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H 2 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, MONDAY MORNING-, MAY 22, 1911. S
I 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 the open llinn to have ll
in ambush, uiul villi the uontJi Lions
in Salt Lake City as they arc. I bc
Hcvc thai to push a prohibitory law
would be to transfer the whole proh
liMii from the open and to drive L
to cover, where Its evils would bo
magnified and not diminished;
What wo all ought to underpin ml
in the very beginning Is that this
is not a question as to. whether we
will havo liquor or no liquor. It is
1 a question as to whclhcr wc will
have liiiuor under the regulation of
law or whether we will have liquor
ilMtltlv handled and used In greater
nr less degree. If 1 believed that
tho conditions It" I believed that tho
j adoption of a proliibitory law would
'esncn the abuses and the woe and
1 i he rrlmc directly traceable to liquor.
then certainly I would do all in my
power to secure the enactment of
stun a law. If this were a question
to decide whether the woes of In
icmperance were to continue or not,
surely not one of us would hesitate
a moment in his decision, but of
course that is not the question.
Will Not Prohibit.
No well-informed person expects
that the adoption of a prohlbltory
law will do away with the use of
liquor. The most that the sane pro
hlhitlonlst claims is lhat his remedy
will lessen the evils that now exist,
and if that Is right then his remedy
1 ought to be adopted. T, for one. do
not think that ho Is right. I feel
j that both .sides to this controversy
often ueo arguments that arc very
1 specious. Tho catch word! "Have
you a boy to spare?" does not at
all get at the heart of this qucs-
Th question of saving boys will
forever be on (he boards, with or
without the saloon. The question will
not be settled by mere sentimentalists
HBV slnginc "Where Is my wandering boy
tonight."" For one I believe, and
believe mightily, that if some peo
pie would stay at home and make
the homo as attractive as the saloon
is made, that there would bo fewer
bo.s and girls wandering tonight, and
every other night.
Hut those wlio arc against pro
hibition use just as specious argu-mr-nts.
Wc are told that property
mil become valueless It wo abolish
the saloon, and that our prosperity
depends upon (he liquor business.
Thai is not for a moment true, not
for a moment. Business prosperity
is not built upon the liquor business,
and if it were built, upon the liquor
business, the sooner we adjust our
spIvs and gel. on to a better plal
form the better for us as a people.
No business thai is of such a na
ture thai II must be hedged about
ly protect Ivc laws of every sort ro
Rep it from debauching a people will
ever become the basis of Hie pros-neiln.-
of that people. Such an ar
girupul is an insult to the Inlelll
j gencc of uur citizenship.
Gist of the Question.
Tills in a question of how best to
handle a traffic-so as to reader it as
Hi tie harmful as possible. It is a
question of ways and means, and
rails for large views and for down
rigjtt honesty. You and I have
uHtehod the political parties in this
i (immunity play fast and loose with
the 'Iquor question, using the saloon
to further aome party end today,
lavlntr tribute upon .it tomorrow.
And many of the worst results of the
whole business are directly trare
able to the dishonest and venal poli
Melons who for selfish ends, have fos
tered the worst and the most per
ni'lous evils surrounding Die liquor
Ira file, and whn a community, if
not acquiescing In all thec details.
has comlacently allowed II to con
tintie, then for one 1 cannot feel
thai the onmm.unity ran expect re
lief by a spasni of virtue called pro
hibition. Von have, seen liquor eon
cems opening groggeries of the vilest
sort yonder. You have seen men of
irivsponsible character put In charge.
Why? Becauso of profit and becauso
of gain, and you have stood by wilh
oul a word of protest, without onco
trylnc to lessen that .most horrible
of fill evils surrounding this qucs-
Lack United Effort.
You have blamed thin party, and
you have criticised this official, but
never once, as a community, have wo
arisen with united and consistent and
j persistent effort to do away with the
admitted evils of this Ira flic, and the
responsibility must not rest upon any
one party, nor upon any one official,
j but upon the great body of citizen
i ship; and Jf we are In earnest about
this mailer, and If wo are honest
j about it wc will rise, as a citizenship.
not to lrv some experiment that is
of doubtful value, hut to insist that
from the mayor and the chief of
police down, that men who arc clect
1 ed to do It shall obey the. law and
1 shall enforce it. to high and to low,
1 to rich and to poor, and thus to show
1 our honesty and our sincerity In
1 dealing wltli this great, big problem,
that will not b settled by some mero
1 spasm of virtue, nor by sontlmental
j ists. nor sontlmenlalism. If we arc
j honest wc will awaken a great
aroused public opinion that shall sav.
1 "This is the .way; walk ye In It."
And when we. do that wc will come
with clean hands and a pure heart,
and we will settle this question' as it
ought to he seltlcd.
Where the Evil Lies.
Pass the prohlhilipn act and the
same old Indifference will allow all
the evils of an unregulated liquor
traffic to curse our community. It
j has not been the legitimate use. nor
the Icgititmatc sale of liquor that has
cruised the greatest evils In this com-
j munity. but the Illegitimate use and
the Illegitimate sale. The evils sur
rounding tin- saloon business have
1 been multiplied a thousand fold be-la-ise
Ihe saloon has been allowed to
bfc.onie a political force. The saloon
has no more business to be a political
issue than has the dry goods store
or the crorcry store. Take the sa
loon o-,:i of politics, keep the grasp-'us-
ba-id of venalized politielaus awav
fio'-ii It. ami vou will bavn (alien" tho
j great steo towards reform.
