Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-20
LIQUOR men NOW
WILL ORGANIZE | [:
Lodge Of Knights Of the Royal
Arch to be Installed III
Salt Lake.
FIGHT IS ON PROHIBITION 3 ]. @ !.
10 Campaign Funds.
However. Not Part Of the Policy,
According to Charter Member.

.,The organizat ton will be non-polit n
ical in every RESPECT and will not con-
tribute to any campaign fund, but II
the party in power, or the party which
expects TO be in power, takes action
against our interests, then5we Will be
against them.' i
The statement was made TO the
News this morning by John Condron
of the Cullen hotel. a member OF the
knights Of the Royal Arch, an organi-5
zation to be completed in this city to-
morrow evening. The meeting viii be
held at the Eagles hall, Second, South
and West Temple street. at o'clock.
anr. will be attended by saloonmen and
those directly interested in the liquor
traffic.
1t is announced that the object of
the organization is for the protection
of the liquor business and to- COMBAT
prohibition and it Is proposed. after
the local organization Is effected. to
form a state Organization 1t is stated
that5tlle order is u fraternal and bene-
fetal one, and there are now so chart
er members Of the local lodge. At to-
morrow evenings meeting officers will
be, elected for the ensuing year.
CHARTER MEMBERS. s
Last evening. John Hoist, grand val
liant commander of California, and W.
3 C. Wood, grand lieutenant commander
Of the same state, arrived here to
complete the organization. The charter
members are as follows;
George "A, Whitaker, II. II 81 Weld, Z L.
( II. Goulet, NJ. Il. Mulyey, H Berry
man, William Baer, George y. Roper
Karl II. Mayer, sig Simon, :. H. Rea-
gan, ". w Davis, Charles II. Flske,
Ben Hartwick, Fred Knster. e. H.
Kelley. julius Frumkin, julius Gauer.
Joseph Hanak, A. j. Byron. Frank
Nenzell, b. p. Eek Frank Lotteri, q.
T. Brown, G. S. Holmes. John Condron.
T 9. II. Murphy, r. f. Wineman, Shin
min & Co, N. NJ. Rosenblum, b. Day,
idson, A. Fred Wey, j. I. Jakenan
b. NJ. Harmon. r. $. sleater ~.
SCHNEIDER, u. W, Elliott. r. g. Elmer y
Fritz sspringnlan, T. L. Willie, 9. g.
Idemenway, g. r. Bates, Henry Luce
/ stein. Al *. Swain. G. "A. Denhalter,
FRANK All AAdam Snyder. i z: SS}lsoh'
L IA. p. L,ytle, E. Schiller, F. IL. Stewart,
James Reilly.
"sTRICTLY5 MORAL
Speaking Of the object Of the visit s
| here and the purpose of the organlSaal
lstion, MI. Hoist said: -.
.yVe have come here to organize III
lImen directly Interested IN me irqu N.Y.
business here into lodge Of TIM
knights OF the Royal Arch,a fraterna
Denomination, which is promulgated 70 70
the purpose of protecting saloonmei
| in their legitimate business. to hgh
anti-saloon legislation and too strons
restrictions and prohibition.
zone of the first purposes OF GU
4 ~. ~. 1Nttk Ink dJ mil
4 regulated. We claim that 1t is bette
4 to have regulation that regulates Tn al
prohibition that does not prohibit.
4. eve believe that the saloonnlel
themselves should be the ones to tax
care of their business and see ina
i every man in the business runs 1T &C
| cording to the law. We belleve IN &C
A quaintlng the public with the Iact tiia
4 in raising the license, the very place
il#they want to reach--the dives an
4 prorgeries-are better abiesto pay hig
4 license than men trying to run q legi
! innate business. 81, s.
4 ut has been often stated, and !
i is a known fact. according to stats
i tics of the United States labor bureau
that in prohibition stat there IS MOI OF
4 LIQUOR sold than@in places where tn
business Is not prohibited. We clail
i that the man who Is running a respect
i able business is driven out and tn
man who breaks the lazy stays in II
business anyway and reaps the bcnef
under prohibition.
I'VE have IS lodges today and 15,2(
a members in California, WeBare organ
4 ICED in Arizona, Nevada, Oregon an
Washington. and our object IN comm
i here is to organize Utah. Befol
9 Georgia went dry there were 1900 gos
eminent revenue certificates ISSUED
! nov there are $500. Oklahoma, befor
4 ii vent dry, had IS saloons; today thel
are 800 government certificates issue
4 there. This is not3a political organizf
tion;s 1t is fraternal and benevolel
society; but these features are left
the local lodge to perfect itself.