Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-24


Hooker, Halleck and Grant following.
sequent departure for the social cent,
officially in bad repute, never lost the
to see every county in the state pro-
hibit the sale OF intoxcants. The pro-
hibitionists in this state are factor
in this campaign. They should be will
ing to meet this question on the local
option issue and proceed step by step.
and in this way realize in short time
their fondest ambitions of seeing Ida
how strictly a prohibition state. The
good women OF Idaho should realize
that this is their opportunity to protect
the home You have been given the
right Of suffrage, and If you will organ
ize and assist in making a proper fight
we should win this great issue for re-
form. You should work as you have
never worked before, for the enactment
of a law of this kind will bring about
. a higher standard of citizenship in Ida
no. The enactment of a local option
law Will close the hell holes in nearly
every county III the state
APPEALS TO MOTHERS.
az want to say to the mothers of Ida
no. unless you have a boy to spare,
this is your opportunity and your
chance to do something for the home.
The Idaho Legislature at the last ses-
sion passed q law taking the elective
franchise from men and women VINO
are living immoral lives. 1t Is the
only state In, the Union with such a
law We have made the ballot box the
5cleanest of any state in the Onion, for
this class of persons cannot COME
within 100 feet of our voting places. 1
was one of the three men who wrote
the first plank III the Republican party
platform giving the women of this state
the right of the elective franchise.
GOVERNOR NEEDS SUPPORT.
1T is not only necessary that we,
should have governor We can depend
upon in this fight, but you should see
that every member of the legislature
elected to both the house and senate,
will vote for the measure. For the law,
IL passed. means more for idaho than
any other law ever placed OH our stat.
ute books.
II hope the business interests of Ida
no will look at this question in the
broadcast sense. The records Of every
state that has either local option or
prohibition show lighter taxation, fewer
crimes committed. more money in tn2-
Legitimate channels of business, less
losses to merchants in the payment OF
bills by their customers, less misery
and distress. and healthier condition
than had ever before been known in
those states l hope the business m
terests of Idaho will stop and think
of this great question for just "A few
minutes. There is something to live
for besides the dollar.
a NATIONAL PROBLEM.
ION the third of next November the
voters Of this country must choose be-
tween the two great parties which or
these shall govern this country for the
next four years. Once again the re
publican party, proud of its achieve
ments in the past and hopeful for tie
future, presents as its candidate for
president of these United States WIZ
liam II. Taft It's declaration of prn-
ciples stands for progress and for the
protection of American institutions and
Industries that have made this the
mightiest nation on the earth. II your
choice is to be between the two men,
then the Republican party offers you
as its candidate a man that has had
more experience in the affairs of our
nation than any candidate ever given
by either party to the American people.
He has been 4 part Of Roosevelt's adj
the greatest adminfstra-
ton this country has ever known since
the days of Lincoln who struck the
gave the world the first free govern
ment 1t ever saw.
This country needed it's Roosevelt as
well as its Lincoln, and the principles
for which he stands are as important
to the American people as those prin-
ciples which Lincoln represented dur
ing the dark days of the Civil war. The
has been his close friend and adviser.
stands for higher standard of citizen
ship and obedience to the law from all
classes of citizens, whether they be
at the head of q
great trust or the officials OF labor or
Plantations. He has begun a work
that must be continued There must be
no backward steps, 40 hating, but Il
forward march toward a higher stand
ard Of citizenship among all classes of
people.
WHAT TAFT MEANS.
"a vote for William H. Taft is a vote
for the continuation of the Roosevelt
policies, that are the pride and hope
of every law-abiding citizen of this
nation If your choice is to be between
tile declaration of principles given by
the two great parties, then ii Is only
fair for you to consider the effects of
these principles OF each party when
enacted into laws.
- Some OF our DelllOcIdllC TRENDS Will
hold the Republican party responsible
for the money panic which swept over
the country one year ago. yer It came
without moments warning. like "A
bolt of thunder from a clear sky. It
ragged with intense fury and has been
the cause of much suffering and dis
tress 1t came at a time when this
country was atits highest pitch of pros
perity Its life. however. was short.
and the country is fast returning to
normal conditions.
WILL RESTORE SoLIDITY.
',Taft's election means the placing OF
this country In the position it occupied
before The panic-the most prosperous
nation the world has ever known. Eve
~ sensible man VIII admit that ovey
speculation was largely responsible for
the money panic. It is true that Roose-&
Welt had turned on the limeiighr and
exposed rotten conditions on Wall
street. and when they We're no longer
able to sell worthless stocks TO the