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Show ,r B (Political Advertisement) . ;' ' - 1 PROHIBITION IN DANGER The Republican party of Utah is playing its old game obedience to a request from the Royal Arch, an associa- 1 B of duplicity with the voters. It is showing one face in the tion of saloon men. in the town. open and another and different face in secret. In plain. .' ,. , - . - 4, nn,,Ki;,n ' I terms, it is posing as a champion of. prohibition in the out- AcCJdl.u r ment .between the Republican i lvina towns of the stite -rnd nnkin" bargains with the party and the Greater Utah Business League, which is . I iuuor interests in Salt kfcitv bargams -lUl merely the Brewers' Association, this latter organization' A liquor interests ln salt . is to declare in favor of Mr. Bamberger in the country, so I fl Listen to the facts in the case: as to throw prohibition votes to Morris, and at the same E . ' time to declare for Morris in the city in order to capture I . 0n the night of October 23rd last a clam supper was . the ,iquor voteg for him Xhig is to be done through 1 given in a cafe m Salt Lake City. There were present be- marked ballots and letters sent to its members. B tween 200 and 300 persons women of the town, profes- - I sional panderersi gamblers and the baser clement of the Such is the face which the Republican party is show- I B city generally. The gathering did not break up till after ing the saloons and dives of Salt Lake City a face red- jk I 4 o'clock in the morning dened by drink and coarsened by nightly carousals. I Besides these, there were present the Republican can- ' But in the country towns the party exhibits quite an- I I didate for County Clerk, the Republican candidate for Sher- other countenance. There it uses cosmetics freely. It iff, and 2 Republican candidates for the Legislature. These assumes a pious air. Its main theme is prohibition how-gentlemen how-gentlemen were at the meeting, sitting at the tables with the Nephi L. Morris has made a long fight for the principle, rest, from about half-past one till after three in the morn- how he is the prohibition candidate pre-eminently. While ing. its cards declaring for prohibition are torn down in the ... ' liquor districts, they blare out their hypocritical "message ' nr ?f thcse Peons: the candidates, made speeches. in the counlry undisturbed. In the moral communities One telked at some length. Another candidate said he its workers promise prohibitibh within six months. In would give them a square deal. The third candidate the city districts they promise a postponement of liquor - : " was then introduced and spoke. legislation and, when it comes, compensation at the tax- c i It is positively known that this is but one of a number payers' expense the breweries and the saloon fixtures are of such gatherings recently held,. and that candidates for .. to be bought with the taxpayers money, office on the Republican ticket have mad And when they are asked whether they can "deliver the ol them. goods," they answer: ."Have we not done so in the past? Yesterday afternoon (Sunday, October 29) the Libertv Havp we not delayed prohibition in Utah in the face of a League, an organization composed of brewery workers and . popular demand; fdr it?,; . ; We said that Governor Spiy . v :. : ' bartenders, held a meeting in Eagles' hall, on West Temple . . would veto a prohibition bill, and he did. We promised arid Second South street. Those present were given sam- ' : V an open town if Mont Ferry was elected,. and Salt Lake is pie ballots, which they marked s;anstru'cted, '-.and which ; "ow'an open to:wn. And this reasoning brings" the sa- I they are keeping for election day. One of '.'these, marked ;' " :' - - " loon vote.- -: . .. , - . ': Q ballots is in the possession of thcle Democratic Cpn;.j;;;. : ' Now, will the people of Utah stand for this double- ''. . '. I 5?rutV.0n thw ballot the names of Simon mberger ;and. dealing? Will they put into power once more a party .' I W. H. King are scratched, and a cross is put after those of thatf. has over and over again turncd their dearest hopes I Nephi L. Morris and George Sutherland., ? .. . ., into ashes, that has defeated them on every turn of the 1 ' The underworld in Salt Lake City is beingTOunded up - - .r?.a.()t ' - ,. E for the Republican ticket. Prostitutes and gamblers are iii; ;t To adopt an old saying, if a party fools you once, shame." J . '" 6 being intimidated to work and vote for the Republicans.' M i;' -'en it; if it fools you twice, shame on you; but if it fools you '. time and again what shall we say? One day recently there were somecards in-the street , - : I cars of Salt Lake City asking, people to "Vote for Morris v' - .. (Signed). MATIIONIHAH THOMAS i. and Prohibition." The next1 day they were removed, in ' : Chairman Democratic State' Committee I mii - ,L, ..... Jj;mya. ; 1 |