The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-08
ANSWER TO THE GOVERNORS EXPOSE.

see how they would do and behave;
but to allow them to work all the
states of the Union into such mischiev-
Gus law is an outrage that cannot be
excused, as the greater part of the
Americans are against it and don't
want such law.
The greater part of the United States
are Germans, Danes, Dutch, Switzers
and Irish. They all want a law that
allows everybody to eat and drink
whatever he likes, and don't want an
unreasonable law to prohibit this.
Those named nations, the majority of
the country, all like their beer and
stronger drinks, but you don't find
them among the prisoners confined on
account of drunkenness; not l per cent
of the drunkards belong to these ma
tions! Nearly all the drunkards are
English and English descent, and if we
want a punishment for them, it is a
different proposition. Let us build a
home of correction in each state where
those drunkards will be kept for three
months to two years. If the drunkards
are young, the parents have to come
to the front and get the punishment.
But all the good citizens who are
drinking are not Directing to a good
law which might better the circum-
stances.
l. The saloOnkeeper has to have a
good education and an indisputable
good character.
2. He pays no city or county license,
but only United States government Ii
cense. His city taxes are like other
business men, according to the size of
his business.
3. He has TO offer a well furnished,
clean barroom, where the guests have
to sit down at tables where the drinks
are served. Nobody can get a drink
standing at bar.
4. Women and children may accom-
pany the husband and father. but not
allowed alone i'm a barroom.
5. The guests in a saloon have to be
quiet, no singing nor swearing, or any
kind of bad language allowed.
6. The salOonkeeper who neglects
his duty must at once be Cancelled as
such, and can never again take up this
kind of business.
The saloon is a place of rest and rec
reation, where the man with family
can go on Sundays or any other day.
The United States has so many re-
ligious sects that every day of the
week is a Sunday for some. But the
Sunday is a day of rest and recreation
for everybody. 1t is of no use to favor
some fanatics. his Is my 1Oed as IL
ought to be, and if we consider as it
is now, then we hardly can conceive
how our city mayor and council can
be excused for running such a wild
behavior as we have now. In the first
place, there are h alfofthesaloonkeep-
ers not fit TO occupy such a position.
They not only protect criminals, but
their places are dirty and objection
able TO every decent man. We have
at prese 1t 112 saloons in Salt Lake
City, and if 1 say that half of them
are not carried on in a decent way, /
am sure that 1 am right.
1 am convinced that every moral
man will admit that / am right. But,
besides there are about 200 places
where beer and all kinds of liquor are
sold without any license. AS there are
hotels, restaurants, boarding houses,
drug stores, private societies and all
the disreputable places on Commercial
street, etc. If a license is to be paid.
there ought not to be any exception.
But ill-reputed people ought not to be
allowed to sell liquors at all.
Make muster state of Utah and
show how to handle the beer and
| liquor trade, and others will follow
G.. NJ. HEN.