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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-02
Campaign in Michigan.

This spring the campaign came on
In Michigan. There they have coun-
" option: the most inlauitous species
OF prohibition that was ever con-
celved In the human Intellect. The
upper peninsula remained as II was.
wet. Two OF the most important Of
the southern counties Of the state
that had been dry voted wet. and one
important county. 1ngham county.
voted dry. A year before the county
Of which Battle Creek Is the county
seat. the county In which Jackson is
the county ssat. the county Of which
Pontiac Is The county seat and a
number of those counties in the
This spring they all voted wet. In
the state OF Illinois. Rockford was
dry. Dixon. Decatur De Kalb. Eff
fngham. and At the spring elections
held there one year ago every one
Of those large cities that had been
dry voted wet. and s5 per cent Of
the elections held In the state OF H.
linois voted wet.
The campaign came on in Denver.
with the women voting. Prohibition
was defeated in the city Of Denver
by vote Of nearly two TO one. a
vote Of Ia, 600 20 20. 600
Then the fall campaign came on.
Oregon had the initiative. The pro-
an amendment 10 the constitution
providing for prohibition OF the man
ufacture and sale statewide Anti
prohibltionists proposed by the ini-
tiative home rule bill. Constitu
tional prohibition was defeated by
10000 majority and the home rule bill
WAS carried by about 1000
Idaho. with the women voting. had
a prohibition governor in the per-
son of Governor Brady. The Repub-
lican party, Of which he was the rep
resentative. declared in favor of
statewide prohibition. The Demo
cratic party nominated James II
Hawlay. pronounced anti ti-prohibi-
ZIONIST. upon a platform that opposed
statewide prohibition. aud Hawley
was elected and Brady was defeated
submission OF the question OF
prohibition to the vote OF the people
In South Dakota was defeated.
county option Legislature In Mime
sofa was defeated A county option
legislature in the state OF Nebraska
was defeated. The question OF state
wide prohibition In the state OF Mis-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-02
On Both Sides.

am proud To know that there rs
one great religious denomination mere
I'm this state thai ] respect. that has
Its representatives upon both siaes 80, OF
this question. and never conlG ~
lieve that it would be different De,
cause no people that have suffered
by prescription dare ever practsce
prescription They cannot do II IN
Justice II they do. their chickens
will come home 10 roost. hlstory
tolls us that frequently the oppressed
become the oppressors when theS
have the strength. That ie not mod
ern. that is not the spirit of these IN
stitutions that are erected in the name
OF the cross, whatever the denomina-
tlon may be.
did not come TO you, my fellow
citizens. TO tell YOU that Salt Lake
CITY shall he wei or that 1t Shall ne
dry. For me personally II Is mat
ter Of absolute indifference ] came
here 10 abuse and Willy no man.
came here not TO traduce or TO tear
down private character My indi-
vduality is of no significance 10 you.
] give you my words for such con-
sidcratlon as their merits deserve
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Purpose of Association.

| represent the National Assoca-
ton of Manufacturers and Business
Men. There is not one person hold
ing membership in that association
who Is engaged In the manufacture or
sale OF intoxicating beverages. IL is
maintained by the subscriptions OF
manufacturers and business men who
for their support but who do derive
beneflt to a certain degree from that
traffic as manufacturers Of Ice ma
chimes, Corless and other stationary
engines, as coopers, glass bottle blow
crs. etc. That association was
organized for what purpose? To bring
about the defeat of prohibition in the
first instance. IL possible. and to aid
In securing the enactment of resu-
latorY laws which will settle this
question.
In the state of Oregon the wheels
OF progress stood still for nine
out being advised OF the fact. that
IN the city OF Salt Lake the uncer-
tainty OF this condition has affected
your trade conditions here, This con-
stantly recurring and recurrence OF
election and campaign is destructive
OF business interest. The manufac-
turcr. the wholesaler. the retailer
feels II. It stlrs UP animosIties and
bite mess: II makes enemies out of
friends, and divides families. One NAV
not speak against prohibition without
drawing down upon his innocent head
the anathema and vilihcation of
hY their bigotry. led on by their in
tolerance, they don't hesitate for one
moment 10 DESTROY the one who daros
TO disagree with them.
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LADIES':

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TO directions.
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Quotes From Taft.

These are his words. considered
carefully. weighed with integrity and
uttered from the point OF his pen
with conviction;
Nothing is more foolish. nothing
more utterly at variance with sound
policy than 10 enact q law which hy
reason Of It's concerning the commun-
iry is incaps BILE OF enforcement: such
instances are sometimes presented
hv sumptuary laws by which the sale
of Intoxicating liquors is prohibited
under penalty i'm localities where the
public sentiment of the immediate
community does not and will not sus-
tain the enforcement OF the law. In
such cases the legislation usually is
the result Of agitation by tho people
IN the country districts who are de-
termined To make their fellow citI-
zens in the city better. The enact
ment Of the law comes through the
country representatives who form
majority OF the Legislature. but the
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One Essential Difference.

