Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-08

~ there is any doubt Zoo tho mind
Of amy OF our readers as TO- the mean-
iag of the temperance resolution adopt
ed at the October conference by unani-
NOUS vote. that doubt ought 90 hc rec
moved by the statement of Hon. Hebcr
y Grant who. as am official of the an-
ti-saloon league of America, introduced
that resolution II intended t Tor
nothing snort of prohibition" MI
Grant says And wc may add. it was
so understood 90 the time.
Eldc~ Hcbcr j. Grant, in the course
OF his remarks preceding the reading
of the resolution. gave some extracts
from Leaves from the Diary OF an
Old Lawyer" in which the author says.
iu part
"r blicve that e. win require the
force OF the whole people. men and
WOMEN. applied at the ballot box. Co
etcCmauy blot ont OF existence the
great curse Co the country THE laws
that License and Permit the Sale Of
Alcohol as ga Beverage. ] deny Cine
right cf the government to sell 60 one
citizen the privilege 10 tempt another
20 commit crime
The speaker added
incidentally. ! wish 20 say ] also
dony tho right, but ] thank God that
sou ana ! have the right TO stamp out
this oyil that ls in our midst. if we de-
termlnc 90 do IT,
After thus having stated bis opposi-
ton TO the license system. the speaker
continued reading
90 doubt the policy or those laws that
sef TO- raise % revenue boy the sale Of
th'i which dcbaseg tho people is tho
prolific source OF crime aud uaupcrlsm,
ana costs the country annually thou
sand times more than tho revenue re-
reitcd thcrcuum. I deny the Justice Of
th1sc laws that on ono page Of the
statute boois legalize that which pro-
motcs crime and makes criminals. and
ON the next page provide severe pen
nltes TO be- administered to those they
have tempted 10 transgrcss. This lit
ne volume land IL rs as large as the
book I hold in my hand, exhibiting the
large edition OF the Book Of Mormonl
s. presented 70 the public to promulgate
these views. They may be thought
radical, and perhaps arc SO. but they
are the result OF long experience I'm our
criminal courts, and are but feeble ex-
preston of my adherence OF the vice
OF intemperance. and the laws that en-
courage and promote IT,
Elder Grant further read an extract
from book written by David starr
Jordan. predicting the total abolish
mont Of the saloon in future cities;
so far as the drink Of the drunk
ards is concerned. prohibition does not
prohibit But TO clean up town. to
free b. from corrosion, saves men. and
boys and girls too, from vice and who
shall say that moral sanitation Is not
as much tho duty OF the community a.
physical sanitation The city OF the
Future viii not permit the existence
OF sums and dives and tippling-
houses. II viii prohibit their exist
ence for tho same reason that 10 now
prohibits pig-pens and dung heaps ana
cossp1os For where an these things
are. slulns aud cesspools saloons and
pig-pens, there the people grow weak
and die"
Anyone who will scan these extracts
ana The remarks OF the speaker proceed
ing the resolution viii perceive that it
was. Indeed. an appeal for prohibition
and not merely for local option. A
prohibition Law that prohibits is want
Nt'ti HAt'NAA ttN III a. lfAHlAiNA 10
set the sister States Ia the Union "a
glorious example We should have no
FALCONS, no gambling dens mo- "rod
light districts, no Sabbath desocra-
tlon and We look TO the Legislature
for laws against an such evils
The question whether prohibition
really prohibits should not bo per-
mittcd 10 detract attention from the
plain duty of thusc entrusted with
legislative responsibility As a matter
OF fact prohibition laws. when hon
cstly enforced reduce The drink evil TO
a minimum if they do not an az once
wipe am myetemte. inoumblo drunk
ards out of existence. and even IL mo-
moro Is gained. ID is amply worth while.
Prohibition laws form "a safeguard
around many young man and woman.
and saves Thorn from ever entering up-
on the road Co eternal ruin II they
DO no more. they are worth while. For
these reasons we advise an good citl-
gems to sign the petitions for prohl-
billion ANA Otherwise o. work for leg
islation THAI aims at the publication
OF public morals