Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-09
MAYoR RosE.s REAsoNs.

81 do not like prohibition. because
II strikes at n basic principle Of our
national government ! do not like
prohibition. because u strikes az my
personal liberty. ] do not sec why ! ann
not Justified in concluding that N YOU
shall dictate 20 mo what ] shah drink
YOU may also ten mo What I shall cat
and what ] shan wear
80 do not Ike prohibition. because
whenever rs application has been att
tempted IL has resulted In COM
spicuous failure.
g. / do not like prohibition. because
its application means conhscation OF
property
- ! do not Ike prohibition, because
n reduces the revenues OF the nation.
the state and the city 20 p point whore
excessive and unbcarab!e taxation Is
necessary
"a 7 do not like prohibition, because
wherever u has been attempted there
has existed a hypocrisy that has re-
suited In utter disregard for all law
Prohibition docs not strike At a
basis principle Of our government The
Supreme court has pronounced It con-
stitutionsi.
N any state deems the retail and i'm
itAtal AiAANN W hIAtNA hItINlH luIuElNuh
20 It's citizens, ard calculated to produce
idleness vice. on debauchery. ] see
nothing in the Constitution Of the Unit
ed States 10 prevent it from regulating
and restraining the traffic. or from
prohibiting Il altogether. Il IL thinks
poper Chief Justice fancy IN Ii
ccnse Cases, Howard, 5N.
This Is a complete answer to tho silly
statement that prohibition strikes at
basic principle Of our government Such
assertions should never be made be
fore an intelligent audience.
Does prohibition strike az my per
sonal libcrtyg" Probably It does But
eyery law strikes at somebody's liberty
The law against murder intorferes with
the poponsities OF the brute with muir
der in his heart The laws given in
the interest OF chastity strike al the
liberty" Of another class Shall We
therefore have no law prohibiting muir
der. or the violation OF virtue?
II Is not true that the total abstainer
is deprived OF his liberty II is true
that the one who voluntarily decides
not 10 touch strong drink is more free
than the drunkard The drunkard IS
the slave. The drunkard is generally
struggling IN vain against the internal
force that drives him downward 10 pow
erty. moral and financial ruin. prema-
ture death. and hell He Is not free
The man who can say regarding his
food and drink as the great apostle 20
the Gentiies. III meat make my
brother TO offend viii eat no flesh
while the world standeth lest / make
my brother TO offend" is truly free
Tie knows what liberty Il The drunk
ard Is the miserable slave Of the ss-
loon Talk OF freedom in drunkenness'
The prohibitionists do not want 10
dictate 10 others what they shall cat
and wear There are however, laws
against feeding people poison or Inn
pure food stuffs and the prohihitionists
merely ask the state 10 place intoxi-
oants IN the same category as other
poisons There is a law against opium
dens. Apply similar laws 10 saloons
No more is asked FOR
II Is absolutely false that pro-
hibltion has proved a failure and we
are surprised that Mayor Rose cares so
little for his reputation as TO accept
the responsibility for that fslsohood
The Governor OF North Dakota SAYS.
I'VE have had prohibition 80 long In
North Dakota that in some counties
there are no Jalls There Is not much
crime In the state" We suppose this
testimony is at least equal 20 that Of
az agent In tho employ of the snI7ons
Prohibition does not connscate
property in any other sense than the
abatement of any nuisance does The
following decision D., Judge Artman ~
indianapolis Is pertinent TO that qucs-
tan
III Is tho settled law az the land that
any occupation that naturally and ln.
herenily ondangCrs the health peace.
safety. morals and welfare of Tho peo-
pie Is unlawful and % public nuisance.
a public nunisancc may Or abatcd.
under the ciNil law. bN Injunction and
n tho nuisance keeper fails in ohc, the
Injunction. hc must face the court Tor
contempt"
1T IL not making the case too strong
20 say that ID b. within fho knuWlodgo
of every private citizen nf average m-
formation az to current events that lhe
business kills many mHhcs widows. ur-
phans, nlls almshouscH, jails. unnI-
tentiaries orphanngce. and nfhnp
asylums that NJ freuEirs the brain and
directs tho murderer hand t0 plunge
the fatal knife and discharge iho dead
% weapon
Nvr these and similar reasons the
court refused 10 authorize the granting
Of o saloon license M me opinion m
the court such refusal was mot cone
fscation of property
4 n is not true that prohibition re-
ducos The revenues of tho state or the
community in which d prevails n In
croases the revenue. by reducing crime
and pauperlsm. I'm Michigan there are
20 poorhouses ana 800 paupers for each
concern. M Maine ihorc are only 1853
naupers 10 each 100000 u population;
ana in Kansas A out Of 1906 counties
have uo Inmates in the poorhousos As
10 crime. this les what the Columbia
Herald had a. fay of the results of mo-
saloons On Maur county, Tennessee
In 1906 there Vac pald from the state