The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-03
MRS. SHEP ARD
ANSWERS ROSE
Well Attended Prohibition
Meeting Is Held in the
Eighteenth Ward.
PRESIDENT OF VIC. 7. L.
is SEVERE ON SALOONS
Declaration Is Made That Pro-
hibition Prohibits Where
Officers DO Duty.

Officers DO Duty.
a severe criticism OF certain arguments
presented in favor OF "wet' community
by former Mayor David $, Rose OF MIL
waulsee at tho Salt Lake theater Thurs
day night. and an appeal for votes sum
Client to make Salt Lake q prohibition
community formed the substance of ad
dresses delivered by Mrs. Lulu l.. Shep-
ard and Bishop Joseph Christensen of the
Tenth ward. before q gathering OF dry
campaign supporters in the Eighteenth
ward chapel last evening.
The meeting was conducted under the
auspices OF tho ward bishopric, with
Bishop 7. a. Clawson presiding. Musl-
cal numbers were rendered during the
session by the Ensign stake male chorus.
under the direction OF Hugh w. Dougall.
AS the principal speaker. Mrs. Shepard
declared that III many instances the use
OF the names of certain prominent men
OF the nation by Mayor Rose in connec-
tion with certain statements favorlng
anu prohibition. had been wholly unau-
thentic. She said in part:
Our friend. Mayor Rose, In his speech
OF Thursday night presented many argu-
mcDts against prohibition and In support
Of the saloons. but he did not succeed
I'm converting me 10 the vets in spite of
himself. His arguments were weak, and
after spending much time telling OF the
failure of prohibition in certain states
lie sat down satisfied, having entirely for
gotten To tell of the vast number OF cities
where prohibition had proven an unpre-
Converted When Child.
ITO my knowledge. prohibitions sue
cess so far offsets It's failure. so-called.
as TO leave no room for doubt In my mind
whether IL should prevail. When 7 was
q young child SIX years old. became in
loon by significant experience with one
who was drunkard, and | made up my
mind at that time that when I grew up
would lift my voice and give my best
cnorts TO Just cause, and help fight
the liquor evil. / have been doing so for
many years now and have travelled from
one end Of this great country to the other
hghtlns the saloon. which is the source
OF most OF the evil that exists among us. |
In the state of Ohio. l spent six
months recently; studying, the effects. of
state Never before had the saying |
prohibition does not prohibit. appeared |
so foolish TO me as after my sojourn in |
ONO. In that state | saw with my own
eyes and demonstrated in many other |
WAYS 10 my own satisfaction. that pro-
nDition does prohibit. The contrary Is |
2nly maintained by the saloon and bar
keeper. the brewer, the bootlegger the
whisky drug store and other similar per-
sons or organizations
Prohibition prohibits in every city or
Town where there are the right kind of
officers TO enforce the laws. In such
places there are no blind pigs or blind |
.iSers except where there are blind Of
iCials.
Regulation Of Saloons
Mayor Rose spoke about regulating
he saloon. Can the saloon be regulated?
Nhy, regulation has been attempted ever
since the inception OF the liquor traffic
u prohibition does not prohibit neither
loes regulation regulate. ! know by the
'tatcments OF liquor men themselves that |
he saloon cannot be operated and main
ain Its place in The line OF competition
Without breaking the law, One saloon
'utwits the Sunday law. the minor law.
he law against drunkards being served,
md the law against dives, and the 9TH
rs deem II necessary TO follow the exam
lie in order to hold a profitable trade.
Contrary 10 the statement by Mayor
lose, Abraham Lincoln was irrevocably
opposed to the saloon. 1t was one of the
asst OF his public utterances that the
'rooIem OF Importance 20 the American
,eople next to the slavery question was
nat OF Kidding the country of the sa-
oon. This great man realized that the
aloon was 10 dominate politics. that the
eople II they allowed themselves to be
ne slaves OF the saloon, would be ruled
" the beer faucet, before which most
very politician directly or indirectly
ows. The saloon keeper elects whom
oeyer he pleases through bribery fraud
nd trlckery.
In this city we have established one
Ugh school. as against 1876 grog shops.
re we to be ruled by the graduates OF
be university and the high school. clean
linded men Of competent ability. or by
ne ne base. weak minded graduates OF these
50 dens OF crime and breeders OF in
luity Salt Lake is not the worst city
. the west by any means. but lit is
Ugh time the curse was removed l am
iore interested in the future characters
fn,r md ir1,- |
am IN the question of whether taxes |
hall be raised Brothels. dance halls. ! !
Ehite slave traffic. the ipbecile children /
the drunkard and all manner of crime 4,
o nand in hand with the saloon.
Predicts Dry Town
IF child finds a can of pitch and |,
cts itself dirty. the mother may say not :
, go near the can again. appealing to the
hhimId hmd from rom a moral standpoint, but The 5
gain, threats and whipplnss will not 5
ecp the child away. The only way is 7
,, remove the can Of pitch; place it with '
My way to get rid OF the liquor danger
} remove the saloon
NO Christian can be right with God =
nd support the saloon. The saloon O
nd Is therefore making a last gigantic i
.ruggle. But he has seen the hand 4
ritlng on the wall and knows that we s
ave him on the run J.
Bishop Christensen. In q short address v
avoted himself to the business phase of 4
10 question. and by n number OF sta
sues from reports OF other states where n
obtains endcavorcd TO show
iat the driving out OF the saloon had
suited in great financial benefits to the
'spectiVe communities. He also declared
rat The statement that prohibition docs
OF prohibit was only true In the same y
;nse that II was true OF the laws against | -
urder and crime. :,
Joseph Cannon Talks. p
Joseph Cannon was tho pr,ne;nsl y
oeaker at a meeting held on the cor
or OF Second South and Main streets =,
st night. The meeting was one OF n y
-rles planned by the advocates OF The Z;
movement 10 be held nightly -
om now until the question is brought to ~ u,
q issue at the polls. =.
MI Cannon's remarks embraced In the -,
ain counter arguments TO those set
nth by David S. Rose at the Salt Lake :,
leater Thursday night He said that :"
le mayor OF milwaukee justified the II
linking OF everything except peruna and ~
'ca cola. Mr.. Cannon brought his re- b
arks to q close by extending an invita-
on 10 the public to attend the anti
1uor lecture to he delivered I'm the TobiI