The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-09
{APPENINGS OF DAY IN LEGISLATURE
AUTHORIZING BOND ISSUES FOR CAPITOL. AND UNIVE

party, from the humiliation that he felt
would follow the disregard of party
promises. He said he was tnking a poll
OF the senate in order to convince the
committee of TIE folly OF expecting a bill
to pass that did not fulfl what he con
sldered shnS, the pledges OF the party. He
tnougnt tAat he was not acting unfairly
toward the committee.
Senator Smith said that he thought Il
was possible. perhaps likely. that the
the county territory outside of cities pro,
hibition territory. However. he declared
that he favored the districts in the coun-
try designating ,, for themselves whether
he thought the privileges granted the
cities and towns in this respect should not
be withheld from the rest of the territory
OF the circulation OF the Badger pledge
Pledge in House.
Representative Wootton said that h..
had similar pledge which he had given
10 Representative Hayes for circulation
In the house and that number of men,
ments He said he had asked to have the
pledge returned To him because he did not
approve Of the method by which Hayes
was getting signatures.
The debate resolved Itself into dis
cussion OF the Interpretation OF the Re-
publican platform, Again II appeared
that 1t was capable of many interpreta-
tions. Senator Badger said that he stood
on the declared" platform, rather than
on the written platform. Senator Smoot's
speech had declared for prohibition for
county territory outside OF incorporate ed
cities and towns and this speech had
been made campaign document by the
party leaders and contained the de
clared" platform Of the campaign ora
tors.
Senator Kucher said that he had taken
some pains to find out the division OF the
population in the state. The population
of the cities OF the state he said was
234,59 that OF towns. 1921 and that OF
the territory in the counties outside of
the Incorporated cities and towns. g3,3S9.
Calls It Disfranchisement
do you mean to tell me- he asked
dramatically of Senator Badger. tina.
you favor the disfranchisement OF 1888
people. 80 Ia per cent OF the total popu-
iation of the state?'
Badger said he favored doing what the
Republican party promised j. would do.
Smith asked what the latest interpreta-
ton OF the platform by the party organ
was. Badger replied that 1t was silence.
The question of prohibition was finally
tion features OF the bill as drawn thus
far The portions of the bill now pre-
pared was read and some minor changes
made.
talking with State Chairman C. T.. Loose
and others he would go so far as 10 con-
cede that whenever 25 per cent OF the
people OF the county outside OF the cities
and towns in each county should ask for
an election on the liquor question IT should
De granted them, He moved TO amend
the bill TO include this provision. This
was seconded by Pope. Pope then asked
Badger II he would support the bin thus
amended. This Badger would not agree
TO: Pope then withdrew his second.
should not apply TO the manufacture and
sale OF liquor in wholesale quantities
Under his proposed section, the manufac-
tnre OF liquor might still continue in a
I qrrII ytyni irh In tn1 Iy1r' nd
the sale of liquor in wholesale quantities
should not be prohibited. The committee
agreed TO this provision and Senator
Smith was instructed to draw a section
embodying this provision. The phrase
ology OF this portion OF the bill was under
discussion when the committee adjourned
Pledge Topic of Conservation.
The Badger pledge was the principal
subject OF discussion by the members OF
the senate both before and after the
who signed the pledge" were generally
known TO all of the senate. The con
servatives" were largely opposed TO the
pledge" and some OF the radicals were
said TO be showing signs OF weakening.
The two Democrats were quietly eXultant
AT the prospect OF a serious division in
the Republican ranks.
or those who signed the pledge" Sem
ator Booth Is said to have reserved the
right 10 vote for statewide prohibition
in preference to any other measure. and
Senator Iverson is said TO have thought
seriously OF withd rawing his name from
the list. Senator Badger asked Senator
Marks TO sign the pledge" but Marks de-
cllncd TO do SO. Senator Stookey sug-
gested that he be permitted TO sign the
document. but Badger refused TO take the
suggestion seriously or 10 permit him to
see the signatures.
Some of the conservative members of
the senate went SO far TO declare that
Badger should be removed from the COM
mittee. They said that he had laborcd
place on the committee and that he had
promised that II given a place on the
committee he would he bound by the ma
jority action.