Put the objector sh.vk thai It if
H tmonsalhle to keep tlin saloon out of
j pi iliis. Well, if v'f as a peonle have
Hl not jbe power to di'oreo the. saloon
fron polities-, then tell me where wcw
H will i'n to get tije oowcr to enforce
n nri'hibttorv law. The whole is for-evei-
greater than miv of Its parts.
and if you cannot jlo the lesser thing,
how 3ii vou Intelligently expect to be
able to do the greater thing?
Blow at Governmciit.
H To put a nrohibftlcin act upon our
books and then not to enforce if. is
1 li bring law Into contempt, and when
vou bring law Into contempt through
non-enforcement, you have ntntck a
blow at all that Is sacred in our sys
t'.ni or government.
The worst thing before the youth
Hl or America today is unenforced law.
The worst blow that the assassin
strikes at the bulwark of liberty is
HJ to keep a law from being enforced.
Hl and thereby to cast contmpl upon
all. lav,;, because in the present stage
and itale of our community I do not
Hl bellcvo that a prohibition act. if
passed, will ho enforced, therefore I
am not In favor of passing It.
My prohibition friend tells me that
alter wc havo voted the saloon oul
then' wc will drive the illicit vendor
of liquor oul. and wc will have a
clean city. Now. just think for ono
moment. A new law will not change
the chnracter of you and me. and
all the rest of the citizens. Wc will
bo just the sumo sort of people then
that we aro now. Xow. we havo not
been zealous Jn seeing that the sa
loons obeyed the law In the past,
have wcV Confessedly not. And wc
won't be any more zealous aflor wo
have passed a prohibitory act. and If
we aro not more "calous then we
will have a worse condition under
prohibition than wo have ever had
under license.
Alternative Presented.
If wn have the power to prohibit
the sale of liquor, then wc have the
power to regulate the sale of liquor.
If we do not use the lesser power,
how can we expect to use tho great
er; and if wc have not used this
lessor power, what possible hone Is
there that wc will use (he greater?
I said to you a Utile while ago that
our prosperity was not dependent
upon the liquor traffic Neither is
it. But this much ought to be said
in all fairness. If my contention is
I rue. that liquor will be sold and
used, whether we. license It or not,
then It Is also true, that the need for
protection In the community will lie
quite as great under prohibition as
tinder license. Now how do the pro
hibition forces expect lo raise tho
budget for meeting this expense?
Is It not belter business policy to
pay lo Ihe oily the revenue that il is
entitled to. than to cut this rcvenuo
off and send it to some wholesale dis
tributing house? Let no one pre
sume let not one presume to go from
this place and say that I made an
argument hero for liquor, becauso of
I lie money attached. Let none of vou
dare to say thaL Ihing listen, when
you quote. T say we will have liquor
with or without license, and Is II not
bolter, having it at any cosi. to pay
lo the cilv (he expanse incurred
through that traffic? What 1 do say
is this, believing Mint wc have not
come to tho point where wc will en
force a prohibition aclV and feeling
verv sure thai, under so-called pro
hibition we will have all tho evils
thai we have today, and some more,
that it is not good business sagacity
to cut off the revenue while not di
minishing the evil.
Fail to Show Honesty.
If wr. aic dead In earnest to mini
mize the evils of intemperance, then
wc will take the first step. If wo
were perfectly honcsl In our desire
lo minimize the evils of the liquor
traffic. If, wo renlly cared to help those
suffering from the abuses of liquor,
and were not chiefly concerned in
playing politics, there arc several
things "wc would do to show our hon
esty. Any one who has made any
fair-minded study of Mils question
knows that one of the serious evils
lo the family Is in the fact thai, so
many men gel their checks cashed
on Saturday niciit. or on Saturday,
and they are mostly cashed, or a
great many of them are, cashed by
saloons. It would do much good, as
It. seems lo mo. If checks wcro given
on somo other day Monday or Tues
day, for instance, for if a man knows
when he gets his pay cbeck that hn
has no leisure day following, the
temptations to abuse, will not bo near
ly so greal. Tf employers of labor
would elve notice to their men that
the very fact of cashing a check in
a saloon would be of Itself a cause
for dismissal, il would have a most
wholesome Influence and would stop
many of Ihe attendant evils.
If I were conl rolling a greal body
of men 1 would surely post Ilia I no
tice. The saloon is no place, for a
laboring' man to cash his check. Ills
place to cash It is where lie geta
va'ue returned and where lie ,is sure
lo have head left, to carry that, money
to the family where, it belongs.
Chance to Do Good.
I wonder If the prohibition forces
havo ever stopped to think of their
responsibility In this ono pIibfo of
the subjecl. Wouldn't it bo wise to
take such a. step, thai wc know can
he successfully taj'.cn? Would not this
he wiser than polemics?' Wouldn't It
do more good for the cause of real .
temperance wouldn't it show a good
faith that would holp to make pos
sible other perhaps greater steps In
tho pathway of reform. If those who
have means were really Interested In
the cause of temperance would como
together, wo could do vory much.
Tf 1 could do what I would do, X
will toll you what tt would be. T
would open up down yonder, in tho
heart of tho city, a great big working
man's club, and I would surround It
with every legillmalc form of pleas
ure and amusement, that men like.
