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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-25

these things. and in the name of the Re
publican party protest against It,"
Told to Get In Line.
Mr.. Morris admitted their splendid serv-
ices IN the past, but power corrupts al
NEST any man, he said. The chairman
spoke OF the lntermountain Republican :
campaign in the interest of prohibition He
said he thought IL. was for prohibition.
put ne was told he was mistaken. L
Know that paper WIS guarded and nom
tommitai. he continued, II will admit
that there was opportunity to jump either
Way, and the paper jumped In the direc-
ton that we did not expect It to jump.
Ihere vas a sudden stop to this campaign.
! have 1t from personal advice and can
prove 1t if necessary that as the cam
paiSn advanced and the paper used to
Frs ak of prohibition, one prominent cotIu-
~ official in this county visited eN cry
sa loon that is doing business and told the
saloonkeeper in every instance. If you
don want prohibition. get in line with
the Republican party. don't say there
was a bargain; I don't say there was d
deal; don't say there was a mutual I'M
Outstanding on both sides; but the evil
dencs seems to indicate that there is a
Niger in the fence somewhere"
Mr.. Morris called attention to the fact
that former state senator and Demo-
crat sat behind a state senator while the
prohibition bill was being discussed. He
said this former state senator is recog-
nIzed as tie leader of the liquor forces
and he coached that Republican state SEN
ator until the bill was put to sleep and
the Republican paper took no notice Of
this Yet he continued. ''he brands US
as Democrats because we believe in pro-
hibition.''
Tho party was bigger than its leaders,
he said. and bigger than its organ. and
the party had n right to speak of those is
sues and define the attitude OF the paper
on them. we protest against the usur-
patton of the parry by which the policy
of the official organ is determined. we
say the state committee recognized and
authorized the party paper 70 represent t.
but 1t never in our opinion authorized It
to fight prohibition You legislators say
that the people of Utah don't want pro-
hibition. IF they did. could they get it
without your changing front? No. Then
you do not wish to consider the wishes
OF the people of Utah and the vast ma
joTity of the Republican party. ! protest
against the usuroation of the party by
self-appoiated leaders. vino speak Cor the
party when they have not been author
lied; protest against the party organ TAX
ing stand upon these momentous issues
when It has not been authorized; protest
against federal office holcers~ mixing in
local politics. and in the name of all three
infractioHs of the rights and decencv of
party we stand for statewide prohibition
and we shall have it as God lives"
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his line of business; but he would rather
remain in moderate financial circum-
stances and have them live
He regarded prohibition as an issue of
the hour in Utah as well as in the United
states Of America. Liquor was the enemy
of the state because it was the enemy of
the home Liquor was an enemy to DO
llucsl parties, and no party, no matter
how strong it might be, no matter how
great the line of victories it might have
to Its glory, it could not long survive al
lance with liquor. Sometimes reforms in
party had to be worked not only on the
outside, but on the inside of the organi-
zation.
He quoted from Lincoln in justifica-
ton Tor their present position as Repub-
leans in favor of statewide prohibition,
and continued:
There were three parties seeking the
SURFACES of the people in this county last
falL The American party, through its
campaign orators and its official press
made such onslaught upon the Mormon
people of vituperation and Islander. and
Yilified them in a shameful manner. that
II aroused in me a determination to come
out and oppose that party and call all
brothers of liberty and all the Mormon
people to unite and break down that par
" OF Intolerance, prescription and reli-
giOuS warfare
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REV. FRANCIS BURGETTE SHORT
USES INTEMPERATE LANGUAGE

Did the whisky interests buy a print
ing press for a paper in this city, or did
they pay for any part of it? To say such
is quite an easy thing, but is Il true? Do
you think that men can become so vile
and so perJUre themselves? most as
suredly do not believe the charge And
further. if any man in this house knows
that such a deal was made, he owes it
to those among us that spurn such ac-
tons to come forward with his proof
More than that: Any man that knows that
such deal was made is particeps criTni-
mis- in the deal unless he does come forth
and prove the charge In saying these
things to you tonight, my countrymen, l
have but one purpose: Give every man a
square deal.
Best for Utah.
so ] plead with you tonight. do not
become overzealous: 90 not smash the
party because some one may have done
the party an injustice. Let US the rather
find the criminal, and smash him, but
save the party. This state has been torn
long enough by unrelenting strife There
should be no rupture I'm any of the par
ties. Let us have peace. Bosses must
keep their hands off and away from those
measures for which the people are ask
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heir Last Race.

