| Show REPUBLICAN PLATFORM SO 80 CLEVER THAT 11 BOSSES NOW HAVE NO PROMISE TO KEEP KP That the Republican platform adopted at the state tato convention con held In Ogden OKIen on September 26 1910 a as far as ns the liquor question In Utah Is IB concerned is 18 the most ambiguous that has ever over been en adopted by any state convention In the history of or the United States Is Ie the tho admission ad- ad mission minion now no mado made by leading leading- members member of the party Some Sonic Republicans say It was clever It was 35 nil all things s to all aU mn mAn and was construed to mean one thing thing- In one county county coun coun- ty and another thing in another county according to charges ts t's openly made mado and reiterated In itt the last fow few days das In the Joint sessions of senate fInate and house committees committees com corn which arc are considering the liquor bills bill presented That the word went out from the Republican Re Re- publican central committee that different Interpretations should be taught In different counties has hils also been openly rh fL Vot Voters In some s. s par par- those in the south were ere told that If It th the Republicans w were rc suc successful no liquor would be sold In Utah outside cities clUes of or the first t. t second and third clause classes Republican members of ot the tho present legislature have havo declared that had this not been the understanding under of or orthe the voters they would not have bc been n elect elected Ad This Is particularly true of representatives es 8 of at counties that thai have no no city lot of the first second or third class clas' with within n their boundaries In other counties tho people were led lea leato to believe 6 that the count county would be bo dry of cities and incorporated towns tons In still other sections the they were told that tho the platform meant that tho the counties counties coun coun- ties tics outside of or and towns would be bea a voting unit The rho Republican platform on all the tho liquor question as adopted at Ogden en is 1 a gem It t is worthy orth of careful Of consideration something which It did not receive at the thIS hands of oC the Democratic speakers during the tho last campaign Here It Is Who Knows What It Means Upon the tho Important question of liquor legislation the Republican party part stands In favor or of or that legislation which will most effectively suppress the evils of or Intemperance It regards results of ot more importance than rhetoric It d does s not belo believe that a question so 80 vital to tho the best interests or ot our people should bo be made mado the football of ot party politics and a dragnet to capture votes ote Wo Ve believe that Utah should profit b by tho the experience of ot others and not adopt legislation which I however well intended will under existIng existing exist exist- ing log conditions prove pro a disappointment to the real advocates ad of temperance We therefore declare upon this question as follows l 1 In favor ra of at a law Jaw prohibiting the sale or other dl disposal po pol l of or Intoxicating Intoxicating- liquors iu JIl any and all places placeR outside of oC the limits of the Incorporated te cities and providing pro that all that part of at a county outside of at the cities of first second and third class shall constitute a n. voting yoUng unit for tor the determining determining- of the liquor clues ques tion 2 Providing also so for local option within tho limits of or such Incorporated I cities clUes and the county units as set sel forth above with appropriate provisions for forthe forthe the tho submission to the tho qualified voters i thereof at a a. special election of ot the qu question question ques ques- tion as to whether the sole sale of any such liquors within such cities clUes or county units shall Rhall be permitted or 01 prohibited and we pledge the Republican legislature to put this provision into operation by appropriate appropriate appropriate laws within ninety days after the adoption thereof 3 3 In nn an any such city or county count unit where a majority of or tho the qualified elector electors elec elec- tore tors having voted upon such lIuch question shall not declare for prohibition wo we fa favor favor favor fa- fa vor the limiting and controlling of or tho sale and disposal of or liquors within tho the limits thereof under high license and strict regulations It Not Not a Football of or Course It does docs not believe that a question so 50 vital to tho the best interests of or our people should be made the tho football of party politics to capture votes The open charge charSe ha has been beon made mado time and time again during the meeting of ot the Joint committee that this was Just the purpose of the tho platform And tho the platform Itself proves tho the charge A prominent member of or tho Republican party who stumped a a. large part of ot the state durIng dur dur- tn ing the last campaign said yesterday In m my opinion the tho Republican platform platform plat plat- form adopted at the Ogden convention was one ono of ot the most cleverly erly worded platforms ever er constructed It was so worded that any campaign speaker could preach prohibition or local option accordIng according according accord- accord Ing to the locality In which he was in More than once during the campaign I feared that someone might bo present who had heard beard a speech of or mine In some other count county and ask ak mo me to explain Sn what I 1 meant by my change chango In attitude Too Much for tor Supreme Court It has hils been suggested that tho the matter of ot Interpreting Interpreting- the platform be left lert to tho the supreme court of the state but It Is understood un un- un- un that the members of ot that high Judicial body do not care to assume the tho responsibilities of oC deciding the tho question It hat has been suggested In the Joint committee that the matter of or deciding what the tho party should stand aland for be left lert to a caucus 0 of the Republican members of or tho the pr present legislature And while It Jt may really come como to that It is safe fae to say that the caucus cannot decide the question for the simple reason that what was be be- be ed to be the platform on the tho liquor question In one section had an entirely different Interpretation In another sec tec- tion Some of or the members of at the Joint committee committee com corn have havo announced that they proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed to stand by hy the interpretation put on the platform b by some speakers speaker Others In Insist that tho they are going to stand on the platform as Interpreted by speakers In their section Still others have an announced announced an- an flounced that they do not nol propose to take the interpretation of or any Tom Toni Dick or Harr Harry but will take tho the platform plat plat- form as they understood It All of or which means mean that before the fight on tho the liquor bill Is Js ended In tho the present legislature and a bill In is passed If any nn- ny vcr ever ls Is Is there thero Will win bo be a H fight that will make the tho famous cats look like a couple of orl doves of or peace |
