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Show APOSTLE M'KAY " IS OUTSPOKEN Sends An Open Letter to This Paper, Defining His Position on the Present Great Issue and Declaring His Purpose as to the Future Refers to Heber Scowcroft's Public. Declaration. v the conditions demand more than ever i before the activity of the league: (1) If the Democratic party 1 successful at the polls next Tuesday, and they grant us prohibition, one of the objects of the league will have been accomplished. But even then the work has only begun; for law enforcement en-forcement Is as important, and much more effective than law enactment (2) If the Republicans wfn, the great battle for prohibition is still to be fought, and the league should 1ms ready for that conflict. (.l) If, as alleged. Utah be "In the gTip of the liquor interest," then in the name of all that Is sacreel, let us fight until we unloose that grip! A reform cannot be brought about in a day, nor in a year. It Is often the work of many years. The Ogden Betterment League, standing as It does for what is right, Inclviding the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of Intoxicating liquor, surely has Its life of usefulness yet to live; and let us sincerely hop,-, that Its influence In abolishing Intemperance will be remembered In kindness and appreciation long after tho bitterness and venom poisoning th, present political po-litical campaign shall have been forgotten. for-gotten. Very respectfully, (Signed) DAVID O. Mc KAY. Apostle Daid O McKav has j sent the followiug open letter to the Standard, called forth by the letter of Heber Scnvcroft, published on Saturday Satur-day last: " To the Editor of the Standard and to the Mcm-bers of the Ogden Betterment Better-ment league, and Citizens of Weber County: Dear Friends In view of the publicity pub-licity given to tho resignation and expression of discouragement mndo by my esteemed friend and fellow-w:orker, fellow-w:orker, Mr. Heber Scowcroft, chairman chair-man of the executive committee of the lnxird of trustees, it becomes ne-cc-ssary to say a word In behalf of the League. 1 Upon my return from California, lat Thursday, I was somewhat sur-piised sur-piised to find raging such a heated political campaign; but fiery as It Is, it cannot generate enough heat 1o consume the Ogden Betterment, League; neither can any political party "Swallow it up in disaster." The work of civic betterment in Ogden and We-ber county has only begun. be-gun. As long as intemperauce and civic unrighteousness exists In our city, just so long ought the Betterment Better-ment League to remain organized, ready to fight such evils. In that organization are men and women who are unalterably opposed to "Prostitution, "Prostitu-tion, gambling, and the uulawful disposition dis-position of intoxlcal Ing beverages and tobacco" nun and women who have started o t "To secure, and aid in, the- enforcement of the necessary legislation to prohibit the manufacture, manufac-ture, sal or other disposition of Intoxicating In-toxicating beverage?," to prevent Sabbath desecration, and generally to improve and purify the social, moral, mor-al, and political conditions surrounding surround-ing us." I believe l in these purposes when I joined the Betterment League; I believe in them today, and urge the learue to continue to upheld them. Thus far. the actions of this nsso-nation nsso-nation have len wholly consistent lih these objects. It first attacked the liquor evil, by petit ionitig the mayor and city council to mak-i more stringent ordinances regulating this tra'llc. The city fithcrs did nt see fit to adopt the suggestions, because, said thev, "The people are not with you." To convince them that the bett-'-r element of the city were with c s, league members carried on suc-cctsfully suc-cctsfully a complete canxars of the town, with the result that the citizens expressed themselves overwhelmingly in favor of the seven o'clock closing, and more stringent regulation of saloons. sa-loons. Before the central ci.mmittee presented pre-sented the report of the result of this canvass, together with a second petition peti-tion to the council V do some-tiling to lessen the eils of ibe saloon, members mem-bers who bad been appointed to investigate in-vestigate tue gambling question brought in .1 repi.rt that was acted on without delay. Then followed the farcical prosecution of the keepers of gambling houses. About that time political rumblings became frequent, and It. was evident that the question of temperance would be made the, polit leal lss,-e. Your trustees debated at considerable length wbethr-r to put an independent ticket in the hM, Cr fight out the question within the old party lines. Th?y decided unanimously to stay with the parties nnd trv to' get both to declare for prohibition. Being opposed op-posed to any man's running rr.r the legislature who was lu any way associated, asso-ciated, or in sympathy with the liquor Interests, tho committee suggested that efforts be made to get league? pyrnpatblzers out to the primaries and nominate delegates to the con' ventl-.n who would stand for prohibl- 1 Hon. Tbe Democratic members were ! successful, not only In securlug suitable suit-able me-n, l.t In securing a partv declaration de-claration uh well. The Republican members were unsuccessful, through procrastination ana inactivity. While these, and other leading features, fea-tures, were being disposed of. a series se-ries of meetings was arrange,! to be held under the auspices f the branch leagues throughout the county, the object fboing purely in ,lo interest of tomperoneo reform. These meetings were planned, too, before either political po-litical party held a convention Everything Ev-erything was working successfullv Tvhen, lo. the cry was raised tint the leaguo wa-s usln places or worship for political purposes. The embargo of the church, issued a week -r so rtgo. necessitated tbo postponing of these meetings until after the election. elec-tion. Now the outlook Is shnply this, and i . i |
