| Show O ON N TIlE THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION A temperance bill bm has been passed sed b by y the tho Senate and the thc House of or the l legislature of Utah It has some wise provisions p and some somo that arc not wise a at t all nil If it shall receive the sanction sane sanc t ion tion of or Governor Go Spry it will be bo the l law aw of ot the tho land unless found defective de de- de- de f e b by the courts if It it is tho tile l law aw of tho the land let us all give Ive it c cordIal ordial acceptance a fair chanco to work worl out tho the best results possible and md find find nd aa law abiding people rather than law despising people people- what arc aro Its Us defects and tho the best wn way to remedy them Aside from that The Tho Republican wants to suggest est a a. tow few thoughts to those who have led the campaign for saloon anti-saloon legislation Without doubt there was waR warrant for their activity saloon evils did exist Men defiant of ho tho law low and of ot the tho good of or humanity were helping to debase their fellow men Tho traffic was inflicting InJury inJury In- In Jury and that Injury was greater than it need be because of oC the reprehensible attitude of somo some engaged ged In tho business Temperance reform was a natural consequence and It had hat warrant of ot Justice and of ot right We Wo hope to offend offend of- of fend tend no one however when wo we suggest suggest sug sug- gest that a better bettar method of or procedure procedure pro pro- could havo hare been selected Men Ien and women who began the year with work for local option sudden suddenly abandoned aban aban- that position for the tue more ad advanced advanced ad- ad and ond radical policy of ot statewide state state- wide wido prohibition In jn that the they were perfectly warranted too If they be be- be I Pored lIc It best And we do not for tor a u moment question they did believe bellev 1 It best But we believe c they thoy exceeded warrant warrant war war- rant when they considered every one not In line with the prohibition policy policy a slave 0 of or tho the saloon a tool of ot th the liquor interests and a a. purposed as assailant as- as of oC tho the state eWo Wo think the they allowed their earnestness ear ear- to lead them Into charging bad motives against those tholo who ho differed dIffered dIf dlf dif dif- with them Thoy They seem to have hav hurried to put a n wrong construction all an an evil 8 construction on construction on tho the action of oC those not agreed with them thorn They made acceptance of ot tho the prohibition cree creed tho test of or good citizenship and whoever er did not help in their crusade crusado was accused of serious dere lier It Is remembered wIth remembered with re regret re- re gret that gret-that that reputable men of 01 the state have been accused od of or crime as an n explanation explanation ex ex- of not following tho the prohibition prohibition pro pro- leadership Thero There was WIlS the tue passing of ot the reasonable limit The Republican docs does not believe belle prohibition Is tho best solution of the tho liquor problem m That does not mean menn meano wo o fall fail to s see ee o the tho problem or the evils of tho the saloon as ns conducted It simp simply means that two persons equally equal equal- I ly Jy honest ma may differ And wo we hold that one has na no good g a CL right ht to his opinion as has line tho the other Tho The motives motives mo mo- tives tires of ot neither should be Impugned without reason without warrant and without proof rj With all hope for tor the betterment I I of Utah In iii every possible wa way we urge friends of tho tilO temperance cause to approach their future ta task lc with a n better bettor recognition of oC the rights of ot those who may not agree with them with a n less ices extreme tendency to arraign arraign ar nr- ar- ar as ns foes to society all aU who fall fail to agree and with a n. better temper Thero There are arc many men who do not bellove prohibition Is tho the best way to protect society from the tho liquor evil And they arc as good n. n as any men amon among the prohibitionists It certainly certain certain- ly Iy seems the interests of or tho the state would be bo better conserved with a little abating of ot the rl rigidity oC or the tile rule rulo that has been followed In tho the past |
