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HBrNTEST
SFoinfed Out to President.
Bat Japanese Are Shown
p Sliecial Favors.
S ASK (UTKSTI0NS
'axd demand justice
and Varied Charges Made
List Government Offi
M cials in Memorial.
IFKAXflSCO, Feb. O.-Iii
Aie com.muiicat.on aildrcsscd to
El Kooscvcll anil scl' today l;y
.;nr0 Cnnsolidalcd JJcnevolenfc
itUuT lenown s the "Un
ix Companies." attention oL
tent Is '"Hod to cerium -horri.i
it is ..nirnicd tic
. .lcpnniiitfiit soiiplit for the
U irsid-ms of California many
i-rivilo Hint I he ChmcSb
'lialicen denied. Us text, in part,
$ Theodore Kooscvcll. - President
(jbo United States Wasliincton,
iicw of Hie commendable nntl
&oris rocontly made by you on
f of tlir Jnimneso, in rcpard to
fi laws lately proposed and at the
li time pavliiilly ' adopted by
felslatore of California, now eon
fat aeranieiito. we, the Chinese
(Mated Knncvolt'nt association,
inline tho whole of the Chinese
p of the Tinted Slates, reel
icdiii rc-'pi'clfully eallinj; your al
ia j0 cenaiim conditions peitain
ifthe C'liinw, holli citizens and
ijrin tins country, which ,:iro in
Uaml il:i,'raiiJ. coullicl with the
ifpr.t fsprci'd ly you. both lalc
iJ liprcUifore, relative to Xho
kif. also feci it our duly lo
SlhoH' v.'lmm wo represent re
ally (o propouiul to you certain
ios. wliidi are of the most vital
Kt to tlic Chinese residents of the
'J States and answers to which
Hptctfiillv hut earnestly recpiest.
PlLini we do wit U all due regard
ffigmtv of the executive depart
of the I'nned States, but also in
Sklii'f that yon, having o nil-,
jKriiU' cspresscil your views in
iWiof'tlic .Japaneser eannol' fail to
jjft the anno justice io I he Chinese
fBiihc facts liae been laid bofore
Alleged Discrimination.
S i Iick liivc to refer von, "Mr.
frnt, to Hie fact that there is a
raiiiatkm in favor of '.lapnneao
i'fcs against Cliiucse citizens, resi
J.2nd pTiviIetji'd classes of this
rj. S'ucli a dihi.rimiiiat ion is very
tot from (lie fact that the depart
lot commi'ivo and labor, tioy
i.'ty the policy of your adiuinis
, imposes upon the citizens of
ee decent, domiciled Chinese
inl?. tlicir families, the privileged
of Chinese under the treaty,
Conceivable embarrassment which
so Kay miffcred by tho Japanese.
appeal to you, Jilr. Vresidenl,'
fent Ihe wrongs biiU'cred hy the
of Keno, state of Is'cvada
t.ptopprty, without duo process of
'is destroyed and the occupants
l out in tli street, homeless and
Wo,
if ;wH f yo" to exert a st rong
aeainst file proscnt school laws'
'"oriiia, wliidi discriiuinato
thincsc children, whether citi
r alioiis, and wo respectfully ask
anisi. us iu takinp these laws
fwe courts lo test their constitii
M you have staled vou will
PpniiDR any law which "iniiv be
affcctlK Japnucsc children.
narBc Against Inspectors.
k a well known fact that in
f-oi immigration throughout the
J' Stales, where Chineso arc con
'.are violating cvorv letter of the
amendmeut to tlio constitution
'tmitcd States. Chinese arc ar
h 'eanrhcil and their papers, the
2"w by which thev may bo
Pa aud saved humiliation of ar
?Ba deportation, coutlsculcd. Is
w remedy t0 protect these peoplo
gtJ.flaRranl inaustico?"
JTZ' U? tcgram cites various
j -buses that are chur-od to tho
t?;atcs "nmiRTalion officials.
-l' a well Unown fact," it states,
jjnucr your aduiiuistrafion tho
uou mspeclors treat tho Chi-
4 1 '.' .V1" C!,K(- frui" s
q wli.M 8 11 'hey were escaping
AbuaeE.
