Show OO x SHOULD UTAH UT AM ADOPT PROHIBITION The rile que question Uon of or the tile regulation regulation- control or prohibition of the liquor traffic in Utah Is one cue that has al already already al al- rea ready awakened considerable discussion Iri In Salt SaIl Lake and elsewhere throughout the tho state That things are not as they ther should be in this connection is very commonly conceded Just what should be done to a 0 acure cure the evils lIs that many now acknowledge to exist is a matter of ot more dispute That prohibition Is certain in Utah is the statement of Rev D. D A. A Brown of ot the First Baptist church an and he believes the time should bo be when wilen the next legislature meets Rev Mr Brown Bro sa says s 's I am asked should the state of Utah enact and enforce a prohibition law the traffic In liquor I 1 answer most emphatically yes There can be no compromise with evil and the liquor business' business is a monstrous evi evil I. I Local Loc 11 option legislation and saloon anti league work are good as far as they go and nd I am In hearty sympathy with both But state prohibition is better Legislation is now pending In our national congress to make the state sovereign In Its prohibition legislation If this pas passes pass s there can be no inter interstate state trafficKing traffic ing in liquor In cuch ouch event the keeping of the prohibition sta states stas s dry will then be a matter of merely enforcing enforcing en en- forcing the state statutes And with no liquor manufactured In the thc state or shipped in this can be easily 0 done 0 It seems that Utah is behind in the procession for state prohibition It ought to be at the head if the profession of religion counts count for anything Certainly no state in the Union makes so much of religious doctrine as does this state Why not put it Into practice in in solving the liquor problem of the state The liThe power to do this is in the hands cf the next legislature no not representing a creed or church but as men who profess to belong to a church that bears the name of Jesus Christ M Maine New Hampshire North Dal Dakota ota K Kansas Oklahoma Georgia Mississippi and Alabama have nave already enacted prohibitive laws and andall 0 all of the remaining Southern states are now considering such legislation and will probably do the same 0 Even old Kentucky is almost entirely dry there being but 14 out of more than counties where liquor 0 m may Y be hadA had A certain noted infidel now dead would change his mind were he now alive He used to say that tat he would believe in a hell when Kentucky went dry He would probably ch change his mind about some other things too were he privileged to come back to this world j Another a writer in a recent magazine in writing up the wonderful victories for prohibition in in the South expressed his surprise at Kentucky's stand in the following language t tUI 4 I dreamed a dream of miracles I saw the Russian free r I saw the saloon close its doors in Memphis Tennessee I saw the laden camel pas pass thru the needles needle's eye 1 i 1 I saw the trust that paid its fine saw old Kentucky dry Some may not know that Sam the once noted evangelist though dead was the cause of state prohibition In Georgia The evang evangelist lIst was a great fighter of the liquor Interests and had driven them out of his own county He used to say I 1 hate whiskey I I hate it As long a as I have a fist Ill I'll knock It as long ong as I have a Ill I'll kick it as long as I have a head Ill I'll butt it a as long as I have teeth Ill I'll bite It And when my teeth are all gone Ill I'll gum it to death No UNo sooner had his body been laid to rest than the liquor men who hated the preacher as cordially as ashe ashe he hated their business thought it would be good spite work to put liquor back into Mr Joness Jones's county The contest was most bitter and aroused every man woman and child In Jn the county And the liquor interests Interests Inter Inter- ests were defeated by about to It was this contest that stirred up the entire state the final result re re- re suit sult of which was the enactment of a prohibition law for Georgia I What will be done with this and other evils in our state that ought to be remedied depends first upon I proper legislation and then secondly upon rigid enforcement of our laws The only king in our state Is I law and its only executor Is our officers backed by the people 8 Thomas on the other ther Land hind Is on one of the temperance advocates who prefers a campaign 0 for local option in preference to one for wide state prohibition He points out at the same time that the coming cf cr local option would woul mean iu In Utah Ulah as It has in many other states the advent of or prohibition over overa a largo large area In the state In my opinion said Mr Thoma Thomar the liquor traffic of ci this city could best be regulated by the of local option I am not advIsed obtained In the control of tho r. r s l f ft tb P ton th e Vb o n tt r p-r ti I do an J t y rohl t et ls Is r 1 DC controlled and that where the individual Is s not able to over overcome ome the temptations Incident to 0 the indiscriminate liquor traffic tha state should protect him 0 The sentiment of the vast majority of the people e of Utah Is overwhelmingly for temperance I do donot donot 8 not think the tue revenue received from rom saloons by means mean of license ought to be considered when the welfare of our young people is In the balance I have believed that high license would rectify the liquor evil But experience shows that it has not always done so I 1 believe the people should have a direct voice In the tho matter and I am sure they would speak in no uncertain tones in favor of the temperance movement x c |