Show regarding garding Ee prohibition EDITOR JOURNAL I 1 read your editorial on prohibition with unusual interest yesterday it doubtless attracted general attention and comment evidently the brain lit in the sanctum of your office has given some cogitation to this subject I 1 note that in your judgment the people of logan have no capacity tor for prohibition the converse would argue a capacity for drink you maybe may be right in ill this position I 1 will not deny your assertion ser tion cut but if the ground you take is ia true why is it bo let me recall some ot of the statements you make your contention contenti oll if IS 1 that the evils of ence cannot be ba overestimated 2 these evils evila cannot be dis buted they exist 3 the evidence exists on evera hand 4 if it were possible me to absolutely stop the sale of the liquid damnation it ought to be done 5 if it were possible to even limit the sale of the liquid dainna tion it should be done dane 6 if it i were ere possible to confine it to the cla class s who will have it no matter at what cost no price would be too great to pay for the boon 7 the rhe que question tion is can it be done yuu you think and say not I 1 will not affirm the contrary indeed I 1 will be real frank and own that it cannot be done I 1 am clearly of opinion since reading your editorial that the saloons are in logan to stay a sort of necessary nece evil at fieast for the present possibly it is better so it certainly is if you have accurately measured the community the proof you submit that prohibition does not prohibit is as fol follows lowb I 1 logan has tried prohibition spent much money to promote it and failed cause A defea defective t ive charter not a weak law 2 Q the charter charier was amended and is no longer defective but 6 0 K 3 logan could now pass an ail ordinance that boull be valid 4 would it it prove effect effective ire for the purposes intended who knows you argue that it would not and base the argument on an past experience under a defective charter here is your a round I 1 the sovereign people of lo 10 gan tile the town was full of railroad men would not dot have prohibition in the past irence hence they will not have it no now that is logic surely 9 2 wilen anen the saloons were closed at least eighteen private gin mills scattered all over town did a lawless business granted 3 at that time people of all ages and classes who could hold their IOD longue M ue got this liquid damnation in spite of law J just so so 4 under those conditions ato to turn in iii former support law meant general di distrust strut and ostracism ism from the public that ought to SUP support port the law and make prohibition prohibit strange indeed 5 for every man that drank when he could do so fco openly there were a dozen who were attro attracted eted by bv the fact that it was forbidden forbid jen huit that reminds one of the cow that ate when she had plenty of hay within easy easy reach remarkable in ingance instance tance of d depravity epra vity 6 it cannot be success successfully fally disputed that drunkenness was more common then than now doubtless you are right 7 it was not uncommon to see men ilion and buys lying drunk in these dens this too I 1 concede hence prohibition is a failure and what law would not be under such conditions dit ions in such a community I 1 do not wonder you would oppose prohibition I 1 should do so too but is lol losan an still bo be degraded if so bo let us have saloons for such scene as you describe we have been spared from at least in part binea the writer came to lol lolan logan an now let us sum up and beote note the result result of your argument no one should shrink froni froin the conclusion of his own syllogism 1 prohibition that prohibits is a good thing a consummation de to be willied for by all decent people and 6 good algood citizens liena ci 2 prohibition that is now possible in logan even on the basis ot of the new flew rh harte harter arter which makes it both beg laga and fea feasible tible 3 the i n babi i mi is of logan are so 80 lawless as aa to tit ikaku it imp cs tible for tion ion it ir prohibit here notwithstanding that in n pi lit ice would be too ion large 0 o pay for tile the boon 4 I 1 if the citi zamp of logan should reform and make prohibition prohibit alro within the city limits depravity P would become rampant nn in the outskirts and the city would be in jeopardy ilow how terrible to live in such a crater as logan would then be surrounded by liquid damnation but enough of this let us see the actual meaning of your protest against the liquor traffic a abolition lot let us first remember that logan la is an educational centre attracting hundreds of young men and women from other parts to its colleges to lie ile educated in a community tha loves loved liquid damnation beate than a me within the ea caa v reach of the people for which ui it price would be too large to pay for the boon further let it be ba understood that losan is a religious town n ninety per cent of cf c f its ts people belonging to 10 one church which itself has a prohibitory ordinance on this subject that lovely in in conscience is bound to obey ninety five per cent of logans inhabitants inhabitant differ from those ot of other churches in this way abe other churches advocate and teach prohibition hibi tion for physical domestic political and moral reasons the dominant church because it has a direct and spec specific ifie revelation on the subject let me quote that thai inasmuch as any man drin drinkuth drinke keth lh w wine ine or strong amount among you athold it is not good neither moot meet right in the sight of y your our pa fa ther then how shall we live reconcile the attitude of the mor noon non people on the prohibition queR question tion as you represent them with this word of wisdom think of it A people that is self go governing vernin under our state laws and constitution with a divine command n to make prohibition prohibit yet so eo given upil grog liquid damnation that a civil ordinance calling at attention terMon to religious duty is treated with corn com tempt and men and boys lying drunk in these dens really mr editor your arraignment ment of the logon logan people when they tried prohibition under a defective character is ii a terror cut but your conclusion from that experience peri ence that the same would occur under a sound char charter tei is superb if your estimate of the character of your constituency A is true what must non cormons mormons think Is it not a fact now that ain in your zeal eal against prohibition you overreached and gae logana black I 1 eye and left the impression that your brethren are area a hard lot largely given up to the use of liquid damnation 1 opposed in practice at I 1 least to the word of wisdom I 1 will you not admit now that hat as a matter matte of fact there is id moral back bone enough in this community to i i close the saloons when ever the people wish to be consistent with their religious duties tile tha fact is prohibition always al ways prohibits when public is adverse to selling liquid damnation on the other handtke h and hand the open saloon always avrov proves es a want of such public sen sentiment ciment hence there will no prohibition in logan the saloons will continue to tc do business as of yore until tim THE JOURNAL turns in to make public sentiment of the tempera temperance ace i j kind in the meantime let us not blame the men linen who deal put out this liquid damnation they are doing 9 what the tha city fathers religious men license them to do that the officials may receive their salaries without ajhar charge e to tile the city the blame is not with the saloon men ll it is ii un on the neck of the voter who elects the official who licenses the saloon let us keep the responsibility where it belongs and not bay bad things of the men is atho he support the city for the privilege lege of selling liquid damnation to religious met who trample on the law of their god thit that they may save a few d ollars dollars io in the shape of taxes tax es fie on such condu conduit t shima sharn e on the sophistry tb tatt tt that a 1 nn n like logan calbot do it lial hat thu state arate laws and its ita on own ri oil ch arter in kf ke absolutely feasible 1 1 I I he word mop direct way is to say in I 1 idin will wid d 1 I am opposed to prohibit iott everybody then thea would understand tand N 15 |