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Show A Great Day For Utah. A wavo of satisfaction and gratl-tudo gratl-tudo will surgo over the fair State of Utah from one end to tho other upon receipt of tho nows that tho legislative representatives of tho pco-plo pco-plo have passed a bill which, with tho promised slgnaturo of tho governor, gov-ernor, will mako prohibition stato-wldo stato-wldo and offectlvo on August 1, 1017. This glorious consummation represents repre-sents that which has boon tho profound pro-found desire of tho great majority of tho peoplo for many yoars. In the general gladness that attends this realization of this hopo, past disappointments dis-appointments will bo swallowed up and thoro will bo no room for muttered mut-tered regrets or resentments. Sufficient Suf-ficient Is tho fact that tho bright day has at last dawned, and that, rcsoluto and unashamod, tho Doo-hlvo Doo-hlvo State may now tako hor proud placo In tho procession that marches march-es undor tho whlto banner. Tho measure which now awaits tho signature of tho govornor Is be-lioved be-lioved by its friends to bo thorough and effective. Wo llko theso terms better than "drastic," which seems to Imply radicalism and vlolonco. A prohibition law can prohibit without being drastic, and It Is such a law that, In tho general bollof, has now been provided. If it Is so carefully drawn that there can bo no chanco for evasion or misinterpretation of Its torms, It Is good enough. Upon theso points, and othors that requlro ho calm scrutiny of thoso learned In tho law, It Is fitting that tho eyes of tho proper officials bo trained, so that corrections If neodod may bo mado whilo thoto Is still time. After that, tho oxocutlvo signature and thon arter August 1 tho law's strict enforcement according to Its lottor and spirit! In tho widespread jubilation over tho passago of tho bill, thoro will bo almost as much Joy In tho unlqun unanimity of tho legislature upon tho proposition as In tho main fact Itself. It-self. Through ono houso It wont with not a dissenting vote, through tho other with only ono. This Is rc-markablo rc-markablo and momorablo. Howovor It only reflects tho popular will, and It may be set down as a symptom I of tho earnestness nnd sincerity ! which will bo demanded In thoso who jnro charged with tho law's enforcement enforce-ment when tho dato for that duty shall roll around Dosoret Nows. |