Show prohibition T tiie lie prohibition issue promises to et ee become more prominent as time passes and sentiment is being worked in favor of the moi movement ement all over the state down at provo last saturday a meeting was held which was attended by the mayors city councilmen and county officers ceis of utah county tor for the purpose ot of discussing and devising uniform prohibition legislation le 9 isolation throughout utah county the speeches were for prohibition and an I 1 much mu ell enthusiasm was manifested although county attorney jacob livans gave it as his opinion on the legal side of the question that the count county officials had not the authority to pass prohibitive measures nor to increase the license so that it would be prohibitive the attorney gave it as ills his opinion that cities ani and tan towns Is have that auth authority arity but the state laws lawa must be changed before counties can take such a stand an organization was perfected arid and plans for work were outlined and the whole spiru spirit of the gathering was that of a determination to stamp out it if POs possible sible tile the liquor fic uncle jes jesse ze knight is one of the most ardent workers for prohibition and we give his views on the subject verbatim ver batum clipped from the deseret news jesse knight was asked ills his opinion on the prohibition question and at once said why you can know that I 1 am in fit favor of prohibition and have always been even when I 1 took a drink I 1 consider the use of liquor IS as a b beverage ev one of the greatest evils of the age and I 1 believe we will get prohibition I 1 am in favor of national prohibition and I 1 believe we will get that and not before the states ask asic for tor it and I 1 am in favor of statewide state wide prohibition but we will probably not get that before the fo rD unties ask tor for it but I 1 am in favor of getting what we can city and county prohibition I 1 am trying to get the county officials to give us prohibition in tile the country around it e lil neiter it was only the other lay day that a man mail IN was as killed out 1 there here through drinking and card playing the two always go together I 1 cant understand why business busI men say the liquor traffic is good for business I 1 have bae ba e never seen it produce any all money employees loose thousands of dollars through it men alen cant work after they come off a spree but their time glees on just the same same arid and this talk about wanting to license saloons in order to reduce taxes all that means is that they want sonic some poor pool drunkards wife to pay the taxes they ought to pay yes you can say I 1 am in favor of prohibition I 1 would take tile the stump slump for that it if it would do any good and I 1 it is the only thing I 1 would take the 1 stump for and I 1 think the meeting I 1 today is a good thing a step in the I 1 I 1 light ight direction and will be productive of good results in ili weber county the question Is under consideration also but strange to say the saloon men ire are leading out in the matter of better regulation not because they are dissatisfied with the present management of things lings ti but because as the exchanges say they can see into the future the result of which will be a mighty sentiment lit in favor of absolute statewide prohibition when the people will vill demand the enactment of such laws the saloon nien men of ogden expect by their efforts now for better regulation to stem the tide and create a sentiment in their favor the city and county officials of our neighbor sister seem very favorable to the prohibition movement however and everything is being done that can call be done for the passing of laws that will better take care of the liquor traffic here in our city one saloon continues to trail transact fact business and the assurance is given that the case will bo be passed upon july as charges have already been filed with tile clerk of tile the court the decision of judge maughan aughan Al will be awaited with great inte cst by both sides of the question illgon brothers continue to keep their saloon closed awaiting the decision in the case of zimmerman vs the city the question of prohibition will in all likelihood not be laid on tile the shelf until the people of the whole state have lad had an opportunity to pass judgment and say whether this this state is better off with or without the saloon arid and that question will undoubtedly be forced upon the respective political parties as the roost most real live issue of the campaign I 1 |