Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-08
o.sa s. Rose Gives THE Other
Side Of This Great
Question.
,s,ls WHY HE OPPOSES IT.
,.o Suggest. Remedy IN the
Amendment Of rcicr"' Laws
And other Mcans.

"... I, the history Of state. county
.iy rs record Of universal and
,.rpo1ai failure Mayor David :
~. ~ milwaukee expounded his views
... LARGE audience IN the theater
s,erlng on what he terms True
Prohibition"
e..srnor William Spry presided az
.,otiue. Mayor Bransford intro
g.i me speaker Of the evening The
w. was occupied by a number Of
.,,fns prominent in the prohibition
w.. as wen as those who do not IA
.,i,,ition. In fact. 1t was a meet
ire which everybody VINO a'lchueu W.
ne f,r me purpose Of hearing both
wy, and Mayor Rose did not disap-
ihsn, In presenting the side Of the
,r question opposed 10 prohibition.
~ opening remarks Governor
~, saf5. There arc two sides 10
als onestion During the last few
.afb. me people Of Utah have hao
n, good fortune 60 hear the prohloi-
sIo Now In q spirit OF fairncss
qhlb the people of Utah arc noted
.,g arc gathered 90 listen TO the othcr
& m This very important question.
c,.s-nor spry then introduced Mayor
,.-f.r1 who was received with
-5 ~ appiausc. Mayor Bransford
VA No visit of Mayor Rose was Of
...st obstruction 10 him, and that dur
're the dsv. while he and Mayor Rose
~ roing over the city together IN an
,,t,,oobile. he he'd learned TO respect
uiwsukee's mayor and TO foel tnat ne
thinking man whose opinions
Vs.. entitled 10 consideration. He then
,,oances Mayor David s. Rose, OF
,i9r.ntee who. after compiimentins
M reople OF salt Lake city on their
lsssiifui and substantial municipality
smoke in part as follows;
sbsl strive not 70 offend him who
nav differ with me. ! hold that IL "
M privilege Of every man to hold
rssteyer opinion he may conscientious
b consider right
The average American business man
g political coward The merchant
nafs the loss of his profit on the SAFE
nj SHIFT. the banker the loss - de-
pos.tor the doctor the loss OF a patient,
anl so il goes on. al libitum.
The average American voter is 20
H,lcal drone He is either too lazy 3r
TOO Indifferent to discharge the duties
az citizenship. but selfish enough 10 &c
cert an OF the blessings Of government
and complain because he does not re
teivo more He viii not even inform
himself respecting tbe issues IN the de-
termination OF vhich he has voice.
Between the cowardice OF the busi-
ness man and the lethargy OF the voter,
prohibition becomes a possibility.
The typical prohbitionist Is an iilu-
sIonist a sentimentalist and a sensa-
ionallst lie combines the cunning OF
the iakir and the craft Of the dema-
gogae.
Thinking men recognize prohibition
M proposed. as an extreme remedy,
high sounding as a theory. but wholly
rsufcient and destructive In actual
practise, while on the other hand they
realize that the joint saloon and dive
menace the well being OF society. and
non they are seeking some rational
middle ground lying between these Two
extremes, upon which they may unite
and crystalizc a plan which viii remedy
NE DIS from which we suffer. the lila
y prohibition and the vices OF an
abused liquor traffic Prohibition has
record that Is written In the history OF
Aaie and county and city and il Is q
nord oi universal and uneXceptional
allure
4 DO not Ike prohibition, because T.
strikes at basic principle OF our ma
lonal government / do not like rr1-
hhuon. because il strikes at my per-
"nal liberty. / do not see why ] am
hli justified la concluding that il You
Nah dictate to me what ] shall drink
you may also tell me what 1 shall eat
and what ] shall wear
do not like prohibition. because
whenever IFS application has been at
"npled II has resulted in a conspicu-
Gus failure
do not like prohibition. because its
alpIc'ion means Conhscation OF prop
DO not Ike prohibition. because Il
l.auees the revenue OF the nation, the
''4le ana the city 10 a point where ex-
-ssNe ana unbearable taxation Is
! do not Ike prohibition. because
b"'leset 81 mas been attempted there
NM, lN',"u an hypocrisy that has re-
M W u'ter disregard for an law"
me speaker then proceeded 10 ar
-sn ile states which had adopfed
t'yllolioh claiming that their ex-
.fNee with prohibitory laws had
ven failures re said with s7 wears
prohibition the state of Maine had
aie drunkenness than In anv so-callcd
1'l state On the Union. no said maj
' llo adoption of prohibltion i'm III
ment n Mavol. f oyno. =, 10 the slate.
Atlanta. there arr 6oo d,"., we ,lly OF
and business blocts W. "e.'''ns houses
Of Atlanta 's''' III 'h' 'i'y
A. remedy c., ..,-,
'tu5,. of thc i,,,,n n oA,,iins Ills and
OPPRESSED NJ ,,sus w; Mayor Rose
y Believe sin,oro,., "i"NH.
us great opeetion 1lat asiiatlon Of
good M. .tt.ntia," ~ result M much
attitpted Ia M roa ~ we people VIII
Vigilance in ~, ',.'7slty Tor greater
f8nehls. Nf exercise 81 the elective