There are laws now on the statute
DOCKS that give you local option priv-
leges, he said. and I'm glad to say
that IN some of the edge counties of this
state the people have seen fit to do the
right thing and get prohibition. The re-
ports that they send in of the blessings
they are experiencing has whetted our
appetites and now we want prohfmitiou
| doubt that very much. 1t is easy to say
that the Republicans don't want it. but il
would be mighty hard thing to prove it
in this state right now
we are beginning to realize that no
halfway measure will do In curbing the
evil results OF the liquor traffic I have
beleVed 1t from the start. 1 believe every
citizen has the right to claim a belief in
pTohibitiOn-that prohibition is what we
need right now and I heartily disaDDrOve
OF the tactics ] have seen in this state
OF behttllng men who have so claimed
honestly"
The speaker dNelt at some length tJDon
the rights Of citizens to their honest opiu-
ions and the rights to express those opin-
ions. He said he was present to raise his
voice as loudly as possible for prohibition
and he sloried In his right to do SO and
the privilege the meeting afforded him to
90 So He said he cast his lot with the
Republican party, eighteen years ago he
cause he thought IL represented right
principles and he believed it the duty of
step in the right direction every time He
said he was a great believer in personal
rights and added:
But don't feel that I'm harraing snv
man when I take from him the power to
harm any one OF Gods children" He
closed by saying:
You can have prohibition and the state
Legislature, J believe. will give Il to YOU
when they have found out how really anx-
ious you are for it,
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ing. Win prohibition. therefore, be best
for our commonwealth? If so. give us
that, and give US nothing less than that,
MIR. Legislature. VIII a county option law
be best for Utah2 Could we all unite
upon that? Then give US that. It is not
my IDEAL but I can afford TO wait at least
two years, If our legislature will give us
a law now that is framed by the law-abid-
ing interests of this community.
Finally. I share with you, my friends,
an undying hatred for the saloon 1t is
the one polluting, spawning, Ife-wrecking.
Soul-deStrOy1ng iniquity which we have to
fight. But fight we must. and win we
shall We hate the saloon, but not its
keeper. We would help him if we could.
We hate the saloon, but not its patron.
We would deliver him from the temp
tation which surrounds him, if we could,
by emptying the last cask, breaking the
last bottle, closing and barring the last
door. Mr.. SaloOnkeeper, if we could have
our way there would be no more blighted
lives, wrecked homes, fatherlGss and hum
gry children. lonely and hTOken-hearted
widows-uo more. There would be no more
drunkards' funerals. and ruined lives
You would stop your unspeakable and I'M
namable business, and like other men YOU
would engage in legitimate and lofty
methods of trade.
Hates the Saloon Business.
Yes, Mr.. SalooBkeeper. hate your
business. 1t will take any mothers boy
the blush from his cheek; it will take from
him his love for his parents, and give
him the companionship of the gambler
the harlot ana the criminal: il will take
all Of his money, and throw him out a
beggar upon the hospitality of a cold
community; it viii rob him of his max
hood and cause him to seek the level of
beasts; il VIII sap out his very life break
and grind. grind and break the heart of
his poor old mother and father and then
throw the dead body into a grave in the
potters field to await the resurrection
morning. And 1 tell you. my friends. to-
night. that [ would rather be that poor
drunkard, then before God, than [ would
to be the man that had sold him the
drink, or the man who had not done all
that he could to make it impossible for
drunkards to be made"
Their Last Race.
In conclusion, Mr.. Short said that what
was needed in the legislature was men.
II he were here two years hence he said.
he would GO into every ward meeting
house and hold meetings at every cross
roads where he was permitted 20 do 50.
and plead for men.
And" he declared. IF the representa-
tives at Washington do not keep their
hands off of this business. il will he the
sorriest thing they ever did. Two of them
are on the last lap Of the last race they
will ever run if they insist On interfering
with the demands Of the people OF this
state.
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actiy what they did do but this he did
say; would willingly put up with the
evils of liquor for two years if l could
ereak up the American party | didn'
say TINS was a deal, but for the life OF
me / cannot find d name that fits ii quite
so wei in political parisnce"
MT Morris then quoted Lincoln again.
VINO spurned to make deal when ne was
IN the Illinois legislature because he dis
covered something bad in the bill pro-
posed by the other side. II don't know
what kind of men YOU thought YOU were
seD0lng TO the lsgiSlatIre.' said Mr. Nor
T1s, from your county. but We thought
we we're. sending that kind of men; and
believe for the most tart We have such
men II they were only given their absolute
liberty. They were sent to represent the
people of Itah-not the Republican party
and their duty is not service to the party.
but service to the state
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A Speak-Easy Kitchen.

