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Show II (ANION BILL (.Very Plin Talk Is Ih" L hi During Discussion in (he House. L BLXCH SCORED I X A FIERCE MANNER I 1 L ami McMillin and Ash- j L Deliver Very Warm ; F Addresses. j V i L,f up to llc C,ia,c' or up 10 Lsprv. The house refused to afr the vote by which the Can- , USfitorr bill was passed, ami jjnre will Jiow co to the senate, it irill co the petitions which the .ftoinitlfo on judiciary have had, ttiions carry thousands of sig- fnie refusing to reconsider was ! M tint i! there had been a 1 Sir exhibit of oratorical lirc- Then tlio house became A and Mr. Archibald demanded irious question. This was quick-Ijedbv quick-Ijedbv Mr. McOratflsc.il. who lor tetin "or other forgot to inahe tion hiniself. The house sus-1 sus-1 tbr demuiid, and when the. put the question, "Shall the Mfilioii he now puf?" there iW faint yeas, as also nays, but rjslon mis demanded, and the !i declaroil the demand sustained. rMr. Hobnan, who had made the i I motion to reconsider the vote, id the debate, the. main ipics-B'jmr ipics-B'jmr and declared carried on a ike vote, Holmau Talked Plain. i Dolman's opening address was a Ij prepared one. There was no t of words, lie called things, aid. hv their right names, and k concluding the debate he tic members to read it over 3yas he felt that he was .iusti-; every charge which be made. I vcfv impressive in his closing j when he declared that be was litcmcd to take the lie from any 1 therefore he appealed for a consideration of his address final conclusion was reached by slew. : was a packed house when the sailed the house to order Satur-!oorti Satur-!oorti in the lobby was at, a pro-All pro-All available spnee on the floor 1c taken and there wero many jpifjpnt. the upper house hnv-loomed hnv-loomed after a very brief scs-riwlo scs-riwlo denunciation of the federal vsm bv jpvpral of the speakers was wialir rlrninaluu as were the nd-which nd-which sustained them. Mr. ''bmn when he drew the line where fls of the roads were reached and iihe buudi, .and. as ho declared, JTtr to the people, was likewise flit Ho -poko witli great enr-K enr-K and uas evidently worked up Iti lensinn. ;ifply of Mr, Oanuon was also ftrocM He disclaimed that, there J church influence which bad Me lo push the bill through the 'l other spankers resented the Loads' bv .Mr. Ilolman thai, the I la n rni Iron (led thiough the py cimuniltce. Oratorical Pyrotechnics. WgiilHr nintinc businos4' of the jiiii'kIv dispensed with, after Jb. llolmnii was recognized. k aid that in accordance with panccnfHt made Thursdav nftor- would move to reconsider the !J which house Toll Xo. 157, the hill, had been passed bv I he lbs motion was seconded 'bv IcMillm. who had likewise Jioticc rimrsduy ibat he, ioo, ' SmiV r"cns'dera(ion on Mnn-""ajlr. Mnn-""ajlr. Ilolman not be present. ( McMillin Opens Tire, 'S' McMillin, in seconding the , Mr llolnian, declared t liquor .question had entered rfuomrstic affairs of the- state. !? w vmrcd the sentiment of the of the people of Salt Lake, aopposing j,,. Gannon bill and 8 , lie motion to reconsider the Vhich house bill No. 37, (be DliV?s I'd. Said Mr. Mill? Mi-ll? ,. bilVe llC!ir(1 o much dur- Past fcw wee8 Qf infaiJ10,S yW oviny party with the liquor rma mv ,I,art' ,,ie Hepublican m such a deal, 1 stand bv oJj!P,,ctl,?d hV lf,' Y fc was miuleT. was a hone lrC(1 oxPress mvsolf to t tlio money came from which fctVL , y ,n Ol?tobrr I would .nl tI"Ty ,Vas wl,at 8,101,1,1 fcauibi0 ''hUcan party k dill not1''1 oflicc-llol1'. j ten !? ere .I,,t!"Pted and de-FLlK've de-FLlK've the names. Mr. McMUlin deelined tho defv and continued contin-ued hig remarks. Hnid lie: ''When these men," meaning the fed-! fed-! oral bunch, "were out working for the tnterqst of the. party, the Republican pnrty. and obtaining funds lo'help the pitrty, to aid in tho election of the ten representatives to tht legislature from bait Lake, the prohibitionists were sit-! sit-! ting up and -toasting their shins about tile lire. T represent a large per cent ! ot the , people of Salt Lake, and every j member of rhc Salt Lake delegation in the legislature is derelict in his dutv : when -be votes for prohibition, for the j county convention did not declare in I auv way. for prohibition or sav anvthing upon the lisplor question, i "At 'tho county convention there was ; a move made to make a prohibition plank, but it was not adopted. Whv7 If you six members from Salt Lake s-ounty.vho voted for this bill believed :n prohibition, why did voit accept the nomination; I . McCracken Fails in Opposition. I M r. McCracken made a point of or-I or-I dor that Mr. McMillin was not talking to the question and that he had- no right to lecture to the six members of .'Salt Lake county. If he desired to do so he should hire a hall. The point of order was not sustained by the speaker, and when McMilliu proceeded, he declared de-clared that Mr.