Show THE COMPANY For Our Stand on Temperance The Independent- r Arraigned as an of n i We cheerfully give space in this issue to a communication from a Mormon Church A. Milton who while strongly indorsing this makes' a strong we doubt a conscientious attack upon our editorial policy on the temperance As our readers well know we favor a strong and but also a reasonable and fair control of the liquor And as soon as the citizens of this irrespective of creed or party shall unite a prohibition we shall not oppose But we believe in a peaceable and legal solution of the liquor not in a. violent and unconstitutional We are not convinced that it is best for the so-called Mormon majority of this state to fonce prohibition upon the and until both these elements shall unite on this we perceive clearly that the only result of drastic and extreme measures' would be strife and between these two elements of our Musser 's letter is as lows Salt Lake March V. S. My Very Dear A mutual friend has to ask me what I think of Utah My This is News Expressed a-great likening for the vigorous manner in which you arraign the truth dissembler and the but was not much in love with its anti-prohibition You know very well that the saloon is absolutely without that it is demerit in every element of its and why any intelligent and clean person who believes in promoting the elevation and happiness of his fellow beings should even in any manner a defense of the saloon is a very great mystery to How it is possible for so many refined and enlightened like to ally yourselves on the side of he saloon and thus become practical allies of the drunkard loafer wife and children money shark m 1 home 1 t promoter and all the J i and patrons of the party together f every other vomit and in for it is well all these lawless J soul and being against and will vote for lita and is a gether Give 5 mates of the j county jails and city prisons art also the fruits of the for the by the saloon I with the saloon a chance to J against prohibition and join you hip and thigh and vV heartily support and vote for ol tinkering measure yourself are so sedulously W these elements' are your co-diP sers and co-workers and Mp soul and stomach will w pat for saloon license tion prohibition a host of profoundly people are begging and are pip I am very glad that your p represents but a microscopic jm cent more of the Utah are you proud of thi pany you are playing seek Please don't M me with envy ill The Right Kind of That the Independent is a 4 less and unflinching the truth as it understands and griller of the libeler V without acter goes The V. S. Peet M J articles published before the advent of the have without doubt serving a most excellent puH in removing unwarranted dice so generally about Utah and her I have heard almost num JM W m eulogies offered by our pie in praise of M It 13 spoken and fearless in A the best course m gards as for the II wish the hearty financial support and hope it J aPPreciated hy its and should grate- |