Show WAR NAR DECLARED ON SPRY AND FEDERAL GANG Prohibitionists and Adherents of Des Moines Plan to toRise toRise I IRise Rise in Revolt PERNICIOUS ACTIVITY OF OFFICIALS PASSES LIMIT NEPHI MORRIS FIRES OPENING GUN IN A WELL ORGAN ORGANIZED ORGANIZED ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN There are people on the trail of the federal bunch who are arc determined to get the scalps of that talented coterie Already the leaven is working When the federal bunch killed prohibition ab absolutely absolutely absolutely and left nothing In its place it reeked not of the consequences The Republican Prohibition League and other allied organizations are hot I after the gang that made the deal A campaign has already been begun besun which has for its aim the ultimate elimination of the federal bunch from politics To that end a systematic can canvass ass vass will be made in the various coun counties counties counties ties to secure signatures to petitions di dl directed directed to the tho president asking for the clipping of wings of the half hal dozen who have run the governors office and the majority of the legislature during the session just closed What Morris Says Nephi L Morris prominently identified identified fied fled with the Republican League chair chairman chairman chairman man of the mass convention in the Salt Lake theatre at which stirring resolutions resolutions were adopted yesterday issued the following statement The Republican R Prohibition League was not at all aU surprised that Governor Spry vetoed the tho liquor bill passed by bythe bythe I the last legislature We never for a moment expected that it would meet with his approval If there was a II deal between certain Republican politicians and representatives of the liquor Inter Interests ests eats a measure so restrictive aa as the I Badger bill could scarcely have been n expected to pass muster with his ex cx The veto was the first gun fired In a campaign now on for absolute absolute absolute lute prohibition Within a few days da s an address will be drafted by the Prohibition Prohibition Prohibition tion League calling upon the people to rally to Its standard in the fight that will put down the liquor traffic traffie in a comparatively short time We put off active campaigning until the tho fate of bills introduced in the Eighth legisla legislative legislative tive session should be known We Ve are arenow arenow arenow now prepared to enter the struggle and anda a fight tight to the death will be made against any obstacle placed in the way of absolute prohibition Already the league has a committeeman in each county of the state who is heart and soul In the tile movement A meeting will willbe willbe willbe be held In the near future probably at conference time when a plan pJ n of cam campaign campaign will be more thoroughly mapped out In the meantime the address indi indicated Indicated will be prepared and published The League The Thc annual meeting of the board of trustees of the League of Utah was held last evening in the head headquarters headquarters headquarters quarters of the league in the T Y M C CA CA CA A building There was present a large representation of members those of or the members who live lle out of the city in Ins sOme s cases sent proxies The policy of the league for the tIle ensuing ensuing ensUIng ing two years was determined The i league will use every effort to close saloons In the state so far as possible under existing laws The councils in inthe Inthe inthe the various arlous cities and towns and the boards of county count commissioners which have hae power to grant licenses will be asked to decline to license In localities where the sentiment of or the people is manifestly for prohibition It was the sense of last nights meeting that this sentiment prevails In most of ot the coun ties Ues of the state The definite policy polley of or the league is to secure the enactment by the next legis legislature legislature legislature lature of a statewide prohibition law Ia The decision of the league on this point was unanimous The league will con continue continue continue the agitation for prohibition and will wilt take steps to secure the election of oC ofa oCa ofa a legislature that will pass a statewide prohibition law such is the declara declaration declaration declaration tion Officers Are Elected The annual election which took place i last night resulted President Rev Re F I B Short vice president W II H King i secretary Samuel Russell treasurer H i W lV Smith The board of ot trustees remains j I as It I li is at present constituted d These Th I were elected members of the headquarters committee W H King II J Grant Dr U T J S Fuller Rev Re F B D Short F I B Stephens Stephen JI H Love Loc Mrs rs E B K E J Shepard Jesse W V Knight and the Rev Josiah The finance committee consists of or Jesse Jes e W iv Knight Inight Heber J Grant and Seth GrIt Grif fin of oC Ogden Heber J 1 Grant is the trustee for Utah of oC the tile national ho Mud rd Dr Fuller was elected superintendent for tor Utah arid and Sam Samuel Samuel uel Russell assistant superintendent Des Moines Adherents After Spry While the arc are sorely o dis dig disappointed disappointed appointed at the outcome of their efforts this year ear the advocates of oC the Des De Moines MInes plan of government for Salt Lake are none non the loss less so They The hive have sworn orn ven sen j i against t Governor Spry and d the advisers who have led Id him into Inlo set setting et let letting I I ting their labors of two years sad and nd more Inore at naught The education which f has hag been bosh carried on during aurin the last two I years In Salt Sail Lake Lak and which came near to being successful evidence of which was as the passage by b by both 11 of the Des Moines bills will be more vigorously pursued than ever before Not only will I this plan be continued in Salt Sail Lake City but as well it will be extended to other cities Provo Logan and Ogden particularly particularly particularly The friends of ot the Des Moines bills are firmly convinced that if the people fully full understand the beneficial re results results suits that would follow ollow the adoption of the system they would readily see the I wisdom of ot the elimination of the possibility pOS possibility i of graft as it now flow exists The citizens who secured the passage of ot the Des Moines bills In both houses feel that they the have been directly insulted that the effrontery of the cen censors censors sors and dictators of governmental affairs In this community has hns reached the limit Continued on Page 2 I I WAR DECLARED ON SPRY AND FEDERAL GANG Continued from Page 1 and that it js Is s time for a revolt As la In lathe I Ithe th the case of oC the prohibitionists the Des DesMoines Moines plan or of political political politiCal cal affiliation will at once one begin a campaign cam cant campaign throughout the state with a it view to preventing the federal office holders from Interfering with the affairs of the people who would govern themselves as they deem test for themselves The ul ultimate ultimate aim is 15 to retire the gang sang now In control to private life 5 |