Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27

or an him than The others ! asked his
,,,saninr Ho mentioned names re-
bukod him severely and told Nun /
hoped hc WAS not so cOwardly tH !"
e.v bohmd mans back Wh'' ne
,..uff rol say ln DIS presence. h'
lid D. una prepared to Chnrgc them
o,Itb ,.hof Dc had said Co mo. I told
him &, como to the parsonage az
o'cloek when Dc came, I had the
whole gang present. and after pray ins
with them AROSE aud charged every ellv
of Thorn with having been drunk. lheN
denied 30 aud began t1 demand W''
ueeses. ] did not even cau on tu. n.in
u, -tafc that DO had told me anytnlns'
t,t mad. thon each condemn tho othnl
t, SERIES of questions an around 'i
,srrsc won say they must hove ne'n
r,ofs Thcv belonged Co the uscle OF
whisky and beer
Tbe demand for fairness from me
traffic De- demand from that Mhl'"
. ,ytf,v.sd OF course they VIII 49,
s,,r. ua that they are given a lawful
,tgbt 4, sos &c. but che restrictions
ri,r.1 or r is proof % tnc
far mat 30 be- uudcr thc nan OF
thc law and the granting OF 'hy
lights Boo the business o. q rchcpllon ou
,r,. government We have ried 10
regulate 90 for hundred years 'un ''''u
tbst Instead of decreasing the owl Do
Increases n has been "woi ghcd in the
balances and found wanting
no hear the howl as Co the property
involved. ono would think the prohioi-
tlonists Intended Co burn an The saloons
and brcworics ] have not heard OF
any move against the property on lnese
people Unless the right Co produce
hurtful thing Is property livery lhlns
tbnt ie property win be here when inc
traffic is abolished As IL seems, there
h mo Intention 20 even destroy the de-
strictive fluid Tho law gives ample
time for IL 10 be sent elsewerc on Us
banefm crraud Carrie Natloh "ou'"
not be so liberal 20 the traffic.
win now say a thing I dislike 70
saw have been with my regiment 10
several places and have never been lh
anv place where IL is 20 difficult %
maintain the moral tone OF the resi-
u,ent do not mean 60 reflect ON the
good poonlc Of this city ] know there
are enough good people boo TINS CITY 10
rectifv tho evils which exist mere.
do reflect on the evils which are per-
mftted and which arc now crying out
for fair play n 7 met "a lion or any
other savage beast and he should beg
for fair play wou.f ] trust itt Not *
[ had "a gun. determination Of the d.
quor traffic is tho only safe plan ana
the only fair play Co a community.
am prepared 20 say that tho men
who drink most. are the ones who most
desire It's total removal / have proven
that when going with large number
OF men whore they believed they could
not get any liquor the very men who
drank most were the ones most pleased
to go where they could not get H.
Men often argue that it is a necessity
90 some men. especially TO those who
have acquired am appetite for it. /
have some facts on that point
have never known ono TO have gotten
by it any hurt They did not get sick.
They aid not lose their minds. on tho
other hand their bodies became better
their minds became clearer and they
improved in every particular Under
these circumstances. / have asked mon
N they over get that burning desire for
drink which makes them risk even life
itself for it when they are at liberty
Men have often described this FIRE of
desire that makes them believe they
win die n they DO not take one little
nip. when they are where q is possible
for them 20 satisfy the desire. Every
man { have asked has assured me that
that feeling has never come ON h,W
when be- was whore he knew DC Co be
impossible for him 10 get drink. This
Is something for the psychologists Co
study 10 is something Tor those who
argue ON the need of alcohol TO consid-
err
Let mo speak as am outsider Mr.. Ed
tor. I'm conclusion, and s8y that out
slders are somehow LETT under the inn
preston that there was some drink
money used IA the last election. There
is a story of saloon man iu CONVEX
satlon with a legislator in which the
saloon man said: wat I bay my $500
for hey-vat ] bay my $500 for hey:'
"Straws tell which way the stream
flows" but OF course that does not
prove a deal
Respectfully
JOSEPH CLERMENS,
Chaplain Fifteenth Infantry, Fort
Douglas