Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-02

hibition FOR the state n the people de-
sire It. am opposed TO any coInpro
mise with vice. and the warfare against
II should be continuous. We existed
40 years IN st. George without sa-
LOOM and as the mines we're opening
up We gave way to popular demand
for saloons. And the result proved to
be disastrous. In the Is months Inn
mediately before we had the saloons
we had only seven cases OF drunken
ness before the courts. IN the same
time after we opened the saloons We
had los cases. The saloons became the
gathering place for idle men Since we
closed them In 81. George, and have
accepted prohibition, we have very sell
dom had a case OF int0Xication in the
streets
G. l. Funk. Cache; favor prohibit
ton but would welcome local option II
we are unable 10 secure the former.
The temperance question Is first and
foremost with me.
w. H. Hansen. Boxelder: am decld-
eddy IN favor OF prohibition, but be-
lieve il would be better to start with
local option. il would bring the ques-
ton home 10 every citizen. II local
option developed the fact that the peO-
pie OF this state want prohibition. a
prohibition law could be easily passed
two years hence. / am in favor or
closing saloons and places OF anuse-
ment on Sunday.
j. n. Murdoch. Beaver; think tenn
porance legislation very necessary.
believe I'm strict regulation OF both
saloons and the liquor business In gen
eral. favor their being closed sun
day
Joseph Porter. Morgan l favor local
option with the county as the unit. 1
DO not feel that / would consent 10 a
smaller unit
w. l. Hayes, Utah: Prohibition seems
10 me the only nnal remedy for the
liquor evil. State prohibition, In my
mind. IL mild enough treatment pro-
vidlng We have officers who have nerve
10 enforce the law.
County local option may be tho
proper step at present, but II will never
stamp out the accurEed traffic. State
prohibition Il the ultimate result II wo
would rid our state OF liquor Person
ally / think that the state can well
afford 20 get along without any man
who cannot get along without liquor
b. III. Bowers, Dtah' LOCAL co M
IS option Il the more democratic form
OF prohibition as II gives the citizens
the right 10 decide what they want
without infringing on the rights Of 9th
er counties.
William Archibald. summit; / am
naturally "a prohibitionisL but will con
slider ln casting my vote whether local
option Or prohibition will suit condi-
lions best Saloonmon only respect the
Law as they fear a.
g. John Smith, Kane ! favor state
prohibition but no moro laws for Sum
day closing
r. IA. Pope. Wasatoh consider
proper temperance legislation 10 Do
moro important than any Other Quef-
tIon now in the public eye ! do not
faFpr local option or prohibition but
VIII introduce more effective measures
Martin Jensen, SEWER ] consider
temperance legislation beneficial and
shall work for prohibition II We can't
set that, then for county local option.
] favor closing resorts and saloons on
Sundays.
George A. Fuller. Weber am
prohibiiioniat, ana n my ideal cannot
be realized I VIII work for local op-
ton
The "NeWs' has many mora OF these
lelicT and VIII quote from them in
future articles taking up various
phases of legislative problems on
which opinions are ~ hand