members of the house were very
much veXed because the senate had
not returned the petitions in favor of
prohibition, sent TO the upper house
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