Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-26
SENATOR SMO0T
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i -l,ord not only of the pas,
4 mlrs--a ,,resent. giving direct anu
II put OF wy assurance OF fu'uIe
4 BnmslaSSe some OF the measures W.
Il benel'e ofer are those relat'hs w
4 when ,.ings hanks. a compIehe''si''Ss
4 postal "a t,,T Including the long anu
Fl raiipHu clause; publicity OF WV
short n,rih,,tions: railway satety or
d ton COM hureau OF mines; tuhus W
4 phanyes, nstional irrigation proJeets
COMP conn west; public land Witnu ,s,Son,
q IN VA ,d of national ovnse' payns
81 N t,t. of employers w otactinn
lS law. Philippine tarln, icsisla-
,nen1b ers OF the Phinpp" ~, states.
4 Of ,ne admission OF TWO NV ,rada.
4 .ure Ihe r ~ tho white-slaVe traue
b supp ~ time to homesteaue'S'
E extehHU, otbers OF like nature;
a ana enc record the RepupiiVsn
IN u.s. ,be marty of progress tne
. party ,,-osperity. the party OF pro-
party :" az INC interests OF the Who'e
4 lection, ioI t''
people ,-,ah the Republican
Glands for that when Is Seaa9 ~
. E| md lust, and therefore III 20
+. a,,ts's good. II does not 20
plvtreme radicallsm' nor s,ate
nlqu't'' heen agitation regarding tue
theIS ,i,, and control OF the hquo,
req nix orc have been assertions anu
uaul ,inns Of bargain and deals WIN
aevus leaders These charges nave
parD nsde by the opposing polltcai
nevh and others with great trte1
leaues rtterance and equal disregard
uS" ,rv,b And right here l say that
- assertion and accusatlVH' go
- vbole volume of them. ehals'Is
.,cb bargains or deals on ',,e - a.
me sssiy fnlse as language can eS-
- a no matter who the accuseI
Wes ,hat his creed or politics. TRUST
p, .,,. language Is plain ana slmple
ules rb and nv statement Sufficiently
snus 90 cover the whole matter, that
!, 80 no clearly and definitely un-
Hs.',ood As YOU all know, | am an ad-
.e.sta Of temperance, ] believe H. L
teach it. | live II.
REGULATION of LIQUOR
81 shall support the plan that WIZ
IN my Judgment restrict the SaIe VI
llouor to the hwest possible quan,, ,;..
a., nosltiye that where the majority
'.r,i,rent OF a community IL against
~ absolute prohibition Of saloons, 10
nv IN abolish them would be unsuceess-
III ana instead Of the saloon we should
ta,e dens. dives and speak-easies tlat
| .ye a damnahle curse In any community
=, stato afflicted with them. A, sreat
sssi better 10 permit. under this COP
| Gtion the liquor traffic, subject 10
,bs most open inspection and definite
equation and control. II the sepu-
nsnt of the people OF the state re-
specting temperance was such mat a
majority Of the people Of every town
md city would declare by their votes
mat they want no saloons and IN com
nunitics where that sentiment is 80
,ypressed there Is reason to believe
hat success will attend the closing uf
be saloons. but where a majority OF
be people are opposed to such IA course,
am positive that prohibition would be
farce as II has proved to be In most
o. the large cities Of our country j
bslieve that local option should prevail
In cities and towns where peace oricers
are elected by the people and time
Fixed BY the legislature to vote upon
tho ono question, whether licenses for
,sl5ns should be granted or not and
nat time to be fixed when no other
question is voted on. | still further
4 believe that no license for saloon
should be issued outside NJ an incor-
pontcd city or town under any cir
tumstances This win prevent IA
IONS being established adjoining any
cty or town as the authority for issu-
ng licenses win be only with city
councils or town board and by them
only after the people have voted them
that authority
EXPERIENCE OF STATES.
Upon this subject, as upon most
others the experience OF others is a
valuable aid i'm guiding our Judgment
Mere sentiment as To an ideal condi-
lion Is not effective either I'm enforcing
or IN Judging the operations OF law.
We must deal with facts. The expert
encc OF other states with state wide
prohibition legislation has produced one
" two results, namely;
Where the prohibitory law has not
been enforced vigorously the traffic in
intoxicating liquors goes on to an ex-
tent that Is demoraliZng to the COM
munity, both In its direct result OF
prevalent drunkenness and the newt
ably general disregard for law which
characterlzes VIGOROUSLY lax en-
iorcement OF any particular statute af-
iecting public morals; or,
Where a rigid enforcement OF pro-
hibitiou has been instituted against the
sentiment and will of the majority OF
the people Of any particular communi-
~. the traffic has passed into the hands
N morally lower and coarser person.,
than otherwise would he the case, and
the back-alleys. blind tigers. dives and
speak-easies, vile beyond description.
combine to outwit officers OF the law,
mlslead the unwary. and debase the
general moral tone of the public.
Neither Of these conditions is desir-
able In Utah, nor even tolerable. il
prevention Is possible. Shall we have
inc dens, the dives. and the speak eas-
- that are special curse to any
community or state afflicted Herewith
shall We aim TO place what Is per
lued by the vote Of the people OF
be liquor traffic In the hands OF H.
ensed individuals. subject to the most
'peh Inspection. and 10 rigid reguia
Aon and CONTROL
10 be made ia regulate and control
esIlatlon must be uniform. II must
u' backed by a force that knows nc
unfair fayors and no moral laxitv
rms Is as true with regard to pure food
avs or sanitary regulation. as TO tn,
upup' trai1c. ! am aware OF the point
tpfth that there Is n beneficial use
alcoholic liquors: that these hav,
.tr legitimate sphere Of necessity IN
~. srts and sciences. and in medicine
axe mat point into careful consid.
Ielon' along with the others ant
Nh're such use is required there shoult
an open legitimate way to satisfy IN,
luitement without unnecessarily ex.
l,e eNactions II should be ac
""pNshed by legislative action.
UNIFORM REGULATION.
sys. 'eIleve In uniform regulation tina