The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-23
PROHIBITION LEAGUE
AFTER THE BUNCH
Appeal to President to Call c
Federal Officials in
Utah.
BEG HIM TO COMPEL.
BUNCH TO KEEP HANDS OF
Executive Committee Addresse
Letter to Chief Magistrate
Which Contains Demand.

Pernicious activity in politics is thin
reason why the Republican prohibitiol
league OF Utah asks President Taft T.. !.
remove the federal bunch in This ereafg'
state and III their stead appoint mehl
who have no axes to grind politically
but who have the best interests o
nearly half million people at heart
Thursday morning the Republican,
prohihitionists of Utah, that is thu,
executive committee of the state. helt''
meeting This committee discussed
seYcral matters in connection with thf,
liquor question in Utah. There was 81.
good attendance p
Ii viii be remembered that on Feb
ruhry - last there was a great mask
meeting held in the Salt Lake theaterY
composed of delegates 10 the church Re-
publican party. These delegates wertz
representatives. of a party which the1<
had control Of the legislature. which,
was then in session. Senators and ncnip
bers OF the legislature were invited and
were present IN the famous old play
house, There were speeches galore
there were resolutions adopted. 1t waSs
a love feast upon the part of tho
church Republicans. There were othcf
church Republicans present, but tlieyr
were not prohibitlouists.
AT this meeting there was q series
of resolutions adopted in favor of pro+
hlbitlon, These resolutions were dras$
tic, BY their attendance the lcgisIa.
tors gave quasj-couscnt to the pros
cecdings. Temperance WIS The watch,
word. Afterwards. when opportunity
was presented, the legislators voted
against liquor legislation.
Federal Bunch Too Active -
1t is stated by members of the Re-
publican Prohibition league that this acs'
tion of the legislature WAS due to the
federal bunch, who made a deal with
thc brewers aud liquor interests of the
state that In return for a delivery of the
vote of the liquor Interests in Salt Lake
county to the church Republican partv,.
that no legislation should be had detri1
mental TO the liquor men.
The great mass convention Of the Re-
publican Prohibition league adopted
resolutions which it believed represented,
the church Republicans of the state.;
Copies Of those resolutions were subj
nitted TO each member Of the legisla7
ture. aud also TO both senate and house.
collectively. Action in accord with the.
resolutions. it, is alleged. was defeated
by the federal bunch.
Appeal to the President.
Thursday was thc date of the first
meeting of the Republican Prohibition
league since the meeting of the legis-
laturc. The executive COMMITTEES ins'
dulged in some pretty plain talk
Finally Il letter was drafted addressed
10 the president of the United States
IN which the substance of the resoiu-'
tions was set forth; the activity of fed
eral appoiutecs in Utah in defeatine'
temperance legislation, as the activity'
of this bunch in all political affairs in
Utah was set forth, and the chief mag
istrate was appealed 10 call off the'
members of the bunch in their interfer-'
encc in the politics of Utah, or other
wise the party would he SO disrupted
that the state would be lost TO the party.
Efforts TO Keep Meeting Secret.
Every effort was made 10 keep the
details of the meeting secret. as the,
reply from the executive upon the mat,
Ter, it was believed, would be great,
campaign document, and 1t was also be-
HeScd wonld put quietns upon
further open efforts of the bunch. But
the detail leaked out. The letter to-
the president, IT was stated. was signed
by Wesley *. Walton, chairman of the
State Republican Prohibition eeague,
and Nephi Morris, president of the con-
vcDtion, ut which the resolutions we're
adopted.