The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-17
REPUBLICANS TALK
ON LIQUOR BILLS
Caucus Listens TO Reading of
Measures, but Comes to
No Conclusion.
Cont lued From Page One.

''It would close the liquor selling. re-
piled Evans.
Badger Has Bill.
Senator Carl Badger next took the
cradle time 10 a bill which he has under
prrpa ration for presentation IN the SEN
ate Badgers bin goes Evans blu one
the 's provisions owls % In Badger bfii is that
no saloon can be maintained In build :
ing more than 100 feet in length.
it is l2Q feet long. suggested a ..,I member nc
of the house to his neiGhbor. the pro-
prietor would have 10 saw off the extra
twenty feet"
Another provision Is that there shall
he no side entrance, and IL was suggested
thnt If hotel bad bar In connection
and guest wanted hoi Scotch In coId
weather the drink would probably look
IKE an absinthe frappe before he got IL.
ms IL would have 20 be taken out on
the sidewalk from the saloon before en-
tcring the hotel proper.
Again. Badgers bill provides that cities
OF the first, second and third classes must
vote upon prohibition II 10 per cent oil
the voters petition for IL II provides
furthermore, for appeals frou tne cry
councils action on licenses TO tne , uls
,rict and supreme courts. Also II pro
vides for search and seizure under Ger
tain conditions. or course, the oiii pro-
vides, for prohibition outside of cities OF
the first second and third classes.
"Would your bin prevent a saloon from
doing business at Highland Boy?' asked
Harry Joseph. II, y,ar,-
Old Timer ResurTected.
Mr. Hendrickson OF Cache county next
got the floor and read bill, which ne
presented to the Legislature two years
ago. 1t is fashioned along the South
Carolina dispensary plan and was pro
nounced a dream by those who heard IL.
Then followed some talk i about dr,i snippnns Ppm
ties, until NJ NJ Steele of Piute county,
AZ one time chief clerk Of the house
doomed up. Steele is noted for being able
he was In the mood. He is a member OF
the Republican state committee ana as
sisted in drafting the liquor plank in the
Republican platform.
but sailed into his subject right OF the
bat.
II see from these bills" remarked
Steele, that prohibition is provided for
counties outside OF cities and In all un-
Incorpora ted towns. ! protest against this
as unfair and not IN accord with the
liquor plank In the Republican platform
My county has no Incorporated towns
and under the provisions OF these bills
we would have prohibition whether w.
wanted It or not. 1t is not right that
we should be denied a voice in this mat
ter. We should be allowed to form a
voting unit and vote on what we want
helped draw the Republican platform and
know what VIC Intended to say In ~:
question than we have. Further. we
have mining communities down our way
and you cannot enforce prohibition III
those communities.
Steelcs argument appeared to be un-
answerable. At least, no answer was at
tempted.
| cusscd clIb conditions at kaysviile, and
was advised 10 "get the law on them IL
they were violating the law.
No HDictation'' Wanted.
At this time Harry $. Joseph made a
motion to the general effect that the
| chairman appoint committee OF ilNe
TO confer with the committee on judiciary
ufacturers and commerce. in the senate
for the purpose OF drafting liquor bill
that Will carry out the provisions OF the
Republican platform,
This woke everybody up and Chairman
Ioofbourow attempted to head Off the mo-
ton by suggesting that II would be bet
ter TO let the committees settle the mat
ter themselves, but belated second was
made to the motion and II was before
the house.
Hayes of Utah opposed the motion on
the ground that the people were looking
to the legislature to settle the liquor
question and that much had already been
said about dictation In Salt Lake, He
| said. however. that he would not object TO
any suggestions that might be made by
persons not members OF the Legislature.
Evans moved as a substitute that the
two committees be asked to invite into
conference any members OF the party
! with whom they desired TO confer, and
Joseph accepted the substitute.
| George NJ. Cannon thought the public
| might he invited. hut he objected 10 any
particular individuals. Il. D. r. Thomp-
son also opposed the motion upon the
ground that It might embarrass the COM
mittee.
Marks could see no reason for the mo
| ton. as II was the desire OF the COM
mittcc TO do their duty and they did not
| want to be embarrassed.
IL was at this time that motion was
| made to table the motion and a motion
| 10 adjourn quickly followed.
| Before the motion TO adjourn was put
Senator Kuchlcr. chairman of the com
mittec on manufactures and commerce,
| announced that the meetings OF the COM
mittee to discuss the liquor bill would be
announced and that everybody was in
vited to drop in and make suggestions.
| The caucus then adjourned,