The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-06
WARNER ANSWERS
MAYOR D. 5. ROSE
California Attorney Delivers
Temperance Lecture at
First Methodist.
He AGAIN REFERS TG
J0HNS0N.JEFFRIfS MILL
Says He Could Have Licked
BOiIcrmakpr Himself Year
and Half Ago.

''' b'h'i Af.N"'
The Modern City, was the sub
! lcct of an interesting and pleasing
| Temperance address, delivered NJ the
| First Methodist church. Sunday even
| ing. bv Adam Dixon Warner Of Los An
| cclrs. For more than an hour and n
/ half Mr. Warner held tho close at,cn
| tlon of his audience. aud at the cou-
| clGsi"m OF his lecture he WAS heartily
J appiaud"d.
During the course of his remarks,
which were directed az the evils Of the
saloon and the liquor traffic, MIR. War
I ncr paid his respects tO MaNUr David
:. Rose ot Milwaukee. In fact the en-
! tire address was Il reply 10 the state
meuts made by Mayor Rose. IN tins
and other cities upon his recent lecture
tour. AT that time. the mavor spoke
upon the subject Of temperance. which
Mr. Warner clajms was an attempt 10
defend the saloon and The liquor traf-
| nc. Tho statements made hv Mayor
| Rose Mr.. Warner branded as false, and
| he cndcavorcd 10 prove his contention
Also, in showing The effects whiS
key has upon the individual. Mr.. War.
ner exclaimed: Look at .lchrics. It
has taken him Il year and half to
get the booze ont Of his system before
ne dares to fight dirty, big, double,
nSIru hi2Erl. rpUlH hHNF l''hP',
JctricS myself = year and 4 half ago.
Mr.. Warner claimed that every city
in tho land could be clean II the chief
Of police aud the mayor would enforce
the laws. lie stated that IN Los AnCe
les thcy believed thai when they hired
n MAYOR aud chief of policc they also
held The right 10 ''iiro' them. AN
police power, y he added, ''iS summary
power. aud YOU let the law violator,
The gambler, 1 he S0ilcd woman aud the
army of law Niolators that thrive off
non. enforcement of law understand
that tho police power is going 10 hc
enforced. and YOU will have Ia get a
gpecial tram TO take them ont Of Town
East enough.
How to Test Matter
''It YOU don Z believe it, make trip
90 Los Angeles aud ask tho present
mayor and chief of police We recalled
n wayor for refusal ~ enforce the law.
and hired Il new chief IF police. Now
the dcns nf inf2mY and gambling bells
are closed and The Saloonkecpcr who
violates the law loses his license and
his place Is closed. and the city Is
clean, and our wives and sisters arc
safe I saw official law violation Is the
worst kind of law violation. Malfca-
sancc in Office and noD-cuforccment of
law are two of tho greatest evils IN
civic government.
"Thc public officer who wilfullv be.
travs his trust is as guilty of treason
30 his state or his city As was Benedict
Arnold. and not until the pcore hold
puhlic officers M 10 n strict adherence
and accountability. viii betrayal of
public trust cud.
Turning his attention TO Mayor Rose
The speaker said that gentleman had
cndcayorcd yhcu here 10 show that the
immortal Lincoln favored the liquor
traffic. This statement Mr. Warner
branded as utterly false, and in proof
of his contention read lengthy eX
tract from the address Of Lincoln, de-
livcred February %, 1S42. nj Spring
field, I'll. Mr.. Warner prefaced this
to the people of Salt Lake and the en-
tire United States that Mayor Rose s
attempt to bolster up his defense of
the saloon aud the accursed liquor traf
| fc with the aid Of Abraham Lincoln
was n base libel and II SANDER against
| the name Of one Of the world IS great
est patriots.
After quoting The several extracts.
Mr.. Warner said: H'Now if that is
not n sufficient prohibition speech for
Mr.. Rose and the brewers and distillers,
saloon keepers. bartcndcTs and bawdy
house keepers, | don Z know what they
want To my mind it is hot enough
10 drive saloons. brewerics, distilleries
and death houses and Mr.. Rose clear
down 10 the place where Rose will
surely 90 if he does not repent for
! slandering Lincoln.
Mayor Rose talks about personal
| liberty! 1t is not personal liberty that
Mayor Rose is pleading for. 1t is not
personal liberty that the distilIer. brew
er and saloon keeper want, but it is
special privilege TO make money out Of
/ /. h. Ga.Ilx
special privilege 10 make a living out
of the money the other fellow has
earned for bread This is the same
argument that the other slave holders
fused to Wendell Phillips. Henry Ward
Bcecher and Abraham Lincoln; and
Lincoln answered them that their SlaV-
cry was Il cancer eating out the vitals
of the nation and he answered them
with the proclamation of emancipation.
Attitude Toward Business.
Al don t want to destroy business.
| want TO make business, but / want
Il business that makes character Mr.
Rose asks what will become of the
products of the farm that 60 into the
wines aud liquors. / answer thc grape
raiser III my state will turn the sugar
OF the grape INTO food product in
stead of into alcohol; the grain aud
farm products VIII be turned into bread
1uO loDu IpI luE OF CnII0Gpu
now starving; the brewers and dis
tllcrs will turn their moreucs into
character aud industrial factories. max.
ing dcnatured alcohol for power 20 run
power drills 10 the mines and saw
mills in the woods. He asks what will
become of the $l09 100000 that WAS
paid TO the farmer? 7 answer it will
20 INTO food for the children that were
formerly playing in the alleys of our
cities. dirty and hungry. and arc now
eating three meals day, well dressed,
wen shod and attending school along
with Your children and with mine. He
asks what will be como Of the $50 600.
900 paid in labor last year. answer
il will 20 10 the honest farmer. miner,
ample or vegetable raiser. wheat or
sheep raiser. doing good instead of
working evil 10 the nation, state, city,
; family.
; ''Some OF it will 90 TO dress aud
educate the little children, who were
: formerly IN Ignorance and rags now
fo bccomr hli ohf and huunV- "a ho