The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-28
MOVEMENT STARTED
To PUT UTAH INTO
PROHIBITION RANKS
State Prohibition Federation
and Betterment Clubs Hold
Great Convention.
GOOD CONDITIONS
FOUND IN DRY STATES
Governor spry, Who Killed
Prohibition In Last Legisla-
ture, Probably Will Occupy
a Place on Political Shelf.

Salt Lake City. Utah. April az
Drys OF this State have inaugurated
another movement for Statewide
prohibition. The movement will be
In charge Of the state Federation Of
Prohibition and Betterment Clubs,
At a convention of these organiza-
lions held in this city. Heher ].
Grant. OF the Mormon Church. was
made president Other officers chos-
en- are as follows:
Vice president, DR. George f. Da-
vies. Salt Lake; George A. Smith,
salt Lake: Senator W. w. Seeg
muller. Kanab: George A. startup,
Provo; David O. Mckay, Richmond.
Secretary, John Henry Evans, Salt
Lake.
Corresponding secretary. James II.
Wolf. Provo.
Treasurer, Jesse Knight. Provo.
John NJ. Whitaker. president dur
ing the last year of the federation,
made the keynote speech After de-
nouncing the activities and the evils
OF the liquor interests. and .decryins
the efforts of those that heretofore
have prevented the success of the
prohibition movement he read a set
Of resolutions that were adopted
unanimously by the convention.
Other Speakers.
other speakers were S. O. Bennion.
Stephen II. Love John L. Herrick.
Melvin j Balla.a Andrew KimhaH,
of Thatcher arizona; Joseph r.
Robinson. Heber J. Grant and the
Rev George t. Davies.
Every speaker predicted success for
the movement during 1916. Mr.. Ben
i,a{H ~
prohibition in Independence Mo
where he assisted in the campaign
against the saloons. He showed that
the cost OF the city government had
been reduced; that taxes had not in
creased; that the city administration
Is more efficient and in every way I'm
provement Is evident.
Mr.. Love reported on conditions as
/ he had found them In Denver on a
recent visit, and Mr. Herrick. who
| makes Denver his headquarters in
missionary work. also told of the ex-
cellent conditions there since the clos
| ing Of the saloons on the first OF this
year Both declared that prohibition
actually prohibits in Denver.
Conditions I'm Dry States.
Mr., Ballard reported improved con-
ditions in Oregon and Washington.
where he is engaged In missionary
work. and said that he regretted that
Utah. which should lead the other
States in the prohibition movement.
! Is still wet.
! Mr.. Wolfe asserted that there
would be no successful reform So
cially unless that reform could have
as basis a reform in liquor traffic
| He declared the alliance between
crime and vice and the liquor traffic
/ is so apparent that no intelligent per-
son may longer ignore 1t.
| Jesse Knight urged the support Of
| the people OF the State. expressing a
| belief that the movement would win
this year. Mr.. kimban gave figures
| regarding prohibition in Arizona
counties where local option has pre-
vailed In recent years He showed
conclusively that the movement Is
| strikinRly successful there Presl-
dent Robinson. OF the California mis-
| sion, described conditions in Pasa-
dena. Cal. whose beauty, he said.
had been built upon temperance.
/ Predicts Success
George A. Startup of Provo. pre-
| dicted success Senator Seegmuiar
said the southern part of the State
| had long wanted prohibition. but
added that Salt Lake prevented the
success Of the movement, He ap-
pealed to Salt Lake for support
enough to win this year. Senator
Funk and Prof Evans voiced senti-
ments strongly in favor of the movo-
ment. and pledged their strongest
| efforts
President Heber J. Grant declares
| he had never heard an argument
against prohibition that he could con-
slider of great merit. He ridiculed
many of the objections advanced by
I A.
not connected with them. but who
! oppose prohibition. He pledged his
support. his time and his best efforts
to the success OF the movement.
Spry Dead One.
( IT looks now as If all of the po-
| litical parties of the State would in
/ sert prohibition planks in their plat
! forms The Democratic and Repub-
/ lican parties have already done so in
their conventions nominating delo-
! gates to the national convention.
/ There Is a big fight In the Repuh-
| llcan party over the matter. the
] whiskey faction led by Governor Spry
opposing prohibition. while the dry
element of the party Is insisting that
! the party cut itself loose from
| whiskey domination.
II is quite certain that Governor
William Spry, whose treachery re-
suited in the defeat OF prohibition at
the last Legislature. will be politically
shelved, He is a political dead one"