Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-31
CONSIDER YOUR VOTE.

In a few days the voters OF Utah Will
have to decide, at the polls. questions
of grave Importance. Their dutyFat
present is to study those questions
carefully and intclligently, 50 that they
can cast thcirsvo with u full comnrc-
4 henslon of the meaning of 1t. Very
often political demagogues, by appeals
topassions or prejudices, get cominunl-
ties excited, and under the influence of
II the nervous strain for which there
probably Is little or no reason, there Is
IL stampede. Voters 80 to the polls,
very much like sheep following the
herd. But Intelligent voters will not
feel satisfied with Themselves unless
they magnify their calling as Ameri-
can citizens and go to the polls with q
! clear understanding OF what the eff
fects Of their votes may be. II lntelli-
gent voters are IN doubt on any ques-
5tion, they viii seek information from
K reliable, impartial sources. and then eX-
ercise their own Judgment.
During the present campaign In Utah
+ the temperance question has received a
great deal OF attention. The two po-l
4 litical parties have incorporated tenn
,peranceI plunks In their platforms and
the campaign speeches have very large
y " been devoted to Il discussion of that
issue. One party has declared In favor
of d statewide prohibition law; the
other in favor Of q local option law. II
these declarations were made In good
faith, the cause of temperance will be
greatly advanced In Utah. no matter
s which party controls the legislature,
Under Democratic influence an effort
will be made to give to the State pro-
! hibition law covering the entire state.
Under Republican control each city
and town and each county VIII be
given a chance to close the saloons
within Its own boundaries, and II the
people are sincere in the warfare upon
drunkenness that has been wagcd mere
for years, there is no reason why they
4 should not unite, regardless of party
5aftlliations, and vote out Of existence
the soul-destroying business very
NEARLY all over the state. This Is as
< near as we can see, the actual situation
B on this question ut present There
Sis absolutely no good reason for the
heated debates and the Ill feelings that
seem to have been cngendered on this
Question, and In our opinion. there
would have been no such feelings but
for considerations entirely foreign tc
the temperance discussion.
IA great advance, it Will be observed
II las hee, made since the matter was
50 prominently before the public two
H Years ago At that time the united
voice OF n majority of the citizens o.
Utah, supported by resolutions adopted
Blythe Latter-day Saints, and by NUN
erors meetings Of people of all faiths
failed to elicit favorable response II
< the form, of legislation Now two par
ties are pledged to temperance laws
K whatever mistake was committed tw,
years ago is not likely to be repeated
45 This Is mn advance. 1t is one of tn
results Of the labors Of the temperate
n reformers.
III Another question OF vastly create
Importance is presented TO the vote'
Il III Salt Lake county especially An
that is the question OF the so-cal!e
american party. That party has II,
H truded itself into local politics, as
tenr in an apirary to steal the hone
nv gathered by the industrious bees frot
\. far and near. That party obtained cor
troll Of the City because the bona ild
voters divided on minor issues. The dc
4 cent citizens, because OF the division (
x 4, their strength, while the others abpr
doncd party lines, We're overcome |
ss5 the aid of the vote Of saloon-keeper
brothel-kecpcrs, gamblers and all kim
q OF disrcputable characters. They we
outvoted by the aid OF repeatcrs, colol
Tx Tiers, transicnts who voted dead name
Vt. and various other characters, Now TIL
3yl3 party seeks to obtain control OF Il
IN county,$nn their tactics are always Il
Nj SAME. Tint is the overwhelming que
M tion In the present campaign. Al
I'M While Salt Lake county is most INN
l5s diately interested at present the !ss
II ~ by no means confined to this Count
III the party referred to captures L
4 County. It's influence in the Leglslatu
will be felt as blight in every corn
| Il Of the state. IT Isl cancer that threa
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