The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-25
Ruler is against the liquor traffic. He

Ruler is against the liquor traffic. He
has laid down the strongest prohibit
ton doctrine in that constitution OF
the Christians, the Bible. But God
has not swept away the traffic. He
wants men to have their agency. The
best thing that could be done for pro-
hibition was the giving of woman suff-
rage But the whole matter should be
left to the legislature.
Partridge said the excitement IN the
convention had decided him not 10
bring it into the campaign He be-
lieved in high license. Prohibition
will not prevent drinking. Men will
get the liquor and it will be cheap.
With high license they will get more
water in it.
Voters should Speak.
Raleigh, of Salt Lake, believed every
voter in Utah should have the right
to vote for or against prohibition. The
convention should not take away the
right which the people have as sover-
eigns under the government.
Bowdle said the people have tight
to be heard. This was not question
of prohibition, but Of throttling the
voice OF the people. He said those
ticle were afraid of the people
Evans, of Weber. said he had long
ago seen a man murdered by
drunken man and he had wanted to
put down the liquor traffic, but that
had occurred under prohibition. He
had concluded that prohibition is
failure. The only thing to do was to
leave the question to the legislature
and if the people want it they can
have it.
A Voice From Sprlngyille.
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pertinent of prohibition had been tried
in Springville. At times it appeared
successful. and at times not. He
wanted the question submitted to the
people so that they could settle 1t
themselves.
Pierce said he was from Vermont.
That is a prohibition state. There
prohibition does prohibit. He never
saw drunken man in it. But the
question was one of submitting to the
will of the people.
Jolley spoke for prohibition.
Thurman said that all questions
which could be left to the legislature
should be. because then if a mistake
were made it could be corrected by
the next legislature.
Kimball, Of Salt Lake, argued
against submission. He said that
every man should have his free agency
would take that away.
Hammond. of San Juan, asked how
1t was possible for men to keep from
drinking when old Noah, as soon as
he got off the ark. planted a vineyard?
Naughter)
The Greatest Danger.
Roberts said prohibition had not
proved a success. There is thing
which preseEs greater danger to the
community than the liquor traffic; that
is disrespect for law. It is easy to
evade such sumptuary laws as the
one proposed. He would not place
laws inspiring disrespect on the sta
tute books The convention had the
right to say this was not a proper
thing to place in the constitution. Be-
ing an experiment and one that has
failed, there is nothing binding on US
for a trial. The proposition IS not
practicable. Surrounding states would
send in the liquor and the state would
lose the benefit. 1t was better to nave
the traffic where it could be regulated
You cannot make men moral by
legislation. There are other forces be-
sides this in the world. He wanted
ministers to have something to DO. He
wanted liberty. So dear to him was
this that he would be willing to pay
even the blood curdling price that had
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power to wipe out the traffic, but It IS
allowed to remain.
Tough Sanpete Boys.
Lauritz Larsen, of Sanpete, said the
question was of ignoring the peoples
request He knew what local option
had been. His own town had had
prohibition and other towns six miles
away had had license. And the boys
would take their wagons and their
They would get drunk and come back
and raise HIP 0aughter).
Morris, of Salt Lake. considered the
argument that prohibition would not
largely prevent the use of liquor was
fallacious. Laws against stealing,
murder, robbery, ETC., do not entirely
prevent the commission OF these
loosened crimes would be much more
prevalent. But he was in favor of
leaving the question to the legislature.
Eldredge said that man has high
aim. Everything which tends to lower
humanity should be put down. He
wanted the liquor traffic crushed out. /
Perjury Through Prohibition.
Greer, of Utah, said he had seen more
perjury through prohibition than
anything else during the time
his town was prohibition. He had seen
an Indian tell the truth and white men
with him lie. Two men, prominent in
the church, swore against one another
once He was firmly convinced by
twenty years of experience that pro-
hibition cannot be enforced.
Coray, Of Juab, said drunkenness. !
prostitution and gambling were triplets
from the same mother. Any man who
voted against prohibition voted for
and drink.
Cannon, of Salt Lake, said he was
against prohibition.
Roberts and Miller were appointed |
tellers and on rising vote the prohi-
bition article was killed by vote of
q to 81.
The convention decided not to hold
an evening session and the article on
private corporations was taken up.
Private Corporations.
The first attack was made by Pierce.
who moved to strike out the first sec
ton providing that corporations, as TO
their business, may be regulated and
limited and restrained by law. He
said this was legislation. James,
Evans. of Weber, and Hart spoke for
the section and the motion was lost.
On motion of Hart section was
stricken out. It provided for laws to
prohibit the use of names. signs, titles,
brands or labels to the injury Of the
public.
Kicks, Rio Grande Western agent at
Salina, moved to strike out section 9.
providing that street railroads, tele-
graph, telephone, or electric light
plants must obtain the consent of
municipal corporations before using
highways. The section was retained.