Mr.. Morris then described what is known
as speak easy kitchen in the state OF
Maine and other prohibition states. There
man will go I'D some back alley and by
some hangsr-on be shown house. He will
enter the house and go downstairs and
ne VIII see an old sofa. He will lift the
top of Ii and there will be booze on ice
he will help himself; he will never see
anyone, but when he goes away he win
leave half dollar on the table. Il don
suppose you could establish a deal there .
said Mr.. Morris. mo two parties met
firmly believe. and l will not attempt y
prove 1t; nevertheless. | do firmly believe
there has been and there is in Utah a DO
litical SPEAK easy Kitchen
The deal has been denied by three
members of the house, who practically adj
mitted the obligation when they voted
against the Cannon bill. T.le party organ
has extolled as noble citizens and loyal
as examples of members of the RepIo-
lican party. and the thirty-nine men who
voted for the bill were ruled out of tn,
party by the official organ. What an in
suit to those thirty-nine respectable GET
tlemen, who mad a perfect right to vote
for prohibition If they wished and their
constituencies wished it of them, And the
one man in the senate who stood and
fought for prohibition, he has been read
out of the party and his clean and re-
spectacle reputation besnleared by the
official organ of the party I protest
against the usurpation of such means ana
authority by the organ of the party in
defaming the names OF repr esentatives in
the legislature because they act in keep
ing with your instructions and with the
convictions of their own heart and con-
science.
THE few gentlemen who have assumed
to direct the party and determine it's at
titude upon these questions are doing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-25
NEPHI MORRIS PUTS HIS FINGER ON
SORE SPOTS OF THE FEDERAL GANG

The convention was called for 7:30
o clock, but it was O'Clock before George
NJ. Cannon announced the officers of the
assem- bly,.
Nephi L. Morris, the chairman. briefly
thanked the convention for selecting him
as chairman
Rev. G. w. McCreery of Ogden. chap
lain, prayed that the members of the leg
lsiatuTe might hear their cry and God di-
rect their footsteps.
The invocation was followed by a quar-
tette of lady singers from Provo, who rem
dered You Can Hear the Glad Refrain
for Prohibition"
a s. Riser of Salt Lake then moved
thai the chairman appoint committee
of eleven on resolutions. and that the
committee retire at once.
Chairman Morris named the following
committee:
\. 5. Riser. Salt Lake county.
J. P. Keller, Utah.
John V Bluth, Weber.
]. R HendTicksOn. Cache.
j. W. Peters. Box El.cr
W 3. Lowry. Sanpete.
w. r. Thompson, Willard.
William z. Terry. Summit
Jesse NJ. Smith, Davis.
James A. Anderson. Morgan.
J. c Jensen. Wasatch.
When Mr.. Morris completed this list
other counties were heard from who de-
sin ed representation on the committee. and
the following names were added from the
body of the house:
G. NJ. Jones. Sewer county.
MILFORD Day, Iron.
John NJ Mckeller. Tooele-
Alfred W Nebeker. Rich.
A.? Thomas A. Cook. Garfield.
kaeber Leonard, Emery.
~ A Iverson. Carbon.
Mr.. Sheffield. Wayne.
George NJ. Beebee, Piute.
MILFORD Robertson, Beaver.
l.. II. Wren. San Juan.
r $ Collett. Uintah.
Tafan Nav nF-.Ns
Iintah county. was named, but declined,
and ME- Enl.aIt WIS sIlhsIlfIIad
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Asked Him TO Do 1t Quietly,

