Show PROHIBITION PLANK I ITO TO TOBE BE ADOPT D DBY BY BOURBONS T Tomorrows Tomorrow's o orrow s Convention Is Ready to T Take ke a Firm Stand NO FRILLS I ON ON IT I Meeting T Tonight May ay Provide Provide Provide Pro Pro- vide for N Naming ing of State C Committee m ite Prohibition state wide and without and without any frills or language that may be misunderstood will come before the I Democratic state convention at the Grand theatre tomorrow and will likely be incorporated in the p party platform Since the announcement announcement in THE TELEGRAM I yesterday that the prohibition pro question would come before the convention lea leaders ers of the party patty I have held several conferences and have agreed that a resolution on on the question should be presented to the convention The proposed resolution will pledge the candidates s of the party in Utah both state and national to work for forstate forstate forstate state wide and nation wide prohibition at the earliest possible moment Those who have hav this thiis resolution in charge chargo declare that they do not favor favora a constitutional amendment on the liquor question as they argue that such an amendment would delay the matter for brat forat at least two years and possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly four or six ye years rs The resolution which the Convention conven convention Conven- Conven tion will be asked to adopt will will- call for state wide prohibition just as soon as it is possible to pass and enforce enforce en en- force uch such a law If it is presented in the form proposed today it willbe will willbe willbe be decidedly short and well to the point Another question which will likely I como before the tho convention tomorrow I will be that of the election of a state committee Members of the party who are in favor o of having the state committee named at the convention tomorrow instead of waiting until the regular st state te convention point out that Salt Lake county will elect its county committee tee on Oil April 14 and that thai I the state committee should be el ele ted at aLibis lUis time lime so that it il may be bo in good working order at the time the national and state tickets are named It is pointed out that the committee might just as well be named tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row as at a later date and that it would be to the advantage of the party to namo the committee tomor tomor- row Meeting Tonight The state committee will meet a athe at atthe atthe the Hotel Utah at S o'clock tonight and it is likely that the committee will decide to put the question of the election of a new committee up to the convention tomorrow Should this action fail to crystallize at tonight's meeting it is pred predicted that a motion motion mo tion to that effect will be made before before before be be- fore the convention tomorrow and will be adopted by the committee on permanent organization and order o of business The question o of the election of a national committeeman promises to toI develop the real fi fight ht of the conven conven- tion Friends of William R. R Wallace I present national committeeman stated today that he lie would surely be re re- re- re elected They claim that his strength has been growing steadily during the thelast thelast thelast last few weeks weaks and that in the feeling feeling feeling feel feel- ing out process which they have conducted with out of town delegates delegate who arrived last night and today they are well satisfied with the outlook and that Wallace Vallace will be elected on the first ballot On the other hand friends of James H. H Moyle express confidence that their candidate willand will wil land the position and that he lie will be elected not later than on the second ballot Friends of William M. M Roylance Roylance Roylance Roy Roy- lance of Provo asserted today that tha the stock of the Provo man was going up every hour and that the other fellows fellows fellows fel fel- fel- fel lows would know that they had been in the race There is considerable talk today on the presenting of the name of a dark horse but Just who it will be no one seems prepared to toy say y The name of Frank K former r committeeman has been mentioned men men- a number of times but it is understood that Mr is no not and will not be a candidate That there will be no lack of at canI can can- I Continued on pare page 6 6 6 PROHIBITION PI fK I Continued from page 1 1 as delegates to the national l convention is assured Owing to ti the e large a number who have announced announce I their desire to go 0 to St St. Louis or ar are being urged by their friends it is libel the convention will decide to sent sen send d i sixteen delegates a half vote each h dh V b. b io Will Be Delegates Among those who have either anno an announced an- an no flounced themselves or are are being urged urge d t to i become candidates are Willa Willaam R R. Wallace national committeeman Con Con- James M M. Mays C C. P P. P Overfield Overfield Over Over- field treasurer of the state stale committee tee Daniel B B. Shields member of ot the leg leg- ture James Jame H H. Wolfe editor of ot th the e Survey C C. C C. who was a a. delegate dele dele- pate gate ate to the Baltimore convention J J. D D. SKeen n. n a local attorney Uncle Jesse Jess De e Knight night Thomas N N. Taylor and William Wil Wll liam M. llani-M. M Roylance of Provo Gideon Valentine and S S. S S. Smith ot of o n. n S S. R R. Thurman state chairman Evan Owen of ot Logan John F F. Tolton candidate fo tOt for governor four years ago Samuel W V Stewart who will likely be bea candidate a-candidate a for governor this year D David Bid jd H II Morris of ot St St. George a mem plem- plem b t r i 1 of the legislature so many terms term th that t the number has been forgotten S' S King Icing James II H. Moyle Frank rank K Nebel er W W. II King Mrs 1 B B. B T T. and anda a number of ot others The convention will be called t to order at the Grand theatre at 1 It t o'clock t h by v State Chairman S S. R R. Thurman After Atter the reading of ot the call Judge CC C C. C C. Richards will be Introduced as temporary tem tem- chairman and will deliver th the kd keynote ote speech Then will come th the naming namin of the committees on credentials creden creden- order of business and permanent organization and platform and resolution tion a after Cler which a recess will be taken until afternoon when the real work o ot of convention will commence It is considered likely that the fight tight for national committeeman and the resolutions and platform will take tale up the en entire entire entire en- en tire afternoon session and that the naming of ot delegates to the national convention will not be reached Until tint the night session at which time the state e committee will also likely be beed Lamed ed should the convention decide to name such a committee tomorrow u |