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Show I Prohibition? ; The campaign for the prohibition election to be held is being arranged. : The Pioneer stake has drawn up some j very forceful resolutions against the ' liquor traffic, and all prparatio;;s are being made to fight the liquor business to a finish. The following are the res-. , olutions adopted. Whereas, A vote to perpetuate the saloon as an institution or to destroy it must be cast in every city an l town of Utah on the 27th day of June, less than i two months from now; and Whereas, Representatives of the liquor interests are striving by hired solicitors to persuade our people through misr"presentation of the law to sign petitions for a vote in the county out-' out-' side cii.ii.-3 and towns; and i' Teas, We realize that we are lighting an enemy p iwerfjl, unscrup il-ous, il-ous, ready to make wicked use of m mey, jiower in oili :e and every other influence, good or bad, that can help its cause: ', therefore bj it i . ived. That we the oTucers and ! members of the Church of Jer-us Christ of Latter-day Saints living in Pion '--r ' stake of Zion, in conference assemble !, do hereby pie Ige our.-elve.; to wn:. unremittingly b.t.ve.-n. no.v and toe time of election to p ersuadj all citi,:eiis to refrain from signing petitions for an election ouUid ; of cities an 1 lo.vns, an ! to vote, when the dme com s, agaii..-t that great l-iol of the adversary of s nils, trie - d i. in; t'nt in thi-s strag r'o between I the greed of wealth on one sal with ks ' ailies, gambling and proslitufien; an 1 on the other side humanity, tiu happiness hap-piness of women a n l chit Iron, the pence and prosperity of oar community, we do how and shall continue ever to stand unwaveringly where our Lord and Master would have us stall. 1 for humanity. hu-manity. : Tne saloon forces arj also beginning their canvass an.l ev-'ry di Uriel in the large cities are to iu c mvassed in pre- , limiaary cimpaign. Indie atiois are that plenty of in mey will be spent by this organizati m to accomplish their: end. All tilings go to show that the coming election is to he an exciting one. i |