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Show 1 HvoBfjJJJJJJf I "Sjon't Sign Petition" iM Say Leading Citizens JKEMection at This Time Miffht Mean a Set Back to Prohi-rarchRi011 Prohi-rarchRi011 an( Would Entail an Unnecessary Expense On the City. BL Ambrose, Richard Adam son B& Elemoru commenced Inst Kr the circulntlon of n petition Bor a Hluor clcct,on t0 bo nc,tl 18b, 3B oek of June to detormtnc 13-W,. Amerlrnti Fork shall re-es- ir'-" Tlio promoters say M,r aroady have more than half BKgired number of signatures, Bong them arc many womon. K cre 868 registered voters at Bji city election, which would Bit If 217 of them sign thu poll Becliy ,("I1C" "IIIHl provide foi Blon ""-' ,usl Tll08tla' '" J"1U-'' JfQ B a majority ul thin election B Hum saloons will be rc-os- rouB"1 ln tl119 clly At tho nrBl mdB1' aflcr lll ,ocnl optlon mw tnd B!8eJ' ln'8 clly votcd tho 8n Bout of existence by a voto of jj, lto (o one. ;he policy of JhU paper, since II' B of ownership (wo years ngo B f"r prohibition, because It IS Kttbat suloonsure of no lieiieili k lt"'' liut ure n e"r!ie to 'unnv Bdom In UiN city lime not btci 9 but Hit' bate been gradually Bog belter, mid with the aid IB recent supreme court decision1 p operation of tho new Fun) Biker should be improved 100 pet tore. This is no time for tin Ki take a backward step when a B progreixhc communities art ft the other nay. Wing are somo of tho replies Hv leading citizens when asked they thought about signing the en: B.V. Clirlstcusen, ox-County Com Boner. "1 don't bcllevo that the Kon should bo cigned. The pec- Bindoutitedly would voto tho town I to why put tho city to tho ex Be of an election. New states are A dry each year and even It the Braor dld.votoilho.prolilbltlon.blll, will yet go dry. " Progress In Birts of tho nation Is towards pro-Hon, pro-Hon, not tho other way." flaes II. Clark, Postmaster "1 Bao ubo In cnlllng nu election. It Bad suro that tho saloon Interests B'd be beaten at tho polls, so wh expense that would bo Incurred sftn election? However, they havi -ftBltgal right to hold an election it per cent of tho voters sign, but IKould mean tho same old fight ove Iftio, with tho dryo again victorious." Iftf V Greenwood "I n in going to B ""-' petition because I believe IHpeopIo should rule. Tho dovcrnoi pftlet tho people voto on It. I also Bk the peoplo should have the right BBoto on state-wldo prohibition." KM. Heck, proprietor Grant Hotel. Bjlhlnk the peoplu ought to have ie Kit to vole on this question. II B? wint to go wet then they should Be saloons. However, If an olec-la olec-la Is held, I think American Fork Buhl oto dry. I also think the Bne thing regarding statu wide pro-Billon pro-Billon -that tho people should vott B It." Mum Ureenwood "I am against II Br tliu reason, In (hit first Bcc I don't helievo In saloons In nu an '" lle second place I donV liev. that the peoplo want them, KKlmt Is tho usu of putting tho city HJ the expense of an election whlli Btrer',li under the present high bur-B" bur-B" of taxation." BJDr M Kelly, School Trustee Blr. (Ireenwood voire my sentiment BJilootis do not contribute In any tm W to tliu moral iipllfl of tho eon ftounlty H James T (lanlncr, ox-Moyor "I R'hlnk a ll(iior election would bo 'tep la the wrong direction. Though conditions nro not Ideal now, stl they are 75 per ceut bettor than tin ere under tho old condition. He sides this, It would only bo putting tho city to an unnecessary expense, as the anti-saloon votes would carr. tho election." K. J. Clayson, Stake Clerk "I am fully convinced that such an election would simply mean adding the cost of same to tho taxpayers of tho community. com-munity. I have full confidence that, providing bucIi an election should uo called, tho voto of tho citizens would leave tho liquor question Just whore it now stands ln American Fork. If the prohibition movo is to succeed in Utah and in tho Nation, which I believe, notwithstanding thu obstacles which Wo huvo had to meet In Utah, tho great majority of (ho peoplo aro determined that It ihall, then Bhould not communities which havo onco been voted "dry" go forward tnd not backward?" Earl S. Greenwood, Mayor "I don't favor holding an election, because 1 dori't believe in saloons. They are & curse to any community. If tho petition pe-tition gets 2C per cent of tho voters wo will have to call on election, and an election may mean saloons, so wi better not encourage even the slgnlni of ti petition." President Stephen L. Chlpmau "My sentiments aro expressed In an article by tho Stako Presidency." Willis Uromlcy, City Marshal "1 won't sign tho petition. It only means an unnecessary expenso on the city, as I don't think tho wets could carry tho election If one were held." J. H. Forbes, City Itecorder "An election would only mean tho useless expenditure of about $200, which, 1 think, would bring tho same result as was given in tho last liquor election, Hz., n 'dry territory.' Tho new law will ulso Htrengthon tho officers in Improving tho present improved condition." con-dition." C. E. Young, Dank cashler--"My Thio question by tho Civ!-Uotterment Civ!-Uotterment League." J. H. Storrs, Mgr. Co-op store"! think it la a farco and unjust. Unjust Un-just because an election would result re-sult In victory for prohibition, and tho prohlbitlonlsto being In tho majority major-ity would havo to stand tho larger part of tho expanses of tho election It Is a farco becauso It hus already been proven at n prior election that tho peoplo don't want saloons." W. S. Chlpmau, banker, "I think 'tlm neoiilo ought not to sign tho piv tltiou. It would only incur au unnecessary un-necessary expense of about $300, for thoro is no possibility of tho liquor pooplo winning out. At tho lust election elec-tion tho question of saloons wan do fcated two to one. I see no moi reason why tho pooplo should i. saloons now than ll.ey did then." Dr. J. F. Noyea "I am a prohibitionist. prohibi-tionist. However, If the. peoplo want to voto on die question and secun twenty-five por ceut of tho voters I have no objection to their deciding It at the polls." John II. Wootton, Stato Sonator "In view of the passage of tho Funk bill making dry territory moro dry, I think it would bo foolish for tho voters lo aBk for a Unuor election at this llmo. With this now bill and an enforcement of tho law, prohibition prohibi-tion In American Fork should bo i practical success." J 11. Seely, City Councilman "1 am 'a prohlbltlonlnt. Tho peoplo don't want hhIooub nor do thoy want the cost of a special election. They have already decided tho question once and havo no reason to change tholr decision." |