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Show CITIZENS LAUNCH . "DRY" CAMPAIGN First Gun Fired in Fight for Putting Ogden on "Dry" List Next June Largely Attended Mass Meeting Held at Tabernacle Name Executive Committee to Fight Against "Wets." I. -H-4-r -t- -- Officers and executive com- -t- mittoo of the organization -t- which will carry on Ogdeu's -f f- "dry campp,,TP. during the 4- next ten weeks: Chairman David O. McKay, -t -f Vice Chairman Jtcv. . . v -- Fisher. -f Secretary Samuel G. Dye. -t- Committeemen A. W. Agee, -f Hyrum Bolnap, C. C. Richards , -f- James Wotherspoon and J. -f f Frank Prcshaw. -t- f The, eight members of this 4- f- "body are authorized to formu- -f- f- late plans and carry on the -f campaign work with the as- -f sistance of an auxiliary organ- ization in each of the bovou- teen districts of tho city. -f f -- T- -T Tbo first meeting of a campaign which is calculated to put Ogden on tho "dry"llsl of cities in Utah after June 27 was held nt tho tabernacle last evening. A permanent campaign organization was perfected with David Da-vid Or McKay, president of tho Ogden Betterment Leuguo, nt Its head as chairman of tho general cbmmitteo. From the standpoint of Interest displayed dis-played In this, the initial step for a closed Ogden, the results were very satisfactory to the leaders in tho movement. More than five hundred people, this number being about equally equal-ly divided as to men aud women, assembled as-sembled to hear the nddrcs8esby Ne-phi Ne-phi iMorrls, president of the Salt Lake stake, Rev. F. V Fisher, pastor of the First Methodist church; David O. McKay nnd others. Want the Vote of Women. The campaign was launched by the Ogden Betterment leaguo and consequently conse-quently prominent members in this organization or-ganization wero most active in the formation of the central body last ovening and will bo seen most prominently prom-inently in the movement to follow, A determined effort will be made to secure se-cure the co-operation, as well as votes, of tho women In tho "dry" campaign and ono of the duties of the executive committee will be to promote the formation for-mation of auxiliary organizations of women voters in each of the seventeen seven-teen districts. Tho qnthuslasm displayed by those in the large audience Inst evening would seem to Insure an active Inter est and ample co-operation In tho ap proachlng campaign President Morris, Mor-ris, who Is one of the inoBt prominent tuinperancc workers In tho Btto, congratulated con-gratulated the Betterment League and Ogden City in general for the Interest shown at tho outset ot the Important movement and predicted great things for the campaign committee, resulting ultimately In a "dry" Ogden Letter to the Presidency. David O McKay acted as chairman of the meeting and during his introductory intro-ductory remarks he read a letter j which had been addressed to tho First Presidency, of tho Mormon J church by tho committee composed of i David O. McKay, F V Fisher and John M. Bluth and representing tho Betterment League He also read the ' reply to this letter The reading of the6e letters was calculated to allay any apprehonsion regarding the use of the tabernacle for the campaign meeting and thus forestall any controversy con-troversy such as aroso last summer when it was charged that a political meeting had been held in tho taber-! nacle. The letters were as follows: Ogden, Utah, April 6, 1911. I Presidents Joseph F. Smith, Anthou ! H Lund, John Henry Smith: Tho First Presidency Church of Jc- j sii8 Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt , Lake City, Utah. ' Dear Brethren- I The board of Ogden Betterment League has for sometime past been endeavoring to create a public sentiment senti-ment In favor of needed social and chic reforms. Efforts, to this end hnvo been directed particularly toward to-ward the liquor traffic Wo were Just In the midBt of carrying out a schemo to cloao tho saloons In Weber county when the two political parties took up the question last fall When your Instructions appeared, suggesting that meeting houses be not used for purposes pur-poses that could be construed to favor fa-vor either political party, no matter under what gulso the meeting waB called, the league cancelled Its appointments ap-pointments and suspended nctlve op- j orations until after the elections When meetings were resumed tho league was confronted with the question ques-tion Will the authorities of the church grant the league the privllego of using the ward meetings houses for the purpose of carrying on our campaign for betterment purposes? Some of us said decidedly yes; but In order to satisfy those who find difficulty In makiu a distinction between be-tween the effect of meetings held during dur-ing a warm pSlIticnl campaign and those held now for betterment pur-poseSj pur-poseSj the board appointed a commit- teo of three to obtain If possible an expression from you upon 'this point. Trusting you can favor us