Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-04-23

ie"uor 10 youT puerle attempt TO PICK
flaws in the bill, under cover of the
probability that your devious trail
cannot, or will not, be followed. First
you quote section 80 and 81, as fol-
lows:
(30) "The provisions of this Act
shall not be construed to apply to any
gift in case of any injury to any per-
son or in case of emergency for medi-
cinal purposes, nor to the use of liq-
uors by adults in the homes of indi-
viduals for family or private use."
(31) "The delivery of liquors in or
from any building, booth, stand or
other place, except private dwelling
house, or in or from private dwelling
house If any part thereof or it's de-
tendencies is used as an inn, eating
house or shop of any kind, or other
place Of common resort, such delivery
in either case being to a person not
a resident therein, shall be prima facia
evidence that such delivery is a SALE"
Then you say: 81 am unable to
reconcile the avowed object of the
measure with the provisions
of these two sections"
1t did not occur to you perhaps,
that both these sections are taken
from the present local option law
your own pet measure. Sec. 80 Of the
bill is Sec. 81 of the present law, with
the words "by adults" added; and Sec.
81 of the bill is Sec. "a of the pres
ent law verbatim. Four years ago you
blew warm on these provisions; now
you blow cold on them. Both sections
are necessary to define what shall, and
what shall not, be deemed violations
of the law. Yet you try to show that
they are loop-holes.
AS between the out-and-out liar and
the man who juggles words so as to
make the reader interpret lie, the
choice is in favor of the former, as
being more robust and fearless, and
therefore a trifle less contemplate.
Your final fling is as follows: "The
bill abolishes the saloon and makes
the druggist the dispenser of alcohol
and wine on the prescription Of the
physician, with the generous allow
ance of the maximum of one quart of
liquor under each prescription"
To which the answer is, that as
long as alcohol is essential to the prac-
tice of medicine, some one must be
come its dispenser. 1t is not assumed
that flawless integrity can be found
for administering anything on earth.
But do you dare insinuate that physi-
clans may not be trusted as fully and
frankly as any other professions a.
mong mankind?
Your undisguised sheer suggesting
that anyone may under this law get
"a generous allowance Of maximum
of one quart Of liquor under each pre-
scription"-is so contemplate as al
most to dissipate the last trace Of the
readers patience. Perhaps our Gov
ernor has reached mental state which
units him to believe that honor and
moral integrity may be maintained by
anyone in connection with the liquor
traffic!
Presumably you have read the bill
if so, you know that it contains every
safeguard which the research and in.
genuity of its trainers could com.
mand, 1t embodies the best provis.
ions of the Kansas, the Oklahoma
and the West Virginia statutes, which
are the outgrowth Of thirty years Of
successful prohibition. Consequently
to pick out three or four bizarre ex
pressions, and leave out the counter
balancing considerations, is specia
pleading of the most trivial sort.
Let your peanut" methods of crit
cising this measure, be labeled A
chievement No. 7.
Achievement No. 8.
/ am now ready to consider tn
heart of your veto message. Yo'
complain that opportunity was no
given you 10 insert into the measur
nsation-heaven save the mark
Ito liquor dealers for loss of prop
erty; nor failing in that were 20
given opportunity to insist upon ade
quate time to close up their affairs.
AS to the first suggestion, it is
gratuitous insult to every citizen Q
the state. How very sad, indeed, tina
your dear proteges could not get thei
Iclutches into the public treasury! A
to the second, your suggestion is nc
founded in fact. The bill gives liquo
dealers until July, 1916, the longei
time any state has ever given; tim
enough yet to extort tainted fortune
and accomplish the ruin Of thousant
Of homes.
Shopkeepers next come in for yov
tender consideration; not the stalwal
business men who have at heart Il