Sni?'1 Sut l'-'inieile.l
4?lll: f.or "Innssion to the
"tlieir V ''T0 J11'1'1 inconiniuuicado
; tht (Vi1 lo, p,1cr s invesli-"ni-rn'in
!Wso llo,1,os invaded
& "SB .1!",S,'t,l,',lors without tho
WfnS i ,,,!,t f-l'ieso are
i K ,i i;n-.,17,',.l,M' ,'0I1tltl 1,1
"Jul hp advice
Sinlt"' l'xcn refused th. rijiht
WIKol il. ,kV'1 ,"ctVl,,,1 "lvisers.
PSin t:i1 r,,l(;s rcBula.
UDcna to ."""'flvolt is asleep In
LfcwiciouK ,1n.(f""n ,n'irirfprud,.nee,
h'rcie omir ' L"V 1:11,1 '"w h'
ar"l. Knu!r 1U8lic,! cs near
S !ni5 or Zl ; 01 whatever na
S '"si M " V oaeiitly
aJSF th" n 'V alv.bora cTli-
TEDDY'S VIEWS OF
THE C1HHTRT LIFE
President, in Special Message,
Transmits Report of Com
mission to Congress.
URGES THAT FARMERS
RE KEPT-ON THE FARM
Points Out Needed Remedies for
Existing Evils in Rural
Society.
WASHINGTON, Feb. O.Thc presi
dent today sent to congress a message
transmitting the report of tho country
lifo commission. After tho document
had been read in tho sonate Mr. Hoy
burn moved that it bo printed and lie
on the tabic, and' this order was ac
cordingly made.
"Prom all that- has been learned
1)3' tho country lifo commission," says
President Roosevelt, "three groat gen
eral anjl immediate needs of country
life stand out:
"First, effective co-operaliou among
'farmers, to put them on a lovel with tho
organized, interests with which they do
business.
"Second, a new kind of schools in tho
country, which shall teach the children
as much outdoors as indoors and per
haps more, so that they will prepare
for country life, and not as at present,
miliary for life in town.
"Third, better means of communica
tion", including good roads and a parcels
post, which tlio country people arc ev
erywhere, and rightly, unanimous in de
manding. 'To these may well bo added belter
sanitation; for easily proveutablo dis
eases hold sevoral million country peo
plo in the slavery of continuous ill
Iiealtli '
What President Says.
"Whatever tho stalo may do toward
improving the practice of agriculture it
is not within the sphere of any govern
ment to reorganize the farmers' business
or reconstruct, the social lifo of farm
ing communities. It is, however, quite
within its power to use its influence
aud the machinery of publicity which
il. can control for calling public attcn-.
tion to the needs and the facts.
" h'or example it is the obvious duly
of the government to -call the attention
of farmers to the growing monopoliza
tion of water power. The farmers
above all should have that power, on
reasonable terms, for cheap transporta
tion, for lighting their homes and for in
numerable uses in tho daily tasks on
the farm.
"II. is of the first importance that
the Tniled States department of agri
culture, through which as prime cgeut
the ideas the commission stands fur
must reach tho people, should become
without delay in fact a department of
country life, titled to deal not only with
crops, but. also with all Hit! larger as
pects of life in ,tho open countr-.
"The commission points out, and I
concur in the conclusion, that the most
important holp that tho government,
whether national or slate, can giv.c is
lo show the peoplo how to go about
these tnsks of organization, education
ami communication with tho best and
quickest results. This can be done by.
tho collection and spread of information.
Ouo community can thus bo informed
' of what other countries have done.
Such help by the people's government
would lead to a comprehensive plan of
organization, education and communi-.
cation, and make tho farming country
bolter to livo in, for intellectual and
social reasons as well as for purely ag
ricultural reasons.
Need of Money for Work.
"The onlv recommendation T submit
is that an appropriation of $25,000 bu
provided, to enable tho commission to
digest the material it has collected, and
to ooll6cfc and to digest much more that
is within its reach, and thus complete
its work. This would enable the com
mission lo gather in the harvest of sug
gestion which is resulting from the dis
cussion it has stirred lip. Tho commis
sioners have served without compensa
tion, and I do not recommend any ap
propriation for their services, but only
for tho expenses that will bo required
to flnish-tho task that they havo bo
cun. " , . .
Broadly speaking, the commission
says, ngficulturo in tho United States
is prosperous and the conditions in
maiiv of the great farming regions arc
improving. Country homes generally
are improving in comfort, attractiveness
and healf.hfulncFS. Many institutions,
organizations and movements arc active
ly contributing to tho increasing wel
fare nf the open country.