Tic isN enacted by The Utah leSis-
iatu.e differs rom tie Pennsylvania
.&w ir one very essential feature. In
tGc sta q of Pennsylvania the law
does uot provide for option, Ii docs
No! provide FOR election 30 determine
whether -" not Intoxicating beverages
may "a sold. but the taith of the peo-
pc o: mat state has been centered
m The judiciary Of the state of Penn
sv,V2nia. as the faith oi the people
oi jiab has been ccntcred in the in
tcgritv cf its judiciary. You. how
cN er. have provided for submitting
this question Ia a vote OF The people
of you. cities and Of your towns and
cf The unorganized sections OF your
counties, have no hcsitancy in
coming fefDre my countrymen 10 dis
cuss this question. To present the re-
verse side OF the question OF prohibit
don, because In truth some Of the
most representative men we have to-
cay. and that We have had In all the
years gone by. have occupied and now
occupy precisely the same position
with respect to this question that
! occupy.
I know that the great difficulty has
been and is that too many people
confuse the question Of prohibition
With the question OF temperance. and
when prohibition is mentioned IT
seems TO be the natural inclination
of too many 10 treat 1t as a consid
dAlpll bl Nll' ilutSkIOh VI Ltlli'i-
apce. We have the utterance OF the
president OF the United States. the
man who represents the whole peo
Pile of this nation. ! differ with him
politically, but he Is my president.
as much as he is the president of
the party that elected him. and II
seems 10 me. my countrymcn. that,
brushing aside the scales from our
eyes. We may with profit 20 our
selves consider the position that has
been taken and taken advisedly by
the men who stand for the growth
and the development, the patriotism,
the business, The commercial. the i'm
dustrial the social and the religious
welfare Of this nation; men that we
exalt by placing them al the head Of
our government. placing tina, degree
of con fidence In them. are certainly
entitled TO receive respectful hear
Ing upon any great question that ap-
plies 10 the common welfare OF the
people; and | wish 10 read 10 you
what President Taft has written in
a book that he gave 10 the world.
entitled -Four Aspects Of Civic
Duty. In respect 10 this question of
prohibition.
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Matter of Revenue.

There is another feature To it, The
prohiNuonist is asking YOU 10 give
no everything. Wha, more? have
discovered that most mon are selfish.
! have discovered that the one ambi-
tion that controls most men Is
avarice. greed for gain. ! never saw
n man in my life who rushed bliudly
to the city tax collector. state or
county tax collector asking 10 have
his taxes Increased on the contrary.
ordinarily they are engaged in dodg-
ing.
This business paid into the treas
ury Of the United States last wear
about $ST 900 900. Why, with all Of
these states dry proudly referred 10
by the prohibitionlsts last year ac-
cordng to the return of the United
States collector of internal revenue
there were released from hond for
consumption more han II 600. 600
gallons more spirits and 3.lS0. 600
more barrels Of beer than In any
year except one since the organizn-
tiop OF our government. And still,
Mr. Prohibitionist, you claim that
you are accomplishing a good for the
nation. you are accomplishing a good
for humanity. when the records show
beyond any question of dispute that
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To People of Salt Lake.


And now they come to this people
tho people OF this magnificent city.
! WAS here the first time In S"plom
Der year ago. | come back TO view
With amaZcment the wonderful strides
That have been made by your city
in that short time-the spiendlh
business institutions that have sprung
up. these great skyscrapcrs THAT be
token prosperity progress. CROWN
and development. and now thcy pro
pose 10 ask YOU To blight every pros
pccj of the future. as every city mat
has ever been touched hy prohibition
has been blightcd. the yask you TO
ignore the experience OF othcr cltleS
where exists Just as much lnlcllI-
gcnce. just AS much civic pride ana
enterprise as you have here, those
who have tried IL and abandoned ~.
They ask YOU 10 ignore the history
that has heen made. THIS STATE ot
yours. great as IL is. Is only In MS
infancy. This system OF irrigation
that has been taken UP by the gov
crnment. after private capltal ana
private enterprise had made IL mani
fest that it was possible Of being
made successful, is only in It's IN
fancy: and these MAGNIFICENT valleys
Of yours need only the addition oi
the water 10 make them blossom WIN
productveness and fruitfulness,
You need capital, Your city is
tourist city. Hundreds Of thousands
OF tourists from all over the VIDE
world come here every year. ] pre-
sumo you think YOU Will get them by
telling them that you VIII put an
embargo on their thirst and deny TO
them The privileges that are guar
anteed to them by the organic law
OF our nation
Your business men. am told-l0i
OF them-moved by their own inltla-
tive. without organization. signed a
protest against II. Your Commercial
club composed of business men. as !
know because when ] was here last
I was given the opportunity 10 meet
them. has adopted resolution
against it, Your chamber of com
mcrcc. or board OF trade. whatever
lie name is. has declared against II.
When you have a public enterprise
In hand or in mind whom do you go
10 for assistance-moral physical,
financial? You go To the men who
have made your city what it is and
these are all men who have entered
their protest.
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Rush to Deposit.

