Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-08-08


There is not word of truth in the fore
going, except that the breweries were
built here after there were guns at Fort
Douglas. There is no question upon
which the MormonS have lied with more
reckleSsness than on that of the liquor
question; there is no point OH which
they are more vulnerable. When the
Internal Revenue Service first establish
ed an Office here about the time of the
completion of the first overland road
the Saints were found to be in arrears
on taxes OH the product of thirty five
or thirtyseven distilleries, and BRIG
HAM YOUNG, the then President of the
Church and the Prophet Seer and Rev
elator' of the Mormon people, was the
largest owner in the largest one of those
distilleries. The Mormons never weary
of reiterating that when the Gentiles
came in force there were no saloons in
Salt Lake City. That is true in the
usual sense of the word. Saloons do
not thrive i'll place where there is
hardly any mOuey and where the bust.
ness is little more than an exchange of
| truck But i'll all the prominent
stores of the Saints there was the sign
of the all-seeing eye high over the door
and the sign liquors for sale" on the
Intel. The city had a liquor store of
its own which was owned chiefly by the
President and other high Church Oific-
ais, where men and women and little
children flockcd In crowds daily with
cans for liquor. They were not permit
ted to drink on the premises, but they
would go off across the street and get
blind drunk by scores. Many purchased
pure alcohol in lieu of the liquor, and
diluting it little with water drank it.
That Is a common practice still with
them, more especially in the country
settlements than IN this city. Six OF
seven years ago Mr.. Little, the then
Mormon Mayor of the city, and IN hon
est man, talking in a ward meeting.
house one evening, upbraided his people
for their intemperahcc, and in the
course of his remarks said: "YOur at
tentlon is often called to Gentle saloons
l know how much liquor is drunk here
and If the Gentiles drank it all it would
he equal to 6ga gallons day for each
one of them, men, women aud children
The truth is that the rank and file OF
, Mormonism is composed of the lower
grades Of European society and their
children. They come here with the ap
petite which those classes possess in
the old country, and everyone know.
: that their besetting sin is passion fol-
liquor. The pretended warfare upor
0 the liquor interests by the officials ha.
|, been foF revenue only. When Gentle.
came here, oplEed saloons and sole
e something a little purer and mildel
j than this concentrated liquid hell-fir,
s that the MOrmons sold, and by thei
work put money in the country, tn,
!. people ceased to patronize the place
and then the war began and the chief
d Of the Church who had made a stead,
! profit out Of the appetites of their peo
f pie, finding he trade blocked, assumed
2 yirtuOus Indignation and bewaile,
7, the tact that the Gentiles had brough
vices iiere.' But they have had the ex
elusive control Of things here for fort
d years and could have stopped the traf
! lic at any time had they so pleased
:, They encouraged it and the highest OF
F. Rcars Of the Church engaged in tn
r. business aEth IeGtie competition drov
d them out, and since then their warfar
has been merely to make Gentle liJuo
G dealers divide their profits with then
r in the form of licenses or fines. W
have repeatedly gone over this ground
u and every statement above is a matte
!. Of easy proof while the more importan
., ones are Hattels VI Eec9rd The low
:, temperance lecturer was either an easil
y deceived idiot or crank ready to swa
n low anything In order TO make a poin
before an audience.