Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-10-24 | Page 5 | Turns Meeting into a Rally

TURNS MEETING ! INTO A RALLY! I i NsMTiing that he had turned thoi meeting Into a political gathering I ly his remarks, many people leit the Tabernacle yesterday afternoon during an address by Judge A. W. A gee. As announced by the Weber stake MithoritioK. th.- meeting was in charge j of the Betterment league. Judge Age. is a member of this organization, but iv not a Mormon. The speaker, it Is reported, declared It: favor of D'-mocntcy and prohibition prohibi-tion durinc his remarks, and advocated advo-cated a state-wide prohibition. This,, many claimed, gave ihe meeting a ' political aspect and they refused to remain In the Tabernacle. Fnuu a carefully prepared inanu-j script Mr. Agoe undertook to show from the experience of other communities commun-ities outside of Utah lhat prohibition; had been successful and advocated 1 state-w ide prohibition for this state. Tho speaker declared ibat the Repu'- licans at tho recent ("iinty conven-j tion had flatly turned down RepreSen-l tatlves Fuller and Knglind because1 they were known to favor prohibition Mr. Age-o, always a Republican, was I chosen as a district committeeman from the Fifteenth district, but recently recent-ly sent a communication to County Chairman S. G. Dye refusing to servo and stating as his reason his opposition opposi-tion to the legislative ticket which has been named by tne Weber Republicans. Repub-licans. N'ephi Richards also, mmlo an sid-drcsn sid-drcsn ut the meeting. There was social lunsle by the Tabernacle Tab-ernacle choir. -