The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-30
FEDERAL BUNCH
POSE AS MARTYRS
Work Smooth Game by Which
They Received Blessing OF
the Prophet.
ACTION HAS RESULTED IN
A REVOLT AGAINST BuNCH
Spry and His Crowd of Federal
officials Gave Party the
= Double Cross.

Queer things happen in Utah; esped, e.
,cinlly in the politics of the state, sad
fhc Prominent Politician to The Strol'
lor on Thursday, HHerc is pecuilar
condition. he continued, I'm that the
executive of Utah IS out OF harrnony
with his church. This is due TO the
stand that he took upon the question
of prohibition, backed by INC ieugra, glLa
bunch. of which he Is member ne
mass of the church wanted prohlb-
itorv law in Utah, but the higher ec-
,Iesiasts did not The deal with the
brewers was made and the goods were
delivered upon the part of both. 1T IS,
saw. on account of his stand on the
liquor question that Governor Spry IS
out of harmony with his quorum l
am told that he recently SAID. i some
times have to look over the heads oil
pretty big men, but | keep my eve on
thc prophet
"Thc inference | draw from this
is that. while the church wanted and
demanded prohibition, the prophet and
the higher ecclcsiasts did not; hence
The stand taken by the executive upon
the liquor question.
Worked the Prophet.
II am also told that when the leGls-
laturc was near the end of Its session
and the liquor question was the para
mount issue. the three good saints who
arc holding down Jobs in the service Of
Uncle Sam-viz., Fussy Jimmy, Curly
Callistcr and Tom Hull-sent letter
10 the prophet. in which 1T was set
forth that the members OF The federal
bunch. themselves in particular, were
being maligDed and abused for the
course the bunch was pursuing regard
ING the question of prohibitions; that
number Of their friends were being
al;enated; that they had rendered faith
ful service; and that he (the prophet)
should come TO their aid, as they IN
reality were martyrs TO the cause.
''Thc document, ] am told, was ex'
ccedingly smooth in the way 1t was
worded, and the prophet, apparently,
WIS caught by the appeal, for l. am
told that the prophet replied in an
unusually commendatory way, in which
he also blessed them for services rem
lcred This letter, it is said, was used
by the bunch with telling effect upon
the legislators, aud tho liquor bill,
which the executive had demanded be
uasscd, which he afterwards vetoed. was
passed
Rank and File Double Crossed.
"This action Of the executive and
the action of the bunch has been anal
wed in the outer counties, and the leg
islstors have discovered that they were
given the double cross by the federal
bunch and by the governor; therefore,
the latter and the bunch are out of
harmony with The church. and the
movement which had It's origin among
the younger members of the church in
Salt Lake TO down the bunch is spread
ing throughout the state.
'tThis move upon the part Of the
younger element in the church TO lay
the federal bunch upon the shelf is
having many accessions to its ranks.
And sclf-constituted committee OF
those in rebellion against the domi-
neering and tyrannieal rule Of the
bunch has been doing great deal of
missionary work by letter throughout
The state, These voters class them
selves as independents, not insurgents
Pure politics is their battle cry. Pro
hibition.. too. Two weekly papers run
in tie interest of these independents
or insurgents have aided the move but
they have been working at cross pur-