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Show mm MOBSON ft; DEFENDS MORMONS 5S Vjr Declaring mo3t emphatically and re-&.i)catdly re-&.i)catdly tha he received no compen-W.6atIon compen-W.6atIon from the "wet" interests and HlHl'that he considered It a noteworthy TJMJ-privilege to be allowed to speak In J behalf of that sacred right, personal VMSf liberty, Rabbi Moses P. Jncobson "of !sHr ShrevePort L1'! and formerly or Salt vMH Lake City, delivered a stirring address ,S; t a ver" large audience at the Or-'JftSr Or-'JftSr Pueum theater last evening. ""5 Coming as it did from a churchman, F the address may bo considered one ol fe the strongest offorts which has as yet T characterized the present campaign, jfc Touching upon practically all points, f t with the possible exception ul the ; - moral phase, Rabbi Jacobson drove 3 I home a number of arguments which flSl h:ive nitherto been but lightly 'gW touched upon by other "wet" speak St icrB- 21 : The keynote of his masterful effort was personal liberty. On the wings ,jag 'iof his Inspiring personality and force-tjjP force-tjjP fful oratory he carried his listeners to jJ '.the heights of a realization of the full '& mport of personal liberty as applied Jfc ;lnot only to the proposIUon of liquor, ? but to all of those liberties now en-if9 en-if9 'Jn'ed by a freodom-loving people, jjjjl :' He dofended the position taken by "5 'otner "wet" speakers and attacked In RS ,a most opcn faBbion the arguments of v2 lno prohibition campaign orators. In ffli -no case did the speaker Bbleld the identity of those individuals or places jl ito which he referred during his ad-d5 ad-d5 dress. Mrs. L. L. Shepherd of Salt s$M i-Lako City came in for the greatest 'gin ramount of aevero denunciation from 5h 'the Jewish preacher. B The former citizen of Utah closed .jg :Ms remarks with a high tribute to JmF thc iIormon church, adding an expla-S expla-S -.nation of certain conditions which gH apparently proved to bo one of the M i"most, Interesting as well strongest )m '.points with the audience. He con-W5 con-W5 t concluded with a plea to tha members ikjk -of the Mormon church to vote as a Wj limit against prohibition, not from the & standpoint of a political issue, but tS jfrora thG standpoint of that sacred-AS sacred-AS ness which characterizes personal 11b-"T 11b-"T iertr. Sfo The attendance at last night's meet-xW meet-xW Jlng even exceeded that of the Clar-larS Clar-larS ence Darrw meeting on Friday even-rjf even-rjf in&- City Recorder Carl Alison acted llk ias chairman and expressed his satis-gj, satis-gj, .-faction at the large attendance in SjjTjj ?vlew of the statement, which he said 3sa ?had been made, that It would be im-6M im-6M possible to obtain even a fair-sized -p audience at a meeting of this charac-iJ charac-iJ ler on Sunday evening. J dL Previous to the Introduction of l3 aRabbi Jacobson there was an excel-V excel-V nt mus,cal program under the dlrec-M dlrec-M Atlon of Squire Coop M. J. Brines and fi Fred Smith furnished soveraj solos II jand duets. 'vH Suffering from a severe cold, Rabbi t"acobBon stated that he would not avo attempted to appear before an udlence had it not been that he con-ldered con-ldered it such an excellent opportunity, opportu-nity, such a distinct privilege to ap-ar ap-ar in behalf of an Issue which to Im meant bo much He declared at tie outset that ho would not patten? fter tho prohibition campaign orators i falling to disclose the identity of ersons which he chose to, mention, nd that as a result of this he would robably find himself in alot of rouble 1f a report of his address ever eached Shreveport, In announcing his attitude regarding dS personal liberty, the speaker asserted jjS ..that ho would show It to bo un-Amorl-,n (can in that It was 'class legislation H V'l am in this campaign Just as ear-'&' ear-'&' fncsv aa those cm the ower side; I be-fjjl be-fjjl llove that tho 'wet' proposition is the only sensible one In this campaign,"! he said In explanation. The speaker told of his residence in this state and of how he returns to Salt Lake ever year for a two months resi. This, he asserted, was what brought him before an Ogden audience. With particular reference to the present struggle' the formoi resident said that he wanted to do everything In his power to keep Utah from going wrong, to keep Utah from showing insanity Continuing, he said: 'I am not speaking for the saloon The people to whom I minister do not object to my going into saloons. The Jows do not object to their ministers entering such places, neither do tho Catholics. If we are gentlemen, wo can behave In a saloon Just as well an wc can In a parlor. But I don't go into the Baloons, because I don't care for tho saloons. "Prohibition does not only take away the saloon, but It take's away my porsonal liberty. I am fighting for my personal liberty and any ralnlnter ought to be man enough to stand up for his personal liberty. Let me say one thing: I am In this campaign without remuneration. One paper poked fun because ex-Mayor Rose stated thRt he was receiving no pay for his services In the present campaign. cam-paign. This Is only ou of the atti tudes of unfairness taken by the prohibitionists," pro-hibitionists," The speaker asked the prohibitionists prohibition-ists to throw open their books and see, if they were not paying professional speakers In the Ulan campaign. After repeating that ho received no pay for 1'Ib services, the rabbi declared that, could he. afford It, ho would donate liberally to assist the cause of antl-prohlbltlon. 