- McCrakccn was ;s political po-litical nonentity or rather a political entity who was always butting in. Mr, McCracken retorted bv saving that Mr. McMillin was the- vaudeville performer of the bouse, but he was willing will-ing that be should bo heard. Mr, Russell appealed for Mr. McMillin. Mc-Millin. 'declaring that be was constantly interrupted by the genllcninn from upber. Mr. McCrackeu, and demanded! fair plav. J JWr.McMillin then, declared that the j principal ob.iect. of the Cannon bill was j to-put the -state administration in a hole. j Mr, TTolman then look the floor and I proceeded to give his reasons wbv his motion to reconsider should be ado"ptcd. II is address was delivered in a forcc-fulmnmicr forcc-fulmnmicr and he was given close attention at-tention throughout, He spoke as follows: fol-lows: Mr. Ilolman 's Address, Gentlemen: Presuming for tlio sake of arKUment that prohibitory legislation on the liquor traffic Is necssarv and wise, Uiro still remains sufficient cause to nllese Unit house bill No. "7, the measure under discussion, has not received duo consideration In this house, and that a demand de-mand for reconsideration of the measure at this time Is .both reasonable and proper. prop-er. Tho charge has been made against those who hove opposed the bill that thn-were thn-were actuated by ulterior motives. I resent re-sent this charge and assert that every move made by the opposition wsfs legitimate, legiti-mate, and In strict hooping with tho proper procedure of this 'house. The minority mi-nority In this ease has the same right to obstruct, as the major! tv has, to expedite the passage of the measure, and 1 am Inclined In-clined to think that safe and sane legislation legis-lation on tills question Is more likely to result from employing the former tactics tac-tics in preference to the latter. Mr. Speaker. I have the following charges to offer In tlcfeoHc uf my position: 1. The house as a body has neither considered the wisdom nor th feasibility of enacting any legislation of this sort. . The liouse has accepted public clamor cla-mor ami countless petitions as sclf-evl-denco of the necessity of such legislation, and has acted accordingly without Investigating Inves-tigating into the merits of the case. 3. fly some pub rosa process, beyond my powers of comprehension, the Cannon Can-non bill "was passively accepted as the original and only panacea for the alleged al-leged evils of the liquor trafilc. 1. The Cannon bill neither represents the intelligence nor reflects tho honest sentiment sen-timent of the membership of this house. r. Other measures, similar In substance sub-stance and Intended to correct the same evils, wero willfully disregarded and did not receive the consideration to which they were entitled. , li. All efforts, on the part of certain members, 10 effect a compromise measure, meas-ure, were ruthlessly cast aside. Tho majority ma-jority refused to conrede a single point eltjher hi coiiunltto.ee discussion or In floor debate, thus forcing these members to appe.ar as unalterably opposed to any legislation whatever. 7. The hill was railroaded through the committee and the house, and the manner man-ner rt its final passage would have been a disgrace to any legislative body. ' S. Tho measure is a makeshift and deserves de-serves lo be reconsidered. Mysterious Agency at Work. I .come now lo a discussion of these charges In substance and fearing lest my feelings should take advantage of my better judgment 1 have undertaken to nut lay 'thoughts In manuscript. I realize that' no arguments of mine and no intlu-enee. intlu-enee. at. my command would be sufficient to materially change the sentiment of this house under dscusslon. Other agencies, too mysterious for me to understand under-stand and too powerful for me to resist, have been at work and they have done their work well. There are. however, certain cer-tain features Incidental to the campaign forprbhll)itlon that are too raw for concealment con-cealment and of such Inconsistency as to chall'nge the suspicions of every lover of Justice. These