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Show M WHAT WILL HIS DECISION BE THE Salt Lake papers, with tho possiblo exception of tho Dcseret H News, are trying to stiffen the Gov- H ernor's bnclc and induco him to net B upon his well-known prefcrenco in H the matter of tho prohibition bill. H Now that the legislature has nd- H journcd after having approved tho H prohibition mensure, tho Governor H finds himself in rather a ticklish m place. He has shown by his conduct H all the way through tho fight for and H against prohibition that ho was op- H posed to the enactment of this law, H yet he cannot foil to rculizo that in H vetoing the measure he is certain to H be thwarting the will of the great H majority of the people of the state. H and in a matter where ho would H clearly havo to align himself on tho H side of vico and corruption as opposed H to morality and good citizonship. H This he hesitates to do. Ho pcrhnpp H is in tho same position ns a number H of the senators wcro during the recent H agitation of tho matter. They were H ' anxious to do all they could to defeat H 1 the purposo of tho bill, but lacked Hk tho moral courage to como out and H openly vote against it That is why Hf the vote on the ratification of the H various amendments proposed to the H bill resulted in a tie, whllo when the H final roll was called on tho passage H of the bill only two votes were rcg- H istercd against it in tho senate. H Now it is up to Governor William Hf Spry to take his stand, and show hip Hp real colors. The people aro waiting H for his decision, and upon it will hinge H , to a great extent his futuro standing Hv with the voters of this state. There H ' would no doubt be more in it for him H to veto the bill; but what would bo H his position with the great majority Hjj of the people 7 |