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Show ' ' SALOONS WILL GO FROM UTAH. ' ' Tll saloons in the towns and less populous K cities of Utah have about one year or eighteen K months' business ahead of them, "so the pro- H ,- .prlctors might as well begin to prepare for tho H". ( retreat. With tho president of tho Moimonj B ; H ' church avowedly In favor of local option, with nine-tenths of the priesthood and a great proportion pro-portion of tho laymen working up a sentiment In favor of locaToptlon, and with the sectarian ministers of Utah and countless societies and promlucnt men and women assisting them vigorously, vig-orously, tho complexion of tho next state legislature legis-lature Is certain to be such that a local option measure will be passed. There are not a dozen towns In Utah that will not vote out the saloon If given an opportunity, so If the opportunity comes, then it's goodbye to the dispensaries of tanglefoot. Tho results in tho eastern election Tuesday ought to serve as a guide for action in Utah. In countless localities license or no license was tho paramount Issue, and the result shows that In the large cities tho "wets" won out, while In tho smaller towns and rural communities communi-ties the "drys" were successful, The legislation legisla-tion to be enacted In Utah should make the county as the voting unit, and not the municipalities. munici-palities. In this way entire counties may bo rid of the saloon and this Is thedeshed end, for otherwise the tratllo is simply transferred to Individual places Alierc the saloon Is not voted out. In tho eastern election the saloonmcn of Utah may read the handwriting on the wall. A tidal wave' of temperance is engulllng the wholo country and effort to stay its force Is as futile as that of the old lady who sought to sweep back the sea. |