malteifc demand Investigation Inves-tigation . anil are certainly pertinent at llils time. The short history of the prohibit Ion movement move-ment in this state, from the llrst call to arms to the llnul disposition of the Cannon Can-non bill In this house tho othr day. contains con-tains such elements of treachery, chicanery, chi-canery, blackmail. Intimidation and de-celt, de-celt, as ore without parallel save In tho medieval courts of Europe. On the surface sur-face It presumes to bo a great moral reform, but underdeath Is concealed a gigantic gi-gantic conspiracy, damnable In Its designs. de-signs. Tho least that can be said of this movement Is that It Is an aimless discontent, without cause and without purpose. But It is more than this. It is a political politi-cal plot directed against the Inherent rights of man and the vested rights of property, a plot for plunder conceived and propagated pv marauders of morals, who have the audacity to masquerade In the guise of great moralists and who. In their self-appointed positions of power, deign to dispense divine damnation and public disgrace upon those who dare to differ with them in this matter. I would bo understood, at this time, to refer to the. certain few who have forced the issue and not to the thousands of noble minded mep and women who are earnest in their demands fur the heltorment of the public morals and who have been unconsciously and helplessly caught In the meshes of this' coldblooded conspiracy. I take It that had these men and women their way. they would be more reasonable In their demands, de-mands, and that In a spirit of calmness and fair plav sober Judgment would have been abb; to ennct such legislation as would provo to be effective. But tho few ruled tho many. Somehow or other, an Imaginary line was drawn between the eaints and the sinners, and the multitudes, fearful of the consequences If thov called their souls their own. flocked to the safe side. Then public clamor began to rise and the itoodtldo or petitions set in: and In the midst of the storm of public protest, this liouse. In undertaking un-dertaking the work, was confronted -with salvation on one hand and damnation on tho other. Nothing in Platforms. There is but little record of the prohibition prohi-bition movement prior to and for some timo following the election last fall, and certainly you will agree with me that it was not made an issue In tho recent campaign. I have been given to understand under-stand that prohibition planks were proposed pro-posed at both tho Republican and tho Democratic state, conventions last year. Tho people were In control of both conventions, con-ventions, If'the people as a unit wero desirous de-sirous of prohibition why did not tho platforms of these two respective, parties declare for suclf a measure.' Granting for the salso of argument thnt one or these two party conventions repudiated the wishes -of the people, was there not recourse with the other party If It be true that u majority of tho people favored fa-vored this mcauure, la It not reasonable tu presume that at least one political party would have adopted the measure as a inoro matter of political expediency to hi; sure success in the campaign? Either the claims of the prohibitionists are false or both of the state party organizations have repudiated the usual scheme of cam-1 cam-1 palgn, namely that the end justllles the ! means. i No. gentlemen, the paramount issue hi ; the campaign last fall was not prohibition. There was another matter more vital to the Interests of a majority of the people In this -state While the fight was presumably pre-sumably made along the lines of party policies and national Issues, the fact Is that the real Issue was church dominance in politics. Such was the character of the campaign In this county, at least, and I believe It extended In a like manner to all points of the state. The dominant church was on trial, and whether they would ox no, its members were compelled com-pelled to take up the fight In self defense. de-fense. The trend of circumstances gave the churchmen no other alternative, and the Republican party was accepted by tho men as being tho only possible way by which they could absolve the odium which had been heaped upon them by their accusers, a political party organized for that purpose. As to Church Whispers. The campaign was bitterly contested and man for man the churchmen wero outnumbered. But It .should be remembered remem-bered that there wore In the ranks