Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-20
THE EPHRAIM WHISKY QUESTION.
sMany Cftizens,. Again Refers tn
the Leading Topic I'm That
Town.

Town.
EDITOR DEMOCRAT:-In your issue O
January 9Th, Jacob Johnson-the San
pete Webster..after wrestling with the
the article of "Many Citizens p from the
18th to the Slst of December, lust nine.
teen days, launched out with half col.
umn OF lnterrogations, in vain effort to
defend party whom he Identifies at the
head OF his article as 'sThe Whisky Chief
OF Sanpete," and next designates him as
one OF the leading citizens of Sanpete
This is not very complimentary to the
citizens of our town. That he is a leader
in the whisky business we will admit
but in no other way. Mr.. johnson. LET
us ask you leading question. How
much does this leading citizen nav Won
for your professional services in his de-
Tense, instead of hiring an alleged LAWYER
to 90 it? When you talk of morals, even
professionally, it makes us sick. Not
many years ago the people OF the whole
county OF Sanpete were shocked with the
disgusting Spring City outrage, and
well, do not talk of morals, it does not
sound we'll from you.
MIR. johnson proceeds thusly: "Many
Citizens OF Ephraim says we have not one
licensed saloon in Ephraim' Does he
know Paul Won Nordeck, who keeps
place where liquor may be obtained !?
He pays to the city government IL
cense OF S. per quarter" Yes, Mr.. John
son, we do know Paul Won Nordeck. He
is gentleman; he pays the city govern
ment So per quarter for druggists IL
cense, and this is S. more than the
whisky Chief of Sanpete" ever paid
the city for license. Do we make this
plain enough, Mr.. johnson? Then he
gets things badly mixed up, and infers
that somebody wants to remove Mr.. Won
Nordeck from his Office The only person
that could possibly be benefited by the
removal of Mr.. Won Nordeck from the
drug store would be the whisky chief
himself, whose whisky sales would GER
tainly increase if the drug store were
closed.
Mr.. Johnson next says: ''The venom
Many Citizens seeks to cast upon others
will rebound upon himself" How beauti-
fully Mr.. Johnson moralizes, and yet his
Whole defense of his client is teeming
with lnsinuations, slurs and unjust infer
ences against man who never has in
Jured hlm-a man who was so unfo1tu-
nate as to become acquainted with this
leading citizen Mr.. Johnson is defending.
This man, whom Johnson is trying to be-
smirch, rejoices to-day in having the con-
fidence and esteem of all the best citizens
of Ephraim, both Mormon and nom
Mormon. The whisky chief did not sue
coed in running this man, although the
leading citizen was leading then in the
whisky business, as he has been of late.
Nine-tenths of the people will endorse
this man to-day, Notwithstanding John
sons statements to the contrary. Mr..
Johnson has not refuted single state
ment set forth by "Many Citizens" but
seeks rather to cover up his client under |
a long string of questions, but we do not |
lose sight of the main subject for all that.
1t is not our province to answer
his questions, but being thorough |
ly conversant with the situation,
to each and all of his impertinent SLAM |
ders we answer that there is only enough
truth among them to save them from ut
ter falsehood
Does Mr.. Johnson mean to infer that
monomaniac on the grain question, who
will hoard grain for years, and also
purchase it, will refuse grain for
whisky, when he deals in the liquid;
and this Whisky Chief donates to the
poor as much as one man spends at his
place for whisky, does he? Is it the
poor lawyer he donates to? 1t is news to
us that he donates at ALL as to his paper,
we would prefer the cash always; as to
the neighbors OF the Whisky Chief, they
could tale unfold that would show him
in4is true light. Do not refer to them
or they may do it. If the Whisky Chief
is such liberal man with his donations,
paying his taxes, etc., why does he not
take out license to sell liquor instead of
being fined every once in while.
G. A. Larsen, the Ephraim postmaster,
was arrested and fined $40 on the 3Oth of
December for selling liquor without a
license, and Jacob Johnson was prose-
cnting attorney for the city, but he fails
to mention this in his futile efforts to
bolster up his client This is Larsen's
second offense; he was fined some time
ago for the same ofense $100.
We will now ask Mr.. Johnson few
questions Are you not on the leading
citizens bonds? Is he not on your bonds
for certain contract that you are after?
Did he not persuade an old gentleman to
go on your bonds? Are you not bosom
friends?
LAWYER:
Dear Whisky, if you turn around,
I'll furnish what you lack;
You cannot do it we'll yourself,
But I can scratch your back.
WHISKY:
Dear Lawyer, what you say is true,
But first shut all the doors;
And while you scratch my back, dear
friend,
Why, I'll be scratching yours.
LAWYER:
And il you hold the Office
How pleasantly We'll sail.
If secure the contract f,
For carrying the mail.
WHISKY:
And now have my boxes,
Would it not be sin
For Uncle Sam to put me out
And the other fellow in?
MANY CITIZENS"
Ephraim, January Is, 1886.
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