Show REPUBLICANS REP NS IN MASS MA SS CONVENTION DENOUNCE DENO MISRULE ULE OF FEDERAL FEDERA L GANG GANfi GA NG TWO To THOUSAND PRESENT TO PROHIBITION Nephi L L Morris in Brilliant Speech Forces Home Evidence of Party Leaders Deal With the Brewers Federal Bunch and Party Organ Formally Repudiated Mark Marking ing New Epoch in Utah Politics 0 In mighty protest to the interference interference interference ence of o federal officials in the polities and the legislation of the state 2000 Republicans gathered from every Cery county in the state in the Salt Lake theatre last evening to denounce their party leaders and to declare unequivocally unequivocally vocally for statewide prohibition and nothing short of that hat More Moro bitter than over ever were wore charges charge made by b an opposing political party in inthe inthe inthe the heat a campaign were the ac aca a J made by prominent Republicans against their party leader Resolutions Re Resolutions were unanimously adopted by a arising arising rising vote ote against the ac lIe action c tion of the tho federal office holders holder and ami threatening to memorialize President Taft Tart If they persisted in pernicious ac activity activity c in politics The convention was called in the in tn interest terest of the Hie lh prohibition movement in fn Utah It developed into tn first step of ol what t bs bv a most Inter s sing sIng ing fight for political control between tho the federal bunch and tha wing of the Republican party In the tile opinion of many the convention marked the beginning of a n new political epoch in Utah the thc ov of the dynasty of the federal bunch In the tho Re lIe Republican Hep publican p party and the beginning of an era 11 of political freedom for f members of all parties The convention was wa a apart apart apart part of oC by far tho the most serous serIous revolution toIL tion within the tho ranks of oC the Republicans cans yet witnessed in Utah Grilled Party Organ i Almost as bitter as were the denunciations I of the federal were tIe the accusations ma Tc e against the Inter InterMountain InterMountain Mountain Republican Almost Almo t without exception th flis h speakers discredited disc the InterMountain Republican ari r pro protested pr tested against its Ih claim t i be he ip i of official f oran or an of the tho Republican party in n Itah The rhe resolutions voiced vol l tilt pro protests protests protests tests made malle this paper and the th entire went wild with ap applause applause applause at each denunciation of the pa paper paper paper per Every Ever county in tho the state sent delegations to the convention and every member of the delegation was 8 thoroughly in accord with the spirit of or orthe the meeting glorying in every charge made against the tho federal and its alliance with the liquor Interests Int of the state Male Scarcely if ever has th r been a similar gathering Republicans from every part of the state had gathered to protest against the action of can legislators acting under instructions from Republican lead leaders ers era The sight of liesa 2000 persons filling the tho theatre from pit to top gal galta al all ta l ly was more than impressive When the entire audience arose aroe aro le while the theban band ban played The Tho Star Spangled Bar Barner Barner Barner ner the great was a sea a ar cf C r f fires and tin th thres th balconies s were vure tiers of humanity From Utah county c Miens thier were delegates headed ly Jy George M jJ I irn hall hail president ot of the Bri Young Youn university at Provo Pro from Box Boc Elder cc c there thero fifty lifty tift every ee corner comer of the lie state stat no matter how remote there were Republicans col mg to declare fr for prohibition anal ur to protest against the usurpation n of party rights by leaders Morris Brilliant Speech The big feature of tho the evening was the lie brilliant speech of Nephi L Mor Morris MorrIs Morris ris the prominent Republican who has broken away from the leadership of the federal fede l bunch and taken the leadership of the newest and strongest insurgent element in the party part the prohibition wing He denounced In no uncertain terms the federal bunch the time compact made by b them with the liquor interests and the dictatorial policy polle d by this bunch In ordering the stifling of legislation antagonistic to the liquor In Interests Interests Interests of the state Circumstance after circumstance proving beyond possibility of contra contradiction contradiction contradiction diction that a compact was made was related by the speaker With the keen keenest keenest keenest est satire Mr Morris prefaced each de detail detail detail tail with the statement that he did not charge a deal Finally he described the speakeasy kitchens kitchen of Maine in hi which the patron secured d his lite liquor from the interior of o an old oW sofa and left Wt his money mi ney without ever Ver seeing Heln a sol 1 about the place He skI said HI in tn such sueh a transaction there was 88 probably no HO ar as arrangements arrangement made for the ML ion tion U f any deal It was wae a speakeasy r rAnd And ladies and gentlemen he lie said saidI I r firmly believe in the light of oC the events that have transpired in the lat laet few weeks and I do continue to firmly believe that there exists exist in Utah a pe speakeasy Mr Morris gave cave a short abort history cf tC the campaign in Salt Lake county count last Jut fall He lie said that on account of ot the accusations made by the American A rIn party leaders against the Mormon Monnon church he felt that the members of lila lite church no n matter what their party af at affiliations affiliations were ere should unite a u as one ty to defeat the AmericanS American in Salt Lake county He evolved the plan oC ot urging Mormon Democrats to vote Ote the tIM Republican county ticket in Salt Lake county and so M defeat the but to permit the