The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-19
DRASTIC BILL
IS ELIMINATED
State Wide Prohibition Does
Not Appeal to Members
Of House.
MEASURE IS KILLED
on COMMITTEE REPORT
Action, However, Is Attended
With More or Less Animated
Discussion.


hibitIon bill. introduced in the house
Tuesday by Kearns of sanpete was
wiped off the legislative slate in short
order Wednesday afternoon. not. how
ever, until the matter had been discussed
at some length.
The matter came before the house
upon a report OF the committee on judi
ciary, recommending that the bill be not
passed.
Tobias. OF Salt Lake moved that the
report OF the committee be adopted
Morris OF Washington declared that
this action did not look just right to
and / admire the pluck OF Kcarns.
think the report should be rejected and
the bill allowed to come before the house
for discussion
Urges Careful Consideration
kearns. the author OF the bill. said
that his measure was brief. but that II
got to the point, without any delay lit
Is as Just st what hat we want" he declared We
liquor and my bill Will settle the matter
measure and now that 1 have introduced
sidered''
Weling of Box Elder said he was on-
posed to the adoption OF the COMMITTEES
report, re r. Any Republican" he said. who
measure as this is entitled 10 have a vote
upon It," ~
sanderson of sanpete opposed the
OF OF the People OF the state were. in favor
coTnty Tobas faT9T Of salt Il he sss said ad ,n. -,
pie knew more now than they did two
years ago and the vote at the last elec
ton showed how the people OF the state
he added, had a statewide prohibition
plank in their platform and the people
have We already a. passed upon it,"
Well, replied Sanderson of Sanpete
we had a prohibition plank In our
county platform. II we hadn't had 1t,
there would not be Republican here
from that county"
Platform Was Misleading
page ~ am an pi,p pronbiti9nist prohibit ann9uneed
bin should be killed without being con-
sldered Again, when Republican has
IN she temeT'ty to offer such bill as this.
the Republican platform is concerned. 1T
was part local option. part prohibition.
and aoIrms1 mostly ~ an s,1t attempt to misead
comn1Ife ov wbah Sa rEg, LaRG CHAIRMAN OF me
bill not be passed, said that there was
no reflection upon kearns. The party
ton he said. land w we saw no ''G use in nal al
lowing, this bill to remain and We weeded
1t out"
Iu Funk NIX of Utah Utah thought the bill Toe
a Democratic orator down our way
preaching prohibition last fall who car
rled his bottle with him, What would
he do If this bill went into effect max
Ing II a felony to have liquor in ones pos
session."
Wootton of Utah thought that Kearns
was consistent. He was elected on a
prohioitionist platform and had done his
duty In presenting the prohibition meas
ure. However, Wootton also considered
the committee consistent in recommend
Ing that the bill not be passed. Il was
for prohibition two years ago." he added.
but I now think It best TO reduce the
sale OF liquor to a minimum"
The oratory ceased at this point and
vote was called for upon the committee
report. The vote was yiye Voce and the
ayes apparently had 1t by approximately
four to one.
Demands Rollcall
After tho vote had been announced.
however, Norris moved that the roll be
called, saying that 1t was only fair to
the adherents of a prohibition measure
that their votes be recorded so that they
could exhibit the record to their constit-
Uents.
The roll was then called. despite the
fact that Morris's~- motion was out OF
order. and the result was as follows:
Ayes-Allison. Anderson. Bickmore,
Cole. Crapo, Dahlquist. Day. Eardley,
Ekman, Farnsworth, Funk Grow. Hen
RE; Hines, Holman. Langston. Madsen.
MeRae, Miller, Packard. Pope. Richard
Stack, Thornley,. Tobias White Wooliey.
Wootton. Ziemer and Mr. Speaker-34
Nays-Jones, Kearns, Meeks, Morris,
Nebeker Page Peterson. Sanderson,
Weling-9.
Absent-Hayes and Harshberger-2.