Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-09
PROHIBITION IS
ONCE MORE URGED
House Judiciary Committee Lis
tens 10 Arguments Pro
And Con.
cOLBORN WILL LEAVE TOWN
This. the Most Telling Bcmnrk of the
Judge. SET Before Legislators A. u
Consequence Of Laws Passage.

The opponents OF prohibition got
"cold comfort at last nights debate
ON the Issue In representative h1lL ln-
deed the first speaker for the oppo-
sitIon. Rev r.. l. Goshen. injured more
than helped the side Dee was supposed 20
have supported, by Dds admissions as TO
the effects OF iut0xi,ants Tho bruut of
the entire evening n tho battle for
liquor was borne by Judge D. j. Cols
born. and be made @ stubborn and
persistent night But che odds were
heavily against him The climax Of
the meeting was reached at n.2o p. m.,
when Judge Colborn lu closing for the
defense" exclaimed boz the profoundest
and most tragic accents, III this propo-
sltiou TO put this state under prohib.-
tion rule succeeds-thcn,' with index
finger pointed toward high heaven and
amid a most painful silence IL Coz"
The entire audience of about 200 peo-
PIE sat appalled,, ass one lady back GO
the room exclaimed. soto vooc.
Wouldn't that Jar you?'
The debate Of the evening was held
ln Representatives ham at the invita-
ton OF the judiciary committee OF the
house Judging from where The APP
plausc came in and the intensity of IT,
the casual observer would have been
eXcusable N be failed Co see any one
present en- favor of the liquor interests,
other than Judge Culb0rn and Repres-
entative Holman. The applause. and
there was plenty OF 3d., was solidly
reserved Tor the prohibition speakers,
until late IN the evening when Judge
COlborn called the attention OF the
audience 20 tho fact with the em-
phatic query "Why don't you applaud
mel The audience, Ted by Mrs.
Shepherd. straightway broke ont into
frantic applause and laughter. so that
IL was some minutes before the judge
could proceed. This seemed 10 put
every one in good humor the judge In
cluded.
HOLMAN DISL1l<ES APPLAUSE.
The only suggestion of "a possible row
was when Representative Holman de-
mandcd that applause OF AN kinds
cease. This aroused something of a
tempest, and one man. a. Riser, shook
his fist at the representative from
Bingham and threatened 20 make
things torrid for the gentleman DO hc
proposed 90 insult chem. Chairman
Clegg OF tho committee empued a tank
OF lltNhN ilNlIlNl OH INTO NAIN NNlNlINNN
in a tea pot. and the session. which
began az z 90 continued 20 II 90 o'clock.
The "hrst gun OF the campaign OPP
oned when Rev. T.. l. Goshen launched
into the discussion as Am onDoneut OF
prohibition. lie declared he had come
there under "a misrepresentation He had
no idea Of going into any debate. but
hc had come there boa sincerity and
conviction, representing "a calling pro-
Tossing TO stand for the highest good
Il am here at the behcst Of no inter-
est: no one has any reward for me.
see as much OF the evil and abuse OF
liquor as most men. But this Is
question not TO be- met BY the thcorist
or idealist. Tor il IS vital iu lts import
anco ] wish TO God there was not
drop Of liquor on the face Of the earth
and might not bc. But there always
has been. and Is likely to be ia tho
future"
THINKS SOCIETY HELPLESS.
''Under existing conditions the speak
er seemed 20 think society helpless tu
abolish the evil: therefore the best way
in his opinion. is 20 regulate H. said he,
Il have lived in prohibition commuui-
ty. and / don't want TO live 10 another
community that produced as many hyp-
ocrites. Tho amount OF temperance In
"a locality depends on the number Of
temperance people 100 "a city. Prohibit
anything? Certainly anything that is
a crime. But tho use of liquor rs not
a crime per So. You can keep your boy
out Of the saloons. but not out of the
blind tigers and hootlegs A prohibit
ory law would Doe "a step backward d.
viii put sorrow and temptation Zoo the
way OF men, This o. condition. not
theory and you must take humanity
cas- you find a. You win icopardlzo
the best moral conditions by "a law
which win be- only futile and reaction
ary That we do not regulate the eyu
Is a disgrace 90 tho city, and BIZ you
can't cor wont regulate tho liquor traffic
how are you goiug DO prohibit it?'
COLBOUN OFFERS PROOF
Judge Colborn for tho opposition then
mounted the rostrum. and produced
what he called documentary evidence,
cXclaimlug that tho enactment of
prohihitory law in thif state would Doe
"a degradation of God given liberty. iu
derogatluu OF the best morals of the
people "a couhsoation uf vested rights
acquired uudor tho permission of law.
bringing also Dun is train Zine nf evils
sufficient to make Christian men and
women shrink Boo contemplation. so
prohibition entered ilJo enc recent came
palgn, and 10 YOU BRINE 900 these petit
tons from sentmeutauafs and victims
of hystera. 10 iH not u.r 90 tha soycr-
eigu people of tnIs r.1to.' ho saId Tho
past 53 years uf prohibition boz parts
where 30 obtained haN. proved iIa fl-