I would keep it opon seven days and
seven nights of every week. I would
make It free lo ovorybody. T3y free
T moan accessible, for 1 would charge
somo small fee. so as to keep it out
of tho pauperizing line and away from
charity. 1 would make It the poor
man's club, and It would succeed,
loo, believe me.
View of Noted Thinker.
Allow me to quote to you from a
very splendid 111 tie book written by
TJr. Washington Gladden on this par
ticular phase of the question, .
Dr. Gladden; as you know, has been
a great constructive force in the city
of Columbus for these long, long
years. Mo has been a member of tho
city council for a great many years,
I know not how long", recognized far
and wide as a man of keen Insight
and of conseerated a.blllty.
Ho says this he is talking of the
liquor question:
"To one conclusion T have clearly
come, namely, that wherever It Is
decreed that the saloon must go, there
It Is the hounden duty of those who
abolish It to see that something' bet
ter takes Its place. Most of those
who have been talking about the sa
loon all their lives anil saying many
hard things about it have very lit
tle knowledge of Its real character
and function. But this Ip a sclent Hie
agp. and quite a numhei" of people
have tormed the i-urloiiH habit, of try
ing to find out what things are before
they pronounce, them good or bad."
rr iiourse I need not remind you
thai Dr. Cluddon is pastor of the
First Congregational church of Col
umbus and has been these many,
many years.
Results of Investigation.
"Several of these people have been
investigating the saloons, spending
weeks and months in them, and care
fully recording' the facts which they
have thus observed. It must bo al
lowed that these reports have modi
fied to some extent the opinion of in
telligent men respecting the nature of
the saloon.
"Speaking for myself, I can sav
that they have not convinced mo that
tho typical saloon Is, on the whole,
a useful Institution. 1 am still of
the opinion that Us Influence Is. on
the whole, highly injurious; that It Is
responsible for an enormous waste of
money which Is needed for tho com
fort and tlse pleasure of the families
of tho men who spend It; that f helps
to cultivate in great multitudes habits
which are destructive to health am:
character. I should like to see the
number of drinking saloons gTeatlv
lessened, and I wish that ihe moral
MintM of the pooplo would demand
that they should be abolished alto
gether. "Hut 1 must udmlt that the rt":cnt
Investigations have njade It plain
thai the saloon, along with Its in
jurious effects, does servo some use
ful purposes. It Is probable, that with
I tho majority of those who frequent
the saloons, the craving for drink Is
a subordinate motive. The saloon
supplies the demand for social ex
pression;' that Is a large part of Its
function. "Tho social stimulus of
men,' says Mr. Moore of the Hull
house, who spent several months In
tho saloons of the Nineteenth ward
of Chicago. Ms epitomized in the sa
loon. Il Is a center of learning,
books, papers and lecture hall to
llicni. It Ik the clearing house for
common Intelligence, tho place whero
their philosophy of life Is worked out,
and their political and social beliefs
tako their beginnings.'
Might Offer Substitute.
If we were really in earnest in this
matter do you not think wc would get
together and offer a substitute for
the saloon, and thus lake ono very
necessary and practical step In tho
programme of reform? Respectable
men go to their clubs and enjoy so
cial hours without any reproach. The
laborlnir man, or the man who has
not a club, when he seeks the. sa
loon lo gratify the very same In
stinct that the clubman gratifies al
his club, and if in doing so Ihe al
lurements of the place tempt him to
lake a glass more than, he ought to
take, thou he suffers arrest and dis
grace, anil who cares? Wc do not.
If wo have not tried to find a way
to provide a substitute.
To Indulge In a. spasm of virtue and
to attempt to close tho saloon with
out any at tempi to provide a sub
stitute for it seems lo he nothing less
I ban farcical. Wc have clubs for
the well-to-do. playgrounds for Ihe
children, places of amusement for
those who can afford them, but wc
have no place for the great company
of men who toll all day( and who
crave and who need rccrc'atlon and
rl I version. The only place where
these men can meet, their follows on
an equal fooling Is at the saloon.
I I is an everlasting disgrace to the
oivillzal ion of Ihe twentieth ccn
lury that this fundamental want of
human nature Is so disregarded, and
that tho saloons in general are. tho
only places where these wants of men
arc met.
Again Quotes Gladden.
All who know anything of the work
of tliis mnn I have Just ouotcd will
pardon ino for quoting him once
again:
"At the outset let me admonish
you that this Is a subject In Ihe
discussion of which you will need lo
cultivate serenity of mind and an
uiircsnntfnl temper, in reliulous con
troversy most of us have learned to
be fairly tolerant; wc can under
stand thai a man may differ with
us on a Iheolocioal point without
being an enemy of the Iriilh. This
snirll docs not always prevail among
Ihe earnest friends of temperance.
There are inanv who are apt to re
gard all who do not agree- with t.hem
as to methods as Ihe paid agents of
the saloon Interest. This iineharl
tableness is to be deplored: It has
weakened the cause of temperance.
The question Is really a difficult inl
complicated one: there Is large room
for honest difference of opinion as
to the best methods of dealing wllh
It: and it Is desirable that many
different methods should be fully and
fairly treated, ibat we may have
better reasons Mian our own subjec
tive impressions for believing one
method lo he superior to another."
Neod to Be Pair.
T think a word of caution is needed.
