The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-03
MRS. SHEPARD
PREDICTS DRY
UTAH IN 1875
Keynote Of w. c. T. u. Con-
vention Is Sounded in
Opening Address by
State President,
SEES SALOONLESs
NATION IN 1920
Organization VIII Endeavor
to Get Prohibition Pledges
From Legislative Candi-
dates Of All Parties.

Statewide prohibition for Utah in
1915 was predicted last night by Mrs.
Lulu Loveland Shepard, state president
of the Women s Christian Temperance
union. at the opening OF the W G. T.
U. convention at the Liberty Park NJ.
E. church
In opening the convention Mrs.
Shepard, in brief talk, outlined the
keynote of the convention, and de-
clared that this meeting would in
augurate the first definite campaign
for statewide prohibition that this
state has ever had. Her opening talk,
it was predicted, would form the topic
for discussion at the convention, with
the result that resolutions would be
adopted and committees appointed for
prohibition campaign to begin at
once.
The effort of the ". C. T. q. will be
to cooperate with other prohibitionists
to control primaries and conventions of
all political parties in 1914 and to de-
mand that every political platform
pledge its legislative candidates to
statewide prohibition, and that only
avowed prohibitionists be nominated
and elected to the Utah legislature.
Victory Is Seen.
"Twelve or fourteen other states
will join us in this movement de-
clared Mrs. Shepard, "and I am firmly
convinced that we will win our fight.
This will be the first real battle for
prohibition in Utah, and it is on from
for prohibition in a dozen other states
the saloon forces will not be able TO
concentrate their fight against us. Their
forces will be divided and their liquor
funds will have to be shared by the
campaigns In the different states,
Washington and Oregon prohibitionists
have already declared for prohibition
in 1915, and Idaho and Utah will both
adopt the same slogan. Eight or ten
other states will promptly Join us III
the fight.
"Prohibition in Utah In 1915 will
be one OF the stones that will pave the
way for saloonless nation in 1920,
We will hold big conference in No
vember of prohibition workers of all
the states in the union to lay plans for
the great campaign that will result IN
absolute prohibition for the United
States in l920.'
Definite action looking to the formal
inauguration Of the prohibition cam
paign in Utah will probably be taken
BY the convention today. A prellmi-
nary canvass of the state Will be
made within the next few months by
the prohibition workers and the cam"
paign to capture the legislative elec-
tion will be begun early next spring.
A large number OF. prohibitionists
from different parts OF the state at.
tended the opening session of the con-
vention last night. Among them were
delegates from Salt Lake, Ogden, Tre-
monton. Mt. Pleasant, Provo, kaysville.
Corinne and Ephraim- Delegates from
other cities are expected to arrive
earlys today.
Startup Is Speaker.
The delegates were welcomed to the
convention by Rev. T. 0. Leonard,
president of the Salt Lake ministerial
association and pastor Of the Third
Presbyterian church, Mr.. Leonard
said the women would succeed in their
work because the wisdom OF the
women is always superior to that Of
mem. me.'A Mrs. II. ". Pratt. recording sec
retary of the state W, c. T. Ur wei
coined the delegates in behalf Of the
w c. It. L. of Salt Lake City.
George Startup of Provo, introduced
as the father of the, abatement and
Injunction law spoke Of the success
of the operation of this law in eradicat-
ing evil resorts.
The appointment Of committees,
which was scheduled for last night, was
in order TO await the arrival
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