I There lias never been a tune when
(he Anicricau farmer was as well oil' as
he in today, when not only his earn
ing power' but the comforts and ad
vantages he may secure aco considered.
That agriculture is not commercially
as profitable as it is entitled to bo for
tiie labor and miergy Hint the farmer
expend and the risks that he assumes,
tnd that tho social condition in open
counlrv are far short of tlicir possibili
ties.
What Form Lifo Lacks.
Kural sociely is lacking chiefly in n
knowledge on the part of the farmers
of the exact agricultural conditions and
possibilities of their regions, resulting
in the widespread depletion of toils
with the injurious effect on rural tile;
in i. roper training for country lite in
the fcnools; in good highway laoi ities,
and in organization for buying and soll-
'"'here is an absence of any adequate
svalcm of agricultural credit, a s;iort-agf-
of labor, often complicated by in
temperance among workmen; a lack of
institutions and incontivea that tie tho
bibiiring man to the soil; the hie ol tho
far n woman is burdensome and nar
row, there is need of adequato super
vision of public health.
The farmer is handicapped by tlio
speculative, holding of lands, rnonopo-
Couti uued on Pago Seven.
SPICY EVIDENCE il
LEMP DIVORCE CASE
j
I Testimony Thai While Wife
! Was Absent Husband Enter
tained Other Women.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. P. Thero was no
abatement iu interest iu the Lenip di
vorce case when tho trial was resinned
today. Mrs. Letup, who was on the
stand all day yesterday, was ntjain
under cross-examination and sho showed
tho same poise liat sho exhibited yes
terday. Many of her answers were so
direct that the attorneys for her hus
band, W. ,1. Letup, .Jr., wero almost
nonplussed. So many auditors sought
places in tho court room that extra bail
iffs wero required lo handle the crowds,
latecomers being formed iu lino and
admitted only as a few seats wero oc
casionally vacated.
Tho court overruled the attempts to
question Mrs. Lemp regarding certain
photographs of liiu couple's son, said
to have been taken by Mr. Lemp, and
tlio cross-examination ended. On re
direct examination Mrs. Lemp was ques
tioned furl her regarding the alleged as-
sault upon her by her husband, to which
she testified yesterday.
She asserted that sho did not divuluc I
tho true cause of her injuries at the
time, concealing them even from her
father, becaus sdio was "ashamed of
it."
Racy Testimony.
All the standing mom was taken
when employes of the Lemp family told
on tho witness stand of visits of. women
to the Letup homo while "Mrs. Lemp
was absent.
Mrs. Lena Corey, a laundress, told
of Mr. Letup moving out tho furniture
during Mrs. Letup's absence. She told
of quarrels about putting tho 'plants in
tho house. Mr. Letup, Mrs. Corey tes
tified, said with an oath, "I'll show
her who is boss."
Mrs. Corey leslilicd sho found comb
ings of a woman 's hair in Mrs. Lcmp;s
bathroom. Sometimes tho hair was
liht and sometimes dark. Sho found
a "woman's culVbutloti there and whon
Mr. Loinp asked her about it. sho gave
it to him. Ho said ho was glad that
Mrs. Corey found it.
Onn afternoon Mrs. Corey saw a
woman in the bathroom. At another
time fivo or six people wero singing
and drinking in the house. Some of
them wero women. Thev broke glasses
and spilled beer on a rug and threw
chewing gum all around. These things,
Mrs. Corey testified, happened when
Mrs. Lemp' wast out of the city.
The deposition of Cos Schmidt,
clerk of a hotel at Palm Bench. Fin.,
stated that while Mrs. Lemp and her
son were at the hotel a dotoc.tivo was"
there and he asked for a room adjoining
Mrs, Letup's and it was given to him.
WILL NOT CURTAIL
PRODUCTION OF COPPER
Sjwclal lo The Tribune.
NF.W YORK, Fob. 0. Tho statement
is made on good authority that tho
large copper companies, including tho
Anaconda, Boston & Montana, North
Butte and the Clarke mines, will mako
no effort to curtail copper production,
notwithstanding large accumulations of
copper. These companies curtailed their
output during tho depression of 1007,
but many other companies refused to
do ko, being satisfied to' allow tho
Amalgamated and sovon other mines to
hold the bag. No matter if copper
drops o .10 cents : pound, it is proba
ble that Ihe Amalgamated. North
Butlo, (Mark mines and other prop
erties that strengthened tho nit nation
in 1907 by curtailing production will
continue to operate their mines lo full
capacity.