Wc need to remember this word in
the present stage of our local cam
paign. We will not benefit tho cause
wc espouse by harsh words and a
harsh Judcment. There are splendid
men on both sides of this question,
men who are equally honest, and sin
cere, men who have Ihe same sort
of desiro to make conditions belter
than I hey are.. They differ only as
to the means to be. employed, and
it will not do at all for either side
to call hard names. As Dr. Gliddcn
puts It:
"In dealing with tho question of
legal regulation of tho liquor traf
fic It Is best to be undogmatlc. Many
methods have been tried; none, as
yet, has demonstrated Its superiority.
TJcenso docs not appear to afford tho
restrlellon needed: state prohibition
has becii measurably successful in
(he rural districts, but a complete
failure in the larger cities: the
Swedish and Russian system of gov
ernmental monopoly of Ihn traffic,
which has been tried in South Caro
lina, can hardly be said lo havo
justified the expectations of itn
friends nor Mie predictions of its ene
mies; its efficacy is still in doubt."
What Can Bo Done?
Tho question heforc us is just this,
Standing beforo a situation that is
admltedly difficult, and that is sur
rounded by much of abuse and woo
nnd crime, what, can wc do lo lessen
tho evil? If I believed that the pass
ing of a prohibition law would lessen
tho evils of intemperance then I
would spare no pains to secure such
a. law. But you may say. neither
does a law prohibiting murder pro
hibit murder. We all agrco that such
a law Is bencf Iccnl. ami necessary. 1
hopo you see that there is just no
analogy at all between theso two
cases. Murder In Itself is always
and forever wrong., wrong in itself
whether there be any Jaw against IL
or not. This cannot bo said of either
tho sale or tho use of liquor. Granted
thai liquor can only have al bast a
very moderate placo in any well or
dered life, granted lhat men all
over the world would be vastly bet
ter off without It at all, still you do
not dare to say. if you arc address
ing intelligence, tha.l in ami of Itself
the use or the sale of liquor Is al
ways and forever wrong.
It Is not what the lawyers call
malum per sc a wrong In itself.
When it is wrong il Is through abuse,
because it is not malum per sc. There
fore. I do not believo that it is a
subject for prohibition, but for con
trol. I .el us enforce the law that wc
havo und If thai is not an adequate
law thou let us pass one lhat is ade
quate. Let. us stop playing politics
on this mailer and show our sincerity
by enforcing the law and by demand
ing and securing obedience from
those in the liquor business even as
from those In other vocations. If wo
aro not ready to do this then, bo
Heve me. wc aro not anywhere near
ready for tho moro difficult task of
prohibition.
Will Not Save tho Boys,
The argument is made, and I must
refer lo it, that whalovcr prohibition
falls to do that It will save the boys.
If I believed that, if I believed lhat
il would keep tho boys of this com
munity from the paths that lead
downward to the slime of the earth.
1 would spend every working hour thai
God gives me utrength for tho onacl
mcrit of a prohibition law. But I
do not believe II. You can keen the
boys away from the saloons If you
want to keep them away. It Is an
open place; you luivc access to It;
you can know positively whether
your boy iw allowed there or not.
and if ho Is you can exact the full
penalty of tho law against the man
or men allowing him to frequent tho
place. But you cannot do this with
the boot-leg, you cannot do this with
the blind pig.
If wc Invite these agencies to our
community through the enactment of
an enforced prohibitory law. we In
vite those whose business will be the
corrupting of boys, and wc will have
little recourse because they aro
working In the dark and practicing
in secret. 1 say you can keep tho
boys away from the saloon if you
want to keep them away. Personally
1 would do this. I would go this far
In this matter, 1 would pass a city
ordinance that would provide that If
any saloonkeeper allowed a boy to
enter his place, of business that there
by he would surrender his Hccnso
and never. novcr be granted one
again. You can do that thlnp: If you
will, and yet you stand nsldo and
say you can enact this larger thing.
This thing that prohibits, this thing
that makes the work In the dark pos
sible not only probable but a fact.
Is ll not the part of wh';lom for iih
to do Mime of Ihcso lesser things
thai can be done and s to gather
PMC PIGT SIGNED
. ID INS ENDED
Telegrams Announcing Glad
News Sent lo Federal nnd
Hebel Leaders.
Continued From Pago One.
tho general elections according to Ihe
terms of the constitution; and. .
"Fourth, that the now government will
study the conditions of public opinion In
the actuality to satisfy these conditions
with tho provisions of tlte constitution,
and will como to an agreement conduclvo
to Indemnifying the losses directly caused
by the revolution, therefore tho two par
ties represented In Mils conference, in
view of the previous considerations, have
agreed to forinulato the following agree
ment: Text of Agroomont.
"From today on hostilities which have
existed in the entire nailonal territory
of the repuhllo shall cease botween the
forces of the government and thoso of
tho revolution, these forces to be dis
missed in proportion as in each stale
tho necessary steps aro taken to re-establish
and guarantee tranquility and
public order.
"Transitory provision:
"As soon as possible the reconstruc
tion or repair of telegraph and railway
lines hitherto Interrupted shall :.-c bc-gnn-
"Agrecd and signed In duplicate by:
"Scnor Don Francisco S. Carbajal.
"Don Francisco Vaaqucz Comez.
"Don Francisco Madcro.
"Don Jose Maria Pino Snares."
The agreement was signed after three
days of Indecision. Francisco J. Madcro,
dr., leader of the revolution, expressing
the view thai peace could be declared
only when Scnor Dc la Uarra became
provisional president and the new cab
inet was Installed.
