| Show GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE HAVE SAVED THE ST STATE A TE j j F From Froni the Sevier Sun Ulah iri a As the tie days come antI and ant go tho the people of ot Utah become more and more convinced con con- vinced that In Governor Win Wm m Spry and tho tiro Eighth Utah Legislature the they have bulwarks behind which their moat most profound profound pro pro- found and sacred Institutions can sato sate ly Iy rest rost And when the Interests Interest of ot our commonwealth arc are threatened b by somo some I cyclonic or fanatical wave of or asni where zeal Is more loro powerful than reason or good Judgment then thon would It be ns as easy for tor the waves of the tire sea eca tea to tear away their shore line lino as ns to cause Governor Spry or the Republican Legislature lature to swerve from the line of their duty lne The people of Utah are aro not Frenchy In hr their nature and disposition They aro are not revolutionists No o business or industry no custom or avocation is built up or thrown down In hr a d day Revolutionary Rev ideas are foreign to our up mako-up yet et it I sometimes happens that conditions and circumstances come up in their wrong color and for a per per- er- er lod iod of time our zeal gets the better beter of ot our Judgment It I Is yet et within the memory of man when a wave wac of prohibition struck struck this state almost as suddenly as aM did tho the October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober p panic of or 1907 1007 During the heated season of this well meant meant movement nto every member of ot the Legislature who did not align alien himself with the biton movement whether his hla bettor better betor judgment agreed with wih it I or not why of ot I course had nati been neen een bought nougat b by ny whiskey money If I all tho the legislators private citizens newspapers and associations had Irad been purchased as claimed by some and the price In each case was wag anything near tho the alleged sure sum what an nn enormous amount of money it I must ha have vo taken to swing nl the dealt deal deal Thank heaven tho the Eighth Legislature was ivas chosen b by the Republican party and therefore was made up of ot men not easily thrown off of their feet feet Tho good Lord only knows what would have become of or us if It It I had been the complexion complexIon com corn of ot the tho Legislature that tried to lo elect McCune to 10 Congress The rhe rl right richt ht of or petition I ia is one of ot the tIre In Inherent In- In I herent rights of oC the American people I and should never be denied antI yet et norl no rl right ht Is less used nor oftener abused With all ni due respect to nil all ni people peti leti lions tOIS of the tIre kind we are speaking speaking- about us usually an represent tho the matured Ideas of or I a n few rew anti and the toe hasty nasty actions of ot man marry No Kane sano da Latter day Saint or other reasonable reasonable rea rca person parson will win ever believe the tire Senate of the tho United States did wrong wron in J Ignoring and turning down di the mil mu- milons mi- mi lions lons of ot names petitioning the removal rero al of Senator Reed Smoot from his duly elected office neither will the they believe c bele dul that a majority or any other portion porton of ot the national was purchased for fora forn a n cash consideration or for tor that matter mat mat- ter tr purchased at It S all ail It Ils Itis is doing no rio nonH ono no an nn injustice neither Is It casting a n reflection at nt any any- body in fact it I Is a compliment to the voters oters to say that the tho men urea chosen by tho the people to represent them In their making law co are arc above th the thA average n in their respective e districts The They havo greater learning more sta sta- sta stability sta- sta bUl and person person- aIRy and less liable lable to be ho turned aside aldo by ly arguments or pecuniary tion than Ihan the tire common ton run of ot mortals This being true frue then If It we wc mark the tho Governor and either cither or both houses of our J Legislature as ns takers bribe as ay traitors to their constituents what verdict ver ver- dict Wet must bo ho passed on tho the great grent mass of or Utah's population It I Is easy to find taul fault it is easy to accuse finders Fault and I accusers are never out of or a Job and like Iko the poor we wo have them with us always alwa's The Tho Sevier Valley Sun wants to say that Spry ant and members of ot th the Eighth Lighth Utah legislature are men nice of or honor hODor and Integrity They did their dut duty and they the did It well And tho Republican party sponsor for tor nd these gentlemen stands today as ns the captain of ot our salvation politically It has steered tho the good ship of ot state over I the stormiest sea sen sen ever ridden by political craft The people of ot this state Instead of t belaboring nb the party parC should s frA r w Hower in tire the pathway of ot tho tiso n In Ins ing I returning return- return conqueror This Thil state was threatened threat threat- en ened n d b by a menace many times than tho license system for saloons greater To members of the tho Church of or Christ of or da day Latter Saints the time defeat Jesus Jeu of the American party In Salt county count compared with the tho liquor Sal Lake wih tion ques ClueR- ton was as ns a thousand to one If the published expressions I of or this party could havo been carried out the tire troubles of or Missouri and Nauvoo would drop rop In ti tl bucket As proof be as a l It o f n 1 J. J n witness H S 'S UL or rend tho published Teat utterances of its In Utah Thousands 18 lenders leaders hers berM wanted to or of its IK part party mem- mem desert deMert its desired Is but first to see If IC the could ho bo handled situation coull by either or of old line UIO partes parties The Tho Republican party proved Itself ma master ter of ot the situation and effectually crushed tho the head of ot th the worst and most powerful enemy the Mormon people ever e had Thousands of or honest well meaning meaning- meaning men and women women wo wo- wo- wo men who in the past saw sw for tor tho American party an excuse now nou realize It ft has hns no place In Utah and Uth it was the Republican party tl p that furnIshed furn furn- Ishel tho the pr proof of From rom our lips should now ascend songs of thanksgiving and praise for the Grand Old Party The Eighth Utah legislature made madu its Hs mistakes but tho they were made in tn efforts to do good It I is easy eay for us UM to see seo where things could have havo been better beter Like tire the crowd watching a ball bal game the mistakes and blunders I of or the batsman seems so Inexcusable Inexcusable For the sake of the baseball game It I seems a shame that the fans are not tho the players and the players off herding herding herd herd- ing sheep So with wih tho the legislative game it I looks cas easy to us lS as spectators and possibly we wo could have havo done dono ono better better bet bet- ter but tire the people who know us didn't think so 80 During the last st two weeks facts and conditions In Sevier county have proven pro that Governor Spry was right when he lie said our laws lass's are already sufficient to handle the liquor QU question Without the tire cost and great turmoil of ot an elec elec- tion Lon Richfield has gone dr dry On May 1 a 2 Monroe onroe will wf do the timo same l will wIl shortly fall Cal all in line lino which means mean Sevier county will wf soon be he prohibition When the tIre proper time conies comes for tor a wide state prohibition law Jaw the Republican lican Ican part party will wil seo see to It that such n a law is enacted No other party can n do it I it no other party part will wIl dare daro to do Io it It Republican party Is now a ways has been and will wl In the tho future be the guardian of oC the peoples people's rights the captain of ot their political salvation alvaton |
