Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-15

Gentlemen. can 90 De that SOU rcally
hope to fool The people nu the time
what sort of duphCity Dr. % thnl l"-
nucnces the house of repre- entallN
to pass "a prohibition" law thal ''
Known lu advance Co De- absolutely uh-
constitutional By strihng out ln'
provisions permitting the use oi ",'-
hol either grain OF dcnaturcd. 100 inc
arts, sciences and medicine, you SO,
to hops thereby to kll the movement"
and yet hy passing this supposed p'
hibition BIN YOU probably hope io may
80 appear that you are compiAlnb WIZ
90, peoples wishes Such double de.H-
ing win certainly KAN your influence
with the people and YOU are ulsslhs
your own political graves deeper every
day.
The Insiucerity OF those pretending 10
unqs a pfohIbifion measure is l'luslrtl-
ed again m striking out the provision
which would permit the courts 20 ems
force the payment OF fines ana 10 60"
hscate any liquor found ON premise. vl
offenders. Also the same Dr. true WHt"
they cut out the restrictions OF aaNei
tisements OF LIQUORS la the state OF
Utah
7 cannot think Of Language strong
enough 90 express the cuutemp / l7e'
for supposed representative OF tIie 10
pie, Who in explaining their votes Say
that they are not in favor or ptou'Di
ton but voted for this measure 10
comply with the wishes Of their con
stituents." knowing az the time lhat
the amendments they had forced hau
defeated the very ends that The people
demanded The whole proceeding iH
the house Thursday afternoon was a
farce OF the slliest kind Can IL be that
the repnesentafives were 50 lBuotaut
as not to rellize that should the ollI
as passed by them become ala" 'la'
not drop Of extract for haNonhg pul
poses not an essence. shelac' warm
isbes. etc could be manufactured or
compounded bon Utah. You could NOT
even dilute the wood stains. dyes, INKS.
etc. necessary I'm many arts; no labo-
ratories could carry on experiments, NOT
could druggists compound scaitelS
single drug. for pure alcohol is neces-
sary iu hundreds and thousallds Ui
processes, as uecesss airy 10 eiNlllEtl'ut
! as SUGAR. SALT gasoline etc. Wltl I"L
| 10 PASS a law like that passed 10y me
| house Thursday, VIII the people stand
| for such blufdng "Not ON your NE.
To the organs who constantly non
from one side of an issue 10 the oJneI'
aDpareutlv Just as they are dicuted 90
viii not pretend to say how much of
I tho confidence Of the public do you eN-
pect TO rctalue Have you besulied
Yourselves into the notion that you can
| fool the people AN the timef IL 81"
| don't forget the old adage. Not all the
| time" gentlemen. And then 20 ihlhN
! that YOU have been so unfair as 20 re-
fuse 70 your readers the news on inc
| question. and articles from your sun
| scribers. only towards are AFRAID OF
/ publicity.
TO the bosses. Have you one single
/ precedence iu an history TO support you
/ I'm the hope that success lies in an UNI
/ holy alliance with the criminal eie-
| ment "The wages OF san is DEATH
/ and defeat O. the ultimate reward of
| those who tuickle 90 the parasites of
/ society: for the world Is making mora
| progress slowly but surely and the
| pigmies and craven creatures who cast
/ a heap OF straw ga its path Will bf
| swept into oblivion. There is only one
| success worth having and that Is the
| one gained iu the open, 10y appeals q
/ the better classes and the conscience oil
| men.
n representative government mean'
| anything, IL means that the law making
| bodies are elected to oarry ouI
| the wishes OF the people, tho
| majority OF the people; not select
| few not the commercial clubs, ol
| "resl estate associations" or doctors
| trust" or churches" nor even thu
successful business men with socia
| standing All stand on the same foot
| ing. and maiorities must rule. Legis
| lators are no more entitled TO vot'
| their whims, whom they know wha
the people want. than they have 20 ere
ate Offices TO be held by themselves
with special emOluments. The claim
that a Republican legislator need no
listen 10 a Democratic citizen. II ten