The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-30
Federation Of Labor Hall Is
Packed to Hear A. J. Weber
Oh Political Issues.
RECORD OF CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION Is DISCUSSED
Sneaker Proves Utah's Senators
and Congressman Hostile
to Organized Labor.

the American party rally in Federation
Of LubcT hall Saturday evening, In ad'
dition to the oratory there was excel
lent music by the American quartettc
and a sprightIy recitation by Miss Mar
iau Ward.
A. !, Weber was then introduced as
the speaker of the evening. MI weber
opened by saying that he was much
pleased with the statement made IN the
Herald Republican that Mr.. Dubois had
said that bargain had been entered
into between The Tribune on one side
and the Democrats on the other by
which the Democrats can transfer one
fourth Of their vote to the American
party.
"Ut occurs to me- said Mr.. Weber,
"that it is pretty good thing, but !
| don Z see why they want TO stop win
one-fourth We would be willing, to
take one.h half or even more than that.
And we would be willing to take any
church Republicans that can come with
certificate Of character
He then referred to the fable 80 often
reiterated that the American party has
stolen $300O,0 900 in five years at $1,000
day, and said it reminded him of Josh
Billings s remark that Figures cant
lie. but sometimes liars will figure
The remedy for grating, If there is
grating, is to call Il grand jury each
year and let the grafters be indicted
and prosecuted. The American party
is willing and anxious TO have a grand
| Jury called, but whenever this is sug-
gested the opposition papers raise
great outcry against it, fearing doubt
less that 1T might catch one OF those
200 sporadic eases.
Church Hostile to Labor.
Mr.. Weber spoke of the lack of prop
er labor legislation in Utah, saying that
the church has been uniformly opposed
to organized labor. He then quoted
from the Appeal to Reason. October %,
1910, giving the following bills that
came before the last session of con-
gress, eight Hour Law "Compnl-
sorry Pilotage, '"Ship Subsidy" " Dick
Military Law" "Antl Injunction. -
Compulsory Investigation" also the
latter has had the support of both
President Taft and former President
Roosevelt, and read the record of
Utah IS senators and representative on
these measures as follows:
"Senator Reed Smoot: Against six
teen hour law; against employers lla-
bility; for child labor; against anti-in
j
"Senator George Sutherland:
Against sixteen-hour law; against EN-
ployers' liability: for child labor;
against antiin junction; lodged exempt
ing unions; blocked labor legislation in
committee on judiciary.
Representative Joseph Howell:
Against eight-hour law; against COM
p1sory piiotage; against sixteen hour
law; for ship subsidy; for Dick mill
tary law; for compulsory investigation;
lodged and then voted against exempt
ing unions.
g In the interests of labor" said the
speaker, ''they should have voted for
an eight-hour day, sixteen-hour law,
compulsory pllotage, employers Habil- |
ity, antiini junction, and exempting
unions, and against ship subsidy, child |
labor and Dick military law. If there |
were no other reason for a working man |
to vote against the Republican ticket,
that record ought to be enough
Turning then to the prohibition ques
ton Mr.. Weber said that the position |
OF the Democratic party on this question
was very plain, their platform coming |
out emphatically for state wide prohibi- !
ton. Before taking up the Republican !
platform he quoted from Smoot IS I
speech before the state convention to
show Smoot S position with regard to
rohbltion. The quotation follows:
hlbltlon has been instituted against the
sentiment and will of the majority of
inc people OF any particular community,
the trafhc has passed into the hands Of !
morally lower and coarser persons than
othcrwirse would be the case, and the
back alleys, blind tigers, dives and
speak easies, vile beyond description,
combine to outwit officers of the law
mlslead the unwary, and debase the
general moral tone OF the public
when | read that Mr.. Weber
SAID. 81 wondered where our apostle
has been and what he had been doing
TO know all about back alleys, blind ii,
gers, dives and speak.cascs.
Speaking of Provo.
And then remember about Provo. It
was was or Provo he was speaking, whore ;
has enga0cd in the illicit sale of intoTi.
eating llQuor and in which Senator
Smoot has for years been interosled ,
ana he has been so proud of his blind.
Tiger drugstore and of his speak easy
PrcScriptIon-case in that drug store that
ne Te naS called 1t the Smoot drug store.
Then | understood it.
MIR. Weber then quoted the Poruh J
hcan platform as follows eP'" !
We, therefore, declare unon b;s
question as follows; In favor of = law
prohibiting the sale or other disDoSoi nf ,
.I'oAteatihE liquors In any and all q
plaetS outside the limits of the incor- .
Poratca cities, providing that all that :
part OF the county outside of tho CITIES
ol thc FIRST, second and third class shall =
constitute a voting unit for the deter. q
mining OF the liquor question. ', 6
MI weber followed this with ouo. h
poo'icah as
In ITS platform the Republican !,
party stands squarcly in favor NJ tho i
|, absolute IDS prohibition of liquor outsidc =
me ne, ci'les 4r of the first, second and third =
in nth The stnto 'iht means that in every county i.
county; there will be absolute prohih;' ,II' = =
ION ,,on, Ihe cities themselves viii vote =
upon the question for themselves Tho =,
VIII ,i not be controlled by the county -
eS'Ie tbeS he ,nG,r corporate limits. nor will t,
Ihis shows that the the officini or,, ',
81 the Republican party exnrosnii, ursau ci