The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-13

press them. It Is so whom the saloon in
forests leave the field assigned to them
by law and undertake to corrupt the
government of the state and defeat the
will of the people. Hence l am here In
this contest. not because I have changed
any. conviction OF mine on the subject OF
prohibition, but because j am willing to
do what can to bring to pass the rule of
the people, and to put out OF business
the corrupt rule of the federal bunch and
the liquor interests.
1t is said that the liquor element did
not raise such n corruption fund as 1
have alluded to; that they have not sue
ceeded In defeating the will Of the peo-
pie. A sponsor has risen who speaks
tho leaders OF that party, and declares
them to be innocent OF this thing
charged. And here 1 myself want to
make distinction. In whatsoever shall
say tonight upon this question. l want 1t
TO be distinctly understood that / make
no charge against the rank and file and
mass Of the Republican party in relation
to their being responsible for and n par
ty to this miserable compact with the
worst elements of society. I regard that
great section Of our population Of this
state, the Republican party. as being
equally honorable with that section that
is represented by the Democratic party.
l believe that they are just as interested
in the welfare Of tho state as the Demo-
Gratis are: that they have Just as earnest
desire for good government and public
decency as heve the Democrats. 1t Is not
then against the Republican party that
any charge Is made, that Is. the mass Of
that party, but we do say that there
are certain leaders who have usurped
authority In the Republican party, who
are guilty Of this Infamous thing, and we
propose to arraign them before this
splendid bar Of public opinion on that
subject, (Applhuse)
Quotes Apostolic Senator.
The senior senator Of this state under
takes to state In behalf not only of the
Republican party, but in behalf OF these
leaders OF his party, in the keynote
speech he delivered at Ogden on the occa-
sion OF the Republican convention meet
ing there-this gentleman said, and /
wish you. as proceed to read to bear In
mind the seriousness OF the charge made.
tleman proceeds with most careful Ian
Euage.
I'm this state there has been agitation
regarding the regulation and control OF
the liquor traffic. and there have been
assertions and accusations OF bargains
and deals with party leaders, These
charges have been made by the opposing
political leaders and others with great
freedom of utterance and equal disregard
OF truth and right here say that every
assertion and accusation and the whole
or deals on the part Of the Republican
party or its leaders, Is as besely false as
language can express It, no matter who
the accuser Is or what his creed or poll
ties"
Here then the issue is Joined. Now I
want to proceed to show you who, in
the main. these people are who make
these charges, of deals and bargains; and
who the senior senator brands with
faIschood: and II IT is serious matter
for me. and I so regard it-if 1t is a
serious matter for me to confront this
gentleman who holds such exalted posi-
tions both In the state and in the
church and enter into a controversy with
him where the issues are so plainly
drawn that falsehood must fail rs the
weakness or wickednese of one party or
the other. shall ask you likewise to
takc into account the serious contract
that he has undertaken when he pre-
sumes to become the sponsor for the
leaders in the Republican party whom we
charge with this deal. Who made these
accusations then against tho Republican
leaders In the first instance, and pushed
them into public nttonton7
First. in the Republican legislature