The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-05

where drinks were being sold, and it
took two bartenders 10 handle the
trade DO you want that same eondi-
My friends, let US come home TO
some Utah towns where they have pro-
hlbluon. A friend OF mine was in one
OF these towns a short time ago, and
met the mayor, a Democrat and a
sLaunch prOhlbltiOnist. And the mayor
declared that 50 long as he was mayor
there would be no saloons opened in
that town. Ny friend congratulated
IN less than five minutes he met an
other friend on the street. He said;
Dave. come have something Ny
friend told him that they were in a
prohibition town, and could not get
something But they went TO the
mayors drug store, and there asked for
a coca cola. And the young fellow who
served the drinks asked II they wanted
Il with or without OF course, they
both said with, and they got IL with
And that's the condition there, my
friends. And yet the mayor boasted Of
a dry town. And those very places do
more devilment than do the regulated
saloons. Men take girls there. and
boys, too, receive II surreptitiOusly.
Have you any boys 10 spare?
Raised the License.
Il had some experience along this
line several years ago, when wave Of
virtue swept over the little town where
lived. l happened 20 be member OF
the town council. We came TO the con-
clusion that the salOOnmen must be
put out OF business. But We did not 20
az the saloonman by the throat and call
MIN all manner OF vile names. We
merely passed a resolution Of three or
your lines, which raised the license
from 5000 year to $1,000 a year. And
when the salOOnman came around to
pay his quarterly license. he was told
that it would cost him just twice as
much 10 run. That was enough for him.
He said that he could not make enough
money there TO pay the double license.
So he put rollers under the place where
he had been doing business, and went
out OF town. And there has never been
a saloon in that town since that time.
But 1 want 10 tell you that during
the week of July 4, 1909, there We're
taken into that town 1900 bottles of
beer, besides the other LIQUOR That
every man, woman and child in that
town. But the men and boys drank the
sturt which They obtained surrepti-
IiOusly. They learned right there TO
evade the law. And when the boys are
taught TO evade the laws in one di-
rection, do YOU mean 10 tell me that il
viii not make them quicker 10 evade
and violate the laws in other direc-
tions2 And do you mean 10 tell me
that when they grow 10 manhood they
are not criminals in more respects
than One2 And largely, that condition
exists in many OF the towns of the
state.
Have Retail Licenses.
For evidence Of this condition I re-
fer you 10 the office 81 the internal
revenue collector for this district. II
Will snow that in many of the counties
which boast prohibition retail licenses
are issued by the government. Some
little time ago seven Illicit stills were
destroyed by agents OF the govern
ment. And five Of the seven were
found in counties where they boosted
prohibition.
Il want TO say 10 you that I stand
upon the Republican state platform
as regards the liquor question. And II
the people of Utah Will give me a Re
publican legislature, as they viii, ]
viii pledge them that when we go into
| session bill Will be passed which will
| be satisfactory to all the people Of this
state. / propose to make a law which
viii make il impossible for boot
| Logging and for blind pigs and those
who eVade the law in this matter
| Where the liquor is sold we Will see
that il is under proper restriction and
that it is sold according to law.
During the last session of the leg
! islature some OF the leading members
/ Of the Republican party of the state
concluded TO frame such a bill as would
meet the demands of the people of the
state. And night after night these
men met and labored over the matter.
And at last we prepared what we
thought was first-class bill We took
as the foundation the liquor laws OF
Pennsylvania, where. they tell me, the
liquor question is about as nicely and
satisfactorily handled as in any other
state in the union.
Features of Law.
Briefly. the features OF the law
were these: 1t took the liquor matter
out Of the hands of the city council and
the county commissioners and placed
the matter in the hands OF the state
board Of examiners, composed or the
governor, state treasurer and attorney
general. If application We're made for
e liquor license the board of examiners
referred the matter TO the county clerk
or the city council which, in turn, re
ferred the matter TO the election dis
trict In which the applicant asked for
a saloon license.
And right here I want to rivet the
point in your minds that We were get
ting to local option It is no new
thing.
IF the majority OF the voters in that
election district said no, then il was
not within the power Of dozen boards
Of examiners to grant the license. But
II the majority of the voters voted yes,
we said to the saloon man that he was
to have one door, and only one door
which was to be used to come in and
go out. He was TO have no blinds or
screens or chairs. There was 10 be no
gambling device in the saloon, nor any
Slot machine. We prohibited treating.
There was to be no side door into
restaurant or hotel or any other place
If there was any disturbance within the
saloon. the saloon man was guilty or
a misdemeanOr. And If there were two
disturbances the owner OF the property
was 20 be held equally as guilty Tor
renting the saloon for disordefly
place. We told the saloon man he could
open at a certain hour and must close
at a certain hour-I think II was
o'clock in the evening. We would per-
NIT no women or minors In the place.
TIe must conduct a place decent and or
derlv. And some OF the clauses
OF the present law were incorporates,
in which we gave the right TO the wife
TO sue the saloon man If she could prove
that her husband had spent the earn
ings OF the family in his place. We
would Danish the sale of liquor in all
drug stores. And we gave an opportu-
nifty to again vote on the question II the