Show WHAT T WAS S UT UTAH'S ANSWER S Da Day after da day last summer tho the Republican Republican Re TIe- publican asked the question Shall Sha Utah havo have prohibition 1 What bat was the answer of ot the people The They said eald No Xo I There are perhaps three hundred and fifty thousand people In Utah Not ot a hundred of ot them answered that question with arguments of an any kind Not ot fifty Utah tah people who favored prohibition presented their argument Ever Everybody bod read it H. Many wrote roto about it it spoke about it discussed sed it in their me meetings But Dut tho the people didn't gay ay SAY J res os Ono One of tho the most active leaders of 0 the present prohibition e estay boasts of tho the number of ot petitions in favor favoro o of a prohibition law l At t least five of ot the people who circulated these petitions petitions pe pe- pe- pe getting signers declare they have hn been work working InS InS' for tor pl pay Two of ot th ee who urge people to sign add th statement We Wo get set so much a name The petitions do not seem to be the spontaneous product of the right of or petition The They seem scene to be expedited But Dut taking all the names on all the then n on L-j L malu ru are there out our per cent t Where are tho the other six ninety tH per percent percent l' l cent What do the they sa say They say aay No 01 Some Somo of our prohibition friends proverbially pro pro- v y enthusiastic are arc in tho the l habit of of- charging char bad motives cs on every one who does not agree with them A prohibition pro pre meeting me is not a a. nice ll place c cr r for r any one ona to speak if It he is 16 going to dl e of prohibition Advocates of ot that cause instantly put him In the thc attitude of wanting to destro destroy the home They Thoy regard him as desirous a of getting betting all ell tho boys bors drunk and de debasing debasing deu de- de u basing t all the girls with liquor of or In Inducing In- In instead of r discouraging Intern Intern- perance Thc They seem to think at think at least thc they BO so express themselves themselves that that the man who opposes a n. prohibition lay law here In iii Utah and at t this time Is working for tor the brewer or for tor the tho saloonkeeper The They call calI him a L slave sl o of th liquor interests and a tool tools of nt the demon damon rum And all that sort of thing And It Isn't a a. laughing matter It lt Itis itis is their very cr earnest and outspoken position They seem unable to un understand understand under under- cr- cr s stand and that au any good man or good woman toman can be opposed to prohibition can hold that p position without being in IR league with tho the saloon And it aoe doesn't follow tollow One glan glance e at tho the business mens men's petition to the legislature against the enactment of a I prohibition law lav should give e 1 pause to the people who ho array with enemies of society all nIl who vho do not want There are aro a hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred names of ot men absolutely representing representing seating the tIle business of ot Salt Lake Takeout Take Tahe Takeout out those men and th the business they y do o and you Jou have killed Salt Lake dont don't misunderstand The They are arc all going to b be lie taken out Most MORt Q of them are aro going right ahead But Dut the they aro are reputable representatives legitimate le 10 lo- lo members of ot the public And n the they are aro entitled to a a. hearing Those men mon heads of all nIl lines ol 01 b business men who havo have made ant and andare ln are nrc making Salt Sait Lake answer No Oo to tho question Shall Shan Utah have havo prohibition prohibition pro 7 And you ou cant can't call can them bad 1101 dangerous nor unworthy men Thearo They The are aro of ot tho best citizenship In the tho state the view that every e one opposing prohibition prohibition pro pro- Is a a. public enemy and md should have o no word in the to government of tl the e state these men men would be ba disfranchised dis dig franchised and expatriated instantly For they do not wart want arit prohibition And yet et that man who says saya the they arc re rc bad citizens Is la wrong wron Ho lIe Is Ia danger danger- ous OUIS Those hundred men representing represent represent- ing lug tull fully live Jive hundred in interests di directly dI- dI and and far tar moro more indirectly aro are aregood good bood men Their opinion should bo be considered respectfully They are arc quite as much nuch entitled to to consideration tion as any other citizens There is another thing thinS These men are arc dep dependable Tho people who force torce