Show MERRY RAISED BY B F E GRANT salt lake papers are saying things anent prohibition these days intermountain inter mountain republican is forced to break its long silence as to prohibition and enters a denial to having sold to the liquor interests of this state the question which governor govermor Gov einor chose to is by far the biggest question the lagish ture turc of utah has had to deal with the deseret news nevis leads the tight of the iha press the herald as it usually does on all great questions affecting the state prints editorials on any subject under the sun except the one which is of the most gitil interest to the state ohp tribune is mildly in favor of the liquor traffic the inter mountain republican has maintained a discrete silence on this question while tigh lighting ting valiantly for alleged railroad misdoings mis doings the silence of the intermountain inter mountain has been broken by the f following ol lowing letter which appeared in a three column wide box on the front page of the news last fliday in heavy type and under the caption what is the answer 9 editor news A certain so allm newspaper in this cit which I 1 claims to print all the news all the time not urill fails to live up to its motto but actu actually aliv refuses to do its duh to the public in this respect As a citizen and taxpayer er of thi hi I 1 ag as al a fallee arid and feland frn nd 0 14 tle oung as a member of the church winch pledged its membership member hip at the last general conference confer erce to voik for prohibition as a republican who has given his time earls earll and late and of his means for the success of the party in pow power er a as a sub senbei to the intermountain inter mountain republican since it its beginning I 1 want to make a few beatt in na I 1 SA a lex questions As I 1 have reason to believe that a letter sent to the intermountain inter mountain re publican Dub lican would see the light of d ty v I 1 shall address this letter to the news which has shown a di disposition to be fair and to really print the news on both sides of public questions in the first place I 1 will cill call attention to the files of the Re which began a systematic agitation of the liquor question last fall before the 0 pening opening of the campaign neat boxes in conspicuous places were filled with excellent articles irti cles favoring suppression of the liquor business in utah to be sure these articles were printed on an old fashioned and inadequate pres but they had about them a ring of sincerity in centy that did my heart good and made me proud to be numbered among the earliest friends and staunchest supporters rf cf such a paper the indications were that a republican victory in utah was assured and that in view of the sentiments expressed by leaders of that party part yand and by its official organ prohibition legislation was likewise assured I 1 rejoiced accordingly as did federal officials who were prominent in fighting the saloons the brewers brewer and saloon men grew alarmed at the outlook they held a meeting and raised a purse of it is said with which to oppose prohibition As to what disposition they made of this fund I 1 have only rumor to indicate and I 1 will not repeat here what rumor says I 1 want to confine myself to facts fact 1 the intermountain inter mountain republican li an made a feature of box artial s favoring prohibition falt fact 2 the paper needed a new press and the party organization needed funds fact 3 the brew brewers rs wished to defeat prohibition and raised a fund for that purpose fact 4 republican installed a new press at an expense of several thousands of dollars fact 5 the republican discontinued its antis anti s biloon i loon articles with the installation of the new press fact 6 the federal officials are out fighting prohibition anowai now as earnestly as they once favored it fact 7 their organ gives space to articles against prohibition but fails or leouses to print article favoring such a liw anuw nu I 1 want ant to ak chy hy the lle c publican cub lican discontinued its well for prohibition when it bought its new pres P why dos it refuse to Dub publish lih all the news ill ane time on both sides aides of this controvert 7 why are the bedei il officials circulating the report that any prohibition law will be declared unconstitutional 9 why are they trying to prove by figures from the internal revenue collectors office that prohibition does not prohibit prohibits 7 why are members of that aggregation telling around that ary bill for prohibition passed by the present legislature eg will be vetoed by the governor what authority have they to say how the courts will construe the law or how bow the governor will treat the bill until a few of these questions are answered satisfactorily and the big significance ance of some of these facts explained away I 1 shall feel that my mv I 1 party fealty fealt has been abused and our lio liti I 1 ni im tai nitai tag fol foi a me mcf af rf poetic pot tic 13 F GRANT the herald and tribune both copied the letter and took a little fling at the attacked newspaper the inter pissed up tip the letter and the que question tion until sunday it then undertook 1 to deny the allegations and incidentally ci it tool took a fall out of the ical 1 16 lne ini answer in a front page box and rial ing red letters announces inn ounces our answer the republican has not been bought noi is it controlled by an railroad interest nor by any brew brecey ey e y or liquor interests never for one daa da in its three sears bears honest labor for thu people has any railroad or salton or brewery or any adiv man or any any woman influenced the republican to deviate from that straight course the republican never advocated prohibition or anti prohibition advocates on both sides were invited to state their views and articles on both sides when farly fairly and temperately written were freely printed and the paper has unnumbered times advocated reform of existing evils this paper stands for temperance and tolerance and progress in utah merry has been raised ba b this temperance question the opposing factions are at each others throats the herald treats the question when it does refer to it in a vein of levity the tribune traces the whole trouble to the church the intermountain inter mountain has been silent until now and the news has entered into the spirit of the tha question with vim and vigor |