of the Republican party thousands of voters of other or of no-polltlcal faith, who adhered ad-hered to the parly for the sake of political politi-cal principles: and who turned si deaf ear to the cries of the enemies of tho church and willingly submitted to unjust cen-suro cen-suro and abuse in order that national Issues might still prevail In I'tah. Gentlemen, Gen-tlemen, of that number I am glad to call myself one. We placed a discount upon the accusations made against tho church and held that whatever evils existed within the party could well bo met and corrected within the parly organization. And there were others who likewise contributed to tho success of the party, not so much from love vjf. party as from cold blooded business expediency. I refer re-fer to business men of all classes who hod suffered and had grown weary of the constant religious agitation that disturbed this state from center lo circumference. In return for their .support those men wero assured safe and sane legislation and protection of legitimate business interests. in-terests. This was done with the knowledge knowl-edge and approval of the party candidates, ten of whom are members of this liouse. It. likewise had the sanction of the dominant dom-inant church, for by It the church recognized recog-nized Its only means of salvation. In this connection It has been frequently charged that the party leaders made a deal with cortajn business Interests whereby the campnlgn funds were materially Increased and the business interests promised cor- I tain immunities Churchmen Guilty of Duplicity. Gentlemen, as mio vitally Interested In the campaign and cognizant of the manner man-ner In whb h It was being conducted, I bad no knowledge of the alleged transaction transac-tion and am here to deny tho charge. But if such a compact was made, it is to be countenanced in the light of necessary and legitimate political tactics, and it demands the support of every staunch pnrlv man. Whatever the facts iIih.v be. two things at least arc certain, namely, that certain high churchmen are guilty of duplicity and six m'embers of this body are traitors to their parly. Gentlemen. I believe 1 am consistent with my party. Jf 1 am consistent, others are not. Had the partv declared for prohibiting T for one would not have been a candidate on Its ticket. It was not Incorporated In the platform upon which 1 siood. therefore I ant not bound bv It. It was not an Issue In the campaign, and to seek by petitions, threats and otherwise to make tt a party Issue at this time. Is dishonorable In Itself, an Insult to the parly's representatives representa-tives and an Injustice to their electors. Political expediency nnd the fate of the church demanded that prohibition bo not an Issue in the recent campaign, and honor among men demands that it be not enacted Into law until 11 has been made a fair campaign Issue and received a favorable verdict from lJie people. I confess that the situation is somewhat puzzling, especially lo those of us who are standing out In the cold. Either the party leaders have forsaken their pledges to the people, or else certain high churchmen church-men arc endeavoring to give tho party leade's tl iioa.il" ' ".s." 'lit one thing Is self evident, namely, the ingratitude of the church tu those who indirectly befriended be-friended it. Prohibitory Legislation Unwise. A. careful summary of the above conditions condi-tions falls lo convince me that prohibitory legislation Is compulsory ot this lime. It Is true that thousands have signed petitions peti-tions but those an; the same thousands win? feared to make it an issue last fall. Gentlemen, I am opposed to false Issues and wildcat legislation being sprung between be-tween campaigns. Tho manner In which these petitions were accumulated ami exercised ex-ercised upon a majority of tho members Is a work of moral cowardice. These portions po-rtions have no meaning to me save that of a, trick card up the sleeve of a dishonest, dishon-est, player who hasn't tho nerve to play tho game In the open. Let us now look at. the career of the Cannon bill In this house, l lay in committee com-mittee for several weeks. Ono day It was considered In ninety minutes and a favorable favor-able report made Tho house rebuked tho actions of a majority of tho commltteo and recommitted the bill with the coni-manil coni-manil that other bills pertaining to the subject be likewise considered. The bill was again considered In connection with a. similar bill