Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-11

were true. the liquor interests would
not be spending thousands yes millions
OF dollars 10 stop prohibition laws
u is idiocy TO talk about such things.
They say it win not prohibit
OF course it will not stop crime
Tho forger win forge The thief viii
steal Tor that reason. shall we wipe
on from the statute books the laws
against forgery and stealing?
TESTIMONY OF GOVERNORS.
81 viii now read to you few things
about prohibition the testimony Of
people who have tried g. They are
lilS the man from Wyoming they have
tried Go. ] am not going To give the
opinions Of Insignificant people. but
] win give you the testimony of gov
einors Of states whore prohibition has
been tried:
AThe governor Of North Dakota.
we have had prohibition 80 long in
North Dakota that in some counties
there are no jails. There Is not much
crime IN the state.
The governor of Georgia. ii is alb
soutely impossible 20 have a perma-
ncnt decent municipal government
where the saloon dominates municipal
politics. The elimination OF the saloon
viii help municipal politics everywhere,
even iu those places where the saloon
does not dominate municipal politics
over 100 counties ln the state have
had prohibition for years. They have
outgrown counties situated similarly
which permitted the sale. There is no
doubt that prohibition is wise from an
economic standpoint The overwhelm-
ing sentiment OF the white people OF
Georgia is for prohibition. and the law
will be enforced
"Tho governor Of Missouri When
/ became governor and had the power
TO Put an end TO saloon lawlessness IN
the cities. 1 endeaVOred 10 have the
law enforced For doing this l have
been constantly abused and vilified
by the liquor interests and their allies
For doing what? For increasing the
sale OF liquor, 81 their claims are true,
he has been vilihcd. 1T is business
the natural tendency OF which is to-
ward lawlesSness. and the time has
come when it will either run the poll
ties Of the state or be run out Of the
politics of the state
THE ex-governor Of Utah: 1t Is a
foregone conclusion that the morals Of
a community are improved by a de-
creased sale of strong drink. The rev.
nues Of the state are increased be-
cause temperance leads 70 frugalty
and thrift. which lead TO property ac-
cumuation by the citizens And one
Of the economical men OF means, OF
wisdom and OF honor. one OF the men
who have studied these matters is cX-
Governor John G. Cutler.
FROM ALABAMA
Il viii not read the testimony Of
the governor Of Michigan, the governor
of Colorado, the governor Of Maine, the
governor Of Oklahoma, and the govern
ors OF some other states, because !
have not time TO read them. ] have
them all marked. in this book, and they
are all number one. ] will just
take time to read the statement Of the
governor OF Alabama. You know we
have heard so much about the poor
white trash, as they are called down
south. / viii take occasion TO read
what the people down there have done;
Before I entered upon my official
duties as governor while a strong tenn
perance man. / was IN no sense of the
word a prohibitlonist'-mind you. he
was in no sense n prohibitionist-b be-
lieving that state prohibition law WAS
of doubtful utility. But after year as
chief executive. 1 ann AN intense pro-
hlbitionist having heen made SO hy
the mothers, wives and children Who
have come 20 my office for the pun
pose OF securing pardon or stay OF exc
NMANUI ANN AAAt.IA NfflNNf AnNhAAAAAN AZ AfAAiA"
crs' Yet. the sympathy OF some men
goes out to these people who are selling
the stun that sent these fathers. these
brothers, these sons TO commit crime
Oh we arc wonderfully sympathetic
toward the men who have millions of
dollars 10 fight for tho privilege OF
destroying our homes Many times
have women come TO my office with
bufcs In their arms ana young chill
dren by their side 20 beg that / give
them back their husbands, give them
back from the penitcntiary whore they
have been sent 900 many cases for muir
der committed in nearly all cases whilo
they were under the influence OF Whis-
ky
ut is not the man who does tho
drinking ana commits tho deed Who
suffers most The man iu prison is
cared for. his victim God knows
where' ID is the mothers, wives ana
orphans OF these men who do me suf-
feing. Suffering is not only caused by
these criminals within the walls ot tho
penitentiary. but by those at home who
frequent the saloons spending their
money for drink, leaving their wives
and children m squalur without the
protection of their rghtfm guardian.
"'I think The above statement OF
facts would Dee sufficient to make
any humane party do an that he can
/ Tor prohibition Aside from This, we
think our state viii save several mil-
lions "a year that has hitherto gone for
liquor This leaves margin for Illicit
ana other sales.
TRAGEDIES or DRINK
Il want Go say to the people that
there Us not "a man un earth but what
knows that if a building in this town
iH destroyed. the wealth of tho town ls
destroyed to that EXTENT and this r't
that De- giFcu out mat n Del inr thc iu-
iffchl oi tnt community u financial
benefit NOT 90 have prohibition, why lo
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