Annies to Disband.
Some of his chiefs argued otherwise,
declarlnc that armed forces in the field in
the Interim might precipitate trouble. It
was suggested, too. that In deference to
the wish of President Diaz, to retire when
tranquillity was restored, the peace pact
be made Immediately as bis resignation
Is expected within four or five days. The
latter view prevailed. Senor Madero's
hesitancy was based on the idea that a
peace agreement could have no legal ef
fect inasmuch as one of the parties, the
revolutionists, expired when peace was
declared. It was pointed out to him how
ever, that a peoco treaty, in the legal
sense of the word, was not deslrod. but
merely a signed declaration recording
what had been done towards satisfying
tho demands of tho revolutionists.
Issues Will Not Be Evaded.
The troops, It is provided in the agree
ment signed lonlght. will be disbanded
proportionately as each state is restored
to tranquillity. As Ihe revolution in
many states has been Incited by tho op
position lo the governors, the retention
of armed forces until 111" new governors
arc Installed constitutes a. practical guar
antee that the Issue will not ho evaded.
Tho signing of the agreement gave,
definite aspect to the more or less tangled
status of the peaco parleys which has
existed for the past week.
Francisco I. Madoro, Jr.. will remain
here for a I ieast five or six days more.
He will 3tart for Mexico City via Chi
huahua ami Torrcon Immediately after
President Diaz has resigned. Assurances
have been received from railway officials
thai Ihe line from here, southward will
be repaired in three or four days. In
Mexico. City ho will confer with Scnor
Do I'HBBarra. about the question of the
governors, the now cabinet, and tho laws
which il Is hoped can be formulated be
fore congress adjourns covering disputed
points for which legislation Is tho only
remedy.
Dr. Vasquer. Gomez will leave here to
morrow for San Antonio, Texas, to meet
Ids family and Journey on to Mexico
City. As he will arrive Micro before.
Senor Madero he will also confer with
Senor Dc la Barra about details of the
demands of tho revolutionists.
REBELS AT CASAS GRANDES.
One Thousand Men Under Orozco Ready
to Resume Hostilities,
. CASAS GRANDES. Mexico. Mav 21.
With the arrival here tonight, of 1000 In
surroctos, who came ISO miles by tain
from Juarez, a report became current
that the revolutionists, despite apparent
peace, -are moving soulhward to effect a
"peaceful" Invasion of Chihuahua with
a view of occupying- that city as "a guar
antee until tho revolutionary programme
has been definitely established at Mexico
City.
The insurrcctos. who aro encamped
here, fully armed and equipped with
horses and supplies for a long march, aro
under General Orozco. At tho same tlmo
POO other Insurrcctos tinder Colonel Villa
arc to march southward along the route
of the Mexican National railroad. Ail of
Madero's forces, which arc I bus removed
from the United States border, are being
distributed so that they might easily be
reunited. At Santa Ysabel, tblrty miles
west of Chihuahua, aro S00 moro insur
ability lo do olhcr Ihlnga that aro
harder lo do?
Not Arguing for Saloon.
Wo, must remember as wo discuss
this question, and I ask you to re
member It as I close with yon, lhat
1 am not making an argument for
tho saloon. I ba.ve said that onco
before, that 1 am not desirous lhat
tho liquor traffic shall continue. I
wislt to God that from north lo south,
and cast to west il wcro a thing only
of a blighted memory, but believing
that wo havo not a community that
will enforce a Ia.w that calls for
prohibition, .1 therefore argue lo you
that It is tho part of wisdom to con
trol this traffic through existing law
or law that is to be. I ask you to re
member In passing: that you will not
mako men of character by prohib
itive acts of any sort. You will not
mako men of character by cant
legislation- I believe as David Starr
Jordan, not aL all a man given to In
sanity or unsanily in social questions,
who said this: "I would almost, as
soon see the world drunk as to see It
sober because it could not get drunk."
And there was a lot of wisdom in his
remark.
Take the saloon away and unless
you change the sentiment that has
permitted it and made It, those sami
men through opium and chloral and
all sort of drugs will seek Mm
thing thoi are seeking there. Un
less you put a substitute In its place,
unless you ejoate a sentiment lhat
does away with desire, unless you
train the boy to a manhood enough
lhat wants something bigger and bet
tor than intoxicants you havo not
made ready for the control of this
most difficult of all our social ques
tions. Not Dealing Witli Ideal.
Wc must deal wih humanity as It
is und not as wc would like It to be.
The climb upward In the past has
been a long one. the stretches ahead
are steep and vory steep. The golden
age has not yet come and It will
not come through leaps nor bounds
but step by step, the first of all It
will come through a grant, common
desire to be honest in the dealings
with public problems; It will come by
a. great public consecration to law as
it is and to Ihe enactment of bettor
law that shall be. It will come by
the dolni? away of war through the
nurture of peace, by the doing' awny
of famine through the raising of
crops, by the doing away of abuse
through the Inculcation of temper
ance by tho doing away of vice, by
the raising of manhood. Tt will come,
friends, in this community when you
and I and all the community are
willing to harness ourselves to one
great, honest endeavor to make for
an enlightened and a consecrated
manhood, womanhood and decency of
the community in which wc live
rectos Near Jlmlncz. south of tho city,
a still greater number arc located. Ex
cept for the small garrison left at
Juarez, the insnrreclOH are concentrating
around tho capital city of tho slate.