GOLDFJELD, New. June Lone hun
dred and six accounts were begun at the
opening OF the United states postal
savings bank here today, The total de-
posted was SiSdS.
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Evil of the Bootlegger.

Let Salt Lake City 20 dry: and let
Ogden 60 wet. Then you 20 and
stand beside the way and see the
jag train come in, And II salt Lake
CitN goes dry. Mr.. Prohbitionist, do
YOU stEll continue TO hug TO your
selves the deluslon. tho fantasy that
IL will be dry? Nay. nay, Pauline
Who will he the dispenser OF The IN
toXlcants that your people VIII nave
Why. the man that you put into busl-
ness, Mr.. Prohbitionist. the man
who will vote with you on election
day for prohibition. so that he may
engage in business-the bootleSger
Why. Mr.. Prohibitionisi. the boot
logger could moi exist without your
assistance. You are the man who
places him in business and makes his
business possible. He Is your political
coparner. Aren't you proud OF him.
Mr. Prohibitionist?
They appeal 10 the people TO save
the boy. You arc not big enough for
the JOB, are you mother? You are
going to turn your boy over TO the
blue coated policeman on the cor
ner, arc you? You Will never save
your boy that way Mother. you arc
the one, the only person upon The
face Of this round earth who can
save your boy. Father can do ~:
he Is away during business hours all
day. enerosscd with his cares and
his duties: and the little one from
cradle rail and tuCging at your apron
string. listening 10 your admonitions.
your teachings, your lcssons-you are
the one who is building the charac-
ter of that little child. You will
never save that child by teaching
him to keep away from temptation.
because the day Will come when you
and the boy must part. and he
launches his bark upon tho sea OF
destiny with his own hand at the
tillcr The temptations that you
have kept him from or that YOU have
kept from him he must confront un-
prepared.
When you teach your boy TO kneel
at your knee and teach him his duty
10 his God and his duty TO his couu
try. above all teach him his duty to
within himself that when temptation
comes. whatever 1t may be. he has
got the manly power and strength
to resist IT, Then your hoy is safe
Temptation 60 use intoNiCants is not
the only temptation that your boy
VIII he confronted with.
There Is another, more dangerous a
hundredfold. They point 10 the army
Of drunkards who go To their graves
every year, How many men do you
know today out Of all the number
that YOU know, who have become lost
to self-control through tho excessive
use OF Intoxicating beverages? How
many are drunkards? Think OF all
the men YOU have ever known. how
many OF them MI drunkards' graves?
The United States census reports
may we RELY upon them?-f We may
not RELY upon Them. then why not
abolish the department and save the
treasure that We devote every year
to its maintenance?
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city are either so dcnsely ignorant
that they never ought TO bc permit
led to occupy any official position,
or they are fully and keenly alive 10
The situation. and they arc violating
thei- oaths OF office every day. made
necessary by the attempted enforce
mcnt OF your specific and benefcent
nnllcX Mr.. prOhlbliionISt.
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The Drunkards' Farm.

Why il Is said the life Of a eener-
alton is twenty-five wears. They have
had prohibition for sIxty-ona wears I'm
the state of Maine. Prohibition for
thIrty-sIx years by statutory enact
ment and for twenty five years bv
constitutional provision. and in those
sixty years two generations of boys and
girls have been born into the world
and passed cut Of the world educated
in the principles Of prohibition. With
what result? They must. forsooth.
have drunkards farm in the county
Of Cumberland, and a whisky cure To
cure their prohibition drunkards In
the city of Portland
In the city OF Portland last year
with population of So 900 inhabi-
thousand arrests for drunkenness and
people OF the state Of Maine became
tired. weary and heart sick. nausc-
ated by this condition OF hypocrisy
by which II was asserted that pro
hlbltion docs prohibit IN the state OF
Maine. when every man who has a
head on his shoulders as large as n
decent sized peanut knows II never
prohibits anywhere.
Mr. Prohibitjonlst, you have made
hypocrltes and towards and law
breakers out of public officials The
common councils of the city of At
lanta with prohibitory statute. en-
acted an ordinance providing for the
sale Of ncar-becr. and today the citv
OF Atlanta has more than 900 licensed
near-bcer saloons that are selling
any old kind of beer that you ask
for. and the public officials of that
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-02
The Death Rate.

