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Show l NOMINEES SI ' WITHjlllTIOfi 55 Others Fail to Answer Question as to Liquor Issue. THREE NONCOMMITTAL Prohibition Advocates Take Failure to Reply as Negative Nega-tive Answers. T'ne Utah Fc-dcration of Prohibition and Betterment leagues yesterday made, public the responses of the candidates of tho various political parties for the state legislature from the different counties coun-ties of tho state to the Question propounded pro-pounded by the federation as to the stand of the candidates on the question of hold-inp; hold-inp; a special state-wide prohibition election. The question was sent to each nominee nomi-nee for tile stato legislature and to the nine hold-over senators in the state. The question was sent to 1 13 persons, either candidates or hold-over senators. Fifty-eight Fifty-eight replied. Of these, rifly-Jive answered an-swered the question tn the affirmative and three were noncommittal. There were no negative answers received. Fifty-five persons to whom the question was submitted failed to reply. In the letter sent to the candidates It was declared that failure to reply would be taken as a negative answer. President John M. Whitaker of the federation fed-eration yesterday issued the following statement, with the naturfe of the replies appended : On October 14, 1914, the Utah Federation Fed-eration of Prohibition and Betterment leagues addressed a letter to all the nominees of the respective political rarties of the state of t'tah, whose names and nddresses could be obtained, ob-tained, asking the following questions: List of Questions. "Will you. If elected, vote to submit sub-mit to the qualified electors of the state of Utah an effective state-wide prohibition bill as set forth In the foregoing, said hill to become law when voted for by a matorlty of the electors of the stale voting at such an election?" Ten davs were given for replies, and failure to reply to be taken as a negative answer to the question. All replies, as well as failure to reply, to be published. On October 23 a copy of thn letter sent to eacli nominee was published for general information; and on October Oc-tober 2i an explanatory letter was published, giving the names and answers an-swers of all thoso who had replied un to that date. Herewith we are glvinc the names and answers, as we! as failures to. answer, of aJl to whom such letters have tx-en sent. We have many Inquiries In-quiries from all parts of the stale, wanting to know t'.ie stand taken by the respective nominees and slating that they are going to work to elect men on whom ihey may rely to give effective legislation on this momentous momen-tous question. Public sentiment is being be-ing crystallized among all ciastes and the Interest manifest Is most encour- af'e' believe electors have a right to know what to expect from those whom tney support to enact Into law the expressed will of I he majority, nnd we appreciate the frankness of those who have so replied. Slate and nation-wide prohibition is sure to come and w-e are latKiring for tB spee-ty a t-. .ompllsh men t without refervnee to political bias whatsoever. Most sincerely for the uplift of our state. JOHX M. WHITAHKR. President. - . EDWIN 5. FIIEKTS. Secretary. Following are the replies: List of Signers. George II. I.'crn, city. yc.: Frank Evans, citv yes; Mrs. II. J. llayward, city. c; Daniel li. Shields, city. ; W. H. Knnis. Draper ves; J. Louis lirown, Murray, ves- Theodore T. burton, city, yes; i.liy Woistenhoime. city, yes; George F. Goodwin Good-win city, ves: Kmll rt. I.und, city. .