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Show HIIOCMI MIT lll.HAMt Dll'OSSI. 11111111,,1 fVmn my Iho guntlemen who ara taking an ncllvn patt In the law and order movement 111 tula city are, In pur opinion, working on n mistaken tiaee. The relet agaluit the pmeul ofllclal lecknenln enforcing thu lawi and the encouragrnient given to the u ortt forme' of vice cannot be too prououncid. Kxtreino aud Impractlcablu fuggeatlouf Mtolhb appropriate remedial tnetna, will, however, do Injury lo Iho taue ol morality. THU la lie thco to a(IUIe the total uhllteratlon of the ailnon.liowevtrmuch rucli aconaumtna llonmlght bu devoutlywlahe.1. Hence, prohlbltlnu awvchea are not conalatenl with the peoeut inivemeut In favor law and morality. To prove thla It la only needful to direct atUntlon to the fact that the ol Ject of the agitation la bi lu luce, ly pojular prenure and other projier moaua, Iho city offlclala to euforce the lawa, not with n view to the extinction of vice and crime, that lielng au linpo. elble felt, I tit to reduce tliea deplor able rondltlona to Iho amalleat practicable practic-able proportlona. Aa there la no prohibitory law I u tbl Territory, which a plica to Hilt J.rtko City, lo oak for prohibition Is weree thaniinwlae. To rruiat of the cfll-clala cfll-clala an) thing which they have not the legal iower lo enforce la InconaUtei.t. The point of attack for prohlbllloulita la not officiate who have uo ower lo enact prohibitory ordlmuca and have in aitliorllv to enforce that which hat no exlatence. The legUHlure la the bdy which oan alone act In the premlic. The geullemeu whobelleveln prohibition ahou Id await thunextaasslonof the Terilloilal law. mtketanudturti) tliul rattatilt on them. Until then Ihey wotil I Uo well to i online on-line thtlr operallona to keeking lo mvild public opinion In the direction ol their vlowa. They will d) no good t tliaprrtent movement hy acting and laltlugutlf they exiected a practl oal application of tlitlr prohibitory vplnloua to the preaeiit en ol hlghw ay. meiuhlp, whlaky drinking and other ilotlkklng vice. Then has In the pat, been onu of themialdctarinlbed atrugglra ngalnat tin reign of the mIoiii and It con-coinltauta con-coinltauta In Utah that hia over beau fought. Hut the odda not In nuiibi-n, ttit ofllrlal authority- h i beon ftgalnat thoao who struggled oulheildoofniirallly Ainnlmlaiice, In the i Ityof f.sgaii, hlch was a raalel city fo) sobriety an I good order, there existed au ordinance orbldi.)g the leauancof liquor llcenaet. Kor.nioy jeara thu Count II stood hylt and re-fukiil re-fukiil to iiu ai.yir of an cppotl'e iuallty. Ilajnieusjld HUor In v flancoofiijanlclrnl hw. nnd mi think alw)!nopiltlon, el that tlmr,MTOrd-Itigl'itho tlmr,MTOrd-Itigl'itho lgn rllyolu rler,of Tirrl-lorlal Tirrl-lorlal euattiiient. A iular vote waa taken on the question lu order to fairly test ptibllo tctitlnirut. Tha result m that the vpla pro-cojiicoJ pro-cojiicoJ overwhsluilngly In favor of no saljon. A United BUtcs Court, however, gitvu Judgmtnt lnfaorof whisky, and the Council uiiln liquor ordlna nie The riround haa throughout been atoully conteated, but thoae who ahould hao euslalueil a hnil'liy sentiment and good morals, ojr l In the wrong direction. i( Jciu recently, there lias len no lm-iedlment lm-iedlment whate ver In the w ay of llooil-Ing llooil-Ing this city with dram lio aud other dens of vice. Advantage haa Iwen taken of th Is easy regime, and drinking, gambling, burglaries and the loweat vlcta are rampanl. Now thu only thing that can U dono practicably la to liitu tha aaloon curtail! to the i lutett lluili ot the law, au 1 to unfo tn the atatutc against all who am vugaged Incrhul ualprkllooa. To talk irohlblllon In connection with the present movement will do uo good, lit harm, aa It will atamp the agllatora with tho genlua of ultra-lam. We say thla with allrteptxt to the gentlemen referred to, Intrinsically their views aro good, but they are not apj llcahlo to the present situation. are notopiwl to prohibition, as there can l no doubt that If the manufac-turn manufac-turn ol Intoxicants waa wiped out of existence, It woull Imi a sunuy day for poor, suffl ring humanity. |