and with few changes rut recommended lo the house for llnnl passage. pass-age. Immediately upon its third reading a rollcall was demanded and the bill would In all probability have psisscd tho house without discussion hod not a few members resisted such hasty proceedings. Is It possible that somewhere in this state there Is one mind so great as lo be able to effect a pleco of legislation so complete that no one In this bouse can add to or detract? I will admit that wlillo tho bill was In the commltteo several open meetings wero held and the arguments unit' petitions of the people entertained, but to my mind tho substance of their pleas was Intended to coerce mure than to convlnco the minds of the committee. In this connection. I make the following follow-ing charge that certain members wero called before the powers that be and literally lit-erally forced Into line. Homo of these mem'bors wero well awaro of their party pledge and would have kept It had they not Been the handwriting on the wall. I mention this not as a defense of the , actions of theno members, but as au ex- 1 planatlon of how tho trick was turned. Others with myself were desirous at all times of enacting such legislation as would bo practical and at the same tlmo effective, but we were given no opportunity. opportu-nity. As honest men wc were at the mercy mer-cy of agencies opersitlng outside this body, and with our hands tied were forced to witness this damnable piece of legislative manipulation. There Is no necessity to discuss the merits of the Cannon bill. Tho facts, as I have stated them, plainly show that It has no place In this house. But if it has, and the movement for prohibition Is sincere, then there Is every reason why the bill should be reconsidered and recommitted, and held in abeyance until eucIi st time as the members of this house shall have broken their shackles, assumed their rights as men, and are willing to consider tho matter In a manly and an honest way. Tntll then this house has not done Its duty. If you pass this bill on to the senate, gentlemen, I challengo your sincerity. Arc you hero to exercise your Intelligence or to pose before the footlights? Ton dlsgraco your party when you ro-fuso ro-fuso to assumo your sharo of its responsibility responsi-bility and you are dishonest with yourselves your-selves thoso of you who are silently praying that the bill will be killed by other hands. Gentlemen, this sort ot stuff Is a little too raw for mo to swallow. There still remains time to redeem yourseves. Tt matters little whether the senate kills the bill or the governor vetoes It, your actions ac-tions nre just as responsible as If the fate of tho bill wag determined In this house. 7-ct us make sure of our work. Will you reconsider tho measure? At Hie conclusion of Mr. ITolmnn's address, Air. Ashton was recogni.ed. The young Sail Laker presented a number num-ber of statistics as to why prohibition should be adopted, and then said: Mr. Ash ton's Address. Mr. Speaker, I como dow to the other phase of this trying problem. Jt was thought a thing uncommon by one of my esteemed friends of the opposition that so many men should offer to explain tholr voles upon this Important question. Petitioned Pe-titioned by tho thousands whose patronage patron-age he sought and secured, he, loo. sought ljy explanation to set himself right with bis petitioners. Jt Is a matter of deep sorrow with me that his gratitude has showed Itself deepest toward tho force that loosened Its purse strings than tho cltl.cns who stayed with the column thnt today, tomorrow and forever tiles the colors col-ors of the grand old party. lie counts me an ingrato because I cannot make my Judgment as to the public. good conform to the Judgment of some of the men who dominate tho party. 1 feel inure than ordinary delicacy on this point, for It Is always hard In the pcrforni:ince pf duly lo differ with cherished friends, hut when a man has a public duly to perform, and in the performance of that duty Is opposed op-posed by friends, Ins Is bound to tpcak plainly and to deal frankly at any cost, and to fed that tho difference between us Is a difference of judgment rather than one of motive. Outsiders havo charged that we and our party organ arc obligated to the saloon sa-loon Interests and Insiders have insinuated insinu-ated that a vole for prohibition Is against the party. These charges and this Insinuation In-sinuation puts every senator and every representative In a dilemma that no ono of us