Show 7 r OFFICERS CHOSEN TO FIGHT SALOONS s Rev Louis S. S Fuller Named i State Superintendent to Push Work in Utah LEAGUE SESSION CLOSES CLOSESt t Trustees and Executive Committee Committee Com Corn Also Named During Tp Last Hours of Meeting f I The Utah Saloon Anti-Saloon league confer conter- conference L once ence ended yesterday afternoon with with t tho the election of at officers and committees Ri He v. v Louis Lonix S S. S Fuller was unanimously elected state superintendent with W. W I H. H Dexter Defter aa OS assistant superintendent i and H. H Smith secretary and c treasurer Th The Tho following trustees were rero sug suggested suggest suggest- est est- I ed 00 by th the th committee on nominations and elected Rev He P. P A. A Simpkin George Q Morris lorrIs Rev Re II Q O. Talbott Rev Hey n. n I I. I Goshen Rev Rov A. A Buxton nuton Samuel Rus- Rus 11 Prof T J. F. F Miller and Rev C. C C. C Mcintyre nil all of Salt SaIl Lake Seth Griffin and D. D W W. Smith of O Ogden Mrs E. E E. E Shepherd Mrs of or I Salt Lake rake n Rev Rov J. J J l B. B Smith and Rev He HeG G nr I I Townsend of or Provo John Hood of Richfield Rev He M. M r. r A nf of Lean Tier ne M. M r. r It n. Craven and Rev i U. U i I. I iI Hansen ell nR-ell of of Park lark City i. i The Tho following following- executive committee was elected I Frank M. M I. I Stephens Oeo Geo I P. Goodwin St Stephen phon Love e Rev He F. F B D. 1 Short Rev D. D A. A Brown Bro C. C A A. m I r r. r II ri Page Rev Benjamin Ben llen I jam iambi jamin In Brewstor Rev Rov J. J M. M 5 lion Hon A A. A C C. C Nelson ch on D. D II H. ChrIstensen Thomas Hull William II H. King George X N. L and Rev ne K F. i The duties of ot the committees were La defined b by Dr G. G W. W Youn Young ono one of ot the if two t national superintendents of or the Ij I league n uc r- r Iut Duty of the lie Committee i The state trustees said aid h he determine determine deter eter- eter mine what tho the general policy of oC the thel l league will be In their particular state I. I 1 Th They formulate the methods to h be put 1 Into execution by tho the executive corny com corn J The Tho executive committee advises ad nd- I y vises with the the- niJ nt and Ci I j L I. I a p fC n lie I Hii 5 puller lends him ther In Carr carrying ln out the pOlicy oi ci the trustees The Friday morning ft session slon began be-an beganI I at 9 o'clock Rev nc Louis S S. Fuller Puller pre pro siding iding The audience was 1 not large partly owing to the ear early hour and partly because p of oC th the meeting to be behold I hold hell In the afternoon l. Rev ElS El- El S dorkIn of or O Ogden I delivered an A able bI address adr ad ad- r dress upon The Church and Temper Temper- i ance I Rev Re W. W II IL Dexter of or Richfield J sp lo ke concerning the tiLe lesson Kansas teaches j In lii regard to 10 the tho temperance cause and ana Rev Re G. G W. W of or t O Ogden den presented a formidable array arrn of or orb b figures in support of ot his theme Does J. J tho the Liquor Traffic Pay Par z I There was a marked Improvement jj In the attendance at the Friday after after- noon Hes session lon over o which Dr II LI G. G Palt Talbott Pal Tal- alf t f bott bolt presided Roy Rev Louis touts S. S Bowerman hewer Bower man was woos the tile first sneaker lIe He took for I hl his j The Ethics of oC Temper Temper- ance o No So man said sahl Ro Rov Bowerman be bo boho 5 S ho lie saloonkeeper or bo ho he temperance worker attempts to excuse e In temper temper- sSt ance No Nc man has contradicted contradict cd the feet fact that drunkenness is a a. sin The Thes r s brewers themselves do not attempt to r excuse It It When representatives cs are arek k sent ou out front from the brewers brewers' conventions S the they are Instructed not to apologize lo lof f f for tor saloons Tho The institution Is la recognized h by all nil men a an aft h being Ing ln as detrimental ph tal tat to the general as it is In in In- i excusable S nU unit ml Morality S There Thero Is a mighty distinction beS beo between be be- S o lw tween en legality and n morality Many things aro are legal which arc are however r anything hut but moral momi The great reat trusts S fire are le legal I or at least they operate within with with- in the tho limits of the law but a n y thi-y S moral Aro Arc the they hora honest st Tho greatest I i boon hoon the saloons ask Is that they be be S legalized That the they may come under St St. tho Irot protection of oC th the law and be he recognized recognized as lawful institutions You mn may S le legalize aliz a L wron wrong but you cannot make S' S a wrong right r The problem In the western spates tates S hinges i on tho the idea that ti tho city needs the revenue attached to the licensing of saloons The business men care car only j about how to snake mako money and It is our ourS S business to demonstrate to these business bust busi ness mess men and communities that the they theyS S S are deceived that there is Js no mone money S In the proposition but rather rather- a loss 1058 t. t to of or money Since the tho licensing of or t eating liquors liquor the consumption has not decreased It has hau Increased cd Since the i S community has hn extracted revenue rc from rom S the tho licensing of ot the tho liquor traffic taxes r havo have not boon reduced S George Georgo F F. Goodwin gave a brief brier hisS his history his his- t- t S tor tory of at Utah temperance o laws from the tho 5 5 time of oC thi the old oM charters to th the LS Judge Goodwin quoted copiously from the statutes showing tho temperance action which hn hos hns been taken tAlen at various times timeR b by different cities In iii this state Many Inn questions were v.-cre asked and the tho audience took an active part lart jn In the dis- dis cu In the absence of or one of oC the speakers speaker Dr G. G W. W l Young made a few ew remarks s. s concerning the tile care carr which should be bo betaken betaken taken in pushing the tue organization for tor- ward va rd Miss 1181 l. l Leota ota Kennedy of or Ogden was was the nt next nest t speaker Sh spoke in fn behalf of or the tho Womans Woman's Christian Temperance union After reviewing tho the work oi of oC that organization in Its efforts to bring the t temperance cause into the field oi or of legislation she ed the heart hearty support support support sup sup- port of oC the Union to the Saloon Anti aloon league The executive committee will vili meet Monday morning at t 0 11 o'clock at the theof theoffice theoffice of office nee of oC Frank Frnnk Stephens to formulate plans plane for league work worl |