Index to Today's Tribune
!
-i- Departments. Page
'I' Society , ii
j. )0lltorial r -J.
.J- Railroads 7
I- Mines S
. Markets 0
- intermounlaln 10 !-
.t. .j.
! Domestic. -r
Canal problem is worrying con-
J. Kress 1
j- Chinese In America havo a
"hick" coming 1
President gives his views on
country life 1
Chamborlajn o( Oregon -gives -J.
I- his view of Japanese prob-
loin 1 !
Mrs. Kemp's ill voire suit dovel- -j.
- ops some sensations 1
I- Work of various stalo Icglsla-
v tares . - ;
-I- Flushes from the wive -
.j. .;.
Foreign.
.j- King lid ward and Qticcn Alex-
.;. andra visit liorlln 7 !
v Foreign news In brief 'Z
I ' i
-- Local. 'I-
PVurefiil anli-prohlbltlon stale- .J.
.; nienl made by Samuel Now- r
I. bouse 1 4
.Gould and Jlawley gelling to- r
gethcr 7
-I- Kailroad Iraflie tied up by tho v
-. storms II -I-
''r Head nil oft' by an elevator M
Burglars again busy In city II ;.
. L'nlformlty of legislation fa- .J.
J. vored 11
-I- Important eases reversed by the I
-J. supreme court II
I-
.; Sporting News.
Intermounlaln baseball league
almost assured 11 !
-J. Ofllcers elected for Salt Lako v
- County Fish and Game Protcc-
.j. livo association 11
! J. M. Chapman promoting six-
.;. day races 11
y IHJ"
ELKS OF SALT LAKE
ENJOYING CALIFORNIA
Special to The Tribune.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 0. Salt Lako's
big delegation of visiting Elks went on
a trip over tho Balloon route lo the
various beach resorts loday and n few
of the hardiest indulgod iu surf bath
ing, although the weather was too cool
lo make this sport popular. Tho visitors
appear lo bo having tho time- of their
lives and Los Angeles lodge No. 09 is
doing all in its power lo provide plenty
of the right kind of entcrtainmont. To
morrow I ho orange groves in southern
California's citrus belt will bo visited.
Students Quarantined.
LIRIOims, Mo Feb. 0. Classes
practically ceased at William .lowell
college here today, when all of the
Miidonls with quarters on tho third
floor of the dormitorv wero quaran
tined because two of tlicir number had
contracted smallpox. Six hundred stu
dents, making up tho balance of the
school enrollment, wero vaccinated today.
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KNEELS IN PRAYER
AND TAKES IHS LIFE !
X LOS ANG KLES, Feb. 0.
-J- After fifteen minutes of prayer,
J George C. Henderson, a young
i- man, ended his lifo by drinking !
I- poison in a rooming houso lo- !
day.
r Sickness and the fact that ho !
-I was almost without funds nro !-
v believed to have prompted tho I
d'ed. Henderson spent, all but. !
J- 15 cents of a cash balance of 7:"
cents for the poison and for a -v
; room. Soon after Ihe landlord, -r
1- A. Coleman, had assigned him
I to a room he was heard pray-
! ing. When ho asked for for- 4
I givcnesH for his past dcods and n-
I- for whnt ho was about to do, -J
! tho landlord did not surmise
r that ho was contemplating sui- 4
! cide. -r
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CHAMBERLAIN'S VIEW
CF JAPANESE PROBLEM
Is Opposed to Asiatic Immigra
tion, But Believes States
Should Be Conservative.
SALI5M, Or., Fob. 0. George E.