Concerning the southward movement of
the troops, an official of Madero's staff
at Juarez before the departure said:
"Peace Is ccrlaln, but If there was to
be any more lighting' it would be for the
posesslon of Chihuahua. That city war,
our destination when tho federal gov
ernment announced It would surrender."
Asked if there was to be any more
fighting, this official said:
"Not unless peace plans unexpectedly
fall."
The minor chiefs declare, it their opin
ion that Chihuahua will bo occupied and
peacefully and that the Insurroctos will
enter the city under arms without re
sistance from the federal garrison.
From Chihuahua came word today that
the residents arc becoming impatient over
the prolonged peace negotiations. Al
though Juarez and other points In Mex
ico for more than a week have been cn-Jo-ylns
an effective peace arrangement.
Chihuahua City Is practically undor
siege, sine; no trains have been able lo
reach there with supplies and no out
side communication has been possible.
With only the depleted stocks left, in the
grocery stores, tho people already cut off
for more, than three weeks, are facing
a prolonged Isolation, for. even after work
Is begun, It will require a week to re
pair the railroads. Jlmlnez. Parral and
other mining and lumber towns are also
cut off from supplies.
BLOODTHIRSTY REBELS.
Series of Crimes Committed After Cap
ture of Torreon.
LA mono, Texas. May il. At the end
of a rono which had been Med around his
neck. Dr. J. W. Llm. a Chinese banker,
was dragged around the plaza In Torreon,
until his body was a mass of broken
bones and bleeding wounds, according to
reports reaching hero today.
From the same source of Information
details of a three-days' battle at Torrcon
between revolutionists and federals were
received. The battle ja said to have oc
curred May in, 11 and 15, resulting in a
rebel victory.
Dr. Llm was one of Uic wealthiest
Chinese in northern Mexico and was at
the head of a banking Institution con
trolled by Chinese capitalists. After
dragging Lim around the, plaza until life
was almost extinct, il Is reported Mio
rebels shot him several times, lie died
within a few minutes.
Another report said one of the Slernau
brothers, hotel proprietors in Torrcon,
was hanged by rebels after several Span
lards had fired at Insurrcctos from doors
and windows in the hotel. This cannot
bo verified.
The reports of Ihe Torrcon incidents
were brought by an American locomotive
engineer who escaped on a horse and
later secured a handcar on which ho
reached .laral. Coahuila, and by a con
ductor who managed to get awa.y and
proceeded to San Iails Potosl after four
days' ' I ravel. Friends of the, railroad
men arrived in Laredo today and said
they heard Mio reports from two sources
and that they tallied in everv detail.
Wire and railroad rommunicatioii with
Torrcon has been cut off for more than
two weeks.
The railroad men, lending Torreon said
a I lea.'? two hundred federals were killed
In the battle, but did not attempt lo esti
mate the rebel losses II is said seven
teen Chinese were killed. Il appears that
the walh of Ihe revolutionists wa. kin
dled against the Chinese because the lat
ter fired upon them when tbo. rebels ap
1 proa clicd largo truck gardens whore- Ihe
Chinese were al work. Statements lhat
the Chinese hotel. Ihe railroad station
and other buildings were burned were
made, and It was said the Interior of the
Salvartoro hotel under the Casino was
wrecked by rebels. So far as known, no
Americans were injured, though it is re
ported a man named McCarty died from
fright.
On account of cutting of telegraph
wires it has been Impossible to verify
theso reports.
WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT.
General Flgueroa Takes Possession of
City of Cuernavaca.
MEXICO CITY. May 21. in the name
of peace. General Ambrosio Figueroa this
morning took possession of Cuernavaca.
which was deserted just before da.wn by
Colonel Muengula and his less than 200
men.
Technically A-Iolatlng: the lerms of the
armlstlco by moving his forces-, Mio
rebel leader justified his action by the
statement that ho entered the capital of
Morelos solely for the purpose of main
taining order.
The story of Mio evacuation and siub
scqueiit occupation was brought lo Mex
ico City this afternoon. Refusing to be
lieve (lie statement or Colonel Asnnsolo.
one of Figucroa's officers, thai the oily
would not be attacked until after the ex
piration of the armistice. Colonel Muen
gula last night determined to abandon
the place. When lho residents awak
ened this morning and learned lhat he
and his men had gono. I here was a. rush
of citizens and civil authorities to follow
him on his march lo the capital.
Word was sent lo the city that by
II o'clock the rebels would bo In posses
sion of the town. From Ihe remaining
residents a commltleo wa.i haslily named
and sent to Colonel Figueroa. This com
mittee appealed to him to use his forces
in tho maintenance of order. Promptly
at 11 o'clock the rebels, more than ono
thousand, mnrched Into tho town. Not a
shot wns fired and the Sunday quiet was
scarcely disturbed by Iholr coming.
Guards were immediately thrown oul and
substitutes named lo act temporarily for
Mio fleeing civil officers.
Minister of Foreign Relations Dc la
Barra looked disappointed today when he
stated that, owing to the. non-arrival of
advices from General Madero. he could
not announce the personnel of the new
ca blnct.
The. condition of President Diaz wa.s
reported as showing further improve
ment today.
REYES AWAITS ORDERS.
Mexican General Shocked to Learn of Ill
ness of Wife.
