The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-16

piunder, robbery braZen effrOntery,
broken pledges. debauchery OF state and
national affairs. monstrous wickedness.
corrupt dealing, sitting actions. crush
ing ambition, and everything mon
strous-'
This fan the Republicans viii get
out and yell. 'Hurrah FOR Taft, Hur-
rah FOR Cannon, Hurrah for the tariff.
and might as well wind Il I'D with
. 'Hurrah for hellr
I'VE are going to redeem the state,
send a Democratic representative TO
Congress and a Democratic senator TO
the United states Senate. and viii tell
the people OF the east that Utah is re-
deemed from its thralldom."
very serious effort was made BY
those opposed TO drastic action. On the
ground that the question, both moral
and political. should be submitted 20
the whole people. many stalwarts In
sisted that the legislature should call
n special election Of the people and
submit the question 70 them This was
defeated by about a two-thirds vote
after three hours Of the hottest kind
Of debate.
Prohibition Chief Question.
Every other act OF the convention
question. The delegates were primed
for this test. and It's solution satisfied
az least the majority that voted for the
statewide plank.
After the morning recess the com
mittee on permanent organization and
, order Of business. headed by NJ. r. Cum
quist secretary. made the temporary
organization permanent. The creden-
this committee. Of which Lucian a. Ray
or SAT- Lake was chairman. and A. !.
Eagle secretary found no contests. al
though many counties were not repre-
sented In the convention.
During the noon recess the commit
tee on platform had a busy session. The
committee was composed Of the follow
Ing. J. u. Call Box Elder. J. F. Toll
Condor. Carbon: y. r. Porter. Davis,
William Hansen. Emery, George g.
Whitmore. Juab; r w. King. Willard;
Burton. L. r. Martineau and James II.
Moyle. salt Lake. J. r. Letcher San
Juan Ferdinand Erickson. Sanpcte.
Olaf Mickleson. SEWER. Peter Clark.
summit. r. ID. Halliday, Tooele: J. TT.
Mcdonald. Wasatch. ID. II. Morris
Washington: T. d. Johnson and T. S.
Hyrum Lemons, Utah; .. W. McCor-
At the resumption OF tho convention
hadn't a1ywhere hesT com TG its its
work, and the convention was regaled
with speeches from the unterrified.
starting with John Seamon OF Weber.
and including Mrs. f. J. n. Roundy. salt
Lake Abel John Evans Utah. W. y.
Dusenberry. salt Lake. who said he was
troubled with his first sickness IN
Democracy was IN perfec. health. s. L.
Richards. salt Lake. W. NJ. Roylance.
Provo. and Andrew Morgan. Utah.
Little Noise for Bryan
To Mr.. Morgan fell the distinction Of
first mentioning Bryans name and Il
didn't cause much Of "a flutter. although
after that other speakers took the cue
from the little man OF Utah county and
mentioned the Nebraskan often. some
times getting a hand.
II was actually an afternoon OF ora
tory in which Democrat after Democrat
enunciated the doctrine that they would
rather stand for principle than be
elected to office. Then Ferdinand
Erickson, afterward nominated for
Congress, charged Roosevelt with
stealing Bryan's thunder. and added the
apparently Inconsistent argument that.
while the people were cleaving 70
Roosevelt Il was not because Of his
principles. but because Of hysteria
-. IT. Morris Of 81. George afforded
the highest entertainment OF the natl
nee Of oratory when he said that he
was from the only county IN Utah
Washington. that never elected
Republican. He was sent TO the lower
House two years ago.
II want 90 pay my respects to the
Legislature 7 have had the misfortune
20 attend. he said. and then told OF some
or the things his colleague did two
years ago that didn't please him.
I. r. Martincau. former state chair
man. and once a candidate for Con-
grcss. said that he knew the liquor in
terests had made deal with the Re
publican party because a man who
the breweries gave the Republicans
$40 600 two years ago and that Fred J.
Kiesel Of ogden handled the financial
end % Do.
"Ts that straight enough for youT
he asked the delegates in support OF
his demand for prohibition. IT would
rather have no organ AZ all than one
that IS constantly corrupted like The
Herald-Rcpublica
s. s. Jones Of Provo was getting good
when the arrival Of the platform COM
mittee AZ 5 o'clock put crimp In his
Tillman u. Johnson Of Weber coun-
", chairman OF the committee on plat
form. read that document and every
plank was greeted with wild acclaim
when he reached the plank on prohi
billion. tho convention went wild. and
the ovation ratified the roof OF the
Provo opera house.
same Old Policies.
The platform. containing Bryan poll
1895. rang through the convention IN
the clarion tones Of the chairman. end
every delegate felt once more that this
surely must be Democratic year.
John A. Henderson OF Ephraim was
the first delegate TO take advantage
Of the debate on the prohibition Ques-
tiOn-fOr no other was debated. He
launched into an intricate discussion
OF finance. and was called several
times for not talking TO the platform.
His remarks. said several delegates.
were not Eermane. but the chair al
lowed him 20 continue. When all hope
was lost Of his reaching n pertinent
point IN the debate, he was ruled out.
4. o. Smoot. jr. OF Provo. led the
fight against the statewide plank.
wing that the platform was incon-
sistent in asking for the initiative and
referendum. distinctly Democratic. and
then wanting 20 railroad prohibition
through without consulting the people
distinctly undemocratic.
Il cannot indorsc the plank until the
subject has been submitted to the peo-
pie" he said. In Provo we tried to
get the matter put up TO the people.
but they refused. one Friday the
Democratic convention met and refused
20 submit the matter to popular vote.
on Saturday the Republicans met and
the same treatment was accorded the
proposition. but men or both conven-
tiOns called a meeting for the follow
ing Tuesday night and an Independent
ticket was elected on a platform OF
high license. and not prohibition.