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Show MEREST III : CAMPAIGN . ISGROVIilG Retfstratioit Friday for the Liquor Election Jane 27 ; Promises to Be Heavy. BISHOP SPALDING AT THE TABERNACLE Presents in Logical Manner Arguments of the . "Drys." With tir" aad "wet" force me-tire, me-tire, th alactioa s weak off aad Interest Inter-est at Its helxht th comlnc few days will M doubt be boay one for both sides. Th last opportunity to rs fists - to vote at th special election. Jane 37, will b TriAtjT th registration "books will dot rrlday nlfht. At th prorlou TOflstratton Indication polnud to a BTy rot. Bundsr waa an active dar for the "drvs. " A monster meetinf was held in the tabernacle in tha afternoon, where it is said 7000 persons fathered to hear arguments in favor of voting "dry." Hisaop P. 8. Bpaldinc of tbe Episcopal diocese of I'tsh waa the principal prin-cipal apeaker. He took a strong stand on th question and waa applauded liberally lib-erally at the close of hi tslk. Anton H. Lund of th first presidency presided. pre-sided. Bishop Spalding in hi talk held a number of truth to b evident. The re: That every on believe in temperance temper-ance and th enlv question at issue i how beat to attain it. That th liquor interest is not personified, per-sonified, but is impersonal like s eor- Krate entity, and being such, raa only dealt with through legislation. That ia case of th passage of prohibitioa law, it would be only the liquor interests who would establish "blind tigers." That laws grow out of customs aad institution are esseatial to th pree-ervatioa pree-ervatioa of liberty. ' -Vain of BavtresBMns, That environment elert aioety nine per cent f th influence which form character. . That it I a fallacy to hold that rhildre should be trained so that they have the power to resist every moral temptation and evil Influence. - That those who "sincerely believe" that their personal liberty give them the right to drink as they please art mistaken. Thst s eitv, like aa individual, en get drunk aad imagine that it ia prosperous pros-perous wben it is not. That liberty rest solely upos obedience obe-dience to -lew. Thst modern seieae ha proved con eluaivelT that alcohol i always detriments! detri-ments! to th hnrean vateni. That th record shews that prohibitioa prohibi-tioa doe prohibit. must work through th medium of the law to correct th evil of intemperance." intemper-ance." "But," said th speaker, "I am at one confronted with th statement that ia tha stst nf Utah kny legislation legisla-tion aimed at th liquor traffic is csat legislation. This sounds to m like eant itself. Buppos I vote 'wet' 1 in voting, for rant. Ths demonstration demonstra-tion of it is a th bill boards of your eitv where is letters of blue I read 'Prohibitioa makes drunkard aad criminals.' Could ya think of worse esnt toss that! "Another objection aad protest that i raised against th proposed law i that it 1 aot stroag enough, aot adequate ade-quate to cover the seeds of the ease -' aad secure prohibitioa. For m this .- protest holds aaother suggestion of rsnt; Buppoee jrou psssed a law that was complete eaough and atrong enough to absolutely stop at one all th liquor traffic ia th stats, thea they would say to yon: 'Why didn't you go at this thing'grsdusllv aad aot make it so radical allat oaeal ' Btniggl Wm Oootina. "But don't think for moment that by the passage of this law by ywor ' votes oa Juas S7, th bottle is over or woa. Then will follow th period which demaade our coasts st eontideiatioa and attack. "Aad thea thev say that if we pes th prohibition law w will create all kinds of 'blind tigers' aad places where the aale of liquor is carried on illicitly. Who's going to defy th lawf w ho 'a going te sav 'ill do just as I ; nleae,' aad sstl liquor without regard to the statutes. Whet Oslv th liquor interest. That's alt I tail voej that when soms great entrenched pewer stand np and says: 'I'll ds as I ' pleas,' it is tians something was done for the nadoiag of that power. "Then thev argue that von eaenot make men good bv law. No more so- perfieial assertion was aver made. Thos who has their argument upon thin fallacy do aot understand what law mean. First there, ars customs, then institutions, thea laws, which make ths rules of conduct. Law la the rope which men. fling ont to sling to, to savs them from chaos aad destruo-tioa. destruo-tioa. Ths law of a nation ars ita stepping stones to liberty. Laws are Intended to crests decent environment nnd make it possible for men, womea aad children to develop under proper influence." , . . . , UpesUon Of Bulla. . Th speaker answered at length some of th arguments ''wet" speskers are nsing ralstiv to "personal liberty aad the harmful result to business ia est th city goes "dry" aext Tuesday. Tues-day. ' He held that any city or community com-munity may be wrong that think It is firosperous bv reason of maintaining the iquor traffic : that a eity, like aa Individ aal. may get drunk and indulge in dreams. His said that if anv one would take the tim to look over the eitv, see it astural beauty, ita natural location aad all that go U make Bait Lak a beautiful city aad thea conclude that all this depends oa the eontiauatioa of ths liquor baeiness, thea th city has too much liquor. Anwring ths argumsat that th new law is imperfect. Bishop Spslding ssid that it haa takea Kaaaas a good many years to perfect a law tkat works satisfactory, satis-factory, and that ths present law ia Utah probably will hava to be amended many rime aad that the law now oa ths atstnts books is only ths flret step ia the battle. . The meeting ended with mnsie. Nephi L. Morris of th executive committee of the Anti-Liquor leagus mad a plsa for funds. A temperance meeting wss held st Wsndnmere rlaterday night which was addresst d by several speakers from ths Anti-Laqaet leegue. Wets" Active. . A meeting was held at Kaglea' hall Halnrday eight, labor organisations, in-eluding in-eluding the cigar makers, the brewery workers, ths cooks, tha waiters and the bartender sf th city wer represented. The meeting wassailed to discuss wavs I aid ia defeatiag prohibitioa ia the special election next week. Talks were made at ths meeting by Joseph Lane of th Bartenders' union. W. B. Marx of th tigsr Makers' asioa, Auatis Davis of th Printer ' union aad William Wil-liam O Prows of the Bartender' union John J. Bysh presided ever th meet "Dry" M eatings of Weak. Meeting for the week have hea en- noonred bv Mr. bheete, manager of the Anti Liquor league, as follows: This afternoon at I o'clock, reeidenee of William Balmon, IU E atreet; Tuesday Tues-day afternoon: 1 p. m., residence of J. E. Laagford, "S 8eeoad avenue; Tuesday, Tues-day, S p. ni;, residence af Harden Ben-nion. Ben-nion. 277 Wast Third South - street; Tuesday, t p. at., at 101 North West Temple street; TSjeaday. S p. m., 4f teentk ward meeting house- Tuesday. I p. m.. residence of William B. Joaes,"703 North First West street; Tuesday. I p. m. nineteen' h ward meeting hoaae; same day nnd time, twenty eighth, twenty-ninth twenty-ninth and center ward meeting hooeee; Wedneedav. p .. twelftb thirteenth ward chapel, rltreet meetiag will be held saw aXtsraooa dariag tha week. |