Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-07

j On y. wa yI we ear, got prob bit ton ans
i 10 ciose all these places OF in fanny y nc
1 he'll. is 81 hroi, 9Th the efrortsS OF IN.
tiich lessd he 10 loon rIleii are, g
4 glove With the pol tfcianss OF 4 NIL tflt
4 poll teal parties that they tan SUCCESS
4 @futlS4 combat every other e fort except
/ the leaders! ut the Mormon Church
\ 1t Will DO 10 the everlasting credit
and praise of those leaders when pro-
htbftfon In Ute Ii Is obtained al nd WHEEL
Utah Will no longer be ono of the few
black spots ON otr MON m l,i 10 see
the ii tier fit fity of our present Id VIZ
we need but look to i1gd len wherein he
recent VOTE for III CHER license ind bet4
ter sa loon REF ulation the Ect t, council
stood slx for the sa looms and four for
tho proposed new ordinance. The pa
pers there are wit h 4 the ga loon q.
There is only one hope. and that is fi,r
statewide prob ibition brought around
~ the Churc h leade 81 ssss III 4Ss M
Now this Is I'd elnar BILE IS tat nis.tlt,
5beGa use Il wei known fae hat
the Church Leaf crs fiiisd the LAT day
Saints ganerolly are strongly in fa;yor
sof temperance We preach ed If Tor
snlanY years. and not only belieYe In
48yolnn mary TEN perance5 by which peopIe
become strcns BY personal choice
which IS the best temperance by far, ~ 81
but they believe 3 In prohibition. II
necessary. which d. guariiai sisip Is
thrown about the young and the weak
TO keep i hem temperate n wish to say
zhere@once Tor all /, that 4 am una tetsbly
iii favor u stntewid m peranee and
prahibition-YI care not VINO is sr7;
posi- to it8!1or whose eat lac tis IN con s
5tiict:5 But MS forS controlling the politi-3
clans. that Is for ne people % do
The field and the methods are open
ard well known.
Our friend Is emphatic in his state
5rlent that the saloon men are $50.
much in hand and q love with he poll
5ticians az ali the 20 teal partiea that
they can successfully con, BAT every
other EFFORT except the leaders Of.
the M orinoE Church. Our COR
respond $ d tentio is alled to the
fact that SO far they have also cpnl-5
4i,atted every effort Of the eaders of
the Mormon Church, who are y
no wise tho governors Of either the
saloons or III he poll ictans. Ever ybody
knows tha the Church leaders have
taken n strong stand In favor OF tenn
.perance and prohibition: At is for the
people OF al creeds to govern both!
the SALONS and the polit icians, that
ahe end desired may be real ized. 1t is2s
not fair to burden the W ornorl,,8
Church leaders with this eielictIon
also. The people should know by this
time whore The leaders OF the Church
stand after nearly eighty ;srsIS|of
temperance preaching and teaching.
s One other thorsh AT the recent
legislature numerous v 81 gred pet itions
were received from the people asking
for statewide prohih tion. m he gls-5f
lature did mot see fit 10 heed these
prayers@ Now lot the people act and
prove i heir sincerity BY closing the
saloons wherever this / s. possible, and
ma Ike good their eclarat Ions and de-
slres by sending to the next gisIatiYe
body such l,epfssentat ives as WI com
ply With heir demands for statewide
snrohfhit i'm. hat Ia ms prorednre.@
Let US paraph rase our orrcspo iidant,s
SENTENCE and sa here is pnIy one 4
hop B and that Is for s tateWide TEN
nsranee and prohibition. brought about
by the soYerei gr vi II OF the peop pie. :, q.
.s.s JOSEPH H. SMITH. ss.il