The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01
NEWS OF UTAH AND
ADJOINING STATES
SOUNDNESSO OF LAW
IS NOT DISCUSSED
Roberts Avoids Committing
Himself as to Wisdom of
State Wide Prohibition.
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Logan, Oct. 31.-With the declaration
that IL is probable thar Democracy and
Insurgency" viii control the national
Congress when il cOnVenes again, and
that, therefore, Dtah's interests could
be more effectively guarded by Dem
OcraIIc delegation. Brigham II Roberts
opened his campaign through north
ern Utah at the Thatcher opera house
tonight.
Beginning on national issues. Rob
erts attempted TO answer the argument
Of Senator Reed SmOOt TO the effect
that the tariff had been revised down
ward. He charged the senior senator
with dealing in generalities alone, ana
ignoring specific details.
Republican local leaders, he said,
were arguing for the reelection of the
present Titan delegation on the as
sumption that the national congress
would be made up OF Republican ma
Jorities, as heretofore, while. as
matter OF fact, the indications through
out the nation were that Democracy
would be in the ascendancy as never
before. IN this connection he. an
nounced that the Democratic party
stands ready 10 send TO Washington
publican delegation, and with working
principles which, he believed, We're
more favorable TO Utahs welfare than
those of the Republican delegation.
Local Issues.
Turning TO local issues, Mr.. Roberts
launched into a defense of statewide
prohibition, as advocated in the DEM
Ocratic state platform. Ills remarks
on this subject consisted chiefly OF an
explanation OF the stand he took in
opposition 10 prohibition al the time
OF the constitutional convention IN 1896.
He declared that at that time ne pc
leVed the liquor question should De
left TO the choice OF the people direct,
and not embodied in the state consu-
tuition His only reason Tor taking a
different stand AT present IS. he said,
l.. o al aa1 cd
into between Republican legislators and
the brewery interests.
II make no charges personally my
convictions being based on what L nave
heard. read and observed he FASTENED
10 add.
As 10 the soundness Of statewide
prohibition law, the speaker refused
TO commit himself declaring that he
was convinced that a majority OF the
people OF the state were in favor OF
il and that he was too good Demo-
crat TO oppose the people, no matter
what his personal convictions might be
ON this point he referred TO the Nib
lev dispatches TO Senators SmOOI and
Sutherland, in which the. claim was
made that 80 per cent OF the people OF
Utah were in favor Of prohibition. That
the failure OF the Republican sena-
tors to answer these kilograms was
evidence of a disposition 10 evade. was
his charge.
Deal Is Denied.
The alleged deal between Democrats
and the American party, 10 gain con-
troll of the legislature, was denied by
the speaker who declared the TWO par
ties had nothing in common 20 war
rant such an utilization
In conclusion. Roberts said that
since the liquor interests had invaded
Utah politics. eOrrupting legislation and
ruling with a high hand, the only
remedy left was statewide prohibition
Jesse Knight Of Provo and Lyman r.
Martineau Of Salt Lake accompanied
Mr. Roberts TO Logan and will take
part in the campaigning of Cache coun-
~ for the Democratic party during the
next three days