The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-15
MUST GET OUT OF POLITICS.

MUST GET OUT OF POLITICS.
The resentment felt in Utah on ac-
count OF the appearance OF the brewers
and liquor dealers as one of the control
ling elements in politics is shared by
the great mass Of people all over the
country The prohibition and local OPP
ton advocates claim that the liquor in
terests run our conventions. elect our
officials and administer the state and
municipal governments by proxy. the
necessary pledges having been made
before nomination This is undoubted-
b true 50 Tar as the men elected by the
Republican party I'm Utah last fall are
concerned. This being fact. the tenn
perance people are receiving the sup
port of many who like their politics as
well as their VIII sky. straight. and if
there is an attempt made to continue
the disreputable combination between
the "buncners' and the brewers moth
ing can save Utah from the prohibition
column at the next election.
Respectable men and women will not
be dominated by the saloon element,
aad the fght is on Tor purer politics
and higher standard of citizenship.
Attention was recently called to the
fact that the Milwaukee brewers had
declared war upon the dives i'm order 80
save a portion OF their trade. still more
recently the New York Brewers assn
citation has passed resolutions pledging
itself 90 cooperate in the elimination
Of disorderly or Objectionable drinking
resorts Upon reading tbs resolution
Of the New York Brewers association
the Washington star. one Of the most
independent and best-infoimed papers
published in the country. has this to
say.
So also say the distillers and wholesale
end retail dealers associations through
ont the country i hey are all declaring
now for reform in the "a loon business
for the elimination of All "doggeries. and
p strict observance Of the law Respecting
he hours for opening and closing. They
assert that they want The saloon taken
out of politics ana regulated according &c
the best interests of the public,
The '-doggeries'' sre vile. hut they have
not brought about the public sentiment
which is showing in SO many states
against the whisky and the beer int -
ests. That has leeu produced largely by
the arrogance and isw-defyiuE conduct Of
men higher up''-rreu worth millions
who not only aspire to office themsel vss
and sometimes secure It, hut 10 the con
troll CT incn placed in ottce through then
influence. They have run primaries anC
conventions. made nominations. dictated
loose municipal saloon regulations. ans
rendered the saloon IN many localities
odlaus TN she eyes OF all respectable PEG
pie Prohibition hiss found It's greatest as
sistancc in them. Without intending IL
and for a long tine without knowing IL
they we're the advance agents OF the waite
WAGON. aud If that vehicle is crowded jus
now. they may aCCrsdit themselves witt
mane Of the passengers.
How far the prohibition wave viii sWeal
i question 1t is stili roilirg. Tea
resSee has Just been submerged. Only
few votes Of the necessary two-third
were wanting in the lower house Of tlu
Texas legislature TO carry . proposition
TO submit q statewide prohibition to
vote of the people. Another effort will p
made The agitation has begun IN Viz
Sinla and West Virginia = smoking.
II is claimed that the policy Is not en-
ferceabie and will fail in its application
Many of its opponents base their hope
on that belief. and predict an early return
10 a more liberal policy. even In state
where today the saloon is anathema
This much. however. IS sure. IN ~
state where prohibition has stirred n
peopie men and women. Will there DC
return II prohibition fails to the old orde
~ saloon domination. There the saloa
is out Of politics. and will stay out 20
wears to come If il Is readjusted as
business proposition. u VIII be under tn
Ssrictest regulation. The license VIII n
high. the hours named and the patron
classified. The "doggeries and the me
al the top have exposed the greatest evil
Of the saloon traffic and made impossi
BILE for those dangers to be renewed wher
they have once been suppressed
The danger Of the enactment Of
prohibition Law in this state is over fe
the present, but two years isn't long
wait. Indeed. the time viii pass all to
quickly Tor the Utah brewers and liquo
dealers unless they pay attention
their business and let politics alone.
Another thing. 1t is apparent that
we expect 10 escape prohibition "
must have regulation that will regulate
and steps in this direction cannot B
too quickly taken. In drafting a la
Of this character. however. il shoul
not be necessary 20 call in the gang {
.bunehers~ who are tied up with Il
very men whom it is proposed to regu
late. Common sense and common hOr
csty should dictate TO the legislators
this matter. Heed the warning befoI
II is too late
The oldest inhabitants predict
great disturbance in Utah in the nes
future.