Show TILE ll E EYD ADE AT In every honest effort efort for tor temperance temperance temper temper- ance anco In Uth Utah the tho end aimed at I ha Is h Isa a redu redu reduction ton of ot tho the evil effects of ot tho the drink habit habiL habIt It I Is desired d that no nomore nl more liquor ever be drank as ns a berago bev be I bev-I rage rago One wishes s for for that as S one wishes for tor or health and wealth and freedom edom from pain and the tho happiness happi happI- fl ness nes of ot all aU onos ones friends But one knows it I Is I a ft 8 desiro that can not bo fulfilled So that a n decrease e of ot tho the evils Js to the smallest possible point is the end aimed at by all aU practical sincere people D eole Nearly a year ago ngo The Republican noting the activities of ot temperance reform re reform re- re form workers rs In Utah and the thc senera gen sen- en- en era Ial activity throughout tho the nation asked the question queston Shall Utah Havo Prohibition The re response ro- ro was disappointingly small smal Half Hal as many persons openly ex expressed expressed ex- ex pressed themselves opposed ed to prohibition as expressed themselves in Its Is favor or And Aud it I is perfectly well wel known know that most most people avoid expression expresion of sentiment on tho the negative side of that question queston unless it becomes necessary because of ot the inaccurate construction placed upon uvon their utterance by br radical radiCal radi radi- cal cl friends of ot reform Tho paper has a large e circulation I throughout the state The Tho state was wa being agitated b by professional advocates cat cats cates s of ot prohibition and we believed then nn we believe now that If the J Utah had ltd beon been r Yos Ps s this paper would have hove been flooded with wih affirmative e replies to tho the question queston Instead of that we had hat to solicit answers from persons who were be believed be- be to have opinions on the sub- sub jU ct but had not yet ct expressed them And In unnumbered cases men and women Tomen whose position was supposed to be for tor prohibition excused themselves them them- selves che from flom going on record What wa was their real reason we e have on only to conjecture But this became evi evident dent ent Utah Uth ve people pIe were not demandIng demanding demand demand- ing lug prohibition Finding that being convinced that the tho voluntary t position of ot the tho people was as for some measure of ot temperance reform which stopped this side of ot prohibition Tho The Republican ceased asking the question queston and continued its Is uninterrupted course cour of or working for tor what hat It regarded as a the best interests of ot the state Even with all 01 the discussion verbal and by newspaper not a Republican county convention in the state elected delegates to the state convention Instructed In Instructed In In- for prohibition Not one one Some did Instruct for local option opton But Dut most counties countes left the matter mater without declaration What stronger proof could there be that the state left lef to was not demanding prohibition pro pro- And In the convention not a n voice Q was lifted It I will wi not do to say the thi party varL managers did not want any prohibition pro pro- complications in tho conven conven- U tion n. n If I there had been basis bais for tor th the 0 prohibition future furre that has followed I Ith th the sitting of ot the legislature nothing g in the world party party party managers no nor r I church officials nor oven earthquakes earthquake s could could have st stopped the enthusiastic k tic tc and determined devotees of ot 1 They Tey would have driven o opposition op op- position out of ot the convention If It the they y had possessed commission from th tho o people And they didn't have o la the IC commission lon Tho The people had not In Ir Instructed In- In the Republican convention I to 0 demand prohibition of ot the legislature 0 And that was was the time to speak Time passed and the delegates who LO bore ote no rio commission for tor a prohibition n law from the people nominated their the ir party ticket Those rhose nominees stood on the tho platform of ot tho the patty which did It not contain even the suggestion of ot ofa ofa a Q prohibition plank It I was as free tree from that pro I provision lon as aa was the platform plat plat- form orm of ot the tho Democratic part party And An Ana Anda a stronger r word could not be bo said ald That ticket KO so o nominated was elected by the people It was elect elected In opposition Hon to the tickets of ot the Democratic and of ot the tho part party It IL I could not have come co close e to being elected if It the candidates then had declared de tIe- dared their purpose as a later revealed That is 18 very er certain So that it seems the people of ot Utah Uth Hid not of ot themselves Id call for tor cal a pro pro- law Most lost active act c In exciting labors Jabors for tor prohibition ar are men who stoutly opposed oppose tho the election electon of ot legIslators leg leg- leg whom they now non seek sele to comman com corn man mand t It is at least suspicious that the tho most Incessant labor for or a a pro iwo prohibition law by the Republican legislature legis legis- lature laturo is by men who tried to defeat I f evet every Republican candidate So that surely tho the lawmakers do not nut owe them any Y allegiance lance Now it Is certain certin tho the passage of ot a prohibition law would mean tho the election electon elec dee lieu tion ton of a n Kearns Kears party part ticket In Salt Lake Lkc City next fall tal and the election electon of a n Kearns party part ticket In tho county In two years na as well wel and a n Democratic Democratic Demo Domo- cratic control of the tho state That Is not desired by those who have ha e been sincere In their advocacy of at a t prohibition bIton measure Dut But does doe It I not give gl e some explanation to tho the activity of those politicians who want to defeat tho ho Republican party Then cornea conies what must all aH be the main question The good of ot the people Is real really before tho the Interest Interest interest Inter Inter- est of or any party party part long Jon long before the Interests of ot an any man And if It prohibition pro were certain to be the best for Cor the people leoPle tho surest destroyer of ot the rum power the direct and cerain cerain ain aln elimination of ot the evils o of tho the liquor traffic then Tho The Republican would most cordially sustain the effort ef ct fort Cort of ot those people who oven recently have been working for tor that cause But Dul we can cnn not coBo our eyes eye to tho the fact that prohibition in tho the where It has been long IonS and honestly honesty tried does not le lessen sen the evils ls e of ot In- In temp tomp and it docs does do a ii l vast and lasting harm It I makes even en e the saloon lower Jower than ever eyer it was before It I makes sneaks of or men who are decent decent decent de de- de- de cent in their thelt former habits It I con con- drinking in obscure places surrounds it with ever every vile vie Influence and accessory Increases tho degree and tendency of ot crime and does doeR not lessen Jessen even tho the small sal consideration of ot money cost of ot administration One must be reasonable even cven In times of ot high temper And the Immutable Immutable immutable Im Im- im- im mutable fact tact Is that prohibition docs does not fulfill tho tim promise of its Is enthusiastic enthusiastic enthus- enthus agUe advocates It I disappoints It I hurts And It Is invariably at the expense of ot the Republican party Wo We c are arc looking for tor tho the greatest good for tor the greatest number We believe it can best be secured b by license and restrictive measure measure measure-EN- EN ENFORCED FORCED That Is why Tho The Republican has hns oppose opposed the enactment of a prohibition tion ton law lar by this legislature |