Show I CH MUST MOST COME cornE David Mattson l secretary Mattson-secretary secretary secret ry of state I Ihas has issued a statement in which he I says the time has come for the Legislature Legislature Legislature Leg Leg- LegI I of Utah to enact a statewide statewide state state- state state-I wide prohibition law and in an analysis an sis of the situ situation on declares that the the I people of the t e state ate want wa-nt prohibition and they will g get l it through the Legislature Legislature Legislature Leg Leg- and and tl thi of men in the i Legislature pledged pl lIged to prohibition I will be pe sufficient to pass the bill over I the veto of the chief executive e if such a veto should take place lIe He declares that the Republican party will sweep the tI e state if the platform to to tobe be adopted at g en contains a a 0 I provision for statewide prohibition and announces that he lie is in favor of wide state-wide prohibition and will make his campaign for tion as Is secretary of state on such a plat plat- 1 form ro rm It is plain to me said Mr 11 Mattson Matt 1 I Ison son that the people of this state want prohibition and It will wili be sure suicide for any political party to oppose op 1 01 pose the movement l Iu Much h has been heen said a about out su submitting this question to the people at a special election lection to tobe be provided for by the next Legis 1 lature If there were any reasonable grounds for uncertainty as to the temper of the people on tills this matter there might be some excuse for such sucha a proposition But it is simply a astall at astall stall for time and nothing more I ll t II Says People Demand It Iti i In n my opinion the people have I I already dY expressed themselves on ozi the question The result of the general I election two years ago goes to prove I I this l I Moreover the action I taken by a strong majority of the tile peoples people's s representatives in the 1915 session of the Legislature furnished irrefutable irrefutable irrefutable able evidence of what what the people wanted at that time tune If there has been a change in public sentiment since that time it has been to t intensify i sUy the popular demand for prohibition tion I In Iii view of existing conditions I II fall fail to see what the on- on I lists can hope to gain by y continuing their unconditional opposition to the I I movement There is no possible possible I chance to longer withstand the issue is ue I Regardless of f the political complex complex- complexion ion of the I next Legislature statewide statewide state slate wide prohibition will be provided by direct legislature enactment and if it becomes necessary it will be passed pass ed over the head of the executive who dares to veto it I II Consider the situation There are I nine holdover state se senators atos Eight t of this number are already on record record rec rec- rec ord for prohibition and each and every everyone one of them is determined to recoup the loss their cause sustained i in the last session when their earnest earnest earnest earn earn- est efforts were overridden by executive exe- exe executive executive exe exe- action These The o eight men are seasoned and prepared to lead the fight to a decisive conclusion Of the nine new senators to be e elected it is safe to presume that at least pledged to pro pro- five will be personally Hence the tho next Senate Is bound to have a working majority should even oven over the governors governor's veto such a situation arise |