The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-15

supervision OF the matter OF issuing Ii
censes. ] believe this provision was In
corporated not to help the situation, but
TO build M. and improve the Republican
N is not TO take the saloon out OF
politics. as-what do you call it--your
organ-which reminds me OF an instru-
ment played with strings and called a
Tyre. says 1t is. II is dangerous legis-
lation. II is said that II viii elevate the
liquor interests. but l believe il is more
likely 10 debauch and degrade the
courts.
"Still. II il succeeds in killing the
American party, and the Republican
party has been sufficiently built UP in
the state by the time of the meeting of
the next legislature, you can repeal tt
Bitter Dose Swallowed,
White of Utah followed with an ex-
1T has been said here that dose
OF some kind has been fixed up and most
OF us have psrtaken OF II. Only a short
time ago twenty-siX of YOU voted here
in the house against the amendment
placing the issuance of licenses in the
hands OF the district court. You didn't
believe II was good politics then and
that has been rammed down the throat
of this Legislature does not suit me-
opposed this amendment that was
men who desire TO control the politics
OF this city. The cry was: Take the
saloon out of politics Does this take 1t
out OF politics? No. ii takes 1t out OF
places IT in the hands of the Republ-
can party. And in doing this, we are
establishing precedent that Will come
back home to us. IT may eliminate some
abuses but x the time comes when the
Judges are Democrats or Americans, then
the shoe viii pinch. and the people who
have compelled the members of this
house to vote for this amendment will
he sorry.
THE history of this bill has no parallel
IN any state in the union. "a history Of
the huffeting TO which the bill has been
subjected was here given0 The pro-
ceedings have been distasteful and OBJ
noxious to me, because I believe in
standing upon my own honor and my
own personality. Men in this house have
said TO me that they didn't want such
a rule established in their counties, but
they are willing to establish il in some
body else's county. Then 7 say: What
has forced you TO swallow tho dose and
Woolley Wants More Grease.
Somebody asked Mr. White at this
and was going to vote for it. His re-
ply was that he opposed the amendment
and had fought IT Is hard as possible,
but that his fight had done no good and
passed.
Woolley Of Tooele said that in voting
Yes on the bill he was still opposed
TO giving the judges the authority 20
pass upon licenses. as it was simply
putting club in the hands of certain
people. 1T is eating crow for me- he
added. "and ! would like to have a 1T
tie grease with it,
After the passage of the bill had been
announced by the speaker Wellins
moved that a conference committee be
appointed TO confer with like com
mittee from the senate. to consider the
ma jority' amendment heretofore consd 2
cred. IF We could put that in added
Welling, ''the federal bunch would have
everything il wants"
Speaker Robinson ruled the motion out
OF order and the booze" bill was once
more ready for transmission to the SEN
ate.
In addition TO the booze" measure.
the following companion measures also
were passed House bills Nos. 81. 2s and
90. by Hayes, relating in the order named
TO the powers of boards of county COM
missloners. boards OF trustees and city
councils. in the matter of liquor and
other licenses.
Later the liquor measure passed the
senate as amended by the house by a
vote Of 13 to 2, the two Democratic SEN
ators voting in the negative.