Show s ilor the debret news new prints the following letter under the caption how about thi senator sevy panguitch utah feb rab 13 1909 hon nephi L morris et a al 1 committee of miss meeting sali salt lake city uta gentlemen in behalf of the republican organization of garfield counte count relative to prohibition I 1 beg leme aae to emphatically sa sy that the campaign in garfield county vl was as cairies to republican bictory on a prohibition platform hon john N henrie henne represent itne itie of the twenty third district ii nis is elected on the platform that pledged its representative to do all in his boner boer to curb and put out of coniam commisa com mist on oil the liquor business HON R W SEVY SENATOR TENTH DISTRICT INAS ALSO ELECTED ON A prohibition PLATFORM the file democrats of this county had no platform that then the put before the people trusting in an en b bv the present legislature of a tate nide prohibition measured measure beg to remain respectfully cours HANS P iphon bounty chairman we wint nant w int to go just a step or two further in this matter here is the prohibition plink in the platform upon which senator sey made his banass cam ass during the list ast elce election tion we feel that the time is ripe 1 ihen I hen the prohibition mo ement that thas been started in this state vill take definite form and we pled pledge geto to the people of this district that our corrinee non nor inee rinee if elected to the striate senate of the state of utah will ue his on en daitor to enact laws in older aider th it tile the people of the state may be able to suppress the damning in flu enic of the sale of in catine liquors to tile the bolth of our state and to this end we urge that aery legitimate legit imite means thalean that can ie ic brought to bear hall be used in furth arnace of f th t c moi movement emwrit the aboe was vas adopted by the re publican senatorial co conen mention tion for the tenth district which was held qt it june tion piute diute county on july jull ath from the date of thu the adoption of the boe abone it will ill readily be seen that the temperance arid and prohibition questions acre lefore the people long anor to the election and when alleged statesmen get up in ili the legiel legislature iture and sai the question is a new one to then them t they he y di ducloe cloe t A v ignorance igno rince on matters which legislators should be v veil ell aara of it is something tom ething of a di disgrace grace for a man ilka holman a prof professed ebbed news newspaper papel man to say h neier heard of prohibition prior to the elLe diction tion he must have ted his exchanges shamefully to show where senator sevy setty stands we C reproduce the following letter from the reaper of august 1103 1908 this was nas in reply to a letter from W 11 Seeg the head of the anti saloon league of this county 1 I im am in receipt of our favor faor of the and regret not ans answering vering soonee but hikoju t rc returned turned from richfield and found your letter here on roy my return I 1 would hane hae blen bien erl eri much pleased to have had a talk with ou cu along the lines of prohibition and local option but as I 1 will nil again be in richfield I 1 will say that I 1 strongly favor faor a law along these lines arid and if elected I 1 will do all in ili my power to enact them wishing iou ou the best of success in this your most laudable undertaking and trusting that I 1 vill ml soon have the pleasure of having a talk with y you OU on the temperance question I 1 a am in yours very truly R W SEVY we did not believe that out senator sevy v go back on his party platform and the above letter we believed the deseret nen s and herald to hate hale misplaced the name of senator ena sevy in their for forecast ecat of senate action we believed mr sevy would tand stand by his political arid and personal pledges and vote for the prohibition ri measure leasure ahen it came ur up for pass age in the senate we were mistaken sevy flopped and we beliech that the brewers and whiskey interests are his real masters he has betrayed the people of the four counties comprising the tenth district at the junction convention last july joseph eckersly of loa was nas a candidate for the nomination of senator he was defeated by sey and his friends we were sure at that time that mr mir eckersly was the more competent man for forthe the position of senator Re now a e know it po c ly ayi mr sevy sev y has basteen been in inthe the senate enate for several weeks and the only notoriety he has attained is in his name being mentioned and always alaa associated with A ith the men ft A ho ft ere known to be with the whiskey hiskey and brewers brews rs interests |