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Show BIG FIGHT STAGED ON PROHIBITION Kobert W. Brown of Kentucky Sent to lOrganizc League to Oppose "Radical Legislation." According to the ropoits that ure current and items that uro published in daily papers', it seems tho national liquor association, as we.ll, no doubt, n3 nil local liquor interests in the state of Utah, are uniting for the final and greatest battle ever staged in the state of Utah for the defeat of prohibition. prohi-bition. Recently Robert W. Brown of Louisville, Louis-ville, Ky., arrived in Suit Lake City and begun laying the plans for the organization or-ganization of a Greater Utah Business League, and gave out tho information that the purpose of the league was to determine tho sentiment in tho state n3 regards radical and sumptuary legislation, leg-islation, and to educate tho peoplo to oppose such legislation. llo is quoted ns stating: "I regard prohibition ns radical legislation, and am opposed to a prohibition law." One of tho first persons in the state whom he visited was Governor Spry, whoi was so determined nt tho last session of the legislature that tho people peo-ple should not have a prohibition lnw that he refused to veto the prohibition bill tho legislature had passed until it was too late for them to pass it over his head. , It is quite an interesting coincidence that Mr. Brown should visit Governor Spry first, with his letter of recommendation recom-mendation from Governor Stanley of .Kentucky. He later visited other important im-portant citizens of tho stato, among whom it ia peculiar to note that tho names of come of tho leading liquor people of the stato nnd thosa who have been fighting prohibition in tho state, nro most prominent. They nro laying their plans to carefully care-fully puck tho state convention nnd tho county convention nnd. see to it that men are nominated upon the dif-fetent dif-fetent tickets who, if elected, will best servo their purpose to defeat prohibition, prohibi-tion, Every political worker in tho state and every voter should bo mndo thoroughly thor-oughly acquainted with tho true purposes pur-poses of the Greater Utah Business League. Offices .have been opened on tho fourth floor of the Atlas block Iff Salt Lake City and in Mr. Brown's private rooms at the Nowhousernotol, nnd.thoy ard reported to have$25,000 at their call now, with more to como if thoy-need it to defeat prohibition in tho state of Utah, Tho Republican party in tho state of Utah will stand for prohibition this fall and will see to it that no one ia nominated on the ticket who would stand in the way of giving this important import-ant law to the peoplo of tho state. A houso cleaning will bo indulged In and Spry nnd evory qthor person who have stood in tho way of prohibition prohibi-tion will bo eliminated from tho ranks of Republican workers thot tho people' of Utah may know that when tho Ie-pubJican Ie-pubJican ticket is selected this fall, thoy will jrivp tho people prohibition (and a governor "wiir be in tho chair who .will froC try to dictato to the legislators, leg-islators, tho representatives of the poopld, but will do their bidding, -and. if ho cannot conscientiously signxthe prohibition bill, ho will at lcnsthaVe sufficient respect for tho people and, 'tiejr official repro8entatlvcB,4hc "tftto legislators, to veto tho bill and send it back to thm in timo for thejn to pass Ht-iovor his head, if they should so hoose'. A , '-Gewin-lino for the house elenning. t;It'sfloming,Jn tho Republican ranks '.ttiis fall, American (MMtty) Eaglo. I; .. |