The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-06
Motion to Reconsider Satin,
days Action Scheduled for
This Morning.
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
AS TO FINAL OUTCOME
Many Other Important Matters
Also to Be Taken Up This
Week.

The lower house OF the Legislature uu
start In upon It's last lap at 10 o'cloexs
this morning. Only four days OF IN.
regular session remain and 1t Is now m.
general opinion OF the lawmakers thas
the final day. March a. w!l he extcndpd
from four days to a week.
First In importance on today's caIenda-
is the "booze" measure. senate bill Ma
2o5, which squeezed through Saturday bv
bare majority despite the fact that Il
was rairoaded by its adhcrents.
According to schedule. Mr.. Holman viii
move this morning that the action taken
Saturday be reconsidered. Under ihe
rules OF the house a majority can re.
consider the action and the only question
that remains Is whether or not a suffl-
Cient number OF votes can he Changed
to carry Holmau's motion. The beIes
Is strong In several quarters that the nm.
ton 10 reconsider viii prevail. One reH-
son for this belief is the further belIes
that the governor Will veto tho Dill IN h
reaches him in its present form and
valuable time viii thus be lost. Strenuors
objection Is being made to- the bill by'
restaurant and hotel men. upon the
ground that the 10 o'clock closing provIs-
ion means heavy loss 10 them. and they
are Joined in this by the saloon men
Serious objection also IS made 10 tina
search and seizure provisions of the bill
Gambling Bill Scheduled.
But. aside from the LIQUOR bill other
important matters viii demand the at
tention of the lawmakers. House bill No.
236. by Russell, is a special order for this
ly fight. The bill is an anti ti-gaaibIIux
measure and there is an adverse report
upon II from the judiciary committed
This. however. win not prevent the
strong fight for II. q
Three other measures OF importance
also are TO be considered this week.
They are: House bill No. 1874 by Thorn
posed Of Summit. Morgan. Tooele and
Davis counties: Senate bill No 1871 bv
StooRey, providing for an additional Judge
in the Second judicial district; and senate
additional judge In the Third judicial
district. These bills are TO he considered
together. and there is but little doubt that
the house bill will be killed and the two
senate bills ne passed.
Then, there is house bill No. 23i the
house liquor measure. which was placed
on the calendar to follow the senate
booze" bill If the action on the senate
measure is reconsidered the house bill
will then be taken UP.
Another Fight Promised.
There Is promise OF another fight when
mouse Dlll no. 10, liking tne maxtmulu
rates which may he charged by the rail-
roads for the transportation OF coal
comes up. There is an adverse report on
this bill by a majority of the committed
on public utilities. while the minority Of
the committee has recommended the pass.
age OF the measure.
Senate hin No lis also will precipitate
a scrap when il comes up on an unfavor-
able committee report in the house. Res
ldents OF North Salt Lake and friends
OF the proposed army and navy hospital
measure are insisting upon the passage
of the bill.
Two other important measures are SEN
ate bills Nos. 103 and l0s. which provide
for an increase In the number OF regent:
of the university and trustees Of the Agrl.
cultural college. These bills have been
killed in the house. but a change of sentI-
ment has sprung up and they may yet be
passed.