Show I SANPETE COUNTY AND TEM TEM- PERANCE Down at Mount Pleasant the they are going to get together and consider ways was and means to advance the c cause use of or temperance And that Is an ex excellent x x- x thing There Is a growing sentiment sentiment sen sen- throughout the Union to the effect that regulation and anti high license e provide tho the best means of securing 1 temperance and preventing abuse bv by bythe the saloon Faloon The m mayor or o of ot Mount Pleasant tal takes es the lead In the movement movement move move- ment meat to organize the time county for true reform The Republican belle believes the move Is In the right direction It Is not necessary for tor good men to declare to each other the evils olIs of or the liquor traffic It Is not helpful for le t to declaim on the lack of ot capability suffered by the drunken man Utah's citizens need no rio enlightenment on that point They TIer atc are arc not In favor l' l of cf the drunkard except except to tle point cf ct reclaiming him to the ways was of or sober sober- ness They dont don't need argument to convince them that the man whose pulses ate c normal and unexcited by bythe bytho tho the stimulus of or whiskey Is better ca capable capable ca- ca pable pablo of ot good work worl than titan the mon man whose hose system fa Is 8 impregnated with ith the poison of ot alcohol But oven en starting with this statement statement state state- ment mont of the case cane It Is hardly fair to range all who believe In regulation and license as slaves of or th tho saloon or besotted hirelings of ot the com corn bine In Utah It Is simply a n question cf ef the best means menns of ot r reaching the universally uni desired result result result-a lt-a lt a better condition con con- Saloons have disobeyed tho the law Too much liquor ha has been drank and amid licensed sellers have defied tho ho community The rc result has been bad for all an tho the people people besides besides being d demoralizing de- de moralizIng moralizIng- to the lawbreakers them them- selves ches Tho problem then Is to r re reduce reduce re- re duce the evil to most near nearly approach the Ideal condition Experience and Experience and It always 15 J Is a n safe MC guide proves guide proves that a paper prohibition prohibition prohibition tion does does' not secure the tha desired re Te- re suit sult The sentiment of ot the community Is Is' a stronger law than an any that can I be expressed s ed In Ri In printed form forme t We Ima Imagine ne that down In Sanpete count county a prohibition rUles rule ma may be enforced Wo We 0 dont don't know but It seems proba ble And why 1 Simply because the sentiment sen sen- of the community Is In accord with that rule If It It Isn't will be unwise to make the rule And that is fa true the world over o When hen the excitement of or a prohibition campaign campaign campaign cam cam- Is passed far tar too man many of ot the themen themen men who promoted the cause leave lea It unsupported The They withdraw their assistance And the enforcement o othe of or orthe the law Is left to officers who soon recognize their lonesome status This Is simply another problem that Utah will solve and solve right |