The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-15
PROHIBITION TO Be
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in favor Of it that this county will /
naturally be the leader in the move
ment.
Weber county. coming next in size.
will undoubtedly present a disrupted
delegation. cache county is almost
soltdly for prohibition, and while Utah
county did not instruct many Of its
delegates. the sentiment there is
strongly against anything short of the
non-drink action. Jesse Knight. who
rs the leading spirit in the fight for
prohibition i'm Utah county. has gathered
about him many stalwarts, who viii
insist upon e..
story. and from the east, where the
delegates are as scare as water on
San Juan desert. the delegates are not
favOra BILE to state wide prohibition. Rep
resenting n group of counties to the
south-WashingtOn. Beaver. Iron and
Kane-Came delegates to salt Lake yes
terday. They are almost solid FOR high
license and strict regulation, and John
r. TOIton Of Beaver, a pillar in Democ~
racy and former leader of the minority
In the lower house. is amassing great
strength behind his insistence for reg
ulation and license instead OF either
state wide prohibition or local option.
Neither of these is a solution, thinks
Mr.. TOlton. and he has other strong men
Of the south with him in that respect
ID. n. Morris Of the Washington county
delegation, is also against state wide
George Democrats and others I'm Dixie
that prohibition doesn't entirely pro-
hibit.
The delegates from these four Coun-
ties will meet at Provo today and Sc
lect a candidate for state senator. II
Is likely that Mr. ToltOn Will be the
nominee and IL will be his great pleas
ure to run for the job now held by sen
ator Albert Miller Of st. George Mr.
Tolton will 20 east after the cOnven-
Vii LYNN. Mass.
after which he will hurry home and
burst into the campaign with all the
vigor that has characterized his work
in the past.
Cache County'- Caucus
The Cache county delegates. or as
many Of them as arrived yesterday, held
an informal caucus. They are practi-
cally agreed upon prohibition. although
there are one or two exceptions. Like
Democrats from all other parts OF the
state. they are agreed upon public
service commission. election Of United
States senators by vote Of the people
and a few other stock theories OF DEM
ocracy. Chairman ". G. Hayball
handlsd the caucus yesterday and VIII
probably be the Cache county repre-
sentative on the committee on resolu-
lions today.
This committee is going 20 have a
job at Provo during the noon recess
and 10 will be well NJ there are plenty
OF orators at the Garden city to en-
terrain the delegates and visitors While
the committee IS getting ready 10 re-
port.
This is the Democratic season OF the
year. for always q couple OF months
prior TO election their hopes are hlgh-
or than at any other time. and their
piece de resistance is hope 80. When
the speIlbinders stand before the con-
vention and disseminate hope. Jeffer-
sonian Democracy, and fan the thlng
that springs eternal in the Democratic
breast the program will be complete
and the fight i'm the resolutions com
mittee will not be missed at all.
II is believed that the committee
greatest fight will be over the Ques-
ton Of prohibition. and that II VIII
take some time TO make all members
believe that prohibition is best Tor
Utah. one resolution will be handed
20 the committee for local option. an
and still another for a general eN-
preston on the liquor traffic without
any recommendation for cure or cor
rectiOn.
The Importance of other planks may
be dimmed by the prohibition question,
but Il Is not considered likely that
radical plank OF any kind against the
railroads viii be adopted The com
mittee will doubtless report an allur-
ing plank on public service commission,
which viii be a vehicle for as
sailing the corporate greed" the
tariff will be lambasted with old-time
vigor. the Republicans will be as
sailed for every sin Of omission or com
mission. and a plank Of glitterinE gen
cralities will point with pride far back
into history to the work Of jefferson
and Jackson. with the chances ten TO
one against the mention Of the name Of
William Jennings Bryan.
Hope and Encouragement.
a plank carrying hope and encOur
aEement viii not be forgotten. the
payne-Aldrich tariff bill will be lacer-
ated into ribbons. and Mr.. Roosevelt /
will be accused of being a Democrat.
But all Of these burning issues" will
be lost TO view in the speculation and |
determination OF the matter Of prohi-
lion.
who's going to make up the ticket?