The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-04
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THE ACTION OF THE MARSHAL.
A Herald Correspondent on the Ogden
Situation.

A Herald Correspondent on the Ogder
Situation.
To the Editor of THE HERALD.
have just read communication from
the Ogden city Liberals to Marshal Par
sons asking him to remove Deputy Mar
! shall Pratt, for his laudable endeavors to
purge from out that city those elements of
shame and degradation that should make,
aye, and does make, every decent man
blush to think that so soon after the mum
cipal government had passed into the
hands Of the Liberal party il has actually
become necessary to call into requisition
the officers of the mighty republic to COM
pei these Liberal American gentlemen to 90
their sworn duty as officers governing the
city of Ogden.
Question-Have these very Liberal gen
tlemen commenced to kick against the mar
shaps orders because they feel that their
rights are infringed upon, or is it because
they desire that all the brazen and open
shamelessness Of sin and vice that their
rule has so openly permitted shall continue!
IL would appear to the casual observer that
the latter is what they most desire. For,
are not the mayor and aldermen and mem
bers of the council and police force all citi-
Zens of o. den city? and verify all these
shameless proceedings have not been
done secretly but openly, and the laws of
the territory, county and city have been en-
TREY ignored, and the fame of Ogden city
as place of open lewdneSS and Sunday sell
ling of whisky and all the concomitant evils
has been sounded from one end of the ter
rltory to the other, until it is said by many
people, both focaland transient, that Ogden
Is good place for decent people to keep
away from. Yet these great reformers
these self styled American gentlemen, these
men that have with flannel mouths been
crying out against the Mormens; these
very pure men, now that they have had con-
troll OF the city of Ogden for short half
year, have shown to Utah and to all the
people of this great republic what they
will do, what they have done and how they
would degenerate Utah if the people will |
only give them the power and elect them |
to all the offices.
am glad, Mr.. HERALD, that the Liberal |
party OF Ogden have thus placed them
selves on record and declared themselves |
the defenders of dens Of infamy, Of SAB /
bath llquor-selling and open violation of all |
laws OF decency and good order.
The filthy condition of Ogden, and their
to deal with the sin and i'm
that openly flaunts its brazen
Jrapplngs in the very face of those men
who should be the guardians of the people
and the protectors of the thousands of In
nocent and pure people who reside there,
has compelled the prompt action of the
United States marshal como to the aid Of
good morals and decency, and warn the
Liberal mayor and the rest of the Liberal
;ity officers Of Ogden that the municipal
avs must be respected and the rights Of
he good people of Ogden needed
Great guns Mr.. Editor, if six months of
liberal rule will bring Ogden to such
condition of degradation, what would be
he result If that party of very Liberal
American gentlemen should ever succeed
n capturing Salt Lake City and the rest of I
he territory, as they boastingly declare
hey will dot Il
SOh, you voters of the Peoples party. and {
III you lovers of good government and NOR I
lily OF any and every party, choose We this
ay whether you will vote for fraud, for i
esecration of the Sabbath, for dens of in !
amy and vice (for such you will vote for .
you vote with the Liberals of Utah), or s
I'LL You not rather vote with the Peoples I
arty, who have been well tried and not I
ound wanting, who have proven to all par I
es that their aim is to maintain good
RIDER, COED morals and the best good for q
ne most people?
Does not the present condition of Ogden .
nd the attitude of its Liberal municipal /;
Ulcers suggest the kind of free things q
lat they have to offer to the young men of a
tab, IN order to induce them 10 vote the :
liberal ticket y
Respectfully yours, to hear from again.
SALT LAKE, Aug 81 1889