Show VARIOUS VIEWS I ON PROHIBITION Judge Colborn Resents What He Terms Attempt to Laugh Him Down CITY BREWERY VALUATIONS REP ARCHBOLD ACCEPTS APOS APOSTLE APOSTLE APOSTLE TLE GRANTS APOLOGY The dl of prohibition b bure ons the he house houle judiciary committee in the house houle last night wee was not an entirely harmonious affair Sometimes it was wa Inclined to acrimonious especially when Judge Colborn declared he wouW not HOt be laughed down The judge was al almost almost a I most alon alone as champion of what whal was s called the opposition and several sever 1 times while he was wall talking there was some laughter At last the judge turned to Apostle Heber J Grant and said mild You cannot laugh me rue down They have for years been trying to laugh down your religion but it still stands Then he turned to the members of the legislative committee and said they were not elected by popular clamor or orand and must be guided by their own calm judgment Some thirty persons participated in inthe Inthe inthe the discussion Judge Colborn told of there being six government licenses in and George M 11 Cannon in his speech said he had bad been enlightened by the source from which the judge had obtained his statistics and thought they were not worth a hill of beans either with reference IS t 1 or Kansas Judge Colborn asked Mr Can Cannon Cannon Cannon non if he questioned the accuracy of the statistics and the latter said he be did I not flOt p Arguments were made that there was I I an overwhelming demand for pr tion Uon In the tho state 90 per cent lt j claimed and that the state was nL I for the measure On the other hand was nag urged that prohibition lon does nt it t prohibit that regulation was the course to pursue Opinions Expressed LeRoy Armstrong editor of the In InterMountain Republican was wa present and TV was as called upon for tor an address He did not favor prohibition but b ut favored a law which will reduce the evils and abolish the bad features and the en enforcement n I of the law asked d Mr Mm t f the fhe Republican l OI te prom pro l bitton and the editor said It did not I Then Mr Evans asked what do d you call It I Mr Armstrong replied they had asket the th question In the paper Shall t tah I IHan Have Han Prohibition Many of the read readers ad aders ers em had complained because the same i thing was as being repeated day after da daThe day The paper did advocate temperance rs r I form and was still advocating It i George M I Cannon asked the edit of the Republican If the paper would give space to communications favoring prohibition and Mr Armstrong said that it would give all space within rea sea reason season son Mr Cannon who was charged I by Mr Armstrong as voting agan t prohibition in the constitutional con convention CO i repudiated that assertion lie He I Isaid said he ho voted with athers to defer the question to the first legislature lature Mr Cannon gave some statistics as t tc brewery brewer valuations In the city and said that a tax of 3 15 mills for one year ar would buy buyout out the tire concerns concern and he was willing to bear his iris share The Th breweries arc are valued at about and the annual tax to the government is 15 about The question then arose to close the tire debate Judge Colborn wanted another meeting held and promised to bring brine one of the prominent divines of the city to discuss the opposite phase of tire the question This however was eventually eventually eventually ally refused Ire Is Aroused Apostle Grant again got into a eon con conflict filet In some remarks as to the evi evl evident evident dent anxiety of tho the legislators to dose close eIo e ethe the question he said sarcastically if It was a show we wc would all stay until vatU midnight This groused aroused roused the Ire of Representative tive William Archbold of or Summit coun county county ty and he walked up to Apostle Grant and pointing his finger at him said saidI I 1 wont take that from you Apostle Grant I dont go to shows or saloons loons and I will wilt not be Insulted in that way wa Apostle Grant arose and begged the pardon and the apology was accented The final decision of the meeting was waa that there should be lX no further public discussion of the question but anyone could present their views to the corn com committee In writing |