Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-09
O,v George W. Young and Elder
n,,honihah Thomas Address
d Large Congregation.
lpuO4 TRAFFIC MUST GO.
,..,r, First 5000 saloon Nicn VIII
Rr Driven from businc's In
southern states.

large congregation was present at
r.h,rraclc yesterday aftcrnoon.and
....5 d, discourscs on temperance
~, George W Young and Elder
..,,riban Thomas Tho former is
..,srf general superintendent of the
,-Lsalo5r League Of America. and
a., organization, its origin, purposes
~ sp,eass. formed an interesting
I'm. Elder Thomas treated the
49,. ou,.tfon from the vicwpoilt Of
,t..r-dav Saints. ba7iug his re-
.-ts principally upon the Word OF
6, ,bs stand were Presidents John
D., y-ip5rr and Anthem II. Isuud, Patrl-
NIX 1ohn smith. Elder Hyrum NJ
"b Ron. Louis A. Fuller. The SER
80 ,ors presided over by President
,-.-ser Elder Hamilton q. Park Of
t..l ,be invocation. and Elder AVrum
\, smith pronounced the benedictiou.
~. seleetlous rendered by the choir
80 clark. listen 20 the trumpeters,'
sS,ots.n of IsraeTs host aud Guide"
.,5 70 Beauty OF Holiness
REV. q. W. YOUNG.
n, Young said that 1t had been the
s.-s af his life TO visit this favored
,eof Here an anti-saloou league has
enn, been formed, as in IS other
..5tss and one territory The Anti
Saloon League of America has been IN
sy.stence for a period Of Ia years, ana
ts ,oie, has been heard from ocean 10
assan that the saloon must 90. Ihat
.rs Elm is AN that the organization
las twill not busy itself with other
i..,,s however important they may
ID knows neither creed nor poll
NJ but asks that all persons haV-
mgai heart the welfare OF the human
,.ls urito In one voice demanding
.lsf syery place De closed whore liquor
~sr be bought and consumed on the
PREMISES
Tbe league Is one Of the divine move
ms1.g Of thc dispcnsatiou of the iuluo1s
os Hnts declared Dr. Young. and the
agitation that is sweeping the country
win eventually drive the liquor franc
from American shores, and thcu the
question will become 1u International
aro Already CONSERVATION is rife
arorr the producers disucuscrs and
5rinters of rum. More than dozen
Stat. legislatures adopted some sort oi
anf-iIguor measures az their last
sessions. and six states of the south
are now 900 q strictly prohibition basis,
and others win follow rapidly IN the
wake. In Louisville, Ky, 800 saloons
are for Che hrst time in history forced
ta remain closed on sunday and IN
cleveland Ohio. the boast OF saloon
fee1crs that q key was never turned
On Their door has been made vain by
the action 0f Mayor Tom Johnson.
A0r che first OF January next 5000
mrl men win DE driven out of busl-
ress fle south, said DR.. Young, and
her SOD naturally graNtate 10 the
pint 0f least resistance. II bchOONes
Utah o. look well 10 the enforcement
% tr liquor laws, and TO pass such
Other measures as shall protect her
rot from the demon liquor ana Its
slrp1ags. As dueliug and slavery
or now but a memory so viii the
rsuruamc Doe forced TO yield its sway,
and that. too. in the not distant fu-
Cure
ELDER MATHONIHAH THOMAS.
Elder Mathonihah Thomas read the
cghty-uilth section OF the Doctrine
s15 Covenants, known as the Word OF
Vision Given as advice to the Lat
tr-day Saints. the revelation has come
% D.. considered in the light of COM
randmct 20 has not been strictly
Disc ulp to. neither is it now, but such
things as strong drink, tobacco, tea ana
olfae are not found in the homes OF
many families in the Church. Great
are tie promises made 20 those who
llva abstcuicus lives. Tho Spirit ot
Cod cannot dwell iu unhoiy tabernaclos.
n5 tobacco and strong drink make Inn
pure mans physical being. II Is diff
pL even Impossible. to make religious
mHl that inhabits an unclean oody.
The Mormon people seek TO be temper
ste n aU things. and they welcome
f0 hrr midst such men as Dr.
T0lne and his colleagues and tho
measures they bring to bear iu the