The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-31
GUESS MEANING
Of PLATFORM
Members of Joint Committee on
Liquor Interpret 1t in
Divers Ways.
CITIES AND TOWNS TO FORM
SEPARATE VOTING UNITS
This Action Is Taken on Mar
row Margin of a 9 to Z
Vote.

The Joint committee of the state cgis-
lature Thursday morning decided tha,
In the liquor bill which lis to be sub
mitted to the legislature by the COM
nlittee cities and towns throughout tho
state shall constitute separate voting
units for the consideration of the liquor
question. This action WAS decided upon
by vote OF to :.
Prior TO che decision. the committee
spent the forenoon in guessing at what
the Republican state platform meant,
what the state committee meant. what
the campaign Itself meant, and what the
before and after attitude OF the party
organ meant.
The question as 10 whether the plat
form meant what II said was first taken
up. The liquor plank in the platform
declared that cities of the first, second
and third classes should constitute sepa-
rate voting units, and the other terriiorJ
in each county a separate voting unit
This. however. il was stated by several.
was not the Interpretation given the
platform by the campaign orators. In
der instructions of the state committee,
these orators. II was declared, said that
the platform meant absolute prohibition
outside OF incorporated cities
The attitude OF the party organ be-
fore and after the election was the sub
jet OF considerable comment Recent
editorials were quoted. as were those
difference in the attitude pointed out.
Where Liquor May Be Sold.
When the meeting was opened. Senator
Wilson moved that each speaker on any
question he limited TO three minutes, and
the procedure. This carried, but had
little effect on the session. When a
speakers three minutes were UP, some
one else promptly contributed his time.
and the result was that each talked as
much as he wished
On the question of Where liquor MAJ
he sold" Representative Holman moved
that the sense of the committee be:
That cities Of the first. second and
third class. and Incorporated towns shall
each constitute a separate. voting unit
each county outside of such munici3ai-
ties shall also contribute Il separate vot-
Ing unit and be dry until voted wet.
Providing, however. that the proN,s-
ions OF this clause do not conflict with
established customs in cities that are
now dry and counties that are now wet.
fled electors Of any such unit shall by
such election as hereinafter provided.
vote to change such conditions"
Morris for Prohibition.
Representative Morris. the sole Demo
ro motion On left e ,hIngs practically @ @ as thew @
were at present. He said that he was
for as stringent Il prohibitory measure
as possible; and did not IT. believe that
the question. He favored absolute pro
hibition and thought that prohibition
should be enforced at least in the ter
rltory outside of Incorporated cities.
Representative c. L. Funk OF Cache
said he did not believe it was right 10
impose the necessity Of an election on
parts of counties already dry and
thought that the bill should require 4
petition Of 50 per cent or the voters be
fore an election in county districts
should be had.
What One Orator Said.
t,l Il
attention to the difference between the
state platform and the statements OF Ger
tain campaign speakers He said that
when DR.. George II. Brimhall of Provo:
president of the Il. Y. university. Of
Provo had spoken in Heber In behalf of
the Republican ticket he had declared
bltion outside o incorporated cities.
Senator Wilson asked him il he were
not getting away from the state plat
form. and DR.. Brimhall said that he was
following the instructions OF the state
committee.
In order that the committee might he
able to get somewhere III the discussion
of the question. preventative ]. II.
Wootton OF Utah county said he was
willing to concedc to towns the right to
vote on the liquor question. although this
was not in accordance with the wishes Of
his constituents. Senator Stookey
thought that the people outside OF the
cities and towns We're much entitled
10 local option as the other people.
Party organ's Attitude Surprising.
Senator Marks said that he thought
the understanding OF the peonle was that
outside Of cities and towns there should
be prohibition He said that he was sur
prised at the attitude OF the party organ
with reference 10 the question. and called
attention 10 the editorials in the Herald
Republican urging local option In the
county districts. This he said. was at
variance with the attitude or the organ
before election.
Senator Carl a. Badger read the edI-
lie s,<af.- a.sI "a
ont the change in the papers attitude.
Holman said that he was not bound by
the paper or by the campaign speakers.
He insisted on literal Interpretation OF
The platform.
Separate Voting Units,
As an amendment TO the original mo-
ton OF Holman, Senator Wilson movec:
THAT cities and towns shall each con-
stitute voting unit in which the uucs-
tion OF license or no license shall be sub
Initted 10 the qualified electors within
ninety days after the adjournment OF the
legislature as shall nc provided bv law. =.
Senator Badger moved:
That cities and towns shall constitute
separate voting unit In which the
question Of license no license shall be
submitted TO the qualified electors with
~ ninety days after the adjournmen; Of
the legislature. and that tho county out
side of the cities and towns shall be pro-
bibItcd districts
On the Badger substitute the vote was
Ayes-Senators Badger and HYDE; Rep
resentatlyes Wootton and Morris-i
Noes-Senators Kuchler. Marks sevy
Stookey and Wilson; Representatives.
Nilsson, Funk, Holman, Pope. Russell
Smith and Wooley-12.
The vote then recurred on the amend
ment by Senator Wilson. This was car
ried by the following vote:
Ayes-Senators Badger. Hyde Marks
and Wilson. Representatives Funk Nor
ris. Russell. Woolley and Wootton-?.
Noes-Senators kuchler Sevy and
Stookey; Representatives Allison Hol-
man. Pope and Smith,.
After several motions had been made