Show prohibition convention some inside history on pledges senator sevy is placed in unenviable light sevier county favors prohibition could senator avy of the tenth district have heard the discussion of the prohibition question and the inside history of his pledges pled fies to the people of this district as to his action on prohibition prior to the vote on the cannon bill in the senate his action c c od o ld d hc bc b c been somewhat different unless there were stio neer reasons than appear upon ubon the surface and for that matter mr air sevy can have no justification fol foi allowing alIo Yin other reas ons ins tc eit thin than those which can call and should appear the mass convention ot of the sevier county republican liean prohibitionists met in the richfield opera house houe on monday afternoon 0 owing ing to the hurried method and mann manner r in chich aich the matter was taken up there was not as large a gathering as thele would have been under more f favorable fao a crable rable circumstances the toads of joseph elsinore monroe central glenwood venic benic sigurd and Riel richfield ifield had delegations and these announced their towns a as strongly in favor of prohibition salina was anas heard from in a message that the roads were ere in too bad a lon con for but that delegates would be appointed locally to attend the salt lake convention anda dising ising the convention that salina republicans were in faor of prohibition the first busi business noss of the convention was wab the nomination and election of ft C nn as and jonathan lio li a Sti tildy james al peterson read the petition for a mass convention which hid been signed by a number of leiding leading republicans willis jonnson was called upon to to state the object of the and he told ot of his connet connection with the movement he became an ardent prohibitionist ant ane although lie he had been warned that his hib advona advocacy v of that cause would injure his business he did not believe there was a man with any sense of justice who would deny him the right of american citizenship to advocate any cause he believed to be right he made a strong plea in favor of the prohibition movement and a strong denunciation of any ani man who would be false to his pledges and asserted thit that a large majority of the people of this section are in faor of prohibition and that when a majority favors any matter the majority should rule that where the will of the ma jonty has been expressed their legislative members have no rights in the matter other than to work for that demand of the people ile he asserted that men ahu had pledged themselves to any line and then had gone back on these pledges wab a traitor to the people and to the cause senator johnsonb remarks were received with a good deal of enthusiasm a 1 sm raymond hanks aas invited to adds the convention he said that this prohibition campaign was one of the greatest erea test ever launched and in at it present that this was one of the greatest battlefields in the history of the c where a common enemy wab leing fought history records the early struggles of individuals against this foe of the human race concerted movement was not tried in ill the early history of the struggle ce had claimed its victims from tin highest as well as ah the lowest stratas of society in all ages until it became I 1 national enemy in every antry and ib still the greatest undefeated enem enema of mankind referring to the personal rights argument he said that it would be cheaper to take every saloon keeper in the land and set him up in ill some legitimate and pour riches upon him than to allow him to continue in his career a a seller of liquor which scattered destruction in every direction in III the matter of the ri revenue canue from the s ale of liquor he said that though every c cry street in richfield and all the towns of the county in ind every road in the courty were paved from such source it would not pay for one soul ruined by the saloon liquor had continued on page 8 prohibition convention continued from page 1 I claimed more vilums than the ravages of war and disease mr fr hanks asserted that the time had ome for the instruments of legislation to be applied to lo the cancer of the liquor traffic and have it removed from the body politic the demand of today is for prohibits e legislation by and for the people the war of the reo revolution lution hid its benedict arnold but the man who proves traitor to the people in this light fight his skirts are stained deeper than those of that il lustrous traitor I 1 he opposing opp obine army mai 3 ya win in ahli battle at present but they will never neer win jn the vw voir v w the winning at present will be by the ambush and the skulking methods and the saloon keeper and the scarlet woman oman will rejoice but when the war is won it v will ill be the mothers and fathers who ho will rejoice m the downfall of the liquor traffic mr hank was interrupted frequently with applause and a storm of applause apu lause greeted the clo closing ing sentence parley magleby stated that in view of the employment of the word traitor he would like to hear what the platform said upon which ber senator vater sevy was vas elected he rather deplored the employment or 01 such harsh terms unless theia was nias for thorn thom G II 11 jones hastened for a copy of the reaper cot coi taming the platform and while he wab away aay there ual MAS some orne further discussion of the object of the meeting arthur henrie N want at td ld to know what po possible sible good could be accomplished in sending a delegation to salt like lake in bew of the senates en ates action last saturday batur day I 1 mrs J M lauritzen Launtz cn replied to mr air henrie by a asking aking king him what nhat good it had accomplished to hae the declaration cl of independence signed the chaliman ch ariman then ihen stated to mr henrie henne that a telephone message from mr B P F grant had stated that the cannon bill was not dead and that a mass co convention mention was nab more necessary now than ever eer before mr henrie henne stated that he did not wish lah to be misunderstood as he was as as strong a prohibitionist an any man in richfield Rich held and he wanted to assist in the work ork to his utmost atmo ability mr jones had returned with the plank of the platform and this vs as read A letter to the chairman of the anti saloon league was al also alo o road in which senator sev pledged himself to work vork for prohibition As an added touch to the picture of sev s faith faithlessness s lewis jones asked permission to ile he related the circumstances of the co convention mention fiedt at junction last july wh n scy and joseph eckersly of lot loi wire opp opposing candidates air jones was ab one of the lonroe delegates and the delegation armed late the forces of the opposing candidates were nere lined up and the monroe Jele rates found themselves with the balance of power sevy solicited their votes to land hirn him the nomination the monroe delegates stated to mr air sevy that monroe was nas strongly strong in favor of prohibition hibi tion and they wanted anted a distinct dib statement from him is as to his position lie he then and there unqualifiedly pledged himself to support prohibition if elected to tn office on that as assurance urance the monroe de degites east their votes for sey scy and he succeeded ead in getting the nom iton by by those tho c votes oms time later lr jol LR asked trevy arain again as s to his position pO Eillon on the prohibition movement and again tho the ac of support ing the prohibition movement moc ment was wab given after the legislature had bad been I 1 in session mr lr jones met senator sea deion on the train and again he t to him on the prohibition movement ana wag wa assured by the senator that he would support the this was mighty interesting history and timely to the convention magnus nielsen was and stated that while ho he was not there to defend senator sevy he believed there had been a change chance and a in terms and that local option had been meant when prohibition was in mentioned e rationed lie he was satisfied thit th it mr sevy would work for local option and that he should not at this time be either censured or called a traitor willis johnson took exception to the hints thrown out that he had branded sevy as a traitor ile he disclaimed all intention to cast eions on sevy but he repeated his charge that any man pledged to any line of action who went back on oil this pledge is a traitor J 11 erickson was not in faor of epithets or accusations until the grounds ground were well established he had suffered erLd somewhat from these names and epithets and had been branded as an insurgent because he had dared to differ in his opinions with others ile he conceded the right of difference of opinion to all men and wanted judgment withheld until the facts were all considered ile he declared dic lared fully in line with the prohibition movement but counseled counsel cd tor temperate action and speech ifor on motion of J M peterson there then was a roll call of the towns and the towns mentioned above were shown I 1 to be on mr lr dersons af pf ter sons motion each town was assi assumed ened delegates dele eates to silt lake city as follows fol lowa joseph I 1 elsinore bl 1 bigard 1 I monroe AI onroe 0 salina and richfield as many as could bo be found who would attend and a nd this assured a delegation of at least leas t 25 from the county on motion of parley magleby it was decided to send a telegram to senator sevy asking him to use his utmost endeavor to delay final action on the cannon bill until after the convention of republican prohibit zionists ine inc convention then adjourned |