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Show SPEAKING OF A PROHIBITION LAW Prohibition is no longer a political iuc in Utah. Both parties lia'cde-clarcd lia'cde-clarcd in favor of it by legislature enactment without any constitutional constitution-al amendment. Whichever party is successful at the polls next month, it is certain that the legislature which convenes next January will enact a statewide prohibition law. But just how sweeping the provisions prov-isions of that law will he is going to depend upon the political complexion complex-ion of the legislature, and of the gov ernor of this state. If the legislature and governor is republican, the bill enacted and signed will be such as to afford little comfort to the antis, and the enforcement en-forcement of such a law under the administration of such an anient advocate ad-vocate of prohibition as Nephi L. Morris will be beyond criticism. No one lias ever doubted where Nephi L. Morris stands, and has ever stood upon this question. His whole life has been devoted to an advocacy of the suprcssiou of the liquor traffic. On the other hand Simon Bamberger Bam-berger has been for years directly or indirectly connected with enterprises enter-prises which have had for their object ob-ject tlie making of money out of the sale of liquor, and while he personally person-ally asserts 'that he is as good a prohibitionist pro-hibitionist as there is anywhere, still witli a democratic legislature and a democratic governor there is less likelihood, by reason of such connection, of as complete and sweeping legislation being passed as with a republican legislature. And what about the enforcement of a prohibition law under a Democratic governor? Do you feel that the sympathies sym-pathies of Simon Bamberger, if elected, elec-ted, arc going to be with such enforcement, en-forcement, or will there still be lingering ling-ering feeling for the people with whom he was once associated? |