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Show LIQUOR INTERESTS PREPARING PREPAR-ING FOR A JUK; FIGHT According to reports that are current cur-rent and items that are published in the dally papers, it seems the national liquor association, as well, no doubt, as all local liquor interests in the Ftate of Utah, are uniting for the final and greatest battle ever staged in the state of Utah for the defeat of prohibition. prohi-bition. Recently Robert W. Brown of Louisville, Ky., arrived In Salt Lake City and began laying the plans for the organization of a Greater Utah Business League, and gave out the information in-formation that the purpose of the leapue was to determine the sentiment senti-ment in the state as regards radical and sumptuary legislation, and to educate ed-ucate the people to oppose such legislation. leg-islation. He is quoted as stating: "I regard prohibition as radical legislation, and am apposed to a prohibition law." - One of the first persons in the state whom he visited was Governor Spry, who was so determined at the last session of the legislature that the people should not have a prohibition law that he refused to veto the prohibition pro-hibition bill the legislature had passed pass-ed until it was too late for them to pass it over his head. It is quite an interesting coninci-dence coninci-dence that Mr. Brown should visit Governor Spry first, with his letter of recommendation from Governor Stanley of Kentucky. He later visited visit-ed other important citizens of the state, among whom it is peculiar to note that the names of some of the leading liquor people of the state and those who have been fighting prohibition prohibi-tion in the state", are most prominent. They are laying their plans to carefully care-fully pack the state convention and the county convention and see to it that men are nominated upon the different tickets who, if elected, will best serve their purpose to defeat prohibition. pro-hibition. Every political worker in the state and every voter should be made thoroughly thor-oughly acquainted with the true purposes pur-poses of the Greater Utah Business League. Offices have been opened on the fourth floor of the Atlas blocki in Salt Lake City and in Mr. Brown's' private rooms at the Newhouse hotel, and they are reported to have $25,000 at their call now, with more to come if they need it to defeat prohibition pro-hibition in the state of Utah. The Republican party in the state of Utah will stand for prohibition this fall and will see to it that no one is nominated on the ticket who would stand in the way of giving this im-! portant law to the people of the state. A house cleaning will be indulged, in and Spry and every other person who have stood in the way of prohibition prohi-bition will be eliminated from the - ranks of Republican workers that the people of Utah may know that when the Republican ticket is selected this fall, they will give the people prohibition prohi-bition and a governor will be in the chair who will not try to dictate to the legislators, the representatives of the people, but will do their bidding, and if he "cannot conscientiously sign the prohibition bill, he will at' least have sufficient respect for the people peo-ple and their official representatives, the state legislators, to veto the bill and send it back to them in time for them to pass it over his head, if they should so choose. Get in line for the house cleaning.' It's coming in the Republican ranks this fall. American Eagle. |