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Show t "'--, ' ' . " ' UTAH'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE KNEW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT When tic Said That. Right Home Influences Were Better For Our Children . ' Than Hypocrisy and Tacit Contempt for Law Morality and Sober-ness Sober-ness Are the Result of Character . Building Which Is Permanent, Per-manent, and Not of Legislation Which Breeds Sneaks and Hypocrites. Governor Spry's Position Worthy of Emulation ' " Question! wbich affect the commonwealth at large ihonld be, considered along broad, not re- ' 1 ttrteted, lines; and the opinion! oLmen of mental breadth, and wide observation and experience are to . - be preferred to those of narrow conception and warped judgment. By thi! the deduction should not be made that all those who disagree wifh you are narrow-minded bigots on the contrary, men of large Intellects frequently differ radically in their opinoni on matters of great moment There are brainy v men as well as bigoted men on each side of every important question. , The liquor question now before the people of Salt Lake City and the state of Utah is one of the j questions in which mere personal prejudice or misconceptions, the result of bigoted bias on either Mb, should not be permitted to influence judgment or control acUon. If ever pen-mindedness and fair consideration was essential to good judgment and conscientious action it is in the consideration - , of the topic of the hour in this city and state. . t When the sovereign people of Utah chose the Hon. Willian Spry as their chief executive, they selected one of the broad-minded, clear-headed and able men of the state, a man free from unreason- lag bias and the dwarfing Influence of personal prejudice. Regardless of political preferences every . fair-minded citizen of Utah concedes that Governor Spry ranks well np in the list of the really able ' v men who occupy similar offices in the other states of the Union. U Therefore, the utterances of Governor Spry on any question of vital Import are worthy of the . m vmost thoughtful consideration and are deserving of acceptance by those who respect him as a man of intellectual ability and honesty of convictions. His position, regarding the liquor question, as affect- ' ing the state of Utah, is worthy of especial consideration at this iime, and bis sentiments in that regard m&r be taken as the result of profound deliberation of what will subserve the best interests of the great . state over which he has been called lo exercise executive direction, . In a speech delivered at the Salt Lake theater, before thousands of citizens, on the evening of Friday, November 4, 1910, Governor Spry made the following pertinent remark! regarding the liquor trafflo and its regulation: ' ; "There is no question in my mind or In the minds of the people of Utah that temperance should be adopted. But I agree with the remarks of the senator (Hon. George Sutherland) when he sayi that 4 V it is impossible to legislate morality or soberness into any man. It must come from the heart out, and ... ' not from the outside in. " l . ' ' Zi '.. ' ' "I have heard abont sacrificing the boy on the altar of the saloon. Now, I don't know where J . . ( - the other man's boy is, .bat my boy is home with his mother, where he should be. And so long as God 5 ' ' . gives ns wisdom to build around him the proper home influence he will remain there unless he has lome ,i legitimate reason to be elsewhere. . 1 "17 MEN AND WOMZN WOULD SURROUND THEIR BOT8 AND GIRLS WITH BETTER HOME INTLUENCES AND MORE HOME. COMFORTS, THERE WOULD BE NO REASON TO 8ING -' 'OH, WHERE IS MT BOY TONIGHT OR TO OrER UP THE BOY AND GIRL ON THE ALTAR ' ' ' OF THE SALOON. ' '" . " . I have been reminded of some remarks made by a deputy marshal to me some time. v ' . ago; 'j don't know what influence yon 'may have, but if yon ever have influence, be careful as to how ' . yon allow prohibition to come in. When I lived in Kansas I voted to allow prohibition to eome in AND I HAVE REGRETTED IT EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE. Business men and preachers have realized "'.".''. that it was the wrong way. The Mormon question may give you some trouble out here, but as com pared to it PROHIBITION WILL BRING TROUBLE AMONG s70U TO WHICH THE MORMON . t ' QUESTION WILL BE BUT AS A SUMMER ZEPHYR COMPARED TO A CYCLONE.' " Referring to a conversation he had with a xealous local option advocate, Governor Spry said: . - . . v "I told him that In Kansas the records of the internal revenue collector showed that there were nearly 1000 more retail liquor taxes collected than in the state of Utah, that there were 700 more wholesale whole-sale taxes than in the state of Utah, there were mors breweries operated in the state of K&ni&s than in (. the state of Utah. And I told him that the same conditions that maintained in Utah, which he painted , ' ' ' . black, maintained in other states which he painted white." '.."' At that same mass meeting Senator George Sutherland, in contrasting crime with habit, said: - . "Even the horsethief does not try .to defend himself by saying that he has a right to steal,' - . while, on the other hand, there is a very large proportion of men who will assert that they have a per- ' feet right to drink as much as they please, and men who are not drinkers will oontend as strongly ' . -t (i that they have the right to drink if they see fit. "YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE VIRTUE OR MORALITY INTO MEN AND WOMEN ANY' . ' MORE THAN YOU CAN LEGISLATE HAPPINESS INTO THEM." '. - ' ' ' ' , - . . Measure the statements and sentiments of such men as Governor Spry and others alongside the claims of those whose minds are swayed by prejudice and their judgments warped by the' bias of bigotry and yon wiU see that the former loom above the latter, wandering in the murk of mitre pre- y . . sentation and the fog of fanaticism, like a trans-Atlantic liner above a tugboat. YOU CANNOT EXPECT A 23-CALIBER TARGET RIFLE TO CARRY AS FAR OR BE AS EFFECTIVE AS A BATTLESHIP'S THIRTEEN ! NCH GUN, and by the same token yon cannot ex- ' pect men of small intellectual capacity to grasp and cope with great problems with the same astute- t ' ness and effectiveness as men. of broad mental scope and large brain power. , . '. y Manufacturers and Business Hen's Association of Utah . ' 08-11 Boston Bnlldlna ' ' , ' . - I :!,. : v .;- -,v . . ,;..;;..',.''',- : :' J - ' ..-'"' ... - - ' . , - ' ,w. .. . . i . . C ' ' |