The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-22

borhood with % rifle. The chief has sta
toned extra officer on that heat &c
Investigate the cause of the nuisance.
Pasadena. all dry" She said that while
II had been frequently predicted thai
Oklahoma would return to the wet
column, at the last election it had re-
mained dry" by majority of 25.0o0
in spite of all that the liquor interests
could do.
"You know what the saloon does for
You" she exclaimed; "it brings you ev-
cry girl that Is ruined, sold into resorts
or housed in wine rooms. II brings You
the hearts that bleed and ache and break
II is unfair TO the drunlard himself, for
II takes away his manhood. his ability.
his character. his health. and finally his
hope Of God and everlasting life
Avarice Defends Saloon.
going 10 keep the saloon?" Mrs. Shep-
ard said; "Tll tell you. It's the people
who are ruled by avaricc and greed
the man who wants To get his taxes
Ion originally to make; it's the taxes
| that puts the cost up 10 81 gallon. Who
pays 1t? The man who drinks the
whisky
The man or woman who goes TO the
polls and votes to retain the open saloon
puts himself on a level with the creature
behind the bar and deals out ruin TO
his fellow man. AS ye SOW, so shall
We reap.
THE saloon is unfair to the business
| men. had il last night from the lips
OF a business man in town which has
| recently gone dry that since the sa
looms loon We're abolished he had sold more
and that the bills were paid more prompt
| ~ than ever before
roast for Big Brewer.
Mrs. Shepard then turned from her
principal topic long enough 10 roast IN
scathlng manner Adolph Busch. the
wealthy brewer, who, she said held with
cause Of his ability. but because OF his
money. She scored President Taft and
cx-President Roosevelt for honoring Mr..
Busch with tokens at the time of his
fiftieth wedding anniversary and prayed
that God would hasten the day when
such thing would be impossible.
in dry and wet cities. the speaker
declared that in Wichita Kan the bank
clearings had in the last four years in
creased 200 per cent, while in Salt Lake
like TO talk TO the business men" she
exclaimed. I'D Hike to get them in a
place where they couldn't talk back. I'd
have lots OF fun. That's place where
! shine"
Mrs. Shepard then took up the labor
side OF the question. arguing that the ss-
loon Is unfair to labor itself, holding
that the liquor business takes less raw
material and uses fewer people than any
otner branch OF industry
Without giving any names. she then
told Of some man in Philadelphia, who
she said was once financier OF national
fame. but who sank so low through drink
dead daughters feet as she lay In her
coffin and pawned them TO get money
to buy more whisky,
No Personal Liberty
Turning to the personal liberty" ar
gument; USED in favor of the open sa
4,I 4.
savage knew personal liberty and that
every ether class of persons had TO re-
lnquish. that personal liberty. for the
higher liberty which was the public good
at is the business OF the saloou," she
said "to take away that liberty. 1t IS
our business TO build UP a sober, clean
enemy OF civilization. II you men feel
weak go home and get a little back
bone from your wives.
There is no pledge the saloon will not
break. no rottennesS TO Which It will not
stoop.
II am here TO fight it out until election
day. and when Salt Lake City goes dry
am going to Texas to take UP the bat
tie there"
Mrs. Shepard received a round of
hearty applause as she concluded. Miss
Stella Ansell then sang Victory" the
the national song OF the W. c. T. u,
Professor Mcclellan playing the accom-
paniment on the great organ. Her rendi-
tion was excellent and warmly appre-
ciated.
Morris Speaks Briefly.
Nephl l.. Morris began his brief address
by saving that he felt confident OF vic
tory through the honest. fearless effort
Of every, citizen who did his duty. He
TO look around him and to look into his
own life The men who held that the
saloon was a good thing were the men
and were not competent to Judge The
speaker held that the saloon was in no
case recognized as a legal or lawful In
stitution, because it was put on a diff
fcrent basis and made to pay higher
tribute or license than any other line of
business He quoted a Kansas supreme
stroyed personal liberty because its evil
effects were not limited to the offenders,
and that II destroyed health and morals
and resulted in self -abasemcnt.
Salt Lake City. said Mr. Morris, uses
5000 400 gallons OF beer and Iiouor in
600 days and three -fourths of its crime
all the agencies that stand for tho pro
lection of the public.
Taking up the question of business in
terests, Mr.. Morris admitted that in some
dry" towns the ice business had suf-
fered a little. but held that where this
was the case the general bank deposits
mad shown an enormous increase.
Higher Than Business.
But. he held. there were higher things
than the business interests TO be con-
sldered. and pointed TO the thousands of
children in the gallery for his illustra-
father and mother to vote and work for
the protection OF these children and for
tho o'e who are yet unborn. He closed an
earnest plea for dry" vote by saving:
Each year brings the question home
more strongly with ruined homes and
btghted lives. In Gods name, / pray
take the right stand and vote not as YOU
fear but as you feel ! have no fear of
the result"
AZ the conclusion of Mr. Morrjs's ad :
dress the choir sang Onward Temper
ancc Soldiers and the benediction was
pronounced by President John Henry
Smith
Foley Kidney Pills take hold of YOUR