Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-09
...i TOPIC on the Street Today
IN All Walks in
Life.
CONFERENCE RESOLUTION
u.,oi Absolute temperance and
Nothing Else, Says Elder
A. W. lvins.
-, "a Fuller Fires Some Hot
s.o,s st Advocate OF ''rhe
saloon In our Town

saloon In our Town"
-.a,v on the street, In the ofiioe ana
,-Tv circle. prohibition is the enc.
RI. a, conversation. The prospect OF
y .losins Of the saloons in the state
,r,h and the proclaiming Of the Bee
.,ote as falling In line with the
80 sections Of the United states Is
M, debated on all sides and by the
-,,-ty is being hailed with JOY Those
..,,.ss are to be found in the ranks OF
..1e,s the liquor business and all Its
s,,ss adjuncts, and the army which
nm, "a man can get drunk If he
nrts to-"
WHAT HON. A. W. WINS SAYS.
q Am for strict prohibition liquor
~. for this state" declared Hon. An
A,.y VI WINS today 1T will doubt
y. ;. remembered" he added, that I
ws the author OF a resolution intro
,u,e5 in the constitutional convention
1885, providing for prohibition.
r-snds OF the measure made a gallant
Ant for lis adoption, but were beaten.
Since that time nothing that / have
.sn heard or read, has in the least
hanged the attitude that l then as
umsd regarding the liquor traffic. l
vas Of the opinion then and think now
ast the evil should be stamped out.
There is not a saloon In my old home
county. Washington. The October con-
ference resolution 10 me meant prohi-
htion and every legitimate influence
that can commend will be brought TO
hear upon our legislators for the enact
ment Of prohibitory laws"
ELDER HYRUM NJ. SMITH.
Utah should no longer be marked
IN black on the mar depicting liquor
conditions in the United States" de-
clared Elder Hyrum NJ Smith. Of the
council Of the apostles today. The
people Of these valleys from the earli-
osi pioneer times have been. for the
most part, believers in temperance.
end not only believers but doors Of
NE WOrd. AS the Word Of Wisdom
vas first given, Il was in the nature
q counsel 70 the Church, and there
vas more or less Of discretion in
'te natter Of its observance or non
observance Finally came the time
when il was proclaimed 10 be a com
mandment, and was no longer a mat
lei Of discretion with Church mem
peh Today no man can retain
Standing IN the Church who is
saloon keeper, and the man who
drinks TO excess Is debarred from
privileges that he might otherwise en-
'F observance Of the Word of Wis
len is requisite for the holding
oiuclal position in the
luieh or for advancement
le.tn- such regulations may
,.eh stringent but IL Is absolutely
-ss'eIy Civic prohibition Is Just
way "a, me state needs, and I hope that
BISHOP CHAs w. NIBLEY.
Another voice that was raised for
+0hlollon today was that OF Charles
~ Nlpleli presiding bishop OF the
,leieh But one Interpretation can
pli upon the October conference
.fauuon" he declared. land maj Is
u W saloons Of this state shall
srs So . Local option might do,
r..3. usnt not and failure would
''- So.,- nun and void the resolution.
i..' 's..ns lor closing saloons. the COM
nv voted for prohibition. 1 took
e~ ~. way then, and / am of the
M oplnlon now. ] feel bound bv
's'' ''a' cast at that time"
SOURCES OF REVENUE.
,' @.l Dr Louis W. Fuller today. IAN
~. 's9oh contemporary OF the pes-
,..'. .s1s made an abOrtive argument
10y against the aims and mr.
~, ~ the AntI-salo0n league. Ref
hi 11s maze 10 the amount of can
hi ,a'ea locally in brewerles ana
dsia-,., az liquor business. ana tbe
ao.l5 N was made that prohibltlon
~. paiah1e The Industries III ne
IN, opponents of prohibltior can
'aill hope of innuonelng rstto.,ai
e win such wild ana b 49,,
M. fnlf as these
la5 n, ln' liquor business must de-
etaa.. revenue upon the drum,
Or M. T.. ueoauchery OF the cltizeps
ts n,I'.. DO can De proved from
Dan docket of every citv ana
noe w 'e liquor ls dispensed maj
tl,,sti. .Ne crimes prosecuted Az
nd.r,. 10 Strong drink and tbo in
H ,r, 'ln saloon whom the co.t
M. o, ana criminal Prosecution in
an it.'5 HIe Infinitely moro M,
trs Nua derived from mo Io,,or
t..s t "..n-f Included. when. se'y
in f, ''' taken into consldora-
ru tb. 'i'' Nll he willing % ao-
Nas or d. ''.utnt that seems to h.
p mm.i, Afpaper article alhidod
0ar. "a lhlt tho Income frou ~.
nnnt. worth moro tb.n ~.
it. ahd character of ~ 800. '''.
'aAnonneam ''n'n "t
ONES BOY M SIX.
O. a,., computed chat one b,y mn,
ogaEn5 'nl-i become hab.tuai
aanler p. D." ORDER Chat tho prssTnt
Z ao.,. 'aioolH may be maintsIn"d
o. NsT 1 Ihe mndamental ae.ot
gnn m. 'l' state and nation rests
t at1.o' ''iils aud Intelligence of
a'a ~. Anything that deproc,.
ifrss ~. a mlm'oal 30 the be't m
r',ors I.illy and o0mmorrl.li,. ar,.
ii.t 6o.,' lh does ihlI b. tho nei.er ,''
pom u al experience ANA hl.torry
erhd III lI'iam E Oladaton, a..
Iai sir,a. 'an of England. d.claral
Arsh.s,s drink bad harmed M
eng pesiHonce comblned
LINCOLN oN DRINK.
li.a.,.o4,,n Abraham Lincoln e...
n,.. ' llafaos OF "a ' do,,o, me sirens
H.. tllherIng hlIrht ..,'i',ia Was the