The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-04
LIQUOR COMMITTEE
GIVES UP STRUGGLE
Resigns Its job in Favor of
Brand New Committee
of Five.
Continued From Page One.


continue from this point Friday morning
The two committees had lust convened
when Senator Badger arose and said:
port TO the senate and the house that ir
their judgment 1t is unwise that the
committee further consider the matter ot
temperance legislation and that the com
mlttee recommend that the president OF
the senate and the speaker Of the house
appoint two members from each house
and that this committee so selected draf,
measure 10 be submitted to The twc
houses.
Opposed by Kuchler.
Chairman kuchler called Representa-
tive Pope 10 the chair and led the op-
position to the motion. It was contended
that the committee should select a sub
committe" from It's own membership. II
such committee were necessary. Pope
moved that the matter be submitted to
caucus, but after considerable argu-
ment withdrew the motion The areu-
ment on this question was the most
heated since the beginning of the con-
trovorsy on the liquor question. Sena =
tor kuchler declared that II the motion
prevailed be wanted TO sac the firth
member OF the committee an attorney
with brains and Intelligence. one versed
In constitutional law. and one who would
favor measure that would he constitu-
tional after 1T passed the legislature.
Senator kuchler moved as a substitute
motion That inasmuch as certain mem
bers OF the majority have not been Will
ing TO yield 10 certain members OF the
minority OF this committee. and mas
much as certain members Of the minority
feel that only their ideas should be en-
bodied in the liquor measure to be en-
acted, We beg leave 10 report that we
have this day dissolved the Joint com -
mittce and recommend that the president
of the senate and the speaker of the
mouse appoint two members from each
house and that these four choose a fifth
nTf1. IN cTY,,,,, fo. t, 1,a, .
a measure to be submitted to the legis-
lature."
Badgers Motion Carries.
Representative Allison seconded the mo-
ton but after percevinG that the ma
Jority was opposed 10 such a motion he
withdrew his second and this action
withdrew the motion from consider ration
Representative Morris declared that he
considered the kuchler motion almost a
personal affront. Representa- tive Funk
declared that both the house and the
senate committees were divided into fac
tions: Kuchler denied that there were
any faGtions in the senate committee.
Finally. the original motion OF Bad
ger TO dissolve the committee was put
and carried by vote of 10 to 2. The
Stoolsey Wilson; Representatives Allison
Funk. Pope. Woolley and Wootton-1O,
NaNs-Senator Kuchler and Represen-
tative Norris.
tatives Holman. Russell and Smith.
The federal bunch met with the gov
ernor again at noon and instructions az
10 the appointment Of the committee
The members of the bunch went so far
as 10 see to il that the four members
selected chose Benner Y. Smith as the
nth. When the matter came UP In the
senate in the afternoon. T. II. Callister
United States internal revenue collec-
tor WAS on hand TO see that orders We're
obeyed.
Quickly Disposed of.
In each house the matter was quickly
disposed OF. Senator kuchler, chairman
OF the joint committee, submitted the
matter to the senate. and President
Gardner said that II there were no OBJ
Senator Marks said that he was not at
the meeting In the morning and that
he had no idea that such a question
would come up before the joint commit =
tee. He said that II was not his pur-
pose 10 offer any objections in the senate
chamber 10 the adoption OF the report
but that had he been at the committee
meeting he would have opposed such n
report believing that the committee could
settle the liquor question without the
necessity OF going before the legislature
with such a report
Senator Stookey defended tho action Of
the committee in dissolving. He said
that under ordinary circumstances he
would have opposed such a report. but
that in this instance the committee had
changed its mode OF procedure so many
times that certain members were adopt
Ing Such dilatory methods that the pres
ent course appeared 10 he the only one
to pursue. Senator Gardner asked II the
action OF the committee was unanimous.
Senator Kuchler said that his vote and
that OF Representative Morris were the
only ones in opposition TO this plan OF
action
President Gardner then named Sena-
tors kuchcr and Badger on the commit =
tee. IN the house. when the announce =
ment OF the dissolution Of the Joint
committee was made. Representative
Page moved that the speaker appoint a
member OF the house to interpret what
the Republican platform meant. II any
thing. on the liquor question.
Within a few minutes Wootton and
Pope went 10 the senate from the house
and the four Immediately selected Ben
ner Y. Smith TO act with them.
The joint committee has been at work
ten days on the liquor measure and the
most accomplished was the agreement to
disagree. The new committee Will begin
where the old ono left off
R0V pnST0EEICE p0ppCD