with an early reply, we are, With sentiments of esteem, Very sincerely yours, (Signed.) Committee. Presidency's Indorsement. Salt Lako City, Utah. April 11, 1911. Messrs. David O. McKay, F. V. Fisher, Fish-er, John V. Bluth, Committee of Betterment Bet-terment League, Ogden, Vlflb: Dear Brethren: Answering your favor of the 6th inst, regarding the question of the propriety of the Ogden Betterment Leaguo's using the meeting houses of the j church for tho purpose of bringing about social and civic reforms, vo will say that there Is no objection whatever what-ever to your using the churches for that purpose, providing, of course, that you make suitable arrangements with the bishop of the ward, or those who may be In charge It is understood, under-stood, however, that our places of worship are not to bo used for political polit-ical purposes, but for preaching of the gospel, temperance, sobriety and purity in all forms, our doors are al-wavs al-wavs open. "Very respectfully, JOSEPH F. SMITH AXTHON H. LUND, JOHN HENRY SMITH. (Signed.) First Presidency. McKay Addresses Meeting. After a brief address along the general gen-eral linos of the temperance movement move-ment Mr. McKay stated that tho Bot-torment Bot-torment League had hceu chosen to lead the campaign in this city and this body had taken the liberty" to outline a plan for carrying on tho work to tho best advantage. This plan was the selection of a general or executive ex-ecutive committee, to consist of a chairman, vice chairman, secretary and five other members John V. Bluth had been selected as temporary tempo-rary secretary of the meeting and Mr. McKay Invited those present to pro ceed with the organization of a permanent per-manent campaign body. A. W Agee moved that the chairman chair-man apjwint a committee of seven to bring in nominations for the permanent perma-nent body and Chairman McKay named nam-ed A. W. Agee, John Watson. S S Smith, E. A. Olson, Hyrum Bcluap, O. A. Kennedy aud W. O. Ridges. This committee retired and Rev. F. V. Fisher Fish-er was introduced. Tho Methodist pastor opened his remarks re-marks with a humorous story illustrating illus-trating tho point that the people of Ogden now have a chance to wipe out tho saloon and that there would be no confusing the question with some other political Issue. His brief address ad-dress was a forceful presentation of the question which is soon to bo answered an-swered by the yoters of this city and his remarks were met with liberal lib-eral applause. Morris Prophecies Dry. Chairman McKay then Introduced Nophi L. Morris, the principal speaker speak-er of tho evening In reference to the large audience of Interested people peo-ple President Morris stated that if there were any weak-kneed peoplo in Salt Lake they should come to Ogden and acquire some strength. "I really believe Ogden will go dry next June." continued the speaker and the remark re-mark was followed by hearty appla'uso. Mr. Morris then told his audlcnco of the difficult fight that must be waged against the liquor Interests and Illustrated tho strength of the "booze" Industry by stating that the intrepid Roosevelt was a man who liked to fight bears, had not been able to 'find game big enough in America and had gone to Africa In search of lions, "yet Roosevelt hasn't yet tackled the whisky trust " In connection with the liquor question ques-tion Mr. Morris impressed upon his listeners the need of electing capable men as commissioners when this city takes its flm ballot on that proposition. proposi-tion. He said that a law was effective effec-tive only to the extent of the efficiency and height of character of tho man enforcing that law. For moro than a half hour the Salt Lako man held the undivided attention atten-tion of every person in the large audience audi-ence and his remarks were along tho lines of municipal government and law enforcement rather than on the subject of demoralization resulting from drink. In conclusion he asked tho people of Ogden to go ahead and vote out the saloon no matter what Salt Lake did Nomination Committee Reports. At the conclusion of this address the nomination committee made Its report, offering the following In nomination nom-ination for places In tho executivo committee: Chairman. David O. McKay. i Vlco chairman, F. V. Fisher Secretary. Samuel G. Dye. j Committeemen, A W. Agee, Hyrum Belnap, C. C. Richards, James Wotherspoon Wother-spoon and J. Frank Preshaw There wero no other nominations and these wero unanimously choscu as tho campaign executivo committee. ! During the courso of the ovoning j there wore vocal selections by the tabernacle quartette and organ selections selec-tions byt Prof Whittler. Before the meeting adjourned all wero thanked by Chairman McKay for their co-op-erntlon In making the affajr a success Mr Agee also Invited all so disposed to become members of the Betterment League and a number of new members mem-bers wero thus obtained After a benediction ben-ediction the meeting adjourned |