Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-06
TIE LESSON or FIGURES.

when the moral reform wave struck
Utah from the outside and tho pc pile
began Co ASK their rcnrcscutativcs for
legislation closing the saloons. and
otherwise restricting the liquor traffic,
they were told Boa mysterious whispers
that the liquor. and kindred. interests
hclrcd TO defeat the anti Mormon
agltators who 'ricd TO get hold Of the
County Offices f1r u-Amo-lcau pur-
poses. and the people therefore. owe
that element some consideration now.
a bargain. 20 speak plainly. was made.
it was claimed, under circumstances
that fully Justified g. and &c is only
RIGHT that the terms OF g. be resrected.
We confess freely our reluctance o.
believe that any such compact was
over entered into Rumors are plrnti-
ful during times ot excitement, but
they often prove false. or exaggerated
BE this as % may. we are absolutely
certain that the Church was never com
mittod boy any compact such as that
Alluded to, and we ora equally su"'
that Rad the voters gen r7lv hee'
gsked 20 ratify bargain w D In
i1uity. they would have refused TO do
-o no matter what the poIltita sItua-
tion might have been
But owing 20 the rumors Of a bar.
raiu. or COMPACT. or agreement or
an'anca. or whatever it was. the quer-
tien arise. Is &C. "a foot that the a.
loon. and kindred. i~t'rests really ne
any material ala IN tho campaiR
against the anti-"No~mop" cons-l a.
torso d. the electin7 hg'res show
that they kept their end NJ the repu d
bargain? II not the ALLEGED Other
party 10 60 can be under M furth r
obligation, and the quest Of par
atty is entirely eliminate from the
further discussion Of the temperance
issue
Anyone who comnares tn election hg-
ures OF last November with thoe %
two years ago, Will We believe. come
90 the conclusion trat the loon in
forests furnished very few votes, IL
amy at ALL TO the winning party. A
gentleman who has spent considerable
AlINiN NNNI ANIN HIHh NAfhNN AtNNNfHH HWAAiNNH
Cor the correctness OF the following
statement, which anyone can verify Tor
himself;
In AN the Quit ing districts OF the
city the Republicans made "A tremeu-
dous gain, but la the uptown districts
the Americans gained over the Repub-
leans For instance the first three
voting districts in the First precinct,
which are farthest out from town. the
Americans carried in 1906 by a maiori-
ty OF SO. la the last election the Re
publicans carried them over the Amer
leans by 2sg. a net gain for the Re
publicans OF 34l votes, I'm the Third
precinct. where there is less liquor
votes than iu any mart OF the city the
Republicans ln 1906 received 1858 votes
and the Americans 900. In 1908 the
Republicans had 2,5oi votes and the
Americans 1,i6l.
on the other hand. when YOU take
tho two uptown districts you and "a
different result The Firth precinct
which has always been considered "a
saloon district. shows rather astonish-
ing returns. ln 1906, the Americans
had, in The two districts. SOC votes and
the Republicans 331. The American
majority was 259. I'm 1908 the 'Amcu-
can vote was Gas the Republican 1885.
The American majority was 400. a gain
OF SO volts"
From these figures II ought to be plain
that there could have been no bargain.
as claimed, but n there was the sa-
loon interests did not deliver the vote.
IL is not true, therefore, that tho
present legislators from this County
are indebted 20 that element for their
election. II is wmored abroad that
the saloon interests paid considerable
sums into the American campaign
funds. too. And this les not improb-
able, since they had at least one candi-
date on the american ticket That the
liquor interests supported him. is prob
able
We maintain that the result OF the
last election was due principally 20 two
factors great many Americans OF
the respectable element realized that
the anu-"Mormon' campaign was doc
ing infinite injury to Che business inc
forests OF the state ana they were
slick and tired off b. They realized
that the threat made at the "Ameri-
can" convention were unworthy of am
American party, ana they resented tho
attitude of the leaders by their vote.
That was one factor Another was
this. A great number of Democrats
realizing the danger 90 American Inst,-
buttons from victory OF au auu-"Mor.
mon" agitation lod by fanatics. voted
the Republican ticket iu defense of
those institutions THAT turned the cleo.
ton ln this County. Tho saloon iu
terests have always been. and win al
ways Dee. found voting ON the side o