HAVANA. May 21. General Bernardo
Reyes, who Is hero on his way lo Mexico
front lOurope, at the call of President
Diaz, spent the day In his hotel apart
ments, receiving visits from Ihe Mexican
minister nnd Mexican residents of Ha
vana. Ho said this evening' lie had re
ceived no additional Information from
Mexico and would remain here for fur
ther orders from the secretary of war.
General Reyes was greatly shocked tthis
afternoon on receipt of a cablegram an
nouncing the 'serious Illness of his wife,
whom he left, in Paris. The natural im
pulse was to return to Paris Instantly,
nut he realized It wa.s his duty to subor
dinate the iiioj-t sacred personal inclina
tions lo Ins obligations to Ihe republic.
General I5.vch was greatly gratified to
day at mei.vages from the Fulled Slate.--congratulating
hlni on the excellent Im
pression which Ills most recent statement
had made.
CASTRO EXECUTES BANDITS.
Young Rebel Lender Vigorous In Pursuit
of Offenders.
.m:;1.S CAUKNTICS. Mcx.. May 21.
After a brief career as a leader of ban
dits. Nicholas Torres, who attempted to
Justify his acts by shouting "Viva Ma
dero," today was formally executed by
Jose Perez Castro in the village of
Alsenlos. Ihe seems of a raid recently
made by Torres,
(.'astro Is one of the thice wealthiest!
young men of the capital, noted more as
a leader of cotillions Muni a rebel. De
termined that the state In which his ac
tivities were laid should not be Infested
by bandits, he and his men started In
pursut of Torres ami his gang and they
were captured Saturday night.
Witn Torres were executed two of his
men. Castro svy Ihem a brief trial
and furnished them the services of a
priest who administered the last rites
PEACE NEWS SPREADS,
Madero's Followers Vl6lt Nuevo Laredo
Without Being Molested.
l.ARUDO. Texas, May 21. News of tho
declaration of an armistice Ikls spread
throughout tho stales of Tamaullpas.
Nuevo. Leon and Coahuila.
Several of Madero's followers have
gone to Nuevo l-arcdo. Mexico, without
being arrested.
It Is understood that arrangements for
the visits of the Maderlstas to Nuevo
Laredo were arranged over the telephone
NOW THE ADVENTURE J
DF LOST LINGERIE
Sheerluek Fumes and J)r. Wat- !
Sflii-Tapp Think They Have '
Solved the Mystery.
NKW YORK, May 21. The four central
office detectives who arc assigned to duty
at lho Fifth street police station' were
detailed yesterday lo unravel tho mystery
surrounding the black oilcloth bag con
taining lingerie, clc, which was found on
Tuesday morning resting on the stoop of
Fnnuiel Hoffman's home al No. 35 Seventh
street, on the spot usually occupied by
his bottle of milk.
The milk was missing. That presented
another obstacle In the case. Tho be
trothnl announcement which recorded
that Abe. Zand ore r and Gusslc Meyerowllz
wcro to bo Joined "In matrimony on Feb
ruary in last offered no assistance, as
these names could not be found in tho
directory, even with a dark lantern.
The sleuths combed the neighborhood,
but no one complained that she had lost
a nightgown or any other of the things
In Ihe black bag.
When Mie detectives wore asked by a
reporter, who thought he might l)e of
assistance, for a complete list of what
wa.s found, the slenth read off a number
of things and then stopped, a blush mant
ling his fair cheek. He refused to go on,
so the reporter called In his special In
vesllKutors. Sheerhick Fumes and Wat-son-Tapp.
and tlirw unearthed the full
list. I Jut you cam't have It. for you'd
blush, loo.
Fumes nosed arotind Ihe neighborhood
for several hours .and after playing on
his Stradivarius, cursing oul old General
Mortality, his worst: enemy, and consum
ing eight cans of shag, he slipped tho pub
licist of his deeds lite following theory:
"The case resolvis itself Into this, my
dear Watson-Tapp." he said between
wheezes of his chertehed but screechy in
strument. ."The pcrmn who stole. lho milk
and put the black bag on the stoop was
neither Miss Meyosowltz nor Mr. Za ti
de re r.
"My opinion, and 1 think you will Join
me in It. is Miat Gmssio and Abe, while
riding through Severn th street In a cab.
lost ihe black bag. A man came along,
opened II. and was so shocked by what
he saw that he bad to have something
to steady his nerves.
'Ills eye lighted on the bottle of milk
and he gulped it down. Then he put the
bag on "the stoop. Why. 1 don't know.
There are some things about criminals
Mia I Mie best of us cannot explain."
with fieneinl Francisco Fstrada, com
manding lh federal forces there, and
with Antonio Gonnnlcs. mayor of tho
city.
The. same strict gniard is being; main
tained along the river by United States
officers and the international foot bridge
is closed to traffic after 10-.."0 p. ni. but
It is believed relaxation of the latter
order will become effective tomorrow.
ON POINT OF FIGHTING,
Difficult to Keep Regulars and Rebels
Apart li Some States.
JUAREZ, Mexico, May 21. Critical con
ditions verging on open fighting exists in
lho stales of Sonora and Sinalon, In spite
of the armlsilee. according to a telegram
received tonight by Abraham Gonzales,
provisional governor -of Chihuahua
Manuel Bonllla. provisional governor of
Sinalon, telegraphed that at Hcrmosillo.
