The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-05
GRANT REPLIES
To MAYOR ROSE
Apostle Declares That Former
Executives Statements We're
Largely False.
SALOONS SHOULD BE
DENIED LIGHT OF DAY
Duty of Every Latter-day Saint
Is TO Vote Dry on
June ~.

Thn; the Latter-Day Saints would bc
the wealthiest people per capita In th'
world today Il they faithfully kept the
Word OF Wisdom and nbstaincd from
liquor. tea, coffee and tobacco; that the
saloon is monster OF SIN and iniquity
bconsing under cover OF darkness anu
not entitled to do business In the open
that former Mayor D. S Rose OF MIL
waukee made an excellent argument tol
prohibition In his speech here ias. Thurs
day night; that the authorities OF the
Mormon church are all ardent prohioi
tionists and that II is the duty Of every
Latter-Day Saint TO vote "dry'--co:n
prise the principal statements made by
Apostle Esber ]. Grant in his address III
the tabernacle yesterday afternoon
Speaks to Great Throng.
The occasion of Apostle Grants speech
was the conjoint general meeting OF the
Mutual Improvement and Primary asso-
Citations and the great auditoriuln was
Tsd to ths It's sapasy eI ,es Of tSs
After the preliminary exercises Of
music and PRAYER, Apostle Grant. m, VINO VINO
presided. plunged at once into ms SUD-
ject: What June 81 1911. Means TO
Utah.
Much TO my regret. he declared.
county. ] had hoped the county would re-
main dry without the necessity OF tins
election. and IL would have been so out
for the activity on the part OF the llouor
people who, In securing names of enough
voters in the county TO comply with the
law, made the false representation thst
this was the only way 10 get the county
dry Declaring that q man is known 3y
the company he keeps, he said the liquor
men in this fight had chosen the COM
pany OF deceivers and .iacs.
nj
editorial in recent issue OF the Mu-
tual Improvement Era. the official church
organ OF the association In conference.
settling forth the stand i2r prohioiti99n
taken By President Joseph T. smith. He
then quoted large number OF state
:aents from Leaves From the Dialy OF
an Old Lawyer all intended TO shcw
the evil influence OF the lilGor tralflc:
and making the claim shat virtually all
the crime and vice In the. country was
due TO its sinister and 1ebasing power
"The saloons should not lie regulated
and run in the open. IT.. like other sin
and iniquity. belongs in the dark where
TO stand In the light under the sanction
OF the law II should always be com"
PEELED 10 hide its head.
Rose Help to Prohibition.
Mr.. Grant quoted from David Starr
Jordan statement TO the effect that
as necessary as the physical sanitation
and compared the moral effect OF remov-
Ing the saloons TO the physical effect OF
cleaning up the slums and abolishing
cess pools and pig pens
Mr. Grant held that the recent address
Of former Mayor Rose OF Milwaukee. de-
livered in the Salt Lake theater. was
great help 10 the cause of prohibition.
for he said. no intelligent voter
could read that address carefully and
not be converted 10 the cause OF prohibit
tlon."
In making his quotations from Taft,
Roosevelt. Lincoln and others. regard
Ing the question OF liquor traffic and its
regulation. Mr. Grant declared that Mayor
Rose had been unfair. either in using
only part OF the quotation. or in using
statements which in no wise were In
tended TO apply to such conditions as
exist here He declared that Mr.. Roses
statement regarding violations OF and
disregard for all law In prohibition states
said that he hs.e had Closely ' Studied the pro-
hibition question In Idaho and in the
parts OF Utah now dry and found there
less disregard OF law than in the wet
communities.
Defines Church's Position.
What a lot OF fools the business men
case" he exclaimed. IF there is more
drunkenness and liquor drinking under
ness men ought to hire him To work for
prohibition, because. according 10 his
logic that would help their business.
Replying to the statement of Mayor
church issue. that il would he a peculiar
creed that would deny man the right
10 take n drink II his conscience did not
trouble him in that regard. Mr.. Grant
shouted:
We'll. the Lord Almighty had denied
The Latter-day Saints the right OF their
10 drink whisky. He then launched into
an extended discussion of the duty OF
every Mormon to keep the while Word OF
Wisdom. abstaning from coffee. tea, to-
bacco. as well as all liquor. saving. THE
Mormons would be the wealthiest people
of their size in the world today II they
lost countless millions by breaking it,.
sending away our money for the things
that are not produced here"
The speaker denied that prohibition
ness but The liquor business. and said
That clearing house bankers Of Salt Lake
City needed their heads fixed" when
they passed resolution In favor of the
open regulated saloon
Mr.. Grant then quoted from the re-
ports of the executives OF the various dry
states to show that. in their opinion. In
the main the enforcement of the pro-
nibitory laws had been successful and
had had good effect He declared that
II the liquor traffic was good thing
everybody should pray for it. but he said
voice had ever been lifted I'm suppli
cation cation for this iniauitous traffic. and con
May God help every Latter-day Saint
70 Keep MS mind from being blighted by
the pleas made by the enemies, and 10
do his duty on June 81"
Occupies Whole Time.
President Joseph T. Smith was down
on the programme for an address on tho
keeping OF the Sabbath. but ADogtle
Grants speech was so long that IT was
too late for this portion of the exercises
The Formally of sustaining the various
officers was gone through with and the
conference adjourned until Z o'clock.
At the evening session the feature o
the programme was an address by H. III
Roberts on The Higher Criticism"
ATTENTION VOTERSi