The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01
SUTHERLAND GIVES
AN ABLE ADDRESS
Local Option and Strict Regu-
latiOn, He Says, Will
Bring Results.
QUESTION UP TO PEOPLE
Communities Have the Right to Tx
press Local Choice on So
Momentous Question.

Senator George Sutherland talked
Republicanism yesterday TO an audi
ence of women that filled the two
rooms at Republican wOmen's head
quarters to their capacity. The adj
dress was one OF. sound logic and posi-
tive statements backed by fact and eX-
perience, and the senator was assured
of the support Of the women voters on
November s. Although the attend
ance OF women at the daily receptions
in the Atlas block has been increasing
daily, yesterday set a new mark far
above that of any previous day.
Senator Sutherland paid particular
attention 10 a discussion Of the tenn
perance planks in the Republican and
Democratic state platforms. and by
his comparisons of the measures pro-
posed with the experience of other
states OF the Union, the senator
showed coaclusively that as an effec-
tive means for dealing with the liquor
evil the Republican proposition of To-
cal option and strict regulation was
one that would bring results. while
the plan proposed by the Democrats
was simply a rhetorical bid for votes
made in bad faith. and for the sole
purpose OF gaining support from those
whom the Democrats were successful
in deluding as TO the real issues Of the
campaign.
Favors Regulation.
Senator Sutherland said he was
personally in favor Of the strictesI
kind OF regulation and high license for
the saloon. although if such thing
were possible, he would favor the abe
lition of the use of liquor as beVeT-
age in every locality. He said that
many individuals were of the opinion
that liquor had its beneficial proper
ties as d medicine, but so far as his
personal experience had gone. he
would do without the beneficial uses
Of liquor to procure the greater bene-
fits that would be derived from the
abolition of the evil. In outlining the
Republican platform providing for 10
cal self-goVernment in the matter or
abolishing the saloons, Senator Suth-
erIand said that the Republican party
was pledged first TO abolish the sa-
loon IN all districts outside the incor-
pOrated cities, and thus do away with
the sale of liquor in places where
proper police protection could not be
obtained This. he said, was III line
with the plan for barring saloons from
the residence districts Of cities and
combining them to the districts which
were under the protection Of the pO-
lice
Submit the Question.
The second provision of the Repub-
lican platform he said, was to submit
the question within the cities at spe-
cial election. where no other question
would be advanced TO cause confusion
or 10 divert the attention OF the voters
from the real issue. If in these cities
a majority of the voters should vote
against the saloon. IL would be
abolished Immediately and effective
~. This plan would mean that where
ever the citizens voted dry" the same
voters would name their city govern
ments and the officers who were TO
enforce the law.
BY electing officers who were in
sympathy with the law. il would be
enforced; whereas, II Officers were
elected who were not in sympathy
with the law, there would be a lack of
enforcement which would mean that
conditions would be infinitely worse
than with the open and strictly regu-
lated saloon.
Wherever these districts voted for
a continuance of the saloon, Senator
Sutherland said. the Republican party
proposed measures for the strlctest
sort of regulation, including early
closing and the removal Of all features
which tended TO make the saloon at
tractiVe.
Referring To the Democratic plan
for statewide prohibition, the senator
said that the chief difficulty with this
plan was that it attempted 10 do the
same thing where public sentiment
was against prohibition as il did in
the localities where the sentiment was
against the saloons. This, ne said, as
| illustrated by the experience Of other
states resulted in the substitution OF
open violation Of the laws in place Of
proper and efficient regulation.
Al the conclusion of Senator Suth-
/ erland's speech, John James sang
sutherland, Our Sutherland TO the
tune of Maryland" accompanied by
Professor Alvin Beesley.
Hostesses yesterday were Mrs. J. L.
/ EIdredge, ST.. Mrs. J. B. Swenson, Mrs
Lennon and Mrs. Orson p. Eldredge.
Hosfesses for today will be Mrs.
! George q. Armstrong Mrs. c. II. Jen-
kins. Mrs. W. y. Williams and Mrs.
l. Z. Wiley.