The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-15
A MISGUIDED ORGAN.

The good people of Ogden should quietly
ask the President to sit down upon 1.-THE
Prince" otherwise RUSSELL B. HARRISON,
the young gentleman who presides over
the destinies of the Helena (Montana)
Journal Here comes the paper named
with the editorial announcement that
'Ogden furnishes an example of what a
Utah town does for itself when it throws
off the yoke of the Mormon Church. In
three years its population has doubled, and
a large proportion of its permanent i'm
provements have been made since the cleo
ton last February, when the Americans
gained control of the city government
Other towns in that territory are either
retrograding or remaining passive under
the church rule, while Ogden is forging
ahead, with prospects Of excelling Salt
Lake city in population and commercial
importance" Prince RUSSELL may not be
aware of the fact, but the de-
cent n-Mormons are not well
pleased with tho Gentilo record that
has been made in Ogden since last Febru-
airy. 1t is true enough, as he says, that
ogden furnishes an example of what a
Utah town does for itself when it throws
of the yoke of the Mormon church." but
then the ''example" furnished is by no
means of such a character as to inspire the
reputable people with anything like a feel
ing of pride in the achievement. There are
non Mormons who do not regard prostitu-
ton and houses of ill-fame as things which
should not be encouraged and protected by
city government, and yet it is d matter of
fact that the throwing of the yoke of
what the Journal is pleased to call the Ncr-
mon church was signalized by the turning
of Ogden into little less than brothel.
Prostitutes Haunted their shame on the
public streets, and attention was directed
to their many houses by flaming signs.
The Americans who had gained control of
the city government put forth no effort to
put the vice out of sight, much less to sup
pressl it. Finally matters became
so bad that the United States
marshal felt called upon to inter
fere, and his first attempt to enforce
the law against bad women and public
gambling was met by such an indignant
protest from the American government
as an official has seldom encountered
oluCG LuCu JIG nldlSiLtlI las IuBSlGu Ultin-
fully against the American" element, but
it has been too much for him. He arrests
the prostitutes and provides conclusive
evidence Of their guilt, but the creatures
are promptly acquitted and turned loose
upon the community by the Americans"
who are making "Ogden forge ahead with
prospects of excelling Salt Lake city in
population and commercial Importance"
The Journal is informed that to refer to
what the Liberals have done in Ogden is
to touch the non Mormons on very sore
spot The clean and decent ones among
them repudiate all responsibility for the
example" that has been furnished, and
ask that they be excused from bearing any
of the blame. They don't like to be told, |
and to realize that it is fact that the |
gentle control of Ogden has transformed |
that city into congenial home !
for prostitutes and gamblers; that the !
taxes have been multiplied by five: that |
the United States marshal was compelled |
70 interfere In order that the defiance of |
the laws should be less fragrant and reput- |
able women could walk the streets in some |
degree of safety to their sensibilities, and |
that city officials openly admit by their ac-
ton, if not in words, that vice and inner
ality are essential to the Forging ahead" of |
Ogden.
The Presidents son may be familiar with
the politics Of Montana, but he is deplora-
bly, ignorant of the situation in Utah if he
thinks the non-M ormons take pride in what
has been done in Ogden, or if he imagines
the holding up Of the gentle administration
in that city as praiseworthy example will
get any votes for the local party whose
cause the Journal, in its ignorance, cham