1 for one cannot understand how any American can vote away his personal per-sonal liberty," continued tho speaker. "If you could prove to mo that prohibition pro-hibition decreases crime, which it docs not; If it increased thrift, which It docs not; If It benefited from the economical eco-nomical or moral standpoint, even then this slate of affairs would be purchased pur-chased at a great price "Prohibition speakers sometimes give themselves away in their enthusiasm enthu-siasm Mrs. Shepard, during a speech ou May 21, had the termldlty to argue: 'You do not find the words "personal liberty" In. tho constitution of the United States, nor in the con etltutlon of the stato of Utah. Civilized Civil-ized men never has had and never will have porsonal liberty.' "She doesn't seem to know that civilization means nothing more than the growth of individual freedom over tho rulings of tho tribe. Why Is It not written into the constitution? Because Be-cause It was taken for granted that It goes into the Individual makeup of every true American citizen. The builders of this nation did not feel that It was necessary. "I was surprised that her utteranco was not met with hissc3, but you peo plo of Utah are too much of ladles and gentlemen to hiss a woman. What surprised me was that the utterance was enthusiastically applauded by an American audience." Tho speaker made further referenco to Mrs. Shepherd regarding her asserted as-serted claims of what she would do to the whisky signs If she bad the power. Rabbi Jncobson wondered where the good lady would stop In her threatened crusade, adding that were she a student of Mr. Kellogg she would probably havo all sheep and cattle killed and declare everybody vegetarians. He thon told of the conditions which exists in Shreveport, a 'city which voted out the saloons, losing a revenue reve-nue of $150,000 annually thereby. Shreeport, he declared, has fared better than mo3t cities which voted "dry," but he claimed that this was due to the big strike of oil and gas He offered some amusing illustrations of the liquor operations in in his city, claiming that Shreveport would havo gone back to tho licensed saloon before be-fore this had It not been for the country coun-try vote. Continuing on the subject of Louisiana Louis-iana conditions, the speaker declared among other things that the expenses in tho parish (county) for legal proceedings pro-ceedings since the saloons had been voted out had increased 150 per cent, that a prohibition policeman could not sou a drunken man and that "the rest of us have grown so tipsy we three or four where there used to be one." Taking up tho question of the Mormons Mor-mons with regard to the present campaign, cam-paign, the speaker said. "A week ago Wednesday I was shocked upon picking up a paper to find the name of NophI Morris as identified with the prohibition side, for I knew from the name that he must bo a Mormon I was Just as much shocked to find a Mormon thus Identified as I would have been to find a Jew ou this side ol tho question." Ho then told of tho utterances of the governor of Texas, who Is against prohibition, and of how a Methodist minister sought to have the governor resign from the membership of the church. The speaker quoted the gov-ornor gov-ornor as saying that his forefathers helped to outline tho Methodist doctrine, doc-trine, and as they didn't see fit to declare de-clare for prohibition by legislation, he would uot be dictated to in the matter mat-ter by a bigot Rabbi Jacobson asserted as-serted that a number of the Protestant churches were divided on the proposition proposi-tion of prohibition. "I do not know that the Mormon church has declared for compulsory prohibition by law. There are prohibition pro-hibition fanatics In the churches 1 havo mentioned who would go contrary con-trary to Washington and the other nation builders by writing the word God Into the constitution of tho United States These fanatics are that element which would deny the right of Christian citizenship to Cath olics, Jews and Mormons. They arc Just tho people today who are Inspiring Inspir-ing the anti-Mormon articles in the leading magazines of the country". "They brother with you Mormons, they flock Into your tabernacle They aro momentarily the millennial lion which lies down besldo tho millennial lamb; but, mark my words, bo this fight won or lost ou June 27, after that date thoy will not permit you to llo down beside them unless you happen to be tho millennial lamb inside the lion. This is one time when Mormons ought to take a stand ns a unit on this question." In conclusion Rabbi Jacobson declared de-clared that he was In favor of a parade pa-rade similar to those held by the prohibitionists, pro-hibitionists, but instead of a variety of placards and banners he would havo but one emblem the American flag, bearing tho words, "Personal Lib-erty," Lib-erty," . fr |