-s; Parley ( hrislcnsen, city, yes; Thomas P. Page P.lverton, .; Joseph Cucz, Og-den Og-den ves; Marv J. Coulter, Ogden. )(; William II- liwler, ogden. no rcpl; 1'. .1. llendciThot. I'gd.-ri; yes: C. I; re'I .-Vhide Og leri, ves; William N. 111. too-even, ves; I;a P.. l!ronlng, Casllu I. ale ves; Milton Welling, Ftcidlng, cs; y is Hammond. Moab. no reply; Lemuel li r.e.!d (travsou. yes; I'llah Nielsen, p.l'uff. ves; Kufns !lgh. Cedar, yes; .1. W Funk, Klchmond. yes; A. A. Law, War., no reply; T. V. Petersen. Ilyrum, veH; Samuel Oldham paradise, yes; I,. it. Sargent. Fangulteh. v.: 8. A. lr, Fnreka no reply; Dr. SchocU. Hlchheld. no reply: Harrv Mcisel, spnngvllle. no repp." Josepli HrimliKll, Pajson. no re-plv re-plv 'X. Douglas, Jyihl. yes: (;. ,M. Deck. American I-ork. no reply; IfoNTt M''he . Spanish Fork. ?: Richard lno!e. I'leaant Grove, yes: W. Openhaw. sant(iquln. yes; Caleb Tanner. Provo. vrH- II T l:enn.ls. Sprlngvllle. no re- -. ' .,' it- te. t'r.ivo no reniv: fames Spn'eer. Ani'erl.an Fork, yes; Dr. ! W V. Warner, Spanish Fork, no r'ply; It ' ft" Nebeker. Ixan. Ves; W. H. Griffin Grif-fin fr Cache Junction, no reply: A. M. Mra'-lsen. Hvrum. no reply; T. S. barren bar-ren I,ewl-ton. no reply: John A. rtournc, Far'mlngton, yes; J. F. TIeppIer. Plchlleld. no reply: O. V. MrShnn-. H.aver. v.-s: C.eorgo D. Folkman. Oeden no reply; R W parries. Kama), no reply; Orlando Brudlev. Moroni, yes; John P.ecve. Hlnck-fnv Hlnck-fnv yeV- Wesley K. Walton. Woodruff, ves- W.' II. Orlbble. Gunnison, yea; A. H Anderson, Fountain Green, no reply; William Kelly. Ophlr. no reply; 1-, J. lewis Jr Spanish Fork, no reply; Henry T Coleman, Midway, yes: rf. M Croft. Morgnn ves: R. Alberri Allen, Kingston, vi- A. P- Rldg". I'arlt Cltv. no reply; Menrv Gardner. Spanifh Fork, no reply; tohn H Woolton. Amerlean I-ork, yea; c I, Warnlek. I'l' a'iant Grove, yo : flamn-1 11. Tavlor, pay.-on, yes .1. U Win. Jr.. T-ehl. ye; I- Stewart. Provo. no reply: -T. F- Jensen. Proi o. no replv K'lward T'dx. Ogden. no reply; .1. T Pnrl'er Ogden. no reply; Joseph 1 1. Fowles, Hooper, no reply: "'f',"" f-Tolmen. f-Tolmen. Ogde,,. no replv; John ( ,. ( hllds. Roy no replv: William Seegmlller. Kauab. no t'-oplv- Donald II. Collon, Vernal, not repp" Garrett Wilkin, .vnu.iru, on ai.. D M Fr'"t. Mylou. ves; Laurence 'i-,i--elt l iureka. no repp-; A. A. I Muck-ley Muck-ley Hlti'klrv. no reply; John 1 1. He ley. Mount Pleasant, ys; L. It. Anderson, M'intI yes A. James Aaraanl. 1 nl.iln (;,,,.' po replv; Claicr.ee Pamb.rger. city no replv; Openr W. Carlson, city, no reply Annie Wells raruion. ellv. no reply' re-ply' Mie . J. (lorlwin. city, no replv; O' ft I'H'blee ellv. U" I'l'lv; l J. Cook, .t'tv 'no replv: lv J. fircone. Ml.lv, lie. no replv; lien, .an Hill. ell'-, noi .coin ml 1 1 n I : C A Marr, ettv, no reply; ' horce F. Wa'snn ellv. no r'.l'; Louis It Walls, ,,,l" no replv; K. f-. Woodrufr, ellv. non. coininlltal: Samuel Sinclcton, Fen on. no .-,-r.l"- W. C. lion lev, r.ilch.'un. ve; YU. ford nay. Parouau. yes; A. I). Miller. St. George vci; D, II. Morris. SI Conic, no renl": Charles R. Mnb.-v, llounllful, ye-c Wlllard i-;. Ihiiiou. Mel. liny, no reply;' re-ply;' J'.hn W. Thortilev. ImiwoIIIc, no i-e. o. - VS'llll.ini C'alc. Cic'len. n. ,,eoi n u 1 1 1 1 a I ; ,"rt Wh-lil. Park City. J." W, M..til I'Virv. cite, p., replv: D. 'I Pldcnl. lIFr no re, I-; char'-" Coltrell. clu, no r, .U .I'.liu P I vb'chlll. N( pl.l. l.o I ". I. H; . I. ."I'll Ccl-cr.lc-, Lea. no icnlv; II. . .nci.i s. .-.', rti(:nlich. no rc.lv: , n I hi v I. ', . ( nl id I. :. ' ', |