| Show I L D S Conference Pledged Itself To Prohibition Says Heber J Grant There exit in the minds mind of f sonic persons r on a doubt III as to the cat meaning nl lit of the to 10 the liquor question p pissed at t the lAte von con terence slid Mid non lion Heber J J Grant today That it is he cm some ome are arc of the opinion that th con h not to prohibition but to local county y option You may uy say for nw me he that at as the author of that and th the peon pereen who it to the conference I intended it for nB short of prohibition At t the time lime no oa otto seemed to 11 question what it meant Why could a purpose be more nort clearly stated Lt the doubter reed the rt ree agent Tit The section says I It i is proposed re that In all officers and members of Ih the Church If f Jesus Chrit of Saint tin do all to in their thir power that nUlt can proper ly Iy he be Ilone with generally to hive have such uth en enacted enacted acted by our legislature soon loon to he be elected u as may be ne necessary to dOle close saloons e the thee e of nf liquor and enact what i is know II as the Sunday W How can saloons be closed effectively w 11 Would the ends eld of the temperance cause be met by hutting Ui tacit II a place in Cache county for instance and others to run in Salt Lake Local option might work well veil enough in n some lame but not mUll muster tel suffICient strength to prevail in certain other counties The conference wu was a demend or tit iii thIa state which will ill mean the stamping out of saloon root and br and confining the sale ask of liquor to it legitimate mite mate as 55 stated In petitions petition now brin bela Ir g circulated medicinal mechanical and purposes The Church of Jesus Christ of ay Saints itt is nol standing anding alone alOft in this locally The min of this city and various Cli Ch have net ud and declared emphatically for pro They did not confine con ne to local count county option nOr do J I either ther as a Church member or oras oras as an officer of the League Leacue of America Iun I eta going to work day and night to bring about the enactment of laws strictly prohibitive in character dealing with the liquor question and in doing so I 1 shall shah be carrying into effect the intent and of the resolution adopted at the last general confer conference ence |
