The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-24
DEFEAT SCHEME
To PACK THEATRE
AdmittanCe to Floor of Repub-
Iican Prohibition Conven-
ton to Be by Ticket.
FEDERAL BUNCH WINNING
INDICATIONS ARE COMPROMISE
MEASURE MAY GO THROUGH.

To eliminate the possibility of the OPP
ponents Of prohibition packing the con-
ventiOn hall, the promoters of the Re
publican prohibition mass convention to
be held this evening at 7:3O o'clock at the
Salt Lake theater will admit 10 seats on
the lower floor and the first balcony only
those holding tickets secured from those
in charge Of the convention.
Five hundred delegates from outside Of
Salt Lake county are expected 10 attend
the convention. With the prohibitiOuists
of Salt Lake county. the theater is sure
to be filled TO overflOwing.
The purpose of the convention was 10
refute the charge that prohibition was a
Democratic and not a Republican move
The idea was TO call convention OF as
many Republic ans from all over the stare
as possible and to have them adopt reso-
lutions favOring statewide prohibition and
urging the members of the legislature %
pass such bill
Leaders OF the Republican party win
had other plans outgeneraled the prohibit
ton wing. however. and took the leaders
of the prohibition movement off their Zee
by killing the prohibition bill seVeryl GAYS
before the convention could meet. Now
they have a substitute bill, providing for
local option and stringent regulation 1 his
substitute was drawn by the committee
on manufactures ana commerce senator
Carl Badger, of Salt Lake, who IS mem
Der of that committee. was largely i'll
stTumentai in preparing the bill and II mas
come to be known as the Badger bill.
The Badger bill was under consideration
By the committee on manufactures and
commerce. An effort viii be made to re-
port the bill fayorably TO the senate on
Thursday or Friday This Is to be the
answer Of q number of the senators to
their constituents who have demanded
that they vote Tor prohibition.
In view Of the fact that the federal
bunch has dem 9nst'3ted its cCTunietc con
troll over a majority of the Legislature. il
is expected by some that the prohibition
lists will caDitulate and accept county
local option and regulation bill. This oil
may not be the Badger bill, but cot
promise measure approved of by both tue
prOhibitiOnists and the pr0hibitlOnists
is regarded as not improbable.
Some of the pTOhibitiOnists still declare
they will have prohibition or aJthing. and
there are other senator's and representa-
tives opposed to 3nT sort Of temperance
legislation whatever. \ majority of the
members of eacn uO1se are known to be
in favor Of some sort Of local option AMI
strict regulation. and if such Dill is
presented II stands a good chance 81 pass
age This will be especially true u tie
leaders of the NOV mgt.t for prohibition
will concede a point and u'ge their cham
pions in each house to work and vote Tor
such a bill.
Nephi L. Morris who IS prominent
Republican and at the same time an pr-
dent urobihitionist will he the chairman
OF the meeting to he held this evening
At that meeting solutions viii be PR
scented deuouuCinc the federal hunc', TOT
the deal with the liquor interests. AMI
urging the passage of 4 prohibition meas