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Show m IMS LIQMTEISTS OGDEN, Sept. 28. All members of the Democratic and Republican parties, but particularly I hose who are before the public pub-lic as candidates, were excoriated with sharp Prohibition oratory tonight when .1. Frank Hanly, Prohibit Ion candidate for president; Dr. Ira Landrlth, candidate for vice president, and others spoke before a amall audience in the assembly hall of Weber academy. Leas than 400 persons were present to hear members of the campaign party that Is now on a 20,000-mile 20,000-mile tour of the country on board the "Prohibition special." Former Governor Hanly found opportunity opportu-nity for localizing his remarks in the recent re-cent action of the Democratic and Republican Re-publican state conventions on the statewide state-wide prohibition issue. "Both of the great parties of your state have confessed the greatness of this issue," said Mr. Hanly, Han-ly, "and I congratulate you people of Utah. Now, if you people here in Utah think this issue great enough to compel adhesion of both parties, don't you think it is great enough for you to go beyond the boundaries of your state?" The former Indiana governor spoke at length of former President Taft's statement state-ment that a constitutional amendment for nation-wide prohibition could not be enforced. en-forced. He attacked Charles E. Hughes. Republican candidate for president, on the grounds tiiat he has not in private life or public life uttered a word in defense of the prohibition issue. He charged that the Republican convention In Chicago refused re-fused to consider the issue because it was packed with representatives of the liciuor Interests. "Many were implicated in the packing of that convention, but I will name only one here tonight, and he will he here in tliis state tomorrow," said Mr. Hanly. "Charles W. Fairbanks did his part loward packing that convention on this issue. When he comes here tomorrow, ask him if he didn't accept the biggest wholesale liquor dealer in the state of Indiana to represent his home city of Indianapolis; ask him if he didn't call in a wholesale liquor dealer to preside, over the ceremonies when he was being notified noti-fied of his nomination three weeks ago." The Democrats received no less attention atten-tion from the Prohibition candidate than did the Republicans. He charged Unit they renominated a man at St. Louis who has carried ids power for three vears. but failed to lift a linger against the liquor traffic. The speakers on the train, Mr. Hanly said, have waited in vain for eight days for President Wilson's Wil-son's denial that he told the liquor interests in-terests of California he wanted the stati to remain "wet." Mr. Hanly's denunciation denuncia-tion of Vice President Thomas R. Marshall Mar-shall was especially severe. "I have reserved t lie least of the evils for the last," said the candidate, "for no person ever did as much political business busi-ness on so small an intellectual capital as the vice president of this nation. It would be nothing less than a crime to put this man back Into office with only one life between him and the president's chair.'" |