Show ARE CONDITIONS BETTER The Provo Herald has the following follow-ing to say about local prohibition Prohibition In Provo has been conceded con-ceded by all fairminded people to have been a dismal failure In tho past then why should it bo successful success-ful now Ask any of the oldtimers Who lived hero during that period ot drunkenness debauchery and crime U present conditions are not far and away superior to what they were I then Investigate and you will find that nlnetentliB of tho chronic Inebriates Ineb-riates and habitual drunkards In our city today were graduates of the hellholes hell-holes hat were then so evident on inmost every corner Ask tho surviving surviv-ing mothers who during those damnIng damn-Ing days saw their sons engulfed In the swirling maelstrom of corruption Immorality and vice Ask the wife who after hours of weary waiting she gone forth with her babe Into the unlighted streets In search of tho husband who had I sworn to protect her only to llnd him locked and secreted in Dome ills reputable dive In a beastly and revolting re-volting state of Inebriety Ask the father who after Invoking Invok-ing the aid of the local police has found his beloved son hidden away In some den of Infamy and who after hours of futile effort to reach him has been compelled to go away leaving him to tho tender mercy of some unscrupulous booze peddler who would not allow him to depart until ho had taken a solemn oath that ho would perjure hlmselUf necessary nec-essary to protect the dispenser from the long but ineffectual arm of the lawAsk Ask tho humiliated sister who was compelled to see tho brother whom she so much desired to honor and respect re-spect gathered up in the weeds by tho roadside in a dirty and miserable s ute of intoxication and carried away to tho police station where upon becoming be-coming sober he lied With all the energy en-ergy of which he was capable In a successful effort to protect tho man who was responsible for his terrible position Ask thoso who know and they MUfateU you that many young men and uoys who Were hero attending school formed the pernicious habit of gathering nightly In these dens ot Iniquity where amid ribaldry lewdness lewd-ness and blasphemy they passed the I hours during which God In His Infinite < in-finite wisdom Intended that they should sleep in drunken carousals ol f the worst kind only to come forth in tho bright morning sunlight stupid and besotted victims of misgulued legislation and maudlin sentiment There are hundreds of men and women In this city who know that these statements aro absolutely tru + and not the fictitious utterances of one who is oyerly ambitious to advance ad-vance the cause whicn he represents if they ana honestly and truthfully sincere In their efforts to promote the moral weltaro of the community In which they live thoy will como boldly bold-ly forth and substantiate these statements state-ments not only will they do this but on election day they will cast a vote and there are enough of them to do it that will forever settle this vexed and to some perplexing question i ques-tion Fathers and mothers you who have sons growing up Into young and promising manhood this Is not a question with which you may trifle Are you going to create a condition of this kind Or are you going tc elect to office mon who are worldly wise men who have thoroughly investigated In-vestigated every phase of this question ques-tion not theoretically but practically and who nave carefully weighed It In the balance and found it wanting Is It not better that the boy who has attained his majority and who despite tho teaching that he has had at home reels disposed to indulge In his occasional glass should be permuted per-muted to do so in a legitimate establishment estab-lishment under proper regulation and In the presence of reputable people than to bo compelled to resort to places of an Illegitimate nature where amid unbrtdlqd Jlcense and vicious surroundings he Isfnr more prone to cultivate a habit that can only result In sadness for his friends and wellwlahcrs and eventual and lasting sorrow for himself Conditions of this kind have existed exist-ed my friends right hero in fal Provo and will exist again If you by your franchise allow It Therefore we ask you In all sincerity to care tully consider every phase of this question do not let a foolish sent ment outweigh your better Judgment think It over talk with your friends who are not bigoted and fanatical along these lines and then after mature ma-ture deliberation you see fit to cast a vote for prohibition you may do so with a knowledge und satisfaction that can bo attained only when you are at ease with your own conscience con-science 0 |