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Show RESOLUTIONS OF owe. III.1 The following resolutions were adopted at a Joloi meeting of the W. C. T. U of Ogden yesterday evening eve-ning "Whereas, a local daily paper, a majority of whese stock iB said to be owned b the National Brewers and Rational Wholesale Liquor Dealers I association and by local liquor inter ests, has been makins; frantic efforts to draw the UUb W. C. T. U. into the controversy caused by the attack of a W. C T V woman In another state, upon the Mormon church, there fore be it "Resolved. That we view these ef forts of the liquor organ with amuso ment, and look upon them merely a an effort to cause dissension betweer the Mormon and Gentile temperanci women of the state to prevent co-oj eration in future prohibition cam palgns, and, "Whereas, All the reports in Ogden Og-den and Salt Lake papers about a possible seceding o' the Utah W C T U from the National W. C T. U are without foundation, as the idea has never been discussed or even pro posed, at any meeting in the state-so state-so far as known to the Ogden W C T. U , therefore "Resolved, That the relations be tween the Utah W. C. T. U. and the National organization would be in any case a matter between ourselves to be decided first within our organization and always withoui dictation from liquor organizations or liquor papers, and be it further "Resolved. That no one of our Ogden Og-den members has any authority to either ei-ther attack or defend the Mormon church in the name of the W C. T L , either in eastern or local papers as we have never been requested to do either the one or the other by the only two Interests that have the right to prefer such a request Resolved That anv further editorial edito-rial attack b the abovf mentioned ds-per. ds-per. either upon our local or national organization will be looked upon by the Ogden W C T. U. as coming from our ancient enemy, the liquor traffic, and treated as such by ub. and we trust that the public will be astute enough to so regard the matter ' |