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Show The Story of Prohibition In Utah The lfr.tory of tho Prohibition movement in Utah contains many interesting pages. Charges and counlor-olmrgeN of vrn. holy alliances, (united contributions nnd broken promises have been circulated for nearly eight years. In 1908 the Deseret News printed a series of letters from the chairman of the Betterment League, Mr. B. P. Grant, nJ. leging that the liquor interests were contributing to (he equip-moid equip-moid and maintenance of the Inter-Mountain Hcpubficnn- In MJOfJ it was freely charged that a deal had been innfle with the liquor interests, bv which support had been remleretl tho Hepublican ticket in return for promised immunity to tire breweries and saloons. Members of the Legislaluro declared on the floor of the House of Representatives that such a deal had been made ami announced their intention of backing up tho party leaders who made it. About that time PETITIONS WRRE OlRUl'LATKD OVER OV-ER THE STATU PLICA DINfJ WITH THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN THE LEGISLATURE TO KEEP ITS PI, AT-FORM AT-FORM PLEDGES AND PASS A PI?0H1BLTI0N BILL. These petitions were ignored by men who, under normal conditions, would have heeded them- The public is still wondering wliyl A mass convention of Republicans was called for the 25Hi day of February, l!)0i), to meet at the Salt Lake Theatre at 7:3D p. m. The call was signed by Nephi L. Morris, O. V. Nibley, George M Cannon, Ilyruni M. Smith, David A. Smith, Annie Wells Cannon, Joseph P. Smith, .Jr., and others. The convention was held at the appointed time and place. The building was crowded. Delegates were prebnt from ov-try ov-try county in the state according to the Deseret News. . The convention unanimously adopted :i set of ringing resolutions reso-lutions charging the Repulicaii federal officials ot 1 901) with 'Subserviency to the liquoi dealer.',,'' with 4 dotting the people," peo-ple," with "denying the petitions of 7."),00() signer ..siting far prohibition." The speakers of the evening wore Nephi L. Morris, Georj, Albert Smith, Mrs- M E. Shepard and llyrum Smith. For the failure of prohibittion in the Legislature they blamed "the hV publieau machine," the Republican otliceholders, the Republican Repub-lican organ and the L'epublican Legislators. II was common talk during that session of the Legislature that the liquor dealers owned stock in the .Republican organ, that the SALOONS AND D1VRS HAD CONTRIBUTED LIB- ERALLY TO THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN FUND, that the Republican organization had made alliances and were an- der obligations to prevent, cr at least delay, action with refer- enee to prohibition. m To the surprise of all, the Republican organ oditoi hilly in- sinuated that "the pas-ane tl'a prohibition law wi" badly com- I jn'oiniso tho Mormon jieoiile.'' I Tlio Lirret .'cus piompll tiMiiteil thl- .u an Intlmr." " "that some. hody, in behalf of tho church, entered Into u compact with the enemies of H prohibition which compact uiubI he kept." lly fehowlnc putt or a folded letter, certain Republican federal offlcc.. . holder.- deceived tho members or the Legislature Into hellovliiK that Euch o nefnrlouB eompnet had been eiiproved. No one now Imllccon it, hut it ewns H, that Iteiuibllcnn LcKlHlntom weie made to believe It then. In 1' flice I of tho convention, In splto of the 70.000 petitioners prohlbitlir i deli iled Six yeais ago a well.known aciountunt, after nudltiiif; thr hooks ir H teiialn brcwciy, went to Demoerallc Stnto Headiinnrtcra und Elated that 'to HAD rOUNI) A LIST OP CONTItllU'TIONS TO THE ItEPUHLHMN I'AP. Kit, that the n.inuM or I1UEWEHS AND SALOON MEN WEItr ' ibTKl) H'" B1. VAllYLNC, AMOl'NTS C.IVICN, that they hnd been jinynblo to 'nrti vho , was an ofllcor In the Herald. llopiihlicun. V Sl'ILSEQCENTLY THE HHEWEIIS I'UTJ'P AN ADDITION . i v took iccelpts liowlnB that they worn entltleil'to stock In the paiur I'm the H0I stock was not ISKued. nB It wan nrrcHttuiy to withhold thuise fuiiH r ttnfr- K ship from thu stntcmcntH of owneihhip runuired by tho Kovernmein Hv It Is united, upon what appears to bo good nuthorlty. that Hi- flf"1 $115,000 paid by the biewots of Utah Into tho Hoialil.Hopublirun ire.iiuo wns . represented by K. M Allison, as trustee, and that Ms name ho apr-nn1" ,l10 sworn stnteinents of tho paper. ' . I The payments or the htewer. IncienHid iiii money wn eeeiled It ,s -M iilleKed that THE UllEWEUS OF I'TAH NOW O" N ?12r,,00- OK I NISSlTfl STOCK IN THE HEUALD.UEI'UIILICAN. U, KollowluB the nomination or Mr. Morris and tho adoption of a Elate M M piohlbltlon platronu. tho browcis haw that MimethliiB Imtl to ho done They l met in Salt Lake CIy one Saturday und sent a demand to the Hcr.iIiUH,Pu1' ll an Company Tor the Immediate Irsuuiico or tlioir stock. They wanted It In " the namo &r the broworles. too. They stipulated that It should bo Issued to M) Ih. ' llecker firewliiK Company of Opdn," tho "Salt Lnko UrewInK Company MJ. the Fisher llrewliiK Company" ami the "WnBouor Urowlng Company ' nut Wt how would this havo looked In the sworn statement. BJ The Itepubllcnn manageis were nnturally porturbcil. After much pr- uaion tho brewery i eprescntnti es wore induced to awnlt the comlnK of Sen. Kj a-or sniool. president or the publlshlnK company, to whom a hurry up K had been telegraphed. M Art,,- the fcenatoi's at rival A MEETING WAS HELD WITH THE HHKW imx.M.?"5 S(UT 0V ""'HSTANDING AVAR HEACHED HY WlHCj r IL NEW SI'Al'EU STOCK WAS TO HE TAKEN OFF THE HANDS OK TB K !..,VKRS AT I0 CENTS 0N TK DOLLAU. IF THE MATTKIl mULP R K KEPT (1UIET PNTIL AVTFM ELECTION. W& Those ate Tacts which no rmciunt of vituperation, evasion or oxpla"- MJ 5 It;,'ainiKe: T,'K FOUlt UTAH nUEWEItlES OWN STOCK IN TI 1 HLHALD I EPI'ULICAN. They hold receipts entitling them to that stock K' be bouBht In by tho Itepubllcnn leaders to avoid exposure. They have W W offered inducements to keep unlet and tho LIQUOR & IlItEWEltY iNTKHESlJ H PARTY oprUy hUV0 b''r" ""1,r0,,rlU!,1 hx "KHAMi- OF T1IF llRl'imWCA" MP m b.l Lalu en, Oi.uberao laic URMOCUATIC HTATH COMMITl'FK. Dy MATHONIHAH THOMAS, Chnlrnf |
