Show WHERE TIlE TIED HOUSE WENT rr WRONG RONG Once In his lifo life every man has a aright rIght to be foolish The misfortune of or It arises artsee when a number assembled find their silly amy season falling simul- simul i I 1 That Is what happened I is in inthe I the House on Monday The Tho Cannon prohibition bill was as We believe bellevo that tho the bill would have j I failed it If that Monday vote voto had bad been 1 I decisive of ot If It prohibition in the terms of ot the bill had been n D aa- aa as soon as the tho vote was recorded record record- ed more than half halt of oC those members would have havo voted differently y Many any of ot them have havo weakly said they were ere not for tor prohibition but that tho the in the House wouldn't settle tho the matter matter mat rant ter anyway Tho The Senate will kill it That has been leen the tho recurring defense of many members in excusing them them- for tor the purposed vote Others have havo taken a still JUll less ICES com corn commendable stand and d declared they know tho the governor will veto eto tho the bill If Ir It over gets sets to him A man can cannot cannot cannot not be bo very proud of ot himself when ho has been elected by tho people as asa asa asa a legislative e officer when ho be has taken oath to make malte laws for till good of ot the tile people and then bas has shirked his bis manly responsibility with such subterfuges subterfuges sub sub- as these Then there thero Is 16 tho the man mon who has listened to tho the noisy Heber J. J Grant clamor the furore of or Democratic m making Intended to destroy tho Republican Re- Re publican party and who votes for tor tho the Cannon bill bUl because of ot the tho manufactured manufactured I petitions Prohibition was not an issue lu iu the election eJection and not a n Salt Lake Lako county man nor a no Summit county man nor a man from half theother the theother theother other counties could have havo been elected elected elected elect elect- ed it if ho had before November ember declared declared de de- do- do dared himself as his voto oto on Monday declares him Ho wont went to his election eJection on certain issues then proclaimed He lie HeIs Heis lieis is assured by the tho best friends of oC the party part the best friends of ot the state and the best friends of ot tho the Mormon Monnon people that tho Cannon bill if It enacted ctol into Jaw aw will cause tho the defeat of ot the party In tho the strongest counties wIllburt will hurt burt the material and moral interests 1 of or th thi state and will wUl badly compro compro- the tho Mormon people Tho issue isau has arisen n since election and eve CYC even since Ince the thc sitting of the legislature J It r comes conies with a J. J sudden Rudden rush which destroys destroys de do- the opportunity for reflection and it deals with a matter of or vital Hal Importance imparlance im Im- Im- Im parlance to party part t tp state and to bust busl bustness ness And yet ret the tho legislators who ero elected without a n. whisper of t f the tho pro pro- I I Issues many of ot whom do no not believe in prohibition man many of ot whom hom do not want tho the bill to become a Q law weakly vote voto for it to tho the tune tuno o of thirty nine to four Surely Sureh- a no lot hot of or men got foolish all al at once on Monday londa In tho taco faco of ot that strange conCession confes confes' zion slon of or weakness wo we want to thank than Representative e for his very ery sensible statement of position A prohibitionist prohibitionist pro pro- by practice a n Mormon in I faith but a citizen of ot Utah and a Republican Re Re- I publican as well h he stands against th the furore that has been beon created II He knows tho the of the petitions petition which have hayo been procured lb He knows know the tho insincerity of oC tho the men who have been boen most active In promoting tho the Cannon bill hill Arid And And with a serene sense of ot Justice an and of or right ho re records records re- re cords hl his vote vote and and lila Ills explanation against tho tIm measure Mr l Holman and Mr rc McMIllin arc are likewise to bo be con congratulated for tor their very stubborn stand against tho power of or numbers Ami Anti for Mr Russell whose whoso strength and genuineness should have havo been example for other young men of tho the house Wo have but words of ot praise As for tho the rest reet we wo can not but think they would have havo done dono better to vote ote their own convictions than tho the passing f fancy of ot others not In so 90 re responsible re re- position Aside from all other considerations the he bill Is bad Impossible of enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment mont crowded with contradictions and bulging with impossibilities It runs counter to tho the experience of ever every state that has tried prohibition and will make more moro mono money for cheap lawyers Jawers lawyers law Jaw ers and petty officers than ever oyer they have havo known before As 5 quickly as ns possible tho the bill ought ous-ht to be bo killed In the Senate And then a real temperance measure measure meas meas- ure one ono which will destroy so fO far as an possible the evils of ot salo ni business should bo be passed |