| Show Letters Give Reasons For Utah Liquor Vote Today's winning letters leters in The Telegrams Telegram's 25 prize contest for forthe forthe forthe the best solution to the state prohibition prohibition pro pro- amendment follow a S NATHAN F. F S S. S PORTER Democracy is i predicated upon the principle that the will wi of the te people is i sovereign Too o often n however lawmakers place more faith in their own judgment than thanin in the judgment and desires of the citizenry notwithstanding the fact fac that such an attitude is i not always compatible with wih the public pub pub- lie lic lc good The will wi of the American Amen Ameri Amer can people can rightfully be the only guide gide of legislative action acton and therefore when n Utah lawmakers lawmakers law law- makers submit the liquor question question que- que ques ques- tion again to the people every course coure must be presented for their consideration The ballot balot if i it is i to t serve the te purpose for which it was intended intend Intend- ed questions should include the following Shall the state of Utah legalize the sale of alcoholic beverages beverage and remove all al restrictions as to ble hIe the content of alcohol permissible Shall the state stat of Utah modify its us present liquor amendment to permit the manufacture and andale sale of light w wines vines nes and beer The questions queston on the ballot balot should be worded so simply that every voter can readily understand understand understand under under- stand them The issue at stake is i far more than the liquor problem alone It Iti Itis Itis is i the question queston of whether or not citizens of the state of Utah shall be allowed the right to express their will wi on public matters This Thi expression of public jubIc sentiment should be an inalienable right of the citizens of every state Any act by a lawmaker lawmaker- or organization tion ton which tends to prevent the te registering of public will wi by resubmission resubmission re- re submission on major questions queston is criminal criminal Give the people their constitutional constitutional const right to express their will wi on this thi matter mater make the ballot ballot bal bal bal- lot simple yet let it cover all al the major points at issue and the Jue people of the state of Utah shall decide for themselves what the solution to the problem shall be be the solution to the problem that thatis is i rightfully theirs I RICHARD TERRY The Te question queston Shall the Utah Uth state constitution pertaining to the manufacture sale and le consumption consumption con con- of liquors be repealed Yes Ye For the following follow follow- ing lag reasons Repeal I 1 Repeal will make wi employment employ ment and commercial and moral stability 2 Beer 2 Beer 32 per cent cent in iii hot pr weather is more healthful for physical laborers than water because because because be be- ease cause exterminator it is i lighter Wine is i a disease disease dis din 3 The 3 The Bible speaks not of ot absolute absolute ab ab- ab solute prohibition as a today but advises advie not to participate too freely treely in drinking Therefore proving that repeal is a legal and religious relious liberty 4 Repeal 4 Repeal will wi stop the cruel and secret secretive e societies prohibition tion ton has ha created 5 Prohibition 5 5 is i contradictory tory to legal freedom free tree agency agency agen agen- cy experience education the Bible and itself 6 Parents 6 have not corrected their children of offenses in the past pat Citizens who will wi not heed caution cauton must mut have the experience and the penalty Personally I do donot donot donot not in drinking but believe be be- lieve leve when a person cannot be trusted only experience will wi I make him understand his errors and vision S SEDWARD EDWARD ANDERSON At a time when more than twelve million unemployed citi citizens citizens citi- citi zens zen of this th country are faced with wih the of having enough to eat cat it seems to me metat that tat there is i a great deal too much discussion about what we weare weare weare are Going to drink However that discussion of drink will vilI wi continue until it ft has been definitely settled once and for all The o only ly w way y to settle sete it itis itis i is i through a vote ote of the people who indorsed the national and state prohibition laws originally The sooner this thi vote vole is i taken the quicker the question queston will wi be besett sett settled d and the lawmakers and ad citizens i can turn their attention to the more important matters of unemployment and economic re re- re covery In voting on this thi question queston there should be no way half measures The question queston should be put simply to the people whether they favor vor or are against the prohibition prohibition prohibition pro pro- laws The Te national and state dry laws should in my m estimation estimation est esti esti- mation be voted on at the same time Why waste wast time by voting on first one and then the other Vote Vot on both at the same time and save money get the whole question queston settled at once If U Utah Uth repeals the dry laws Jaws which I am convinced it will wi if i the people are given their right to voice their opinion at the ballot balot box then the way vay will wi be open for passing pasing regulatory measures measure for the liquor traffic If I repe repeal l is i rejected the people of this state will wi be more willing to help enforce enforce en force the law because they will wi then know that it itis iti is the will wi of the majority I believe beleve that a great majority of citizens of this country and state are arc strongly in favor of temperance tern tem ter- ter peran perance but I 1 also believe beleve that the experience of the last 17 years has ha shown us u that had we deliberately deliberately delb- delb set out to destroy detroy temperance temper temper- ance we could not have found a better way than through passage of the prohibition law Jaw With Wih public sentiment such as asIt asit asit it is is i. i enforcement of any liquor regulations is almost impossible That sentiment can be changed only through popular vote vote No matter which way the vote vot goes the atmosphere will wi be cleared and the will then be way wi open for our lawmakers to act more wisely C If I it is i legally possible to vote on the dry laws in i November of this year I believe beleve an election electon should be called caled for that time tie If U Ui it i can be called sooner so much the better beter But in irs any event event lets let's get this thi question of ot what we arc are going goig to drink settled as a soon as a possible and then start devoting our attention attention atten atten- tion to the much more important question of what and when we weare weare weare are going to eat |
