The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-12
AMENDED BILL
PASSES SENATE
Changes in Liquor Measure
Proposed at Caucus, Except
One, Now Included.
SENATORS EXPLAIN THEIR
VOTES IN GREAT DETAIL
Admit Provisions Are Not All
They Desire, but Support
Act Nevertheless.

Falling quickly into line after few
brief and vain protests against the ad
| ministration amendments to the senate
liquor bill, fifteen Republican members
of the state senate voted Saturday
afternoon for the amended bill which
was presented to the senate by the
joint conference committee. The tive
Democratic members voted against the
bill and Senator Sevy was absent.
Some objections were made TO vari'
Gus amendments and two roll calls were
taken before the bill came up for final
passage Several explanations were
made by the Republican members for
their attitude. Each declared that he
was not fully satisfied with the meas
ure. yet each said that he was willing
to vote for it, Senators Badger and
Smith said they were opposed to the
feature giving the licensing power in
The district courts. They both suggested
that this action was not necessarily
final and that two years hence this por-
tion Of the bill might be repealed.
Senator James w Funk of Cache, a
Democratic member of the senate ridl-
culed the Republican majority for Its
method of procedure in considering and
passing, reconsidering and repasslng
and then bringing the bill back still
again for further reconsideration, He
said that the Republican majority was
doing the very things that it had been
charged with doing in the previous ses'
sion and which it had so Indignantly
denied last fall. He said that in cast.
ing his vote against the bill he wished
il to voice not only his opposition TO
the measure but also his protest against
the methods which brought about the
reconsideration of the bill.
Bow to Will of Majority.
Senators Burton and Booth declared
they were disappointed with the bill
and did not relish the attitude in which
the reconsideration placed them. How
ever, placing their personal feelings In
The background. they said they would
bow 20 the will of the majority and
vote in favor OF the bill.
The adoption of the administration
amendments was called up by Senator
Benuer X. Smith chairman of the eau
Gus conference committee,
81 think it is about time we were
amending senate bill 205 again. SAID
Senator Smith as he called the matter
up. preliminary TO this action, ]
now move that the vote by which sen
considered, -
f'Isn't such procedure very un'
usual7' asked Senator Funk. "I be
lieve that it is in direct conflict with
our rules. -
"I then move you that the rules be
suspended and the measure be recon
sidered,' persisted Smith
On the vote on the suspension of the
rules the two Democrats were the only
ones TO vote against the motion. The
Republicans had an easy two.thirds OF
the body and the rules were suspended
and the bill was open for recpnsidera
tion.
"I now present the report of the
conference committee said Senator
Smith.
Amendments Are Presented.
The report was then read. 1t con
tanned concentrations for the adoption
of the caucus amendments and certain
other minor amendments to make th'
remainder of the bill conform TO tht
caucus amendments, In addition to tho
| recommendations relative to the caucu!
amendments the committee recommend
ed the passage by the house of house
bills 27, 2S and 80, containing amend
ments to the charter powers of city
councils and town boards to make then
conform to the principal liquor bill,
The amendments were then read ant
placed in the bill. When the frs
amendment with reference TO the trans
fer of the licensing power in cities o.
the FIRST and second class to the dstric
Judges was read, Senator Burton said
"I object to the amendment, but
understand it is useless
Senator Funk said that he wished tt
be understood as oblecting TO all o.
! the amendments. Senator Smith sug
pested that it would save time if tht
senator were understood to be object
ing to all of the amendments wlthou
the necessity Of his making separate
objections, Senator Burton said tina
he would not press his objection to thi
amendment, but would ask for rol
call on a later amendment.
Clubs Are Unlimited
On the amendment striking ont th
Limitation of clubs to cities of the frs
md second class, Senator Burton en-
tered an objection and asked for rol
call. He was the author of the amend
ment to the original bill limiting club
to cities Of the first and second clas
and did not wish to see il eliminated
The roll call showed that the amend
meut had carried by this vote.
Ayes-Badper, Horslcy, Hyde. liver
son. Kuchler. Marks, Sevy, Stookey
Smith. Williams, Wilson, Presiden
Gardner-l2.
Noes-Booth Burton, Funk, Kelly
Lunt. Olson-6.
The next amendment to which oh
lection was made was the one whic
provided that nothing in the act shoul
prohibit the serving of intoXicants wit
meals in public dining rooms. Concern
ing this, Senator Booth, who made tn
objection. said: