Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-22
B. T. GRANT TALKS
ON PROHIBITION.
A Large Audience at Meeting Held in
Provo Opern House
Last Night.
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Provo, Oct. pa large audience
greeted b. +. Grant In the Opera
House. last evening, where he talked
on prohibition. There were many
prominent men present. among them
Jesse knight, T. ". Taylor. William NJ.
Roylance. John B. Miner, Alma Green
wood. Andrew B. Morgan and James H.
Clark. who were seated on the stage.
Thomas N. Taylor officiated as chair
man. In introducing Mr.. Grant Mr..
Taylor stated that Mr.. Grant was blow.
Ing the same horn that he was blowing
last year. 81
Mr.. Grant stated he believed that all
his hearers stood on some part of !
temperance platform. He believed that
IL his hearers tried all things ana heiu
fast to that which was good they would
all como to the sconcusions that state
wide. nationwide and world-wide pro :.
hibition was In the air. He announced
himself as u Republican prohibitlonist.
and referred to his own experience as
liquor dealer 30 years ago. and stated
that for 80 years he had been fighting
the liquor business and felt himself
qualified to speak on the question.
Tho liquor interests of the country
had $1,000, 100000 invested. and when
ever election time comes on this In
tcrest with It's immense finances comes
to ono party or another and asks II
Its influence is wanted. II it Is not
wanted in one party it will go to an
other, and King Alcohol with his money
stands ready to corrupt every party
and every officer in the nation.
He believed the people would all say
they wanted to blot this monster out:
but how to do it--that was the ques-
ton. Some doubted whether the people
of Utah were ripe for prohibition. DR..
Fuller. who came here two years ago,
In the interest of the Anti-saloon league,
had stated that Utah was ripe for It.
Two years ago Observation-Disclosures went
before the legislature and asked for 1t,
land you all know what we got" We
found however. that $4,000 to $4,000 Pc
tltioners (so11 from Utah county,. clti-
zens of the state. petitioned for prohi-
3bition." He hoped the people of Utah
county were still blowing the same
horn. although he knew at least one
man who two years ago was almost
ready to wiring his friends neck for not
wanting. prohibition, and this year he
was almost ready to wiring the same
friends neck for wanting It,
MI. rNIItttil usSCTiDeu LNe alIlelUOUS EOI
the liquor element In handling pri-
maries and conventions. The local OPP
ton methods of dealing with the liquor
question were illustrated and 1t was
shown that this forced the evils of the
liquor traffic on communities which did
not want 1t, because the people OF an
other town permitted the traffic. and
made It possible for them to debauch
the boys and girls Of the town where
the people opposed the traffic. Mr..
Grant showed that the law aways re-
stricted tho individual for the good of
all, and a community had no more right
to construct n moral cess pool at It's
neighbours door than an individual had
to construct a sewer cess pool near his
neighbours door.
He took the position that the saloon
was an outlaw In the community until
1t is legalized and prohibition made the
traffic an outlaw as 1t should be.
The objection to prohibition made by
some people WAS that prohibition did
not prohibit. He invited any person In
the audience to tell the audience OF
any prohtbitory law that did prohibit.
Prohibition did not prohibit-men
would drink beer and whisky as long
ms 1t was made: but II there was no
saloon the public authorities would
have little trouble In fixing the respons-
Utility of the sale.
Reference was made to slavery.
which was abolished by Abraham Lin
coln---a man who held principles above
party-and this was held up as an ex-
ample to be followed IN dealing with
the liquor question.
The question was asked why. II pro-
hibition did not prohibit, the liquor In
terests were spending hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars a year to de-
feat 1t.
Y The revenue question was taken up
and 1t was proved that more money
was used in taking care of the mon
who were ruined by the saloon than
all the revenue paid by saloons IN II
censes and taxes. Mr.. Grant spoke
saloons in the destruction OF some Of
tho best young men and women OF
the community, and impoverishing
men and women who came directly or
Indirectly under its baleful influence.
lie read from sayings OF Abraham
Lincoln to the effect that the LIQUOR
traffic could not be regulated bu,
must be wiped out; and read IRON
feet that at times principles demand
ed the sacrifice OF party.
Mr.. Grant said he had read sland-
err OF the head Of the Brigham Young
university and he wanted to refute IT.
1t was that the gentleman was going
to work against prohibition. Mr. Grant
said he did not believe this for he
heard the gentleman say that the only
way to protect tho boys and girls who
came to the Institution was by pro-
hibltion.
Mr.. Grant closed by nm earnest np-
peal to the men and women to stand
for the moral and physical protection
OF their children.
several beautiful selections.
INSURGENTS At PROVO.
Movement to Compel Candidates to
Work for Certain Legislation.