Chamberlain, governor of Oregon and
United States senator-elect, while op
posed lo Asiatic immigration considers
anti-Japanese agitation as ill-advised
After the Oregon slate senalo refused
to consider favorably the Bailey anti
Asiatic resolution, Governor Chamber
lain issued the following statement re
garding the subject, making especial
reference to the ' ant i -Japanese legisla
tion in California:
"L am not entirely familiar with the
character of the anti-Japaneso legisla
tion ponding before tho California leg
islature. Personally I am opposed on
principle to Chineso, Japanese . and all
other Asiatic immigration, but T am
inclined to believe that in the present
emergency, and in view of the efforts
of the president lo secure, an amicable
adjustment of tho relations between
this country and the empire of Japan,
state legislatures ought to bo conserva
tive in all legislation on the subject,
trusting lo a satisfactory outcome .of
negotiations now pending between tho
two governments. Hasty, ill-advised
or retaliatory measures at this lime
might seriously interfere with these ne
gotiations and precipitate a conflict
between two countries which might,
by a conservative course, be entirely
avoided.
"With reference to the public
schools, I am of the opinion that each
state has tho right to arrange for sepa
rate schools for the children within its
jurisdiction and for the support of
which tho citizens tax themselves,
classifying and separating pupils iu
such and in any way as tho Jaw-mak-iug
body may deem best.
' ' GEOHG EE. CHAMBERLAIN,
"Governor."
BAILEY OF OREGON
LOSES CONTENTION
SALEM, Ore.. Fob. 0. Senator Bat
ley's anti-Japaneso resolution was de
feated in tho senate today when the
majority report of tho resolutions com
mittee was accepted. This was not ac
complished, however, until after Bailey
had taken the floor and dilated on the
situation. Ho arguod for tho re-ennct-mcnt
of tho Chinese exclusion act, and
for its broadening to include .Japanese,
Malavs. Hindus and all other Asiatics.
Bailey stated that for tho United
States not to take a firm stand at this
time would lead the .Tnpuncso to
imagine that America is afraid of that
nation. Bailey presented arguments on
soveral phases of tho situation and as
serted that they voiced tho sentiments
of pfinc-loulhs of tho people of tho Pa
cific coast.
Opposing Bailey were senators who
argued' that while oxclusion was desir
able, it is not advisable at this time to
agitato tho question. Tho matter was
declared a most delicate ono and in
viow of the request of President Roose
velt to act slowly, the Oreou legis
lature should do nothing that would
tend to inflanio tho minds of the people
or assist in bringing about a possible
widening of the breach between tho
United States and Japan.
Tlio only Democrat on tho resolution
commit lee, Senator Norton, drafted the
ma.iorilv report, which hud the purpose
of 'supporting President Roosevelt.
The majority report follows:
"Wo deem it inadvisable at this time
that this legislature should add to tho
public agitation of the difficulty which
tho federal government is now exper
iencing in handling this most delicate
question, andj wo believe that tho ad
ministration is zealously guarding the
Continued on Page Two.
CANAL PROBLEM
VEIIIMin
Shall President Be Given Abso
lute Authority in the Matter
of Construction.
WHAT IS THE LIMIT TO
BE PLACED ON EXPENSE
Has Mistalco Been Made Choos
ing Lock Instead of Sea
Level Type.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 0. Under a
special ordor the houso today took up
tlio bill "lo provide for tho govern
ment of tho canal zone, tho construc
tion of the Panama canal and for other
purposes." Tho report says a system
by which appeals may be taken from
judicial decisions in the canal zono to
the proper courts in the United Stales
is necessary. As thero is litllo litiga
tion in tho zone, tho report says thoro
if no necessity for thrco judges of the
supreme court there, as tit present, nor
for the court at all, if appeals be other
wise provided.
Tho discussion brought out that
President-elect Taft had boon consulted
concerning the provision giving to the
prcsidonf. absolute authority inMho mat
ter of construction of tho canal and
providing for tho abolishing of tho
present canal commission.
Mr. Richardson said tho present was
tho most inopportuno limo to call tho
country's attention to tho fact that a
change of the legislative and adminis
trative as well as tho governmental pol
icy of tho canal zono was necessary.
Ho said congress should wait for the
roport of the commissioners who rc
corilly accompanied Mr. Taft to
Panama.
Rainoy Denounces Bill.
Mr. Stephens (Minn) explained, in
supporting tho bill, that it established
on the zone a legislative instead of an
executivo government. Unless the bill
wero passed, ho said, the construction
of the canal would be impeded in many
ways. Mr. Rainoy (111.) was particu
larly bitter in denouncing the bilk
In supporting tho bill. Mr. Cockran
(N. Y.) declared his belief in a mini
mum of vico if ho could not get vir
tue. He argued that it was not con
templated lo establish a pcrmaucnt
government on the canal zone.
