The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-06
DAVIS COUNTY
GOES ON RECORD
Delegation Calls on RepreSen-
tatiyes and Asks Them to
Vote for Prohibition.
BURTON STATES POSITION
DECLARES THAT He WILL SUP
PORT DRASTIC MEASURE.

Senator Christopher Burton. Jr. and
Representative John w Thornley, were
waited upon yesterday by a committee
representing Davis county. and were for
maIly notified of the wishes OF their con-
stituents on the prohibition question. The
meeting was held in the parlors Of the
Hotel MetropOlc at O'Clock.
The committee. consisting Of Ephraim
r Ellison. Henry II. Blood, James q.
Wood, William II. Streeper, IT., Israel
Call. Joseph IT. Grant. Hyrum stewart
and Peter A Mortensen. came TO salt
Lake City armed with petition contain
ing over 80 signatures. embracing. with
other petitions being gathered, nearly ~
per cent of the citizens OF Davis county
Henry II Blood. who was CHAIR
man Of the committee. explained that
those who had circulated the petluons
had found an almost unanimous sentiment
favorable to prohibition lie assured me
lawms keTs that they would be backed By
their constituents without regard to party
or creed IL voting for absolute prohibition.
The only fear expressed was that some
compromise measure, which IN opetftiot,,
would be Intellectual. would be foisted
upon the legislature in the suise-of a pro
hibition law. and that friends OF pTonlDi-
ton might be induced to support such
measure because nothing ostter seetiso
possible of attainment such a law, II
was pointed out. would probably tali TO
accomplish the results hoped for IT, ana
thus the cause Of prohibition might De IN
1uTeCs For tnlS ftdSpH tilo lNSiass' Nei7
were strongly urged by each of the com
mittee 30 work actively for statewide
prohibitory law.
each member Of the committee personally
responded in a neat speech, in when ne
declared himself for prohibition without
reserve.
.sThe saloon ne said. was not capable
Of reformation Regulation IN this matter
will not regulate The only way before
US seems to be to pass measure tnat
Will abolish the traffic. The methods thac
but 7 am ready If need be, in order to
suppress that which IS menace 10 the
community, to adopt drastic measures.
THE only thing that remains to be de-
cided is as to ways and means We must
bear in mind that this traffic has been Dulls
up under the sanction Of the law and
now we are asked to wipe 1t out By one
fell swoOp. without regard TO property
rights or community interests While the
majority of our constituents are entitled
TO every consideration. the minority also
have rights that must be respected
ct may be necessary for your repre-
sentatives to vote for some measure that
NAV seem TO some a compromise PROPOSE
ton but YOU may be assured that we
shall weigh the question carefully and
We hope. prove by our vote that We nave
the interests of our constituents at heart.
Representative Thornley, agreed with
what his colleague had said in every par
ticular, and while neither OF the legis-
Iators cared to pledge himself. the com
mittee was given TO understand BY both
that the prohibition question would De
safe in their hands
sented to the house by Representative
Thornley, on Monday. BY that time II is
expected that IL will contain nearly 5000
names