would invite. Did Contract Exist? Was there a contract, and did you and I go before the Christian, sober people in (his community asking for tholr patronage, pat-ronage, knowing in our hearts that after election wo would be bound to tin; riffraff? riff-raff? Who made this deal, that for the th-st lime Is now called lo our attention. (h:ii hinds us to tho brewer, tho saloon man? And. if no one hero made It. and you now discover thai, some one has made it', arc you going lo forsake the respectable respecta-ble Christian people who are appealing lo '(u so strongly to help some unauthorized unau-thorized bargainer to keep a void promise? prom-ise? fJld- you authorize any man. or any group of men, to tlx your political obligations obliga-tions by which you are bound? Sir, In this slate we havo had too much usurpation usurpa-tion of parly management, we havo had too much of dallying with principle. We have tolerated already too much Intermeddling Inter-meddling by federal officers and their appointees. ap-pointees. We have lacked tho courage to repudiate these intermediaries In the policies that have plunged this countv in tlio bitterest strife. Wo hnve encouraged a tou frequent change. or front to meet what these men regarded tin exegencles of the hour. We have employed party methods that havo obstructed (he progress prog-ress of the, parly. The parly is now In danger of heeding the voices of these men against the wishes of the people. Why all this opposition to what the people are demanding irom these men? Why all those star chamber meetings In the CullenV Why all this ingenious planning plan-ning to stem l he tldo of sentiment fostered fos-tered by our own parly organ? nnd why this fearful anxiety Unit we will close the grog shop? Because It Is said that In lb.- darkest gloom of the last, campaign the liquor interests cninc to our rescue, and t'lial now their call upon our legislative legis-lative policy Is more lo be heeded than th; voice of the sober Christian classes that were Induced to como to the aid of common decency. Scorcn Federal Bunch. Gentlemen, the minority arc holding this bill The men who arc sharing the emoluments of federal office are planning the protection of these Interests, which before the next election will turn again and rend us. One of the gentlemen of the house made vigorous protest against the reading of petitions lrom religious organizations for he feared that church Inlluence might lone up the morals of tho slate bv doing away with the liquor trafllc. I heard no protest from this man you heard nono when the Sunday schools and churches of this county came lo the rescue of tho party. Sumo Democrats have offered their 'er-vi-.esi In this battle against the saloon, nnd the cry has gone up in this house Hr.it we who favor prohibition are follow fol-low lug the leadership or" Democrats. Shumo on such hypocrisy, after Hie manner yon pleaded with Democrats to help you fight your lmtllo last fall! Shame on such hypocrisy, when you broke down every political barrier and encroached upon their sacred territory lo fight a common com-mon foe! Shame on such hypocrisy, after Continued on Page Seven, RED-HOT DEBATE OVER CANNON BILL Continued from Page Three. .w'L1"1 'holr votes to say that they rc? , "ot npw. polltlon you on it iiestlon J1'1las0-V.lta,,y c0,P''rhs tllr welfare and "1,L.rhe .qo,1,lorna tells us. sir. thnt y.c have no time to listen to nnepalu from Jm.-0!1-!011". 1 cou,d wlsh- Bfintlemen. that this had always been our attitude. The men who have shaped our political pol-jCi pol-jCi in this state have truckled to this thing so much when no moral problem was involved that. now when the church e.seiclses Its Jnlluonce in a legitimate llld or Hie moral uplift and not for any political po-litical party or for any man or for anv group of men, our opponents, with us the bonetlcj.irles of its Influence, now become startled. I cannot describe the trial it was to my feelings (o learn that men lit mv party were using religious prejudices to secure the success of my candidacy. 