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Show H EX-MAYOR ROSE DISCOURSES H AGAINST PROHIBITION AT H THE ORPHEUM. H "ExMayor Rose opened the speaking M caniDaign for the "wets" last evening H In the Orpheum to a fair-sized audi- M ence. About two-thirds as many a3 H attended tho' opening of tho "dry" M campalcu at the Tabcrnaclo when H Mrs. Shepard and Bishop Iverson M spoke. H Mr. Rose started out by telling a H llttlo story about two lovers on the H ocran beach, when tho girl asked tho m young man if ho wouldn't kiss her, his H reply was "I can't, my mouth Is full H of sand,'" to which she retorted "swal- H low it, your system needs it." H This little sally was a thrust at Og- H den's business men, because thero was M not one of them, save the chairman, H who had the "sand" to take a seat H with the speaker on the stand. M Ogden business men do act an if H thev.were ashamed of this new whisky H organization, which Mayor Rose says j is paying him his salary. Well, they H are not to blame for that ; they are no H more ashamed of it- than wo are. H Mixed as to Facts. Hl Mr. Rose got awfully mixed as to H his facts, otherwise his speech was j pretty fair! He derlarod that tho na- m tlonal leader, whom ho followed during m three national campaigns (evidently Hj meaning Mr. Brj-an), who was In favor 1 of local option, was "beaten on that 1 issue last year In his own state. j The facte are that Nebraska, Bry- m an's own state, has had local option, Hj known at "The Slocum Law," for the H past twenty years. H The further fnct is that Brj-an was H not defeated. Mr. Dahlman was noml- H nated for governor on the Democratic M . ticket, on a platform pledged to repeal m the local option law. Bryan refused to M support him on that issue, although M he was a personal friend of his. Mr. H Dahlman was defeated, a Republican B governor elected who was in favor of H local option, and the legislature did H not repeal 'tho law. B Quit Drinking Water Drink Alcohol. Mr. Rosa's Illustrations were also 1 very deceptive, otherwise it was a j pretty fair speech! Ho declared tHat j only 6.1 deathB to the 10.000 was due j to alcoholism, and that CO per cent of B typhoid was duo to .drinking, water! M Now Just what he meant to convev by H that Is hard to tell. Tt Is most lljcelv M that GO por cent of typhoid Is caused H by drinking impure water, hut what B relation that has to the drinking of H alcohol wo cannot eay, but tho infer ence would be, that he would have you quit drinking water and drink alcohol. That must be It, for he advocates drinking alcoholic drinks, and he points out the danger of drinking water. wa-ter. Entertained by Mr. Bocker. Mr Rose says ho was entertained while here by our brewor, Mr. Becker. At first thought, we would say, why not? Mr. Beokor is surely more interested in-terested In our 52 saloons belug kept, running than any other person in the city; but then, come to think of it, Rose says prohibition does not prohibit, pro-hibit, and Chairman Conroy said thero arc ?2 expended for liquor in Idaho todav to whore there was $1 expended two years ago. If those things be true, why should Brewer Becker entertain Mr. Rose? But possibly both Mr. Rose and Mr Conroy got their facts mixed, otherwise tholr speeches were pretty fair. He Forgot to Deny. Sometimes, Mr. Rose would tell what people says about him, aud forget, for-get, and tell the truth, and then forget to deny. He says: "They say I am tho pliant tool, the paid hireling of the saloon keeper, the brewer and the distiller! Well, what if I wore'" He forgot to deny, or he Is very brazen as to what his business really is. He says ho is employed 'by "the National Na-tional Manufacturing and Business Men's association, and that there Is not a saloon keeper among them, nor a man connected with the liquor business." busi-ness." Well, what of that? That association as-sociation is organized by the National Association of Liquor Dealers, and endorsed en-dorsed and supported 'by the United States' Brewers association That as-soclation as-soclation is also supported bv the SALOONKEEPERS SA-LOONKEEPERS OF OGDEN CITY. and BY THE BREWER of OGDEN CITY. It is currently reported on the streets of Ogden that each saloon keeper in Ogden has 'been assessed In the sum of ?300 to be paid into the coffers of this solf-samc "Manufacturers "Manufactur-ers and Business Men's association," which is composed of men who have been cajoled into signing a paper in opposition to prohibition, fearing that it would ruin their business. These business men, who nre carrying saloon men, are not contributing in any considerable con-siderable sum to the treasury of the association! No! The contributions come from the brewers, distillers and the saloon men' Then who really are the supporters and beneficiaries of this association? Was not Mr. Rose mixing his facts when he inferred that the brewers, distillers and saloon keepers were not paying his salary, but that it was paid by this association7 Otherwise his speech was protty fair Tho Corruption of Aldermen. Mr. Rose, who was entertained by Mr. Becker, our brewer, who acknowledged acknowl-edged that ho was employed by an association as-sociation which has for its purpose the maintenance of the open saloon, and which we have shown is supported and endorsed by the whiskv trust of America and by our local saloon keepers, keep-ers, asknowledges that in cities whero saloons exist (quoting his words), "The alderman goes to the saloon keeper for his support, and the salmn keeper in turn goes to the aid --n for his license." Once he told he fact, "unmixed," but what nssurance have we that as long as the saloon Is In business, the Judge will not go to the saloon keeper for his support, Inasmuch Inas-much as tho saloon keeper must go to the judge for his license? Tho further facts are, that the Ba-loon Ba-loon keeper is the worst factor in our American politics today, and you cannot can-not purify politics while the saloon runs, but saloons will corrupt some Judges. Just as Mr. Rose acknowledges they have corrupted some aldermen. |