Show LOCAL OPTION in ill spite of the fact that both republicans public ans and democrats steered clear of the local option question in ill their state it is absolutely cert certain tin to cut an important fig ine in e in the campaign c throughout the state stale in most of the rural counties either eithe r the republicans or democrats have inserted a demand for a local option law in their platforms in some counties both have made the demand and in fit a rew few instances the legislative candidates have been instructed ted to this end the Riel richfield ifield reaper expressed express ei Us its views v bews on oil the subject iery pointedly as follows the local option wae is sweeping over the state and the people are demanding that aliat the sentiment be crystallized into a statute for the correction of the liquor traffic it looks as if both parties in ill this state are afraid of this his issue and fear in a political party is equal to coward 1 ice charges are arc male made that the liquor interests are getting gelling in fit their work among the po politicians this early in the fight aud and that both par lies were controlled by wen mn in the employ of the liquor interests no doubt in this his brief paragraph the reaper expresses the sentiments at af a majority of the voters of utah state journal |