prohibition are not and thc they never 0 b been cn They are the most fund und and pure people imaginable bh but they quit when they get the law rhey They do not keep up their activities Their Theil public sentiment evaporates e Some Somo of ot them get tired of ot it SonIc Some of them have hoo other occupations and ancI they n lect tho the great creat work with which J alone such uchi laws can be enforced Others of or them change their minds They The were carried awa away with th the enthusiasm en on- of or tho the prohibitionist crusade nn and later Inter the they reflect relied that tho they made madea a n. mistake Some Sonic of them get ot a aI an as I strongly against as prohibition as ns they had been for it And tho the cause causo suf suf- terse fore They Tiley produce a n. condition which can not bo sustained without a n permanent permanent permanent per per- manent continuance of or their effort effort effort- and then they do not continue continuo the ef ot- fort tort So that the tho answer answel of ot tho the state of ot Utah is Js against prohibition For you youcan youcan ou can not say 1 that mans man's Judgment s 's S 5 representative o when it Is Js inflamed when it certainly will become wavering waver waver- InS ing certain to change Oar Oar- Held said at nt the Republican national convention coU of 1850 when tho the followers follow follow- em ers of Grant had concluded their amo- amo Ing InS demonstration in favor tavor of ot tho the si silent sl si- lout lent man on horseback I have 1111 scon the tho sea oca leashed bashed into fury fur and tossed tos-sed into spray and its Hs grandeur moves the soul of ot tho tile dullest man but I remember r it IB It not tho billows but the tile calm cairn level of ot tho the sea ea from froni which all aU heights hels an and all depths are arc measured When hen the storm has passed an and the tile hour of ot calm settles on the ocean when the tho sunlight bathes bathie its smooth surface then the tue mer Iner and tho the surveyor take the tho level leyel from Crom which to measure all nil t terrestrial heights and depths Gentlemen or of tho the convention COll your our present temper may not mark tile the healthful pulse pullo of ot our people wh when n nour I our enthusiasm has pa passed When hen tho the emotions of ot this hour have o subsided sub Bub- I sided we shall shaH find that calm level of public opinion below the storm from which tho the thoughts of or a n mighty might people are to bo be measured and b by which their final action will bo be de de- de- de Not hero in this brilliant circle where fifteen thousand men and women are are assembled Is the thc destiny of ot tho the Republican party to be de tie tie- dared Not Oot here where here I 8 see a the faces I of seven hundred and sl six fifty delegates dole dele gates waiting to cast their votes in intile i 1 1 tho tile urn and determine the tho choice u OL I II this thie republic but b by four foul million of ot I Republican firesides ides where the tho thoughtful voters with wives and children children chil chil- dren about them with the c calm culm m thoughts inspired with the love of ot homo and country countr with the history of ot the past the hopes of ot the future ant and a n knowledge e of ot tho the great men who have hava adorned and blessed our nation In Inas Ina's days as a's gone gono b by thero there by-there thero God prepares tho the verdict that sh shall determine the wisdom wisdom wisdom wis wis- dom of our work tonight Not ot in Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago in the tho heats of ot June June- but in the thc sober ober quiet luiet that comes comas to them between between be be- tween now flOW and November No in tho the si silence silence st- st lence lonce of ot deliberate Judgment will the great s question be settled People of or Utah tho the answer of the state is Js No You can not call excited ex cx- x- x cited response a d dependable answer In Iii tho the calm before convention tho the public pub pub- lie lic mandate mandato was not uttered In the weeks of ot the tilO campaign no no candidate for the tile legislature was told by the people peo peo- I plo his election meant Ills hla pledge to a prohibitory law And in the ment meat which follows assembling of or the lawmakers there thero is pronouncement pronouncement pronounce pronounce- ment mont b by the tho people The sentiment of ot the state is not expressed ax- ax x pressed in III periods of excitement And unmoved ed b by that influence tho ho citizens of ot this splendid commonwealth for lor forthe forthe the good of or tho the commonwealth say No Xo Not i. i I I |