1 cannot describe how my nature revolted at the puerile fears that wore encouraged encour-aged from tho rostrum of our partv to Induce Ueniocrats to imrt with their "convictions "con-victions .and vote with us, as if there wore no -constitutional, limitations beyond be-yond which silly threats could not bo carried. I cannot express the contempt I feel for tho narrowness that forbids listening to a democratic suggestion. Money from Browcvs. Under the ridiculous threat than an .American majority In Salt Lake county would exile the Mormon leaders, the people peo-ple were begged to come to our rescue. Sane. Democrats, G.'ine Americans, staunch Republleansi gave our party a landslide. And, now that the victory is ours, our obligations are to the people, and not to til"1 contributors of a campaign fund. - There is honor in politics as well aa there Is honor In -war. and o. victory gained In either without It is poorly secured. se-cured. Men say that It was either the i brewers' money .or jail for your leaders, mid my answer to yon is that liberty purchased pur-chased at such a. price is not worth having. hav-ing. Prison bars or exile would be sweet compared to llborty purchased at such a price. J3ut men say that the receipt of large sums of money from the brewers prevents pre-vents us from doing our duty to the people. peo-ple. The receiving by any party of largo campaign contributions from any sourco Is a dangerous thing. The saloonmcn and the ' brewers, and these last through a Democrat, gave large sums of money to the party this Is no longer In doubt but that the recipients of It have promised prom-ised legislative immunity at your hands ,and mine, ls monstrous. " Xo political organization, no' usurpers of party power or party management, can bind your conscienco or mine. Indeed, J this assembly codld not, hy any contract, limit the exorcise of Its power to the prejudice of the punlic health and Uk-.public Uk-.public morals. The supreme court of the United Stales, in tho New Orleans-Gas company vs. Louisiana Light company, has said that "no legislature can bargain away the public health or the public morals." Tho people themselves cannot do it. much less their servants. Government ls organized with a view to their preservation, preserva-tion, and cannot divest itself of. the power to provide for them. Ho Special .Privileges. If any contribution to any campaign ls given on any other theory than that tho general policies of that party improve conditions, business and otherwise, It is tantamount to bribery. Xo contributor has a right to look for special privileges or special Immunities. A crisis has come, wo are in tho midst of it. between Hvj people who gave us their votes and between be-tween tho liquor interests, who, it Is alleged, al-leged, gave us their money. In that crlslB the public eye Is carefully marking where we stand and what we say. If any interests gave us money, with tho understood or Implied understanding that immunity should be granted, v ought to. here disappoint them. If any alleged leader or manager received any Bum on that theory, bo ought to here be repudiated; and If there be any man in this legislature whoso moral sense is so dulled us to have knowingly accepted office of-fice with that understanding, he is a moral coward If he does not stand by It. A gentleman, a few days ago, on the floor of this house, told us that the legislature was between the devil and the deep blue sen. lie didn't tell us just what he meant, but we were afterwards after-wards given to understand that the devil was tho federal appointees and the deep blue .sea was the wild surging public sentiment in favor of prohibition. T have br-on looking ever since to see that honorable honor-able gentleman to father a resolution memorializing the president to invoke the rule that federal appointees shall not mix in state politics, and thereby remove re-move the devil. "Water on Both Shoulders. Th difficulty Is. gentlemen, that with tho low whispering on the one side and opGn overtures to the llcjuor men on the other, the water wo have thus tried to carry on both shoulders has slopped all over us. , , ... This brings mo to the conclusion that I have been anxious to reach, ' that the people, tho .Republican party, want one thing and tho federal appointees want another, -and 1 beg of you to. mark tho distinction tho people are demanding tno abolition of tho saloon and tho officeholders, office-holders, few" in number, are obstructing that legislation. IMv venerable friend and admired colleague col-league from Salt Lake has chosen his path, and I.' parting with him, am going to choose mine. Ho has gono with the men whom ho regards an his political superior: I go with tho people, whoso agent 1 am proud to be. I part, also, with my other Salt Lake colleague, esteemed nn he Is, because I cannot mako a moral coward of myseir to prevent the worthy senators from themselves hecomlng cowards, cow-ards, and because I cannot stultify my conscience to save tho conscience- ot hl3 excellency the governor. Mr. Cannon Is Heard. 