Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-23
MOTHER PLEADS
F0RDRINEERSS0N
Sample Letter Of Scores Coming
In Daily to Members Of
Legislature.
TRAGEDY OF A RUINED HOME
senator Brinlcrhom's Mail Brings
Pathetic Appeal from Woman Who
Married saloon LOnfcr.

AA"AAlNA q 7ai'hh Af"tii'if
THAT Cha trfaro.f u .urohfbnIon is
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dence daliy. hoih aidt7 are "'IN."'
hard and both sides are bomuarliug
4be inop,bar. of tho legislature Iu bl-n
an. .tth t.tt...
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communications ana ptI1"i''l ''''.'
views Tho brewery interests are
-,,,tf,o p.rtt,,s ,r. b.Ine signed
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looms in SAT- Lake ana tnl- hotAS -''i
ia practically every town and hamlet
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Inc HcSe''' -''"a i' '"
of q sample letter which was received
by Senator Alonzo Brukerhon from
"a drunkarl'. wife Yesterday. The Tote
ter is pathetic and one can almost SOC
the tears hat dlmmed the writer's
ewes as She ponued her appeal It is
"a charactcristic ontreatv. one which
tells the tragedy of bughted lfc md
homo. Dozens of similar cpistlos are
pouring in from all quarters of the
state.
For obvious reasons aside from the
request of both Senator Briukcrh1R
and the writer. the name of the writer
and the address are withheld other
wise the letter stands ass written.
Mr.. Alonzo BrinkerhoT. SALT Lake
city Tnh Dcar senator. You have
and viii mo- doubt receive many letters
from the people Won represent in rec
gard TO this law that is before the
legislature In favor of o-uIde pro-
hibition please consider this letter
carefufIv before Won conyov III To the
waste basket ann one out of the
MANY hundreds To whom this bin il
rassed win moan ne,vuess of NE and
bappinoss bpt IN mot passed III win
mean "a continuation OF worry. doubt.
misery aud dospondeucv. When YOU
were elected two wears ago I voted for
Won Win an my heart. thinking "here Is
a man.one mat Is fearless. truthful. hon
est ana upright. and one that VIII stand
for right even though Satan and an his |
.ulps Were alI'yo9 asil i.. nun ~ ~.
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INNS W. olg, ''"i'' i,,ul''.9,i,s ''i 1
tuiH tlat u 'l.y.vu t"'g """l" N@1P /
qule' ABOUT plohiuiHolh
it Goes "oN 'n"1 WY "ueu pl,el or
nclal oIsah uas ncye, Vlleigu men
pages ~ favor ol pronloltloh since Do-
tore the election ana the governor /
never mentioned lt in hl7 message but /
let that be as II may senator, you We're /
elected by lhe people on TINS district |
ANA II Is the Wish OF every houest |
heart that We SNAIL nave laws enacted |
that are good for as; your Outs there /
fore, Is 70 serve the people 10 right
eousness and up for truth, combat err /
viii seebv The notition siered b, the 1
citizens of --- that they want STATE
wide prohibition, for Il VIII do us no /
good TO try local option when there |
are so many foreigners in our coal 1
camps who almost live on beer, besides /
the many gamblers. saloon men and /
the scum OF the earth This Is what
we have 10 fight against here 600 this
county
CONSIDER THE SOURCE
There has already been petition /
circulated by the saloon men and /
gamblers OF this place against prohipl- /
ton, but do con lder the source from /
which is comcs-fnom those engaged /
in the business or running our youth,
taking the honest dollars earned while /
they themselves NE around ana wax
fat on somebody's hard earnings. These I
saloon men circulating these petitions .
are getting many of our young boys 20 I
sign i.
We have lawyers and a town mar
of ' plti gu gnJ ra ,ES 1Itu tb bo a9
as we sum mn the reasons thus:
10 would hull thelr business
OF course prohibition does away /