Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-11

lie officers up 10 a strict adherence and
accountability. will betrayal OF public
trust end.
THE SALOON IN POLITICS.
Every city I'm the United States that
has been slandered and disgraced by
The exposures of Investigations has been
the victim of the saloon In politics
have defended a thousand men for
crime, and l know the saloon is the
robbers retreat. the housebreakcr's
pawnshop. the burglars cache, the foot
1NVADEs THE SCHOOLS.
have seen it invade the educational
institutions and take the idol OF a
mothers heart from the seat of learn
Ing and leave him pitIablc mass of
depravitY in the gutter. | have seen it
lnslnuate Itself Into the domestic circle
and beguile sweet innocence and purity,
the most perfect adornment OF society
and The home. from tho happy hearth
stone into a life of shame and dis
honor.
Public opinion must be expressed at
the polls. The elective franchise is n
duty. Compulsory voting is necessary.
To rcpress lawlessness and elevate
the moral tone OF the community, two
essentials are necessary. The first Is
strong controlling public opinion and
the determined purpose of the people to
have the laws enforced The moral
condition Of community will not rise
above the level of the sociological force
behind IT. A community can have iust
as good or bad government nS it wants
II II permits civic slavery II will get It,
As Lincoln denounced slavery as a
cancer that was sapping the vitals of
the nation. oppose the saloon on the
CO. mo
state, the county and the city refuse
TO allow the saloons to operate when
they are transacting the business of
the franchise with the people
SLANDER OF LINCOLN.
I call the billion and a half dollars
that came out OF the pockets of the
toilers-the wage earners last year
that was earned FOR bread and clothes
and education. but went for whisky and
destruction.
want to call the immortal Lincoln
as a witness. / want to prove to The
people of Salt Lake and the entire
United states that Mayor Roses at
tempt TO bolster up his defense of the
saloon and the accurscd liquor traffic
with the aid OF Abraham Lincoln wns
base libel and a slander against the
naTc OF one of the worlds greatest
patriots
| am told that Mr. Rose did here
Just what he did In Chicago. That he
cited House Journal of 1S39-4O of tho
records of the secretary of state of
Illinois TO create the impression and
prove that Lincoln was in favor OF the
saloon and the liquor traffic
The fact Is. that all that record dis
closes (and have a transcript of Mr.
Roses statement of the record) that
Mr. Lincoln made motion to lay an
| amendment on the table, Now Rose
knows. and every lawyer. politician,
parllamentarian. nearly every layman
and school-boy knows that such a mo-
tlon could have no other effect than to
lay the whole subject matter on the
| table And the act was IAN act to
| regulate tavern and grocery licenses ="
| Such thing as the accursed insidIous
| present day saloon was unknown at
| that time, The entire traffic was done
| In the tavern and grocery. Again.
| Mr.. Lincoln at that time was n mere
| boy. and his experience was somewha.
| limited
But three years later. in 1912. listen
| To what Mr. Lincoln in his Memorial
| day address. before the Sprlni-ccld
WashIngtonlan Temperance society,
| Feb. %. 1912. delivered In the most sa-
cred hour OF what he believed TO be his
| life, Washington's birthday.
APPLICABLE NOW.
And one would think he was talking
! or present day conditions. He said:
| Although the temperance cause has
been IN progress for nearly twenty
| years. 1t Is apparent to all that It Is
! just now being crowned with a degree
! OF success hitherto unparalleled
THE list of it's friends is daily
swelled by the additions OF hfties. OF
! hundreds and OF thousands. The cause
itself seoms suddenly transformed
from a cold abstract theory TO a ly-
ing. breathing. active and powerful
chieftain. going forth 'Conquering and
| to Conquer The citadels OF his great
adversary are daily being stormed and
! dismantle1. his temples and his altars
where the rights or his idolatrous wor-
ship have long been performed and
where human sacrifices have long been
won't 10 be made. are daily desecrated
and deserted The triumph OF the
conqueror's fame is sounding from hill
10 hill. from sea to sen and from land
To land. and calling millions TO hts
standard at a blast. When one
who has long been known ss a victim nj
intemperance bursts the fetters that
have bound him and appears before
his neighbor clothed and In his right
mind a redeemed specimen OF lonE
lost humanity. and stands up. with
tears OF Joy trembling in his eyes TO
tell OF the mlseries once endured now
10 be endured no more forever; OF his
! once naked and starving children. now
clad and fed comfortably OF a vile
long weighed down by woe. weeping
with a broken heart. now restored TO