| Show oun OUK ALCOHOL lugui in our fridays issue appeared appo arod a petition signed by some forty citizens cit izena praying the city cout council icil to repeal the ordinance ordin anco prohibiting tho the sale eala of liquor in this city the petition has provoked proTo Ired considerable street corner discussion and was severely gove roly handled bandied in the pulpit last sunday there i is e also a rumor abroad that a majority majori t y of 0 the council is inclined to favor the measure inon suro and that a strong against it passage is going tho the rounds rounda for signatures while we shall oppose unconditionally an anny y movement that anticipates the open ing ot of saloons on our streets Etre we ve realize that there is ia much substantial argument in its ila favor and aro willing to accredit to some at leaga of our opponents motives as an genuine genuina a aa ours oars wo believe that many of th the signers of this late petition though by no means all of 0 them did so with no other idea than to reduce ble tho the sale bate ot of intoxicating liquor in n our city moreover we are anro not prepared pare to deny their position there I 1 1 is a more important factor in tile the pro blom than the mero mere qu question of quantity of 0 liquor sold the class clans of 0 persons to whom tho the sale of liquor is now limited as distinguished from those thosa who would probably adorn the lounging apartments of a lico licensed saloon were such an permitted is question of vastl vastly y greater moment to society again does a majority of the thoroughly ro fro pui potable citizens of provo believe that the system of prohibition has baa be been on competently tried and proven to be impracticable wo we certainly do noti not and save nave under a vigorous protest ishill not abandon tho the 1111 antil atil every resource rea oarce has been ex laustad Lau it will nevor never be doubted for a mom ent cat that the city officers havo have done their full duty and even moro than their duty to enforce the liquor ordinance denance di nance nanco they havo have labored faithfully and assiduously to drag from their dons dens the whisky vampires vamp irea bomo of whom we do not hesitate to 13 esy eay are now posing as petition petitioners onera ers along bide ot of several respected citizens and to place them upon their meritt la footing before the law their labors have toll to great extent failed and wayt Js ja it ib because of any dinall in tho the ordinance wo we thin think 1 not la Is it because ot of tiny any phoneme nal shrewdness on the tho part odthe ol 01 tho gang that are opposing the law hardly they lavo have followed their obnoxious vocation with a countenance as brazen to popular criticism and reckless of tho penalties pen altien ol of law as aa it if they b bad ad been the gatherers of voluntary alms alma for some game institution oL charity it is is simply dimply because taoso or at least the majority of them who have bavo clamored long and vehemently for prohibition and to whom the officers of the law very naturally look for backi backing nj and to some extent active assistance are reluctant to raise a hand in bringing tho the illicit rum seller to justice it every man who advocates tom tern 4 perance and goad morals would be 11 man in in I 1 the practice of lia his precepts instead ot of a puerile reprobate to his own conscience there would bo be no doubt as to the tha late fate of all whiskey P neither bouhl there be I 1 in 10 our midst as thero there are to day a ba half if dozen beer guzzling establishments to disturb the quietude of lonest honest citizens we repeat with emphasis that our cor officers have labored faithfully but without the unqualified bac backing king of 0 the tha people morally financially and physically it need nead ie be their achievements must of necessity be exceeding ly limited they have not cot lad bad that bucking backing in the fullest renee and according as it has been withheld they have failed and the people some som ol of them at least aro are nabos unbosoming oming ing their disappointment to the tha city council this brings bring austo us to the tha logical se sequence quence ot of the whole situation the council it if left lef t to themselves would probably under the pressure pre asaro of certain unde liable facts acta repeal the ordinance forbidding the sale ealo of liquor and an other month would behold our pub lie streets bloss blossoming oming ints into rum ram r rows liko like the germination of stink weeds on an abandoned roadway but bat the citizens at large will not put up with any such as aa their pros pres ent action manifests and the council will deny the petitioners petition ers ill the long coveted saloon regulations regulation home thing thine nevertheless has got to be done it this stench blench that hasso has BO persistently disturbed the publio public peace and defiled tho the good name of the community can not bo be suppress suppressed ea without the into inter bention ot that unsavory una aTory being t tha he bartender then lot let us know the tha worst as aa soon as an pass possible ible that the bereaved guardians of our reputation for or de coney may compose themselves to to meet tle the monster with a calm res I 1 g nation but there are several potent expedients that must bo be tried to the full measure of their capacity before such a catastrophe can be even an and one of them is in our opinion opinion embodied in the young A mens ons improvement associations you yon gentlemen that are just rousing yount ii like 0 that strong man from sloop loep and shaking your invincible locks in the face of an obstinate and reprobate generation when your protest has achieved its end and an and a you behold the me saloon fiend skulking back Liot ioui to bohia his den while the stream of acuri apuri i oust oua soda water flows on in it its wont t ed current you go forthwith to the officers of the law and aind proffer your as distance ais as an organization to expose these Dosti ferous dives to the public view the enterprise is strictly within your buur hold of labor quite as much so as the circulating of protests cudlike and like performances circulars and bar anglos are arball all very good in their way lut but this will afford a practical lesson lesion in tile the elbow g grease rease d department of an ideal society so roll back your sleeves deeres and waltz in find and may tied god speed your on enterprise ter prise |
