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Show H SPRY SAYS PROIIIDITION IS j FAILURE. BEFORE a conference of "city so- cini workers" (whoever this may fl be) nt Salt Lake the other day, Gov H enior William Spry delivered an ad- jB dross on the prohibition question, H which is certainly u monument of de- m jroncracy and servility to the liquor M interests, which arc trying so hard H to prevent Utah from belnj? added to m the rapidly increasing do territory in the United States. The whole ad H dress, as given publicity by tho Salt H Lake press, makes his sentiments and j mntivcR on the liquor question so pal 1 liable that true friends of temperance B are more than ever disgusted with the j author. His reasons for being op H , posed to the Wooten bill and state H wide prohibition arc just about as H logical as tho reasons given at the H tlmo for the vetoing of the Wooten H bill after it had been passed by both H branches of the state legislature. H One purpose, and one only, stands M out pre-eminent through all the gov H ernor'a dissertation, and that purpose B is to prevent just an long as possible, j if it must be permitted a all, the pas j nagc of a law for stato-wlde prohlbl- H t on. To begin with, he holds out the j theory that a state is not big enough j to enforce prohibition and make it of- J fectual: yet he has all along advocated J and with his official signature ap J proved, the local option law, which J permits city and county units to vote J whether they will be wet or dry, which j he has claimed was all sufficient. Then j why does he now raise the national j prohibition bugaboo, and try to divert J the attention of the people of this H ; state from the local situation to the H national aspect? Simply because he knows full well that this will take a 1 number of ycara of accomplishment, BW if it is obtained at all. The Governor 8 professes to quote figures to show that K whllo ten million gallons less beer has l ccn produced in the United States, H during the past year, that six million H gallons mora whiskey has been manu- H fnetured, und adds, "I have no doubt H that there waa an increase in intoxi- ' cation on that account." Thcso figures H . may or may not be true. No clue is H given as to from whence they were ob- m Uiined, but we have no doubtrthat R. M 'I w. Brown, the person sent out from Ij Kentucky by the liquor interests to 'cad tho fight against prohibition in 4 this state, could enlighten ua. We .f- understand that Govemor Spry is H h lite intimate with Mr. Brown. And H l y the way, if as the Governor would 1 pply, tho making of a state dry, H I increases the sale of whisky in such H ; Btnto, wo should think that such men H as Brown would bo sent out to organ j o and work FOR state prohibition M laws Instead of AGAINST them. In H 'i this connection we would also call at M J tention to the fact that the population m of the United States is increasing, and ' tho consumption of flour,, potatoes H i sugar, tobacco, tea. coffee and even H , gasoline is increasing, and the fact H tho consumption of liquor and beer are m not keeping pace with that of other H commodities Is what is alarming the m manufacturers and their friends. , n the event that the Governor can LH not appease tho people of Utah by m holding the national prohibition sugar m teat before their eyes, but which he L known full well is beyond their reach, ;m . then, his next suggestion is the sub-I sub-I mission of the question to the voters I at an election. This will assure his I friends, the Baloon kcepors and loquor mj4 manufacturers, two years moro of safety and pelf. H;,1- Ue eays: Hl "At tint Inst uttnlon of the Icj-laUttirf i tho doli-Kiite- from three counUe out LaHft Hiiw,8il,?"elKhi wre nt to the capltol F -, ptodKed to submit the question to the H $!?&' Ieoplo. hut while tho advocates of prohlbl LH 'T 'rm lox c,,"lm 85 Per cent of the people of tho ib&K' fill,,:i; dry condition, tho Wootton C "" ','e..aaldj contained no provision for f Hiibmlttlnff the question to the people." f Yes; three out of twenty-elght m counties instructed in favor of sub ' t mitting the matter to tho people of the m state, and the balance, or the most M r . oi them, instructed for state-wide s prohibition in the speediest and most j practical manner, and the legislators M thus instructed passed the Wooten bill. M which would have been entirely sat- m isfactory to the great majority of the m people of the state, but was not sat- M isfactory. as long as the matter could U be staved off, to the saloon men and B the covemor of the state. m If 85 per cent of the people of the m state want prohibition, why tolerate B the liquor curse for two years longer in order to gratify the Governor's pet plan of submitting it to the vote of the people? Is it not apparent that delay and obstruction are tho objects aimed H Next tho Governor swings onto the old drug store bugaboo, and says that the Wooten bill was vicious in that it closed the saloons but permitted every I . drug store in the state to sell liquor, "in fact made saloonB of tho drug M stores." Wo have prohibition here, m and the drug stores are not saloons B unless they caro to make themselves Kuch, and then it is at tho eminent risk H of severe punishment. fl Continuing the Govemor says: H "Anotlier vicious featurv of the bill H wa that whllo It prohibited the manufac Ufl tint) of liquor ono pf ItH provision- win mXR (hut nothing' In the bill should be con Wm hi rued to pi'uvont a rciddent of tho nlato ,W , from hiivtmr In his ponueiislon liquor for 34 d hl purtional or family uie. One man &M might Import a few quarto of wlno for tine Jn on u Mpuclni occanlon. Ho would be with- vSn In tho law. Another man, u toper, mlglit HB - Import the name quantity for hta own OS uho every day In tho year." Sk No, thcra was nothing in the bill BB' to prevent a person from HAVING ; LIQUOR IN HIS POSSESSION for his own ue; but the getting of this V liduor in his possesiiion, Is where the B'' ri'b rpmes. There is a federal law, H' and a-sovoro penalty prescribed, for H th btunAportftttn eH Uqav o -? BH ' ' ' VaHMfa - ataU, and it has been found that it lis not very safe to monkey with United States laws, as they arc usually enforced. en-forced. And with no point within our own state where liquor could bo purchased, pur-chased, and with dry states surrounding surround-ing us on three sides, it would be too difficult, and attended with too much risk, to attempt very often Tho trouble Is that ntatc-wide prohibition threatens to become all together too effectual to suit tho enemies of temperance, tem-perance, with whom wo unhesitatingly class Governor William Spry. But the most disgusting thing about the Governor's whole spiel is his false and transparent attempt to pose as an advocate of prohibition, as shown In the following excerp: "I hope that both pnrtlo- will plcKic thi'lr caiidldati'W for thn tcKlnlaturo to nuhrnlt thin question to thn people of tho atatc. And I would lmvo that ninondin'tit mndn very brief, forover prohibiting thu manufacture, -alo and uho of Intoxicant forbidden. Why didn't the Govemor suggest that the touching of liquor, or the looking upon it with covetous eyes, be made a felony,, subject to capltol punishment? pun-ishment? Thero would be about as much sense In It. And yet wo belicvo that the speaker was sincere in what he was saying. He would really muke tho law so unreasonable and extreme that It would not receive the supiort of any lawmaker in tho possession of his right senses, nnd would therefore fail of passage, and prolong the reign of King Alcohol. Governor Spry is controlled by the so-called business interests of Salt Lake and will do exnetly what they want him to do. So long as they are opposed to state-wide prohibition. Governor Spry will be found doing nil that is in his power to thwart the wishes of tho majority on the prohibition prohibi-tion question. Because ho has proven such a pliable and willing tool, these interests are doing all that they can to boom his candidacy for a third term; but it will not work. The peo-nlc peo-nlc are not such fools as they are thought to be, and when the time comes, Governor Spry will bo given a courteous passport into tho political graveyard, where he can take a long and much needed rest, while he reflects re-flects upon the mistakes of the past. About this time he will find thnt ho is in the same position as tho calf that left its mother and followed a steer. For the people are, after all, the real custodians of political favors, and in the end the people will have their way |