The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-10
To Reintroduce Measure.

To Reintroduce Measure.
After the amendments were finally
agreed upon By the CAUCUS. c2iigll!!ete
consisting of Senator Benncr \. Smith
| and Representatives Rock NJ. Pore ana
| William L. Hayes was appointed To pre-
pare the amendments in their proper
| form for Introduction and To re-inlEo-
duce the bill amended.
| The liquor bin is now with the sen,
ate committee on enGrossed ana ehro'ea
| bills. 1t has passed both houses and "
| was expected that it would be cnGrosscd
| today signed by the president OF the sem
ate and speaker Of the house. and trans
! mittcd TO the governor for his siEnature
| Before the bin was finally passed in the
| house efforts were made TO incorporate
the amendments desired by the gov,
| ernor. They failed and the bin passed
| without them. However. at the COVER
nors request the caucus was called The
| members controlled by the adminlstra-
| tion arc In the minority In the leGisla-
| ture but In the majority In the caucus
and under the caucus rule the minority
bound the majority to adopt the amend
| mcnts
Meeting in Uproar.
The governor in an address 10 the cau-
Gus discussed in detail the problem Of
liquor legislation and laid particular
stress upon the amendments he wished
| ernor had concluded, most of the amend
mcnts were introduced by Representative
Rock VI, Pope. No sooner had the ques-
tion Of tho adoption of these amendments
been put than the caucus was In an up
roar Quickly the members opposed 10
the amendments realized that they had
been outwitted and that the amendments
were to he railroaded through.
Country members of the legislature be-
came almost frantic in their opposition
10 the clause that before an election
should be made decisive the winning side
| must have cast more votes than a ma
jority Of the votes cast at the last pre-
! cedine general election. Under the bill
the cities and towns of the state are
| wet" untu voted dry The amend =
ment TO the bill requiring the winning
side. to cast majority Of all the votes
at the last preceding election. places the
| burden of getting out the vote entirely
with the prohibitIonists The prohibition
lists may secure a large majority of the
vote cast at the liquor election but un
less this majority Is equal 10 or in eN-
cess OF the majority OF the votes cast
at the last preceding general election,
| the city or town Will remain wet.
Bolt Is Attempted.
When it was announced that this
amendment had been made in the bill
at least half dozen members OF the
caucus started to bolt the caucus They
left their seats and were leaving the
the governor. At his solicitation they
remained in the caucus. but some OF them
still declared that they would not be
bound by the caucus.
| This amendment. which was adopted
by the caucus. was rejected in the house
on Tuesday by vote OF - to lG.
me proposal OF the amendment taxing
the licensing power away from city coun
ellis in cities OF the first and second
classes and placing IL with the district
courts occasioned an uproar. Apparently
everyone was opposed TO ii. This amend
ment applies specifically to Salt Lake
and Ogden and many OF the country
members were opposed TO passing laws
restricting local self-government in these
two cities. However. the amendment
was adopted and will he incorporated in
the bill to be presented TO the legisla-
/
Of representatives had previously voted
down by vote of 26 to 10
Senator Badger secured the incorpora- :
tion Of an amendment making IL mis-
demeanor to sell liquor without a license
He said that through clerical error this
section had been omitted from the bill.
Licensing of Clubs.
The part Of the bill permitting clubs
in cities Of the third class to sell liquor.
which had previously been stricken out
in the senate. was reincorporated. Sena :
tor Burton was the father of the sug-
gesiion which had previously limited the
first and second class. a club was de-
fined by an amendment as an organiza :
ton owning property valued a not less
than S5odo and requiring annual mem
bcrship dues OF at least s12. AT first the
caucus decided 10 require the ownership
OF at least $4,000 worth Of property. but
alterWard this amount was cut In twain.
Club Licenses Raised,
|
licenses were raised. AS the bin was
passed the minimum license for clubs was
500 and the maximum $1,000. Under the
amendment adopted the minimum is si00
and the maximum $4,000 Another amend =
ment makes the closing hours for clubs
the same for retail dealers. The bar
at clubs must he closed between the
hours of IL midnight and 6 o'clock in the
morning.
\ proviso was added 10 the bill which
was that nothing contained in the act
should be construed To affect in any way
the serving OF intoXicantS with meals in
hotels and public dining rooms.
On the recommendation OF the gov
ernor the caucus decided that house bills
Nos. -, % and 80, by Hayes changing
the powers of city councils and providing
for the manner OF the Incorporation of
cities and towns should pass.
The caucus then decided that these
amendments. as adopted by the caucus.
and none other, should be Incorporated in
the bill
The committee empowered to prcpa re,
the amendments for introduction is eX-
pected To complete its work this
morning and 10 reintroduce the doctored
bill the first thing this afternoon A
small nlibustcr against the amended bill
Is expected from the Democrats and in
surgent Republicans in each house. but
ii isscXpected that the filibuster will NOT
prevail against the solid strength OF ad :
ministration votes.
The administration members co;lnt on
The blu being passed by both houses To-
day with the caucus amendments jncor-
porated: As amended the hill will be
ln nod 1,