The United States census reports
tell us there are six and four te nths
from alcoholism I'm every thousand
There are eleven deaths from
measles There are fourteen deaths
and a fraction from whooping cough.
There are la3 deaths from that dread
disease. consumption, There are o5f
deaths from diseases OF the digestive
system. Why select alcohol? Why
Mr. Prohibitionist. did YOU ever stop
10 think. YOU drink water don't YOU
In publc-don't YOU know that iy-
phoid Is one of the most destructive
AGENTS that death EMPLOYS and
siXtY-ono and fraction deaths from
typhoid cases comes from using i'm
pure water? MIR. Prohbitionist. you
shall moi drink water. I propose to
constitute myself Your guardian. You
are unable to care for Yourself You
do not possess tho intelligence or the
integrity 10 make q sensible choice
ri those things that are calculated
10 do YOU good or do YOU harm Con
Scuucntly ! propose To ask the lepis-
lsturc Of the state Of Utah To en-
act laws Ia prohibit you from drink
inE typhoid.
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Law Always Violated,

The constant violation or neglect OF
.pv law Lends to a decentralization or
all laws, and ] am here 10 MAKE tllo
charge that whenever and whercNer
prohibition has been attempted 10 oo
enforced Il has been followed In every
instance with all utter disregard Oh
law. /, 49,,
will remember. upon the occasion, Oh
his tour OF the northwest laSt sep
tembcr.. stopped at the cities of Nor
folk and GAINESVILLE. o, when great
strike was In progress there ana re
turning TO his home AT oyster 5ay
prepared an editorial for magaMho
known as the Outlook, 10 when ne
is n contributing editor, and this is
what he said in respect TO the county
option law which involved the ques-
ton OF prohibition which was then III
force in the state OF ONO, ana ,n,s
Der OF tho outlook OF last year at
page 9o9i :. No.rou.
and GAINESVILLE. 1T is comparattVeiy
easy TO see the cause. Ohio Is "A
state which is trying Ia administer a
county option law for some siNty
cities The state has enacted law
by which the county may banish lne
sale of Intoxicating Liquors from lts
there may be a city where public
sentiment is not in favor of no license
and yet the local authorities within
that city are called upon TO enforce
The no license policy, In other words.
a supposedly sclf"governinG commu-
nitv is called upon 10 enforce law
imposed by an authority outside OF
that community. AS Il consequence
time and again the people OF the city
have acqulesced In the election of the
officials who have wlnkcd at the vio-
lation OF the law and who have been
in colluslon with the law-breakers.
The cure for this state OF things is
very simple. IL is the application OF
the elementary principle OF democ-
racy. let the power that makes the
law enforce the law or let the power
that enforces the law he free TO make
la
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Continued From Page One.

enforcement OF the law is among the
people who are generally opposed 10
lis enactment and under such CIR,
cumstanccs the law Is dead letter
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souri, was defeated by majority of
200 900 The question of prohibition
in the state of Oklahoma WAS carried
by majority OF 10000 and II ought
to have been carried by a majority OF
30 900 900. because the bill that was
proposed a. regulatory sale, was an
insult to the intelligence and the de-
cency OF the state OF Oklahoma.
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Repeal the Rule,

Repeal the Rule,
Alabama elected a Legislature aud
governor TO repeal the prohibllorN
law OF that state and the law has
been repealed. Florida defeated Il
state wide prohibtory law by an
overwhelming majority. The state OF
Georgia has elected legislature that
convenes this month. Thirty two out
of for,y-four members OF the senate
and 1l5 out oi lS5 members OF tho
lower house are open In tho dcclarn
tlon Of their Intention To vote for
the repeal Of the Drohlbltory law OF
the state OF Georgia, and when that
legislature convenes this month tho
prohibitory law OF the state Of
Georgia will be repealed. Indiana
elected n legislature to repeal the
county option law there and the coun-
" option law has been repealed under
the leadership OF Governor Marshall
Maine! How proud YOU have been
of the grand old prohibition state of
Maine! Haven't you. .prohlbitionists?
Sixty years OF prohibition Sixty years
OF drunkenness and dcbaucheryi
Sixty years filling their almshouses
and their insane asylums, And then
the decency OF the state of Maine
asserted Itself The manhood of the
state of Maine arose to the majesty
of It's strength and at the election last
September the question OF resubmlt-
ting the constitutional provision In
favor Of prohibition was carried by
an overwhelming majority A Demo-
crat was elected governor in that
proud old Republican state and
Democratic legislature succeeded the
Republican Legislature that had ruled
supreme. 10 these many years, That
legislature at Its last session, with
the assistance of nineteen ReDubli-
cans. because IL took n two-t thirds
vote TO submit the question OF an
amendment 10 the constitution, sub
mitted the question OF prohibition by
its constitution to the vote OF the
people aud the special election has
been called 10 be held in the month
of September next