Mr. Mann (111.) said it was not a
caso of executive government or chaos.
Tliern was no opposition, ho said, and
can bo nono for a temporary govern
ment, elected b- tho employees of the
government, which would oo success
ful. Tho motion of Mr. Hardwick to
striko out tho paragraph in question
was lost 57 lo 110.
Other amendments followed in quick
succession. Ono of those was by Mr.
Rainoy, providing that tho so-called
"gold" employees shall bo restricted
to American citizens. "If wo aro to
enter upon tho gigantic system of
spoils contemplated," ho said, "T pro
for that the spoils shall go to Ameri
cans." Tho amendment was lost.
An avalanche of amendments was
directed al tho other paragraphs of the
bill, but with ono or two minor ex
ceptions they wero all rojoctcd.
The bill was nbout to bo put on its
passage when Mr. Mann, observing
that ils opponents were preparing to
forco a roll call, moved that tho house
ndiourn. This motion carried.
Problem Boforo Senate.
The entire question of tho tj'po ol
canal that should bo adopted in the
construction of tho Panama canal was
before tho senato today, Senator Kitt
rodge, chairman of tho committee on
interoeeanic canals; Senators Forakor
nnd Toller all declaring that thoy bo
liovod a grave mistake had been made
in adopting the lock project. Tho dis
cussion grow out of a report by Mr.
Kittredgo on tho bill increasing tho
limit of cost for tho canal to $300,000,
000 and authorizing the secretary of
the treasury to iusuo bonds to that
amount. Mr. Kittredgo said tho canal
committee disapproved of tho proposed
issue of bonds, aud ho read a state
ment showing that expenditures on ac
count of tho canal to date havo boon
$177,n04,46S.
Senator Kittredgo said that while
the engineers of tho canal zone had
originally placed tho cost of a lock
canal at $139,000,000 they had now
increased thoir estimates to $400,000.
000, whereas it had been estimated that
a sca-lcvol canal could havo been built
for $247,000,000.
Mr. Kittredgo said the lock cannl
had not progressed so far that it would
not now be impossible to adopt tho sea
level type.
Senator Tillman thought a nea-Iovol
canal could bo constructed more cheap
ly than a lock canal and would bo far
less dangerous in its construction.
' Could Yet Cliango Plan.
Tvl r. Kittredgo said a minority of the
consulting engineers had pledged thoir
professional reputations that tho cost
of tho lock typo of canal, exclusive of
sanitations and cxponses of zone gov
ernment, would not exceed $139,000.
000. Mr. Kittredgo said he. believed
tho experience of tho American engi
neers had demonstrated that tho sea
level canal could have boon constructed
for $247,000,000.
"Have wo progressed so far in tho
construction of tho lock canal thnt wo
cannot now turn to tho sea-level
canal?" asked Mr. Fornker.
"By no means," said Air. Kitt
redgo. He insisted that the sea-level type
should have becu adopted at the be
ginning. "I wnut to say in this connection,"
said Mr. Forakc'r. "that I was influ
enced to change my support from tho
Nicnragna canal to the Panama canal
beennso I supposed that wo could build
a sca-lovcl canal at Panama, and that
wo could not build ono at Nicaragua.
Continued on Pngo Two.
HOUSE TALKS I
QFPli!fiON I
Says Passage of Act Will Mead
Step Backward for 1
Utah. ; H
INTIMATES THAT BUILDING H
OPERATIONS WILL CEASE H
Associates, He Says, Will Nofi H
Assist-Him. if Measure Is
Enacted.
v1 I have many investments in
r Salt Lake. I havo in conteni-
y illation tho making of many -I- IH
& more. Even should a prohibi- IH
! tory law bo passed, and I per- IH
i- sonally wero willing to go for-
i- ward, I have already boon ad-
-I vised, by my associates, who mm
v are taking fright tit tho agita- -I-r
tion of this question, that if IH
-I- such a law bo passed they will IH
not continue with me in tho car- - IH
i rying out of. my plans. Samuel i-
r Nowhouso to The Tribune. 'I-
v.- v. i--;vv!I'r I 1 I -1- I -JJ. v4II v'l-v H
Samuel Ncwhouse. in a clear, con
cisc and forciblo argument, declares
that ho is opposed to tho passago of thot
prohibition law now pending before
the Utah legislature, and at tho same
time intimates that, should, it bo enact-
cd. his great building enterprises will
cud and that Utah will be taking :i N
step backward in ils progress rather
than forward. He favors regulation,
however. His statement is as follows:
Editor Tho Tribune. I havo been
asked for an expression in reforenco io
tho proposed prohibition law now pend- ,
ing in the legislature. I answer that
I sincerely hope such a law will not bo
passed. Wo all recognize tho evil of
intemperance, and I think wo would
nil be glad lo find sorao effective cure jH
for it. If prohibition will bo such a
euro then wo should havo prohibition.
