The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-25
TWO THOUSAND PRESENT
To DEMAND PROHIBITION
Nephi L. Morris in Brilliant Speech Forces
Home Evidence of Party Leaders Deal
With the Brewers.
Federal Bunch and Party Organ Formally Repudiaed Mark
ing New Epoch in Utah Politics.

| In mighty protest to the Interior
| ence of federal officials in the politics
and the legislation of the state, 1000
| Republicans gathered from every
county in the state in the Salt Lake
! theatre last evening to denounce their
party leaders and to declare unequi-
VOcally for statewide prohibition and
nothing short of that
More bitter than ever we're charges
made by an opposing political party in
| the heat of campaign were the accJ-
sations made by prominent Republicans
against their party leaders, Resoiu-
tons were unanimously adopted by
rising vote protesting~s gainst the &c
| ton of the federal office holders and
| threatening to memorabilia President
| Taft if they persisted in perniclOus &C.
| tivity in politics.
The convention was called in the in
terest of the prohibition movement il
Utah. 1t developed into tne first step
of what promises t. DC q, most inIeTt s.
ing fight for political control between
the federal bunch and the prohibition
wing of the Republican party. In tine
opinion of many, the convention
marked the beginning of a new political
epoch in Utah. the ovyrthrowal of the
dynasty of the federal bunch in the Re
publican party and the beginning Of an
era of political freedom fo- members
of all parties. The convention was
! part of by far the most serious TevOlu-
| ton within the ranks of the Repubi
cans yet witnessed in Utah.
Party Organ GriIIed.
| Almost as bitter as we're the denun-
Citations of the federal bunch were tue
/ accusations male against the Inter
| Mountain Republican. Almost without
IL
I Inter-Mountain Republican ara pro-
| tested against its claim t, be "til' Of
/ fetal organ of The Republican party IN
Utah" The re solutions voiced me pro-
/ tests made aga INST this paper, ana the
entire audience went wild with ap-
/ plause at each denunciation Of the pa
per
Every county in the state sent
| delegations to the convention, and
every member of the delegation was
thoroughly in accord with the spirit of
| the meeting. gloTying in every charge
| made against the federal bunch and It's
alliance with the liquor interests Of the
state.
Scarcely, if ever. mas there been Il
similar gathering Republicans from
every part of the state had gathered to
| protest against the action OF Reputl-
| can legislators acting under instTuc-
lions from recognized Republican lead
| ers. The sight of tlIsss 1000 persons
| filling the theatre from pit to top gal
| &c " was more than impressive. When
| the entire audience arose, while the
/ band played 'The Star Spangled Bar
nsr" The great auditorium was a sea
6 fICes, and the three balconies were
| tiers of humanity.
From Utah county there were 40
| delegates, headed ~ George N. EriTn-
| hall president of the Brigham Young
university at Provo; from Box Elder
c. unity there were fifty delegates. rom
every corner of tie state, no matter
| how remote, there We're Republicans
coming to declare for prohibition ard 10
protest against the usurpation Of party
rights by self-cOnstituted leaders.
Morris Brilliant Speech.
The big feature of the evening was
| the brilliant speech of Nephi L. Nor
ris. the prominent Republican, who has
broken away from the leadership of the
| federal bunch and taken the leadership
of the newest and strongest insurgent
| element in the party, the prohibition
wing. He denounced in no uncertain
! terms the federal bunch, the compact
made by them with the liquor interests
and the dictatorial policy assumed by
| this bunch in ordering the sitting of
/ legislation antagonistic to the liquor in
/ terests of the state.
/ Circumstance after circumstance
proving beyond possibility of CONTRA
diction that a compact was made was
| related by the speaker. With the keen
/ est satire Mr.. Morris prefaced each de-
| tail with the statement that he did not
! charge a deal. Finally he described