Nogalcs and Alamos. In the state of So
nora. and at Cnllscnn. in Slnaloa, tho
Insurrcctos and the federal troops were
on the point of reoienlng hostilities and
it was with difficulty- that both sides were
being restrained. It was said the insur
rcctos were becoming: restless.
As a means of prevcnjlng trouble. Scnor
Bonllla said it was Imperative lhat the
federal governors of the. affected states
resign at once. Telegrams were sent In
reply urging the lusurrectos to refrain
from fighting.
REBELS SHOOT BANDIT.
Swift Justice Mctcd Out to Dcaperado
Who Held Up Americans.
NOGAbES. Ariz., May 21. Rebels in
the Altar district under Caplain Cardova
last night captured- and shot a bandit
who held up an American automobile
party recently.
The Southern I'arific now has trains
running from Nogalos to Hcrmosillo.
Captain J. W Fnrlong. V. S. A., to
day placed under arrest Pedro L5. Torres,
owner of n s.'iloon in Nogalcs, Mexico,
and two other Mexicans and they aro held
on a charge of breach of neutrality laws.
They wore caught crossing lho lino with
guns and ammunition. Torres, who Is
an American citizen, was released from
the Jail In Nogalcs Ihrcn days ago at
the request of the American consul.
FAILS TO ATTACK.
Coloiel Mayot Marches Away from Mexi
can Without, a Fight,
MEXICALI. Lower California, May 21.
--The Mexican federal command under
Colonel Mayot is on Its way to Plcachos
Pass, en route for either Tijuana cr 13n
sonada No effort was made to take this
town, and although insurrecto scouts fired
several shots at a. company of the federals
which came within a mile of Mcxlcali.
there was no return fire.
I Daily .
Food
Should not only taste good,
but. should nourish the body,
t
Some people stick to cer
tain foods they have been
neeiistoined to cat, but which
do nor, give the power A'.
mind and body to be had
from some other foods.
Grape -Nats .
made l!rom whole wheal and
barley, by a food expert, is
all absorbed by the system
for building up a clear brain
and a strong body.
Try Grape-Nuts and cream
or milk regularly for the
cereal part of the morning
meal a few weeks, and note
the improvement, in mental
and physical vigor.
"There's a Reason"
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Battle Creek, Mich.-
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! T.ho person of moderatMg
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I the rich man.
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for all the people. It ofifejM
) a welcome to you, no nmttE;
j what your degree of wealBS
or poverty. n
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National Bank of the Kepnfl
A tnoroutrhly modern, oavirurn flaM
ment conducted In connection wlthS
bank. Safe deposit boxes for rent.
Depository.
Frank Knox, president: James A..-H
my, vice president; W. F. Earls, cam
E, A. Culbertoon. assistant caahttf.
Capital paid In. 1300.000. IntereatM
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS?
.
Office of the Board of Public VI
Salt Lake City. May 10, -1
Scaled proposals will be rec6lv
this office until 7:30 o'clock p. m.v
0, 1011. for constructing cement c
wnlks in Sidewalk Extension No.
Both sides of Second South street
West Temple to Stxtfi "West street
cordinsr to plans on file In the Cits
glnoer's office.
Instructions to bidders, together
plans, profiles, specifications and li
for contrnct and bond, may be obt
upon application at the office oi
Board of Public "Works or tho City
glnccr. a
The right is reserved to reject anj
all bids. . a
Bv order of the Board of Public yr
II. G. MCMILLAN, Chalrm
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Office of the Board of Public "W"
Salt Lake City, May 19. l!
Scaled proposals will be recelva
this office until 7:30 o'clock p. m. Ft
June 0. 1011, for tho work of conati
Ins pipe sewers In Sewer Extension
2S7 from Sixth to Tenth avenue
from A to M streets, according to .
on file In the City Engineer's office. r.
Instructions to bidders. togethorS
plans, profiles, specifications ana Jt
for contract and bond, may ba obW
upon application at the office erf
Board of Public Works or the
glneer. 4
The right Is reserved to reject any;
all bids. , ... i-
By order or the Bonrd of PubUo wi
H. G. MCMILLAN, Chalrmi
NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR!.
Office of tho Board of Public WM
Salt Lake City, May 18. . lg
Scaled proposals will bo recclvplH
this office until 7:30 p. m. Frlday
? 1011. for the work of conEtnMH
pipe sewers in Scwcr Extension NoB
from First North to Fourth North JfJB
and from West Capitol street toM
Temple and Quince streets, accordUH
plans on file In the City Engineered
Instructions to bidders, together
plans, profiles, specifications ana JJ
for contract and bond, may be ooiH
upon application at the office OH
Board of Public Works or tho Cltyj
shiccr. . . JfH
The right Is reserved to reject anKJ
all bids. a , ...
By order of the Board of P4Hllc,2M
H. G. MCMILLAN. Chalra
UTAH LIME COMPANY, BANKHJ
Notice of Sale.
The undersigned will sell at JM
auction at the yard of said compBM
Sugar House Station. Salt Lake cevj
Utah, on Monday. May 20.
o'clock a. m., all property belongtJ
said company, except . accounta ryjfj
able, not theretofore sold at prlvawMJ
Property consists of lease of lime Q,M
an.lisk..ns, horses, ons
NOTICE.
As mark of ownership, Mc"lJB
Dairy Co. ubo lead colored paint
cans. rl