Show HOWELL FACTOR i IN THE FIGHT Letter to State Senator Bullen Builen Quoted at a Meeting of Republicans Special to The Herald Logan Feb IS A mass convention of Republicans was held hero here tonight to elect elett delegates to the tile convention to be held in inthe Inthe inthe the Salt Lake theatre next week w k The ter territory i represented at the convention was that lint of the Cache stake which comprises about of the county It was a large gathering notwithstanding the fact that few If any an of the machine Republicans were present The promoters of the convention had given glen It ott Olt in advance that the presence of only prohibition Re Republicans RepUblicans Republicans publicans was desired The TUe meeting re to resulted reo suIted in a fizzle an adjournment bem bein being taken to prevent the continuance of ot a quarrel that threatened to disrupt the pro prohibition pr forces here J 7 Z Stewart St wa t was chosen chairman of the meeting and Fred Scholes secretary and treasurer After some a committee of three was as named to tn draft resolutions l ns expressing the sentiments of the conven convention convention tion lion on the prohibition question This committee reported a mild resolution com corn commending comm mending m the Cache county representatives for voting for the Cannon bill arid and urging UI ill Senator Bullen to vote for prohibition It was adopted and then the following dele delegates delegates gates were elected to go to Salt Lak John H Hendrickson H and James II H An Anderson Anderson derson demon of Logan C il M Hammond of Pro Providence Providence Lewis Lawis Wilhelm of f Greenville and Stephen Steph n Thurston of Hyde Park Then Thon another resolution was sprung by Bishop L 1 A Merrill who vho thought the tho one on adopted not strong enough to impress the thel legislators l His resolution related to the sale of the Republican party made to th brewers association ass and In terms repudiated It calling on Senator Bullen to do 0 likewise by voting otin for prohibition A gabfest followed In which Information regarding Congressman Con Howells attitude on prohibition leak leaked d out Joel Ricks Kicks one of the insurgent leaders told tho the conven convention convention convention tion that he Iud hid seen a 11 letter by Congressman Howell to State Senator Bal Bul Ballen Bullen len urging the latter to vote ote against pro prohibition prohibition Other speakers denounced Bul Bullen Bullen len and others defended def him Finally a 0 regular row was waa ll by b Delegate Dele ate Hendrickson announcing that he had bad re received it straight from the th fountain fountainhead head hall that no deal of any kind with the th brewers was made Ho He said sa d that he would not go goas goas goas as a delegate If Merrills resolution pro pre prevailed pr It was passed passe however and pan pandemonium reigned for f lr a while Then It was withdrawn and adjournment taken to stop the jangle janle |