'Mr .Cannon, father of the bill, was then recognized Ho declared that it would be cowardice upon his part if ho failed to ?penk. His colleague. Air. McMilliu, had said that the liquor question r-nierod into the financial economy of the state. Suppose it did. "What of it? Tho brewers, Air. Camion said, had declared that prohibition was sure to como in T'tah, not now. but two vears later. Kow or upon what they bused their information he did not 1"W" . , , , , . Business, he said, demanded that wo have prohibition now. It wna alleged (.hat prohibiliou meant confiscation of property. The state had a right to confiscate con-fiscate :the liberti' of a criminal; whv should it nt confiscate I hat which made 'the criminal 1 The government had taken tak-en away the right of 1G to 1 in silver; that was confiscation. Lincoln, when he emancipated the slaves, had conl seated property the greatest confiscation the world had ever known. Tn Nevada, ho paid, where the brewers brew-ers are to go when prohibition becomes effective in Utah, there is no law regarding re-garding the eocial evil. Suppose a stockade was built in Cnrson Citv, ho said, and then after several .yeans the state of Xevada should pass a law declaring de-claring that evil a crime and drove the scarlet women out, that would be a confiscation con-fiscation of property. But prohibition does not mean confiscation We are told, he said, or a deal of infamv which is standing before, this legislature and that we are indorsing it. and that the administration is being put in a hole; but who put it in a hole? It is a farce to sav this bill has boon railroaded. Two committee meetings were held, and you cannot blamo the committee for not desiring to compromise, compro-mise, as no compromise was desired, for the C'annou bill represents tho action of great bodies of petitioners. , A year a(,'o the party organ m Salt Lnke" began an agitation for prohibition. prohibi-tion. That action gained strength and was aided by the W. C. T. b". and the Anti -Saloon league. The organ of the Republican party started the agitation; now it saj'S it did not mean what, it said. The aorion of the paper at that time was done for a purpose. Have a Confession. "The judiciary committee," said Mr. Cannon, "has tlfe confession of tho editor edi-tor of that paper that articles were solicited upon the question of prohibition prohibi-tion for the purpose of crystallizing sentiment in favor of prohibition. Those articles were run for a time, then the suddenly ceased. "Why? No cause or reason was assigned. However, I am not willing to make, charges ''The people expected the question to be put in. the party platforms. It was not. What pledge" did Mr. Holman or Mr McMillin niako to tho peoplo on the liquor question' I feel free to act. A parly convention is no place for legislation. leg-islation. The platforms have not bound us to vole for or against prohibition. I declare that' business men were not promised by the party that 'sane' legislation legis-lation would bo enacted. ''The liquor men took tho promise of individuals, not of the party. I rofuto the statement that I am a traitor to mv partv. If in the face of an infamous in-famous deal that is charged, T would bo a traitor to my party if T did not denounce de-nounce and rofuto it. "T feel wounded and indignant that my church has been drawn into this. Tf members of my church come to this bodv and in a dignified way ask this body to vote for the right, there would be nothing wr.ong in it. ''Wo have proof that the church did not promise business men that it would i see that there should bo 'sane' legislation. legis-lation. 1 denounce that charge as false." ,. , MY. Cannon then referred to the eligibility eligi-bility of Mr. Holman and his right to sit in the legislature. TTis (Holman 's) charge, Mr. Cannon said, that the church had interfered fell upon dcat l ears. Others Arc Hoard. Brigham Clegg followed Mr. Cannon, and Messrs. liardley and White also spoke, as did Mr. Morris, the latter resenting re-senting the charge that the bill had been railroaded through the committee. Then Mr. Archibald moved the previous previ-ous question. It was seconded by Mr. McCraeken and was sustained, the motion mo-tion to reconsider was put after Mr. Holman had closed the debate, tho motion mo-tion was lost, and the house adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning. |