The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-16

Deal With Brewers Defended by Its Friends
and Excoriated by Those Who Have
Regulated the Machine.
Holman Charges Church With Double Deang-AShon Tells
Colleagues to Choose Between People and Bunch

In three hours of oratory in the house
of representatives yesterday afternoon,
charges were made by Republican
members against Republican party
leaders far more serious than any
breathed by the most bitter opponents
i'm the heat of a campaign. Creatures
of the federal bunch excoriated their
creators in words of burning acCusa-
ton. Their most ardent defenders adj
mitted that the charges made against
the party leaders were, in a measure,
true. but attempted to justify them on
the ground that the end justified the
means. and at least one of the defend
eTs of the federal bunch I'm prepared
address, accused the leaders of the Nor
mon church with chicanery and double
dealing.
Representative Theodore /. Holman
of Bingham canyon was booked as the
star attraction at the stormy session of
yesterday, but his address was less in
cendiary than were the speeches of bit
ter denunciation of the federal bunch
uttered by Representative z. Conway
Ashton of Salt Lake and Charles H.
White of Payson.
Deal Charged apd Admitted.
Everyone who spoke came out in the
open, and either tacitly admitted OF
openly charged. according to the view
point taken, that the federal bunch
made deal with the brewery and the
liquor interests of the state, pledging
that in return for the support of the
liquor element in Salt Lake county the
Republican legislature would pass no
measure inimical to the liquor interests
Of the state. For making this 'fnfa-
0r.T1s- 7a~aTF
compared to the devil, and for failing
to comply with the terms of this ~nfa-
nous deal" the members of the house
we're characterized as traitors
All this was preliminary to the decli-
nation OF the house to reconsider the
vote of last Thursday on house bill No.
81, which provides for absolute state
wide prohibition, forbidding the use Of
alcohol in any form for any use, not ex-
cepting sacramento or medicinal pur-
poses.
The bill passed the house last Thurs
day by an original vote of 80 to 4. Two
of those voting in the negative, Holman
and McMillin, changed their votes to
the affirmative before the vote was an
nounced, that they might move a re-
consideration of the vote. In giving
notice on Thursday of the vote for 4. re-
consideration yesterday, Representative
Holman announced that he would pre-
pare an address on the subject. in which
he would tell the history of the prohi
bitton measure. His was therefore the
speech that was expected to burn things
up. 1t acted as a fuse to the giant DOW
der that several of the members were
only too anxious to explode
Spectators Fill Chamber.
In anticipation of a warm session The
house chamber was filled long before
the session was begun, The senate
hurried through it's routine business
that the members might go to the house
and see the fireworks.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon the
routine business was transacted and
the expected moment was reached. Rem
resentative Holman arose and moved
that the house proceed to reconsider
the vote by which the Cannon prohibit
ton bill was passed by the house. The
motion was seconded by Representative
Hugh A. McMillin of Salt Lake. who
opened the fight for the opponents of
prohibition.
AS / said last week" said MIR. Nc
Millin, "the liquor question has entered
into the financial economy Of the state
of Utah This is particularly true in
salt Lake county. Salt Lake county
would suffer most by prohibitory 1egis-
lation, and it is the wish Of the people
OF Salt Lake county that should carry
the greatest weight. In communities
remote and isolated there is no LIQUOR
question. In Salt Lake the question is
ail-absorbing. I firmly believe that in
speaking against the passage of this
measure I am voicing the sentiments
OF two-thirds of the people of this
county. We should carefully consider
all phases of this question Have we
the right to legislate against all bust