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Show HON: MOSES THATCHER AN UNCOMPROMISING ADVOCATE AD-VOCATE OF PROHIBITION , We aro reproducing in this Issue a Bpcoch given beforo tho Y. M. M. I. A. of Hyrum by tho Hon. Moses Thatcher. Wo do this for threo purposes, pur-poses, viz: 1. To show the Improvement League Lea-gue and tho voters of Logan what Mr. Thatcher's real nttltudo on tho suhjeit of prohibition was when It appears as a local Issuo. 2. To got beforo tho voters In a forcible manner Uio evils of Intemperance Intem-perance and tho virtues ot prohibition. prohibi-tion. 3. To glvo tho younger generation in Logan who seem to bo losing tholr back bone and moral courago, an ox-amplo ox-amplo Qf tho stamina which has characterized tho pioneer stock In this city and which Jc absolutely necessary ne-cessary to possess If Logan Is to bo kept free from tho evils of tho saloon. sa-loon. Mr. Thatcher said: "In responding to tho Invitation ot tho Young Men's Mutual Improvement Improve-ment Association of Hyrum, I beg to say that press of other matters has prevented mo from preparing myself. to speak upon this subject as Its Importance Im-portance demands, but I can submit some stntlstlis which show tho effects ef-fects of lntemperanco on tho human body and soul moro forcibly than any thing I can say. lntemperanco, llccnso and prohibition prohibi-tion havo recently been somewhat fully ful-ly discussed through tho columns of tho Utah Journal. Thoso who advo-cato advo-cato strict prohibition as a moans of tho Idea that every posslblo safe-checking safe-checking lntemperanco among our people, seem firmly impressed wRh guard should be thrown around tho youth and thoso ot mature ago who havo not, within themselves, tho pow-or pow-or to resist temptations that aro fast sapping tho foundations, upon which havo rested tho prosperity, morality and purity of great Christian nations that aro now wallowing In tho filth and degradation of lntcmporanco. Holding that thero aro somo, oven among tho Lattorday Saints, too weak to roslBt tho tempting cup when pressed to tholr lips by tho hands ot falso frlonds, yet who nro too good to bo left to destroy pcaio and happiness, hap-piness, desolato homo, and dlo, perhaps, per-haps, In tho gutter, I am an uncompromising uncom-promising advocato ot prohibition. No man Is permitted to sell poisoned poison-ed food. Who does so knowingly, to tho destruction of life, answers tho law on tho chargo of murder. Why should any bo held less guilty ot crime for dispensing liquid poison? Put the ossenco ot tobacco Into tho mouth of a rattlesnako and see If tho venom which makes Its fangs tho Instrument In-strument of death, possesses neutralizing neutral-izing force sufllclont to counteract tho moro deadly poison ot tho vegetablo drug And yet I havo scon tobacco In ploces larger than my hand In barrels, from which my brothrcn and fr'ends had drank tho whiskey that extracted form that tobacco Us deadly dead-ly narcotlo properties, I havo behold with horror tlio offocts of doublo distilled, dis-tilled, tobacco poisoned whiskey. Untainted by it I havo seen a man faco perils that spoVo of death; and under tho sway ot reason and calm Judgment offer his coat to savo tho l.fo of his companion, when tho flerco ( Continued on pago eight) |