It is barely a fortnight since tho dis
cussion of the law soriously began, bub
in that short time it seems to havo been
productivo of great unrest in Utah and
to have been tho causo of community
contention which does not argue well
for tho progress of the city and state.
Ever since 1 enmo to Utah, and all
the whilo .1 havo been investing iu
Salt Lako aud doing what I could to
show 1113' confidence iu her future, I
have been unalterably opposed to local
contentious, and desirous in every way
possible to further community peace.
For moro than a year I havo believed
that tho differences which long made
this stalo the scene of conflict over re
ligious opinion were rapidly passing
nway. and that we wero fairly enter
ing upon an epoch of local harmony
of thought and purpose, which, with our IH
marvelous resources, would make tin's IH
city ono of great importance. It indoed
seems unfortunate that now. for an- IH
other and new reason, ill feeling and
unrest is to be cnucudcrcd.
For many reasons I ath opposed to
a prohibitory law for Utah. I grow 0 MM
up under a law that sought the same jH
end and T know how much bitterness MM
it provoked and how utterly it failed MM
in my homo place. 3 havo traveled MM
much in prohibition and local option MM
states and have had ample evidence of MM
tho utter futility of prohibitory laws. MM
Principal Objections. mM
The principal objections to them are,
thatihey infringe upon tho liberty of
the individual and awaken resentment
in his breast. Ho quarrels with- tho MM
invasion of what ho regards as his per- MM
sonal rights. Laws that do not appeal MM
to the reason nf the people and to MM
which ihev are not commit! od by sound IH
judgment and the spirit of justico never MM
have been and never will bo effectively IH
enforced. You cannot legislate a man MM
into heaven, nor can you by law, of
fectively tako away from him tho right
to be a free moral agent in matters mM
personal to himsolf and which do nou MM
affect the rights or property of others. MM
For these .and many other roasons, mM
I am opposed to sumptuary and dras- mM
tic laws of tins character. It is com- mm
man information among the woll-in- MM
formed that prohibition does not pro- mmj
Libit; that it docs not materially dimin- MM
ish tho consumption or use of alcoholic MM
liquors; that prohibitionists and drunk- VmmW
nrds alike evade the law: that it on- MM
courages disrespect for aU law, ant ymmm
has produced an alarming increase oL jH
perjury. It makes hypocrites. It re-
duces the quality of liquors consumed MM
and transfers their Kilo from tho open mm
to dark placesbrothels, cellars, and . MM
other hidden places to which tho MM
young aro led through curiosity, and MM
whero thev are debased aud their MM
morals destroyed. It makes sots ot MM
moderate, drinkers, nnd hurries tho ha- MM
bitual drunkard faster to his grave. MM
Not Tc3t of Temperance.
Total abstinence is not the test o
temperance. Tho great maiority pi. mm
peonlo are temperate, and. whon mcli- mm
nation prompts, tako a glass 01 wtno mm
or beer. It is a mistake to assume jH
that those who desire tho right to csor- MM
cise their liberty in respect to whnl: mm
thev shall drink aro not for temperance. mM
My thought is that the cause of MM
tompcranco will best be furthcrod by mM
well-considered regulation laws, well MM
enforced. Regulation, to my mind, is MM
the remedy not prohibition. Calm con- MM
sideratiou of the practical cttoct oC MM
prohibition in states whero it has boon MM
tried not hysterical demand is whan mm
we want. The legislators cannot, m MM
justice to thoir oaths, bo swayed from MM
enacting laws which human cxporionco
and calm judgment dictate, by tho jH
importunities and implnrings of tho MmM
radical, lashed into a crrfze by scuta- MM
mentalism. Prohibition laws havo been IH
most disastrous to tho maturial MM
progress of communities where thoy jB
havo been trie.d. They nieasuro tho
conservatism- of communities and aro