Show DO YOU WANT SALOONS reau republicans say we must have ha ae saloons in salt lake city but not in the county of davis I 1 I 1 dout dont bo be deceived prohibition i si it christian Chri measure the mormon church has declared it favoron idill conference conf orenco as bumbled bom bled ianiro thain a tho thou Mind leadill leading g 11 republicans apu epu bi jean s in the salt sait etke theatre on tho the night of fob 1909 declared themselves in 1 favor avor of a prohibition bill that would effectually abolish the liquor evils in the state of utah the anti saloon league of utah march 2 ard 3rd 1909 passed a resolution favoring statewide state wide prohibition the catholic church the methodist church and the swedish lutheran church I 1 I 1 in salt lake city in mar 1909 went do 6 record decord in favor of statewide prohibition eighty thousand voters ot the state of utah in feb 1909 petitioned tho the utah legislature to enact legis t lation prohibiting 11 the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors within the state late AND YET the republican legislature disregarded the will of the people laughed at tile the lengthy pe PC tit ions submitted to it and refused fu ed to measures restrict inz ins the liquor traffic in in any any re gar ird d republican party le adois adors p pr pir ir ticul arly tile the federal olli cers were accused ot of having made a deal with alia liquor interests ot of the ibe stat statis among aanon those who io anade the charl 0 and ami denounced the party leaders were the des oret new apostles M smith aud and heber J grant goo geo 11 pres nephi L morris 13 F grant jos J cannon Seri senator ator wilbod ot of wasatch county get geo A smith parley farley P christenson rev F B short mrs E E shepard and judge agee aged 11 I 1 in a the face diceo of cheso facts somo some republicans in in this state late and in in the county are going about pro claiming d that utah want prohibition and there die are thou those tho u who anu come into this county within thu past week wearing gum shoes familiar spirits so bo to speak visiting tho the widows and the pliant and tile the credulous urging ili in faint whispers that tit the merman church leaders are agrain st state wido prohibition and want tile tho people to vote the republican ticket beware of such they tire are void of conscience or decency they aro are debauching debau ching the politics of their state and are destroying r personal liberty they are falsifiers and deceivers and ought to bo be denied audience by respectable people do you think tile mormon leaders are working agaibi against st prohibition hibi tion if you do hear bear what some of them have said about it jn in the Improver improvement nent era of A august aust 11 1907 joseph F 1 smith wrote its as follows 1 I wish to say hore her ONCI 1 1 KUK AM ALL that I 1 arn am unalterably in favor of STATE WIDE tempest K ANCE AND AM I 1 care not nellt alio is opposed ed to it nor whose cause is it in conflict aaion lie he said 1 aitho recent legislature Legisla turo numerously signed ned n petit iorii were received front tile 11 people asking for state wide prohibition tho the Leis legislature liture did not sue see lit to heed these prayer now let at tho people act and prove choir sincera ty ly by closing tile saloons wherever tins this I 1 is possible and make inako good their declarations and do sirus sires by sending bonding to the next legislative isla tive tivo body such tives lives us its will comply with biti the demands demand for statewide prohibition that is at tho the general conference of oct 1909 the following resolution was unanimously adopted by the immense congregation p present r es e n t believing in the words and teachings of president joseph F P smith as set forth firth on the subject of temperance it is proposed therefore that the members of the church of jesus christ nt ni latter day saints will doall aw their power that can pr prop lyod da done with lawmakers generally to have such laws enacted by our legislature soon to be elected as may bo be necessary to close saloons otherwise decrease tho the maloof sale of liquor and enact what is known as the sunday law presiding bishop 0 W nib loy ley speaking ut at the logan tabernacle ern er aule nacle oct 24 1909 said now as to prohibition stay with it il go to the polls and voto vot 0 to everl everlasting astin oblivion the saloon if you dont do so you will cease to deserve the agricultural A ri cult uial collo college o or any other institution ution that attracts young people to y your our town again jan 2 23 1910 in tho the same he said stay with tire the light for prohibition never mind those arguments about it riot the losing of it a few dollar sas long as you tire aro saving having souls if tho the latter latier day saints are not 1 what under beavan are they tho deseret news on oil tho the of january 1909 declared editorially that prohibition is bablo and while it may not on prevent drinking it robs tho the vice of its most inott seductive garb gai b and deprives it of the sanction of tho the law and tho the passive approval of the thes state tatu lit in the face of these facts how are you going to believe tile the de cheivers who come into your midst to gratify then their personal desire for office apostle smoot said that it would be alari alright lit to abimlish abi abolish alish the saloons in davis county but salt lako lake city must have thern them Dothe do the citizens of D davis avis county believe that experience ta taught us tilt fallacy of such a suo su 9 estion yes emphatically the people in ili our court communities cannot be blinded to the real issue the proper appreciation of the welfare of da davis vis countes coun tys young men the most vital question to bu be solved by us at present detri demands ands the abolition of the liquor traffic in ili our entire state the democratic party has adopted a statewide prohibition plank willylu will you withhold your support from them county central committee |