The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-22
GOSHEN TELLS WHY HE
OPPOSES PROHIBITION
Does Not Believe That Sentiment Is
Sufficiently Crystalized to Insure
Its Success
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an evIl in tho open than TO have II
in ambush. and with the conditions
in Salt Lake City as they arc. be-
l!cve that to pass prohihitory law
would be 10 transfer the whole PROB
lem from the open and to drive 1t
10 cover, where its evils would be
maGniiied and not diminished.
What we all ought to understand
in the very beginning is that this
is not a question as 20 whether we
will have liquor or no liquor. III rs
a question as 10 whether VIC Will
have liuuor under the regulation of
law or whether We will have liquor
il,Icitly handled and used In greater
the conditions-if believed that the
adoption OF prohibtory law would
lessen the abuses and the woe ana
The crime directly traCeablc TO liquor,
then certainly would do an IN my my,
power to secure the enactment OF
such law. If this were a question
TO decide whether the woes OF IN
temperance were to continue or not,
surely not ono OF MS would hesitate
moment In his decision, hut OF
course that is not tho question.
Will Not Prohibit.
No well-inforned person expects
that the adoption OF a prohibitory
law Will do away With the use OF
liquor. The most that the sane pro-
lIibtionist claims is that his remedy
will lessen The evils that now exist,
and If that is right then bis remedy
ought TO be adopted; l., for one, do
not think that no Is right ] feel
that both sides 10 this controversy
often use arguments that are very
spcclous. The catch word. Have
YOU boy to spare?' does not at
AL get at the heart of this qucs-
tion.
The question of saving boys will
forever be on the boards, with or
without the saloon. The question will
not be settled by mere sentimcntaiists
singing Where is my wandering boy
tonight" For one | believe, and
believe nightly. that ii some peo-
pic would stay at home and make
the home as attractive as the saloon
is made. that there would be fewer
boys and girls wandering tonight, and
every other night.
But those who arc against pro-
hibition use just as specious argu-
VIII become vgluelcss II VIC abolish
tho saloon. and that our prosperity
depends upon the liquor business.
That is not for moment true, not
fer = moment. Business prosperity
is not built upon the liquor business.
and If il we're built upon the LIQUOR
business, the sooner VIC adjust our
selves and get on TO a better plat
fcrm the better, for us as a people.
No business that is OF such a ma
ture that II must be hedgsd about
by protective laws oil every sort 10
Keep II from debauching people will
ever become the basis OF the pros
pcr'tr OF that people. Such an ar
Gument is an insult TO the inteIli-
gence OF our citizenship.
Gist Of the Question.
This is question Of how best TO
handle u traffic so as 10 render IL
little harmful as possible. II is
question of ways and means, and
calls for large Views and for down
right honesty. You and have
watched the political parties I'm this
community play fast and loose with
the liquor question. uslDE the saloon
TO further some party end today,
laying tribute upon III tomorrow.
And many OF tho worst results of the
whole business are directly trace
able To the dishonest and venal poll
'icians who for selfish ends. have fos
tered tho worst and the most per-
nicious evils surrounding the liquor
iraftic; and when community. f
not scauiescine In all these details.
has compiacently allowed II to con
lime, then for one ! cannot feel
that the community can expect re-
lief by spasnn of virtue called pro-
libition. You have seen liquor con-
Germs opening sroggeries of the vilest
sort Wonder You have seen men OF
irresponsible character put In charge.
Why? Because OF profit and because
OF gain. and YOU have stood by with
out a word OF protest. without once
trying to lessen that most horrible
Of all evils surrounding this ques-
ton.
Lack United Effort.
You have blamed this party. and
you have criticised this official bui
never once. as community. have we
arisen with united and consistent and
persistent effort To do away with the
admitted evils OF this traffic and the
responsibility must not rest upon any
one party. nor upon any one official.
but upon thc great body OF citizen
ship: and II we are in earnest about
this matter and II We arc honest
about il we will rise az citizenship.
not to try some experiment that is
OF doubtful value. but to insist that
police down. that men who arc elect
ed 10 do il shall obey The law and
shall enforce IL. Ia high and 10 low.
10 rich and 10 poor, and thus to show
dealing with this great big problem.
that Will not he settled by some mere
spasm Of virtue. nor by sentimental
lists. nor sentimentaism. II we are
aroused public opinion that shall say.
This is the way: walk ye In It."
And when VIC do that we will come
with clean hands and pure heart.
and we Will settle this question as it
ought 10 he settled.
Where the Evil Lies.
Pass the prohibition act and the
same old Indifference will allow all
the evils OF an unregulated liquor
traffic to curse our community, 1t
has not been the legitimate use. nor
the legitimate sale Of liquor that has
raused the greatest evils in this COM
nuDity. but the illeSltmatc use and
The illegltimate sale. The evils sur
rounding thc saloon business have
been multiplied a thousand fold be-
carse The saloon has been allowed 10
become Il political force. The saloon
has no more business TO be political
issue than has the dry goods store
or The grocery store. Take the sa-
loon o'it ~ politics. keen Tho grasp
ing hand of venalized politicians away
from II, and Vou viii have taken the
:iisi great steu towards reform.
Sut lhc ohicrtor SAYS thai II Is
imnossihip To- keep tI~ saloon out of
politics. Well. if We a people have
nos ihc power 10 divorce The saloon
from politics. then tell me where We
0ill rn 10 get the mower TO enforce
nruhihliory lave. The whole is for
ever greater than any of it's parts
aud II you cannot do the lesser thing,
how can YOU intclligently expect 10 he
able To do the greater thing?
Blow at Governmefs6.
To put a prohibition act upon our
hooks and then not To enforce il is
In bring law into contempt. and when
Fou bring law into contempt through
non enforcement. yoI have struck a
blow al all that is sacred in our sys-