Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-11
HAMMERS Of Legislature from
Boxelder Receive Strong
Plea for Prohibition.
RESOLUTIONS ACCOMPANY
ri,r Ncohol Arraigncd and Repre-
.,ntauvcs Urged by Constituents to
stamp out Eyn In Utah

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... rssn sold to the liquor interests.
s.solsiIn u. yelling of Garland has
.a.sted a strong appeal to the BoNel-
~. s..eeation to stand firm and vote
.r. l,r statewide prohibition.
rge communication accompanies a.
., of resolution passed by the Mutual
movement associations of Bear
g..sr stake, and is emphatic In It's
,.,Yucation Of alcoholic sales in utaa.
4 Is as follows:
r, the Honorables, william G.. H.rs-
f.v senator, and wizard 5. Ham
In. representative rep. csentau g.
fruu BoXeIder County 20 me
F.rbth Legislative Assembly Of the
state of Utah.
Daar Slrs-l take the liberty ul al-
i,.ssng you on the subject OF pro-
,.tif.,1 In the state OF Utah. From
. reports which have gained cur
.o0a in this locality, there seems t1
NJ. some uncertainty as TO your posi-
linn uuon the question of prlhlh lilu,
Emo ayering that you lean tuWarI
county local option.
Al one OF your constituency repre-
ssnung considerable number Of
,5uue men OF your county l desire t3
,ree you most strongly and earnestly
- stand Pat upOu this question. We
want state wide prohibition boy all
r.aus. first, last and am the time, and
fsk YOU Co accept no compromise aud
AXE no middle ground, but Work heart
and soul for the one great para cunt
issue statewide prohibition II y.u
IN "why?" I answer, because the
,5unr manhood of this great state de-
hands &c. Great ls the honor tina, mas
been conferred upon you IN beng
.basen by the suffrage of your Iarty
nlrty that gave its pledge in cou-
ye1t.on TO work for prohibitions Go
.apreseut not only them but all tos
1eoula OF this great county ln THIS mos
.mp0rtant legislative assembly. lh'
ee.sIators OF the state of Utah are
seaued upon To confront the great
enemy Of our time, TO handle the
greatest living question. Ihls mo1-
ster King Alcohol has the world
Pom a home. the flesh for "a mother anu
Inc devil for a father. Tie stands
sr.ct a monster OF fabulous propOt-
ions lie has no head and can not
think. Doe has no heart and can NOT
Eel. he has no eyes and cannot see'
be- has no ears and cannot hear, lie
las only an instinct by which 20 piln'
coil by which tp bind, rang 10y
which 90 sting, and an infinite NAV 10
mpoacn this monster, ana arraisu llm
before the bar of public Judgment, and
demand his condemnation in the name
5f Industry. robbed and begglrei, OF
ha public peace, disturbed and lroN-
,r. of private safety gagged ana sar-
,0ted, of common justice, violated ana
Umpied OF popular conscience ua-
bauched and prostituted. ot royal
manhood, wrecked and ruined. and of
.H-H Lea
sassInated.
with the gold his crimes have brought
aim he seeks 10 secure friends in halls
of legislation. TO put his Judges upon
.he bench, his advocates at the bar
bis witness on the stand, and TO make
surety dOubly sure, his views In the
public mind lie would nm not only
our cells and grayeyards' but our
Judgment seats ana our police com
missions. This is our Zoe, cunning as
a fox, wise as a serpent strong as an
ly. bold as a lion. merciIess as tiger
rsnorsoless as "a hyena, fierce as "a pes
thence. deadly as "a plague. To con-
denim and correct such criminal is
not the pass-time OF an hour but the
manly, heroborn, martyr-bred work N
lifetime.
STRONG ARRAIGNAlENT
This enemy stands among us, fellow
citizens, the history OF whose rclsu la
history of repeated injuries and u-ur-
p8tiOns, am having ana indirect u.) o.
the establishment 0f am absolull
tyranny over mankind no prove TINS
l,t facts be submitted to the candid
legislature of great state lie uas
refused to submit 10 laws the most
wholesome and necessary for the pub
D.. good. He has kept among us u
times of peace Staggering armies
With the consent of our leEIs dtut'
Doe has deprived our citizens lu many
cases of trial by sober lurics. he uu.
transported many of our citizens De-
yuui the bounds OF reason into Oh.
seas of dissipation ana ruin. lie ha
imposed taxes upon us fJI the supper
or Uauperism and crimes of his owl
onErnderlug ne has established am,
maintained dcpots for the mauulae
tl.. and sale of tho most destrucuN
Instruments 90 complete the work 20
death. dissolution ana pcrddy Inpara.
.".Ul Iu the most pdrDarous ages, am.
utterly uusuncrable among "a ciNIllz.'
people He has occasioncd more than
H...-fourths of the paupousm three
fuu.las of the crime and NOR" thar
uIH.lIIf OF the insanity DOB iuc com
m.n.ty. and thereby has filled ou
PRISONS our almsh0uses and our luuH
a.. lHIums Hc has Influenced ou
elections by bribery and corruption
lI" hla destroyed the lives of tens p
thousands OF our citizens annually b
... most merCIless manner. Ut
.H. turned aside hundreds of Thou
sT.s more of free aul Ind pen
dent citizens 90 iileuesa and Nle
Infused into them the spirit uI demon
H"I degraded thom below Che I"F.
t hrutos. Ho has madH thu luo
90. widows and orphans and DESTROY.
." i0udest hopes and blasted on
I''#htest prospects. llg uHH 'nlei'
obi courts of Justice and uur hollis .
INIH'atiyo assemblies and dlHinrn'
N.r councils. and even HanDtHrts q
religion and thr ministers roo u
"Ir have not Altogether escaped D.
.tliling and bNFhtiug influence. n
N. encouraged sabbath nrHIkn
.1nity impurities tuioy.ur hu
h"Hiug npa robbery gambling slam.
rnHg ana nFhtinE and has ruined on
morals 0f every community ufDI NN'
p. 11F obtained un influence. De- n
o."h1ulrcd God. boz whose InIF" "a.
lN' whose glory man WaH created.
sinking Ills image beneath ih" IrF
'I ihe irrational hrutH
AFFORDS 80 PARALLEL.
We win now can tha world tH H.
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