Democrats Democrat to VOW vote their own national and state ticket Out In the Open This plan he be unfolded to the party leaders and they were w re charmed with it But when he told them that he lie had de do decided decided to come out in the tM open and urge this publicly they were horrified They urged him to do as ax he had suggested MJ ge ted but do it quietly working through h the church organisation This Thill Mr Merria rejected and came caie out in la h the te A Aone one of the results he saUl said his hta own own pre pee precInct the tiie Third ordinarily a Democrat Democratic ic stronghold went Republican by 1710 votes He lie said ald that he lie was ROt not un unmindful unmindful unmindful mindful of the fact that other election ejection districts showed almost almo t a u as surprising a change Jake Greenewald he said Hild made and fulfilled the boast that his he election district an American party stronghold would go Republican In Inthis Inthis Inthis this district he remarked there were wece saloons Mr Morris did not charge a 8 deaL Ho lie said that to his hit knowledge a Republican county countr officeholder had gone to al every saloonkeeper in the city and told each one that if he did not want prohibition he should contribute to the Re ne Republican Republican publican party campaign fund and work in the interest t of that party at atthe atthe atthe the coming election Mr Morris de do declined declined dined to name this officeholder during his speech or afterward The Theun understanding un conveyed by his lila was that he had reference to J I U 11 Ml BI dredge jr county chairman of the Re Republican publican party who was clerk of SAlt Suit Lake county at the time of the last campaign In conclusion Mr Ir Morris said that all that he had said Ill d concerning a deal or a 8 compact with the liquor interests was circumstantial evidence evidene but IM lie knew of convictions that were had HId en an n circumstantial evidence Mr Morris was Interrupted by fre frequent It ft quent and prolonged applause and anti when he be finished he was given giren a greet ovation Adoption of Resolutions The other oiher big feature of the ion tion was the adoption of the resolutions denouncing the federal bunch bench and ami me moo memorializing the governor and the Uw legis legislature legislature lature of the state to pass a statewide prohibition bill Some me of the resolutions were scorching in tn their roast of the federal officials official for In tit politics and their prevention of the tile en eR enactment enactment of prohibitory legislation legi lati n The committee on resolutions was named from twentythree counties in inthe inthe Inthe the state on nominations made by Uw tile delegations from the different The original intention was to name a resolutions committee of eleven mem morn members members bers hers one from each of eleven counties The zeal of the different delegations however prevented this Each delegation delegation tion ion had a man and as the result the ike committee was of twentythree Continued on Page 3 TWO THOUSAND PRESENT I TO DEMAND PROHIBITION Continued from Page 1 tentative Republicans one on from each of ot the tho twentythree ree counties s of ot the state After nearly nearl an nn hour during which the resolutions re were considered section by section th committee committe reported its scathing resolutions and A S Reiser of Salt Lake Lak county chairman of the committee moved their adoption eY P Apostle Hyrum M Smith SinIth George M Smith Dan Harring Harrington ton and Judge Agee or o n Ogden spoke in favor t Of f the adoption of the resolutions Gus A 4 Iverson of Sanpete county protested against uie adoption of the resolutions and moved as ns an amend anond amendment ment that all Darts of the tho r solutions not germane to the prohibition ques tiou toi should be stricken from rom them He said he was a member of the committee on resolutions but that he had been outvoted He declared that the resolutions should not attack the federal bunch whereupon John James applaud applauded ed ro He said should not insult tho the legislature and an Representative lire Class Clegg applauded Thc Th chair ruled the motion out of order and the resolutions cs IlS s they came cam from tr m the committee were unanimously adopted by a vote of ot 2000 cheering prohibitionists Four apostles Mormon church chuh nere ere at the Heb Heh Hehr r J Grant D II O 0 McKay HEum H rum M Smith and George A S Smith Tile la last t two poe a ason aon son on and the other a nephew of President dent Joseph F Smith spoke Tn In favor of prohibition of the state sen senate senate senate ate and house of or representatives re rc Cu ceU occupied pied seats eats on the stage Of all of the speeches made mad that of Nephi L Morris Morns was as easily the he most startling Some of the others while strongly in favor of prohibition eon con contained tamed what might be construed as a defense defence of ot the federal etler tl bunh bun h of these was that of the th Rev Francis Burette Burgette Short pastor of tf the thc First Methodist church He asked that the legislature pass whatever measures maures m might be necessary to save I Etah tab but did not ask thim th m to vas pass statewide prohibition or nothing and said that he did not believe bellee that the liquor interests ts had bought the Republican party or orthe orthe orthe the new printing press pres for the Inter interMountain I Mountain Republican During the meeting messages from the Utah delegation In congress g were nud denying that any deal deas had beer bello made with the tle brewery interest by them Chairman Morris stid that he e had seen thes these during the afternoon bu but they apparently did not have the effect of making him JIm believe such 4 ch a deal d al was not made for his charges harges were one oie the less les specific be because cause ause of the information received from Washington |