Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-12

AS the people won q great victory
! when the Cannon bin was passed Boy
/ .ha House. 800 the liquor interests had
/ the advantage when the Kuchler meas
ure carried the day On the Senate.
But the triumph was not SO COM
/ rletc as the managers OF the interests
mentioned predicted 40 the beginning
OF this great moral conflict in behalf
/ Of virtue and deccncy II the bin be-
comes law and the law Is carried out
many counties in the state win rid
/ themselves of the saloons. and even
be- "a close contest FOR purer moral
atmosphere 90 the votes of wives and
mothers count for anything in these
days OF political hypocrisy and COR
rupton The victory for the saloons
was anything but complete. From
now on the saloonkecrers VIII have
20 fight the people Tor the existence
Of their dens These are no longer
necessary evils in the sense OF the
word that the voters must tolerate
them against their will The bin was
@ victory Ton the saloons in $50 far as
It represents refusal of the SEN
ate TO comply with the petitions NJ
the people. 10000 strong; but 81 was
"a victory for the people if 81 gives
the voters the right Co close the deus
of iniquity. themselves.
The passage OF the Euchlcr Dim by
the Senate is evidence that the splen-
did efforts by the mon and women de-
voted 20 the cause of prohibition and
the emphatic protests of the people an
over the State against the rule of tho
saloon have not been in vain. But
for these efforts in behalf of righteous
ness the probability IS that tho Senate
would not even have considered q lo-
cal option bin The frvouty with
which the legislature preceding this
treated measures Intended FOR the pro-
motion OF morality is not forgotten.
We do not know whether the biu
though unanimously adopted by the
Senate. win ever become law. No
one can tell until SC has passed al
the various stages. But whether Il
does or not there is no cause Tor
discoura cement The saloon win have
90 go, by the mandate OF the people
It is only question of time. and
short time az that There is no power
on earth. nor in the depths below. that
can keep Utah 90 the background Of
moral reform. as long as its beautiful
cities and towns are Inhabited by an
earnest. God-fearing libcrty-loving
people. There is no cause for dis
enlargement.
But 90 seems 90 us that the right
thing to do now is 20 proceed 10 form
strong temperance societies all over
the state II a local option bin be-
comes law. such societies viii be need
cd 90 see that 20 IS carried out. that
prohibition is introduced everywhere
where IL Is possible TO do so. They
viii be needed TO work for the cleo
ton OF incorrupuble men 10 muni-
clpaI Offices everywhere. They win
be needed 10 preach the gospel OF
prohibition and freedom from saloon
tyranny from one end OF the State
TO another. The work that has just
commenced should be carried TO COM
pleti0n. There ls no occasion for Bit
terness, for personal attacks, or char
aoter assassination. Such tactics should
be foreign 10 a "kulturisampf' IN Utah.
A determined. dignihcd campaign OF
education Is now needed There IS
great dead TO be- done, and that can best
be accomplished through proper organ
lzation.