The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-23
TO FIGHT FOR
PARTY CONTROL
ProhibitiOniStS in Mass Con-
vention Will Attempt to De-
pose Federal Bunch.

At mass convention to be held in
the Salt Lake theatre tomorrow after
noon the prohibition wing of the Re-
publican party will attempt to wrest
from the federal bunch the party con-
troll This antagonism to the federal
bunch is the most serious opposition
to the control by the bunch that has
been encountered during their reign.
Spasmodic efforts by d small group Of
Insurgents have awaited nothing. but
this time some men. really strong par
" followers, are attempting TO assume
leadership.
To defeat the prohibitiOuists in their
attempt to direct the legislature in the
name of the Republican party for pro
hibition, an effort was begun yester-
day, 1t was reported last evening. by
agents of the federal bunch to secure
enough stalwarts to pack the conven-
ton, elect the convention officers and
name the resolutions committee. If this
is done, resolutions may be adopted OPP
posing statewide prohibition, endors-
ing the action of the senate in killing
the Cannon bill. and perhaps even GO
.ns so far as TO ratify more or less di-
rectly the deal between the federal
bunch and the breweries, whereby the
legislature was pledged to oppose any
legislation inimicaI TO the liquor trait
fic
If the prohibitionists retain control of
the gathering, as is Their intention. Ne
phi l.. Morris. who was decidedly prom
inent as 4 Republican party worker
during the recent campaign, will pre-
side as chairman of the convention. He
has been active in working for the
passage of a prohibition bill and s
bitter in his denunciation Of the lead
ers of his party for entering into q
combine with the liquor interests. Mr..
Norris said last night:
THE next move Of the prohibition
lists will depend on what happens on
Tuesday. There is still a chance that
the senators viii reconsider the vote
by which the prohibition bill was killed.
If they do we viii insist on the passage
of the Cannon bill.
Our plan is to secure the adoption
of resolutions at the convent.o2 de-
nOUncing the leaders of the Republican
party for entering into n deal with TIE
liquor interests and urging the members
OF the state legislature to pass a state
wide prohibition bill. The resolutions
viii probably declare for prohibition or
nothing. The Badger bill introduced as
substitute for prohibition is merely q
subterfuge, and We intend to show it."
The prohibitionists were taken off
their feet by the prompt action OF the
senate i'm killing the Cannon bill. The
plan was to instruct the senators at
the mass convention TO vote for the
Cannon bill CaUcuses were immediate
ly held by the anti-pTohibitionists and
the ones whom the federal bunch could
control in the senate. and as the result
the move of the prohibitionists was an
ticipated and the Cannon bill killed be-
fore the convention Of the prohibition
wing could take any action IN the mat
ter. The killing of the bill to which
the prohibitionists had pinned their
hopes leaves them somewhat in the
cold.
In the senate today Senator Christie
pher Burton. jr.. will insist on his mo-
tior to reconsider the vote By which
Tie Cannon bin vas rejected. Some or
otory may result but it IS extremely
unlikely that the vote on the bill will
be altered. end the senate by a vote of
l. to win decline to recon slider the
vote by which the bill was rejected.
Efforts were made over Sunday to
bring some pressure to bear on the
senators voting against the bill in or
der that they might be induced to
change their votes, but these efforts
viii probably avail nothing