Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-04

most law adding drug store On the
land has TO do that. Then why do
saloon people always Include them
among the drinking places Geo Doe found
in prohibition statesf
"By the figures. regulation lessons
the number OF drinking places moro ci-
foCtlvclv than does absolute prOni-
litiou" Tho Republican D. that why
The brewers and whisky merchants of
Utah arc lighting prohibition and ia-
vuriuu the regulation bill now pro-
p0scd2 Arc they DESTROYS of reducing
the number OF places where their
wares are sold? Isn't their organ un-
derraing the intelligence of the pco-
pile OF Utah when o. offers such am
argument
Another point urged against pro-
hibitiou iu kansas is that the liquor
dealer "can defy or cvadc the laws
of the state" II they can do that uu a
der prohibition laws why can't they 90
&c under high license laws?
Under high license does a man be-
come a law adding citizen who
under prohibition is a despcrado2
What particular phase OF the law
works such a change IN mems natures?
A comparison rs made between the
states OF Utah. Idaho and Montana,
but what does that prove2 Moth
ing An these states are under rogu-
latinE. license laws
Since the beginning We have had high
license and regulation here I'm Utah.
That Il has proved a miserable failure
we all know. The opposition admits
it In It's own proposition to amend the
present system by introducing q few
new features i'm the bill offered by Sena-
tor Gardner.
Then Why not give us a chance To-
try the merits Of prOhibitory mals-
ure2 Under high license and regulation
have the brewers and saloon people oh
tained such a hold on the state that
we can't dislodge themf
CLOTHE BROTHEL WITH VIRTUE.
"Of course" says the Republican.
Utah has too many saloons N the low
type The object Of this bill. then.
is to make the saloon a respectable
place OF business; to render IL more at
tractivc than il is now; 90 ban sh its
rcuulsive features so any one can
patronize e without shame or re-
proach Better leave T. alone than thy
TO hedge ii about with law and clothc
il with respectability. Leave 10 In all
its present hideousness or set upon IL
the seal OF public disapproval so that
every one who engages in the Infamous
business is "A lawbreaker and every man
who patronizes 10 must do So ip fear
and shame. in danger and discomfort
Those sentiments which keep men
from crime. because crime is forbid
den by law. repellent 70 the cons 3iencc
and disWaceful before mankind WI
turn the same men from the c~oo Ell
paths which lead 20 the dark cellars OF
am out,awed traffic. Laws do not pre-
vent crime but they punish g.. they
make it unpopular, Improbable, unsafe
and disrcputablc
No crime viii ever De suppressed or
evil corrected by the advice or aid Of
It's perpetrators, or by their friends try
ing 20 cover it's deformities and give 10
Il an appearance OF good reputc
Great stress Is laid on the inability
OF city officials TO suppress nuisances
right here In salt Take City. And six
places IN the notorious stockade are H.
censed 70 sell liquor. Are they doing
that under a license law or under pro-
hibitiOnY II officers cannot enforce the
law under which licenses are issued
can they do worse under a law which
refuses TO license liqour selling at all?
The Republican says In one section OF
its anti-prohibition editorial; THE peo-
pie Of the state may not be able TO
enforce their law, but the dealers do
not take chance with the government