After Mr. Morris had stated that he had
a rlght as a citizen and member of q re-
tglous society to stand for self-defense.
he said:
went TO the Republican party and
told them OF my DESIRES and when 1 told
them that / was to come out in the omen
they raised their hands in horror. fearing
that 1t would disrupt their party. They
SAID do II quietly. Work through your or
CARNATIONS, get us the votes but don't
commit yourself in writing: don't do n
N public. | said no, my proposition is
the honest one; | shall only ask the DEM
ocrats OF Salt Lake county to vote the
county and judicial ticket and vote their
own nauonai and state ticket as thew
Pieased Great fears were entertained
Lnat TINS would defeat the state ticket
Inc american press had said the marty,
would wrest the power from the lecher-
Gus, adulterous and thieving priesthood
and was prepared TO take them at their
word and fightthem on that issue in Salt
Lake county"
After pointing TO the victory which was
achleved in SaltFLake county bv the Pc
publicans. Mr.. Morris said:
If there has been any promise mr.
pledge Of support to the saloon interests
IN salt Lake county and the state Of
Utah am, and my friends were not mar
ues to 1t, but we are avowed and unaiter-
able enemies to it from now and hence
FORTH Mark me, DO not say there have
Deen pledges made. I leave Won 10 i,1dps
from the circumstances with which v0,,
are fanllar and from some facts which
may De given this
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Word From Washington.

Chairman Morris said that the resolu-
tons com mittee was ready to report. but
that first he wished to read kilograms
that were received from the Utah dele
cation in congress. The messages from
the senators were to A. s. Riser. and the
one from Representative Howell was re-
ceived by Mr.. Morris
Senator Sutherland denied the existence
OF any such deal Senator Smoot de-
clared that the charge that he was a
party TO any such compact was mali
cioGs ana false Representative HowelTs
denial was similar to the others.
Chairman a. S. Riser of the resolutions
committee was then introduced. He read
the report OF the committee and the res
olutions subsequeEtly adopted by the con-
vention- The resolutions. especially those
which denounced the fntermountafu Re-
publican. were received with great cheer
ing by the convention. After reading the
report Chairman Reiser moved its adop-
ton
This motion was the cue for Farley p
Christensen TO come on the stage to sec
Continued on Pace 5.
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MRS. SHEPARD SPEAKS FOR W.. Gu.
APOSTLE G. A. SMITH ADDS PROTEST

Considerable applause greeted the intro
duction of Mrs. e Z. Shepard, president
o. the WOman's Christian Temperance
Union OF this state, who next spoke. She
began with a reference to the celebrations
throughout the country recently of the
anniversary of Abraham Lincoln and said
that never before had she so appreciated
the great and lasting traits Of Lincoln
character and life as during the last week.
Mrs She pard asserted that party loyalty
should not be disturbed by the fact that
the party was often forced to accept plat
forms and candidates through the maChin-
ations OF waro-heslers, party bosses, etc,
but that the loyalty should be directed to-
ward the preservation of the great fun
damental principles on which the party
itself stood.
Il want to say that the Intermountain
Republican has criticised me by saying
that l am not orthodox" she exclaimed
but let me tell you 1 believe that as a
mother I owe the first DUTY to the pro-
motion OF any influence I may have for
the protection OF my home and my loved
ones. For twenty years the W. G. t. U.
has been struggling in Utah against the
iiq5sor curse. The organization has In its
mem bership the best women of every de-
nomination. My vice president is a Nor
mon ard one Of the best workers for the
cause in the state. We have stood Shout
der to shoulder day by day and week by
week, year after year, fighting against the
liquor traffic. Last year the Anti-Sdtoon
league made a start and the W. c. II. L.
rallied to its support We joined I'm the
work and became part of the move
ment, but every temperance person In
Utah knows that local option can never be
of permanent benefit to d community. LO-
cal option only serves &c keep the ques-
ton q live issue. community may go
dry this year and be wet again the next.
tell you the women of this state are not
for local option. They want not only the
anti-saloOn. but they want the anti-brev
cry, the anti-distillery, the anti-every
form of selling or making liquor. BY clos
ing the saloon we are able to cripple the
liquor business. BY prohibiting the max
ing of liquor we kill the business"
The speaker stated that one of the local
papers had misquoted her in reporting a
speech she made before the legislature.
She said she believed she was the most to
blame for the mistake as she said: THE
trouble with me is that l talk too fast
But / want to make n correction. I said
that prohibition under the most lax en-
forcement is better than high license I'M
der the best conditions. IL We have pro-
hibition Il is true that down in some dark
alley there might be a blind tiger where
some of the old topers could go. I say
I prefer to have blind tigers IN some of
the back alleys than live tigers on our
open streets. Those blind tigers in the
alleys might ze; some Of the old topers.
but they would not get our young men.
And I claim also that We need not have
even blind tigers If we have the right
kind OF q law and the right kind Of en-
forcennent of the law.
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Can't Understand Attitude.

