Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-04
FIREWORKS GO UP
AMONG SENATORS
BADGER Starts Three Cornered
PWoteChnioaI Display Of
Epithets.
WILSON AFTER PARTY ORGAN.
Attack ou Daily Bulletin brings Him
out Win Demand for House
cleaning Without Favor

senator badger gave notice that the
report of the committee which io-
| been considering the Cannon prohihi-
/ don bill. submitting the question Of
prohibition 90 the people ut on clcr-
lion Co be- held In juno. would De- sub
mittrd late this afternoon. lic asked
the house Co make Dc special order
for immediate consideration, which
was granted. II ~ probable that con-
-idcraton Of the measure on the nbur
of the senate viii occur This afternoon
toward the end ct the days session.
There was display of pyr0tochnics
iu the senate This morning for moro
.urid than anything that has been wIt-
messed boz tho upper house since the
eighth legislature convened. For half
m hour there was flow of heated orl-
tory during which strong language was
used. and several times "tho uelior
word comc into requisIuon Ga m8n-
uer that indicated that the speakers
were deadly m earnest
Tho sensation came almost as soon as
the last words OF prayer had issued
from the lips of Chaplain Carver. Sem
ltor Carl a. Badger arose 20 a quos-
ton of personal privilege. and in
speech Of several minutes duration De
hurled the ue at persons whom he ace
cueed OF having attacked him. The
speech was the keynote for several
other personal privilege addresses Mr..
Bullcn. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Kuchler
following each other zoo quick success
sion. The third number of the Daily
Bulletin, "a pamphlet issued by the Re-
publican prohibition campaign commit
tee. furnished the theme of each speak
er oaoh of whom was listened To- with
the utmost attention by an present
BADGER is HEARD.
Gaining recognition from the prcsi- /
don't Mr. Badger said.
"Mr President. 1 arise to question |
OF personal privilege. ! h,,' endured |
boo silence the insiuuation and misrcp-
resoutation arising out of the heat Of |
the present temperance agitation. I |
have forgiven and forgotten much that |
can be ascribcd tu the zeal of good |
people but patience has ceased t0 Doe I
virtue.
Il hold in my hand paper headed |
The Daily Bulletin No. 3. which has /
been placed on the desks OF members |
of both houses. This paper charges in |
am indirect manner that Boo the month |
OF Narch 1905 i attended meeting of /
politicians at which the subject of proc
hibit0u was discussed. and at which
b. was decided that no prohibition leg-
islatiou should be enacted az this ses-
sion of the legislature.
CHARGES FALsEsHOOD.
"AIr President. the charge is an
absolute, unqualified falsehood. ! have
never al any time or place before or ]
since the last election attended any
meeting Of politicians at which the
subject OF temperance legislation has /
been discussed, even remotely. / have /
never attended any meeting at which /
senator Smoot was present, or any !
Federal official was present az which /
the subject OF temperance has been |
referred 90. / have discussed this ques- |
ton since the prohibition movement |
commenced, about the first of Janu-
airy OF this year. with every person |
whose views, 90 seemed to me- might |
Doe entitled 20 weight On the settlement |
of this problem, on az which any Of
fee holder was present, al any time. / |
have never heard my name associated |
with any alleged meeting of politicians |
or office holders at which this matter
was discussed until i read 1t iu a pa
per this morning
GROWS STRONGER
] pronounce the charge UNANIMOUSLY
and Cowardy false and the man who
circulates it lar His heart and
head are of that caliber that he needs
not lu his belly from the dust boa
which he craWls for just this sort of
SANDER fu ANIMAL 10 his tUUTHIuUr IUIa