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Show lilLI 10 U1TH SPEAK IN SILT LAKE - National Prohibition Nominees Nomi-nees Address Gathering at Pioneer Park. " UTAH IS COMMENDED . President Wilson and Vice President Marshall Are Given a Flaying. In the most scathing terms J. Frank i Ilanly and Dr. Ira K. Landrith, Prohibition Pro-hibition nominees for president and vice president of the United States, denounced de-nounced the attitude of the Republican and Democratic national parties toward the liquor traffic to a small, but appreciative, appre-ciative, audiouce at an open-air meeting yesterday afternoon at Fioneer park. The flaying extended beyond the par-tics par-tics as a whole and included President Wilson and Vice President Thomas M.v Marshall and the Republican presidential and ice presidential nominees. Almost in the same breath Mr. Hanly, Dr. Landrith and other Prohibition champions of the Prohibition special commended the Kenubliean and Democratic Demo-cratic parties of I tali for the stand thev have taken on the liquor question. ques-tion. In their talks both candidate! admitted thnt there was not the slightest slight-est possibility that the Prohibition ticket would be elected, but thev declared de-clared that if 1,000,000 voters registered r at the polls in November in favor of the elimination of the Honor traffic in the United Slates the old-line parties would lie compelled to insert a prohibition prohibi-tion plank in their national platforms in 1920. Viev Taken of Utah. "Tt is not our desire, to influence vonr vote in the state campaign,'' declared de-clared Mr. Hanly, "as both Republicans Republic-ans and Democrats have declared them-selves them-selves for prohibition and insert ed a plank in their platforms which assures the death of the liquor traffic in Utah. But we want more than state-wide prohibition; pro-hibition; we want it nation-wide and i implore vou to cast your ballots for th electors ' on the Prohibition national ticket. We will have no state ticket in Utah, but our electors will be placed upon the ballot." The Prohibition special pulled, into t the Denver & Rio Grando station at 4:15 o'clock. The visitors were welcomed wel-comed bv Heber J. Grant, presidont of tlte Prohibition ami Betterment Lcapuo of Utah, and a delegation of women representing rep-resenting various women's clubs in the v citv, and escorted to Piouoer park, where an audience of approximately 100 persons had assembled. Mr. Grant acted as chairman of the meeting, and introduced first Daniel A. Poling, association president of the United Society of Christian Kndeavor. Mr. Poling told briefly the purposes of t the tour and reviewed the lives of Hanly and Dr. Landrith. He eommev ed the legislation prohibiting child la- bor, but declared that the cause of so many children being compelled to work in mines and sweatshops lav chiefly at the door of the liquor traffic. Talks of Convention. The greater part of the hour and fifteen minutes was allotted to Mr. Hanly, Dr. Landrith saying a few words at the conclusion of the programme. Mr. Hanly said in part: As a Republican I went to the Republican Re-publican national convention In Chicago Chi-cago and begged It to accept tho cbullonee of tiie liquor traffic and to declare for prohibition, tt wrote a silent platform and nominated h silent candidate. They were ule( because the convention was packed with friends of the liquor traffic. I do not puess. 1 know. Then T went to the Democratic na-j na-j tlonal convention in St. Tenuis and bestred that the liquor traffic chal-I chal-I lene be accepted. But the convention conven-tion was silent and renominated a candidate as silent as Mr. Huches. Clothed with all the constitutional power of the Rreat office of presidont for three years, Mr. Wilson has uttered ut-tered no word and lifted no fineer in behalf of prohibition, or hinted at acceptance of the traffic's challenge to the federal government. We want the enfranchisement of women In every state in the Union, whether by state action or amendment amend-ment to tiie federal constitution, because be-cause the women of the country will aid us in exterminating the liquor t raffle, with Its debauchery, its In- t imldation, its crime and Its civic corruption. The right of suffrage In woman's Just due, her Inherent right. As to Preparedness. V We believe In a reasonable military prcpaiediieHS. but arc unalterably op-poped op-poped to militarism and to unfversnl m!lit;i rv service. We want preparedness prepar-edness to the extent that we may and can enforce the rights of Americans Ameri-cans on land and on sea, wherever " they have a right to be. Wo believe in a work! court of arMtrnl Justice with an international police force sufficient suf-ficient to enforce the authority of that court. Tho power to make war should be taken out of the hands nf one or two or of a group of men. We believe in thnt famous aphorism ut tered by President Lincoln on the battlefield of Gettysburg: "A government gov-ernment of the people., by the people and for the people," and then the liquor traffic will he no more. The Prohibition sperlnl, carrying the candidal e and other elia mplons of the cause, left here at 5::!0 o'clock for Farm-ington. Farm-ington. whore short talks were made from the re;ir platform of the train. From Farming ton tho special went to Offden, whero an open-air meeting was held last night. From Ogden the party wont cant over tho 1'nion Pacific. Talks were made yesterday by Mr. TTnnlv and I r. T.andrlth at Price. Helper and Provo. An audience of about lonft persons, larco.lv H'diool child ron, hea rd the. prohibition leaders espouse their cause at I'rovo. |