The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-06

reduction on the duty w&ich has
unsettled the wool market and the
whole industry in the United States.
He quoted from President William III.
raft's WinOna speech, in which the
President said that the tariff on wool
was too high and that il should be
reduced. Mr.. Erickson concluded his
speech twice and started for his seat,
when James II. Moyle and William II.
King started him back TO the speak
ers stand and ordered him 70 take
up the prohibition question. The first
time DIR. Erickson resumed his speech
under orders he baked, but the second
time he took the bit in his teeth and,
suiting the action 10 the word by TAX
ing a glass OF water. the congressional
candidate squared his shoulders and
said:
II want 10 say 1 stand squarely on
the Democratic platform" He reviewed
the fight on the prohibition plank at
Provo and compared the Democratic
and Republican platforms. All his life
statewide prohibition. but he was OPP
posed TO local option. Referring TO
the recent decision of the supreme
court in the case OF Smith against the
Morgan county commissioners, Mr..
Erickson said this was in effect a de-
ton.
Praise for Insurgents
Mr.. Erickson lavished praise on the
lnsurgent Republicans and promised
that next year when Champ Clark
speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, drove his team Of Missouri mules
down Pennsylvania avenue at Wash
ington. he would help drive them. He
said that Utah could not hope TO en-
force any liquor laws excepting
through the enactment of statewide
prohibition, saying that, although Utah
had laws against murder, arson and
robbery. IL was impossible TO prevent
such crimes.
c. c. Richards. candidate for the SUI
H.r4a ar~fn Ia
stood squarely on the state Democratic
platform. He said that after January
l he would be glad to consider such
prohibition problems as might reach
the supreme court of the state. Too
much judge-made law was already on
the statute books of the state, he said,
and his belief was that the mem bers
OF the bench should keep out OF law
making and law execution, leaving
those duties TO the legislature and the
governor respectively.
William II. King started to make
a dignified speech. but within a Few
minutes he was buried to his eyes in
TRADE against the Utah congressional
delegation.
Mr.. King said. in part: s.,
my friend, Senator George Suther-
land. in his recent speech al the ke-
publican convention at ogden, salu
that in the few remarks winch l SUD
mitted at Provo upon the occasion OF
the Democratic convention, that l spent
a great deal OF time talking about
nothing. 1 spoke thirty-five minutes
or less. The personal organ or SEN
ator SmOOt and the machine mas peeh
deVOting columns TO me ever since. II
/ said nothing, il is remarkable that
the organ OF Mr.. SmOOt should con
| ceiVe il so necessary TO devote columns
10 that nothing (Applause) L feel
hOnOred in being placed in the same
category with my friend, Uncle Jesse
Knight. (Applause-D We have been
the objects OF vilificatiOn and vituper-
alton ever since the Democratic con-
Vention Is il possible that we told
! the truth about the Republican ma
chine that is thrOttling the liberties OF
the people OF this state2 They say
| that Uncle Jesse Knight is a Demo
cratic boss. Is il possible that when
we charge the Republican machine
with being bosses in this state and
/ sitting initiative and independence.
/ that for once somebody got under the
/ thick hide Of the Republican machine
/ and its satellites in this state? They
must think that the Democrats are
\ towards and that Uncle Jesse Knight
and some Of US who have been the sub
/ jects OF their vituperation would not
/ dare TO raise our voices IN defense or
Democratic platform and Democratic
principles.
More Prohibition
''The ehurchmen who have been
| preaching prohibition cannot dodge the
! issue now. for this issue is moral one
and the people OF Utah are demanding
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