when the legislature met, the election
o. United States senator was almost
IoFgotten on account of the prohibition
SIy. FINALLY 1t was settled in half an
houF' men came the larger one that
cannot be handled in half an hour al
thOugh the senate nearly did il in that
Tune. The first thing we heard vas tbst
there was q deal ON with the Republican
ieauerS with the liquor dealers and that
they would not permit such hin 70
pass. am free to admit that | found
some very prominent Republicans some
regarded as leaders with powerfully strong
t IIfICtIuHS along that line. some who
staho IN the front of the party. most des-
perately fighting prohibition. Very much
70 my surprise. as l had known these
Sentlenen all my life. and l had known
mem 10 pc absolutely straight and upright
ana l could not understand how men of
their standing could so desperately tight q
measure their whole lives had hoo, -
it yet. '-'''' 'i'u
Many of the members of the Ioe,is1a-
tlre came here with rtronr con,.se3In.a-
Ior prohibition and left YOU with the -
Slirance that they would = I nrob;Si-
ton. Some of them weT on eiant
cd on prohibition platte & -, IT,
mad been in Salt lake CITY few, 49,
ana game In contact with political leaders
ana had been In caucuSses thev chane.s5
tnelr 'front.' entirely in some cases and
some of them voted against prohfhitior
and they were elected on a prohihitio,,,
platform; What made these gentIemen
change front? Did We Drohibitioniet-
make them change? There was only ono
other party that could. When we went to
ask them for their support to the bill the
peCs.llIe more OF .eSs conservative in their
expressions and finally said. we can,t
support such bill, because we are under
obligation to support the liquor Interests
VINO placed them under that Obligation
Dld you 90 ~ tCnes of No. The Re
publican party OF Utah has never placed
any man under any obligation. and as
long as men of self-respect remain h tbe
Republican party they will not be os cuIp-
abis as 10 90 such a thing. 1 have nevcr
you what members of the legislature said,
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Rev. Francis BuTgette short, pastor
of the First Methodist church. delivered
the following prepared speech:
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Citizens
This is surely most suspicious hour, an
hour that marks the beginning of a bet
ter day for Utah. We shall go forth I'M
der brighter Skies and with happier hearts
to meet the responsibilities that lie be-
fore us. Ours is a great opportunity. The
tasks call for our best endeavor and cool
est judgment The American people are
a great people They-the people-seldom
make mistakes, ana when they do they
them, as nearly as possible. They are
sometimes slow to undertake new prof.
ects. but when they do they usually carry
them to a successful elimination. They
are slow in arousing TO their duty toward
great moral problems, but when once
aroused they move forward with the state
illness of well trained army, and with
the terribleness of a mighty cyclone.
"Of this people, my countrymen, you
and 1 are a part and we re5oice IN our
heritage, and we swear anew our fl
deity TO those principles which our IA
theirs have handed down 10 US, and pledge
ourselves to continue TO build as wisely
as they began. We are thus striving to
cary out our part, and to measure up to
CUR obligation in the fear of God. As
American citizens we therefore meet here
tonight to give expression to the high
ideal in our own soul, and the fond hope
that burns within US, and in so doing we
would meet with malice toward no man.
have proven themselves recreant to the
